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Joanna Ruck

Photo highlights of the day

Grumpy Cat attends
Grumpy Cat obviously got out of the wrong side of the bed as appears even more grumpy than usual as she attend a book launch party in Santa Monica, California. Photograph: David Livingston/Getty Images
Displaced Palestinians leave a United Nations (UN) school in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip to return to their homes on August 5, 2014, after a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip brokered by Egypt came into effect at 8:00 am.  The Israeli army said it would withdraw completely from the Gaza Strip, when the agreed ceasefire with Hamas takes effect. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images plg
Displaced Palestinians leave a UN school in Gaza to return to their homes after a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect. Follow the latest events in our live blog. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinians inspect their destroyed homes in Shejaiya, Gaza which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes
This is the scene in Shejaiya, Gaza, which was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes Photograph: Sipa USA/Rex
Israeli Merkava tanks roll near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip as they return from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian coastal enclave on August 5, 2014, after Israel announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from Gaza. Israel completed the withdrawal of all troops from Gaza as a 72-hour humanitarian truce went into effect following intense global pressure to end the bloody conflict.
Israeli Merkava tanks roll near the border between Israel and Gaza after Israel announced that all its troops had withdrawn from Gaza for the ceasefire. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha as they visit a seafood market in Cascais in Portugal as they enjoy their family holiday.
David Cameron eyes up his dinner as he and his wife Samantha visit a fish market in Cascais, Portugal, where they are on holiday. Photograph: Francisco Leong/PA
Two young men climb  in an 8 to 10 meter-high cave of Stoja on August 4, 2014 near Pula, Croatia. Deep Water Soloing (DWS), free climbing over water, is a relatively new discipline and is popular with climbers wanting to go rock climbing during the high summer temperatures. Climbing over deep water means most of the climbing routes are safe for beginners but still offer a challenge for the more advanced climber. There are many opportunities for DWS at the mile-long cliffs of Croatia.
Splash landing: people free climb over water in Pula, Croatia. This relatively new discipline is popular with climbers wanting to go rock climbing during in the summer. Climbing over water means most of the climbing routes are safe for beginners but still offer a challenge for the more advanced climber. Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge  with Prince Harry view the Tower of London's 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of First World War.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry view the Tower of London’s ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ poppy installation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of First World War. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA
Bristol will play host to Europe   s largest ballooning event, an amazing spectacle and FREE event for the whole family from Thursday 7th off from Ashton Court Estate at dawn and dusk, and light up the skies at night with evening balloon glows. plg  Pictured at Queen square in Bristol. The balloons at the media launch did NOT fly because of the weather
Up, up and away. Hot air balloon enthusiasts get ready for the launch of the the Bristol balloon fiesta gets underway on Thursday. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian
A tame rabbit searches for food in the ruins of a collapsed house at Longtoushan, in China's southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014.  Two days after a magnitude 6.1 tremor devastated the once-idyllic mountainside village of Longtoushan in southwest China's Yunnan province, at least 398 people have been confirmed dead, with 80,000 houses destroyed and 124,000 seriously damaged.
A tame rabbit searches for food in the ruins of a collapsed house at Longtoushan, China after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake. At least 398 people have been confirmed dead, with 80,000 houses destroyed and 124,000 seriously damaged. Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
Visitors and holidaymakers enjoy the fine weather as they gather on the beaches and the harbour on August 4, 2014 in St Ives, Cornwall, England. A recent survey by the online hotel booking website cheaprooms.co.uk has ranked St Ives as the most expensive seaside resort in the UK when based on the minimum price for a double room in a hotel of three stars or more near a beach in August with a double room costing at least   123.
We do like to be beside the seaside. But maybe not in St Ives, Cornwall, as it’s just been ranked as the most expensive seaside resort in the UK following a recent survey by cheaprooms.co.uk. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, right, waits besides his lawyers for the start of his trial in the regional court in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. German prosecutors said Tuesday that they will accept dropping the bribery case against Bernie Ecclestone in exchange for a $100 million payment by the Formula One boss, and judges were considering whether to close his trial. Ecclestone went on trial at the Munich state court in late April on charges of bribery and incitement to breach of trust   which could, if he were convicted, carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone waits with his lawyers for the start of his trial in Munich, Germany. Ecclestone has offered a £60m settlement to end the bribery trial which would have carried a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP
A jet plane flies past a UFO-shaped cloud  UFO shaped cloud spotted over Xiamen city, Fujian province, China - 04 Aug 2014 plg   An unusual UFO shaped cloud has been spotted in the sky over Xiamen city, southeast China's Fujian province
The aliens are coming? A plane flies past a UFO-shaped cloud in the sky over Xiamen city, China. Lenticular clouds are stationary and lens-shaped and have often been mistaken for UFOs. Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex
Cute animal of the day: baby gorilla Diara relaxes between the legs of its mother Kumili at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany.
Cute animal of the day: a baby gorilla relaxes between the legs of its mother Kumili at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany. Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP
A man is escorted off a Qatar Airways aircraft by police at Manchester airport. The man was arrested over a bomb hoax threat after military jets escorted the plane into Manchester airport
A man is escorted off a Qatar Airways aircraft by police at Manchester airport. The man was arrested over a bomb hoax threat after military jets escorted the plane into Manchester airport. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters
Kurdish Peshmergas patrol the town of Rabia which was previously seized by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul, Iraq on August 4,2014. Peshmergas forces deploy more troops to the area due to possible ISIL threat.
Kurdish Peshmergas patrol the town of Rabia which was previously seized by Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS) in Mosul, Iraq . Peshmergas forces deploy more troops to the area due to possible ISIS threat. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Are you tripping out with these rotating snakes? Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka from Ritsumseikan University in Kyoto, Japan, has spent more than a decade creating his collection of moving optical illusions. See more of the images in our gallery.
Are you tripping out with these rotating snakes? Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka from Ritsumseikan University in Kyoto, Japan, has spent more than a decade creating his collection of moving optical illusions. See more of the images in our gallery. Photograph: Caters News Agency
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