Photo highlights of the day

Today’s cute baby animal picture is of a female western lowland baby gorilla who was born on 16 August at the zoo in Oklahoma City. Photograph: Dr. Jennifer D Agostino/AP

A man is doused with milk after being hit with gas by security forces trying to disperse demonstrators protesting against the shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri . Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

The geese of Regent’s Park, London, get a gander at the new Madame Tussauds waxwork of Beyonce. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

Cows wade through floodwaters in search of food in Morigaon district of Assam, India. More than 400,000 people continue to struggle with floods caused by surging waters and over 80,000 people are living in relief camps. Photograph: EPA

Low water levels are visible in the Bidwell marina at Lake Oroville, California. A severe drought for a third straight year means the state’s water levels are reaching historic lows. Photograph: Justin Sullivan

Palestinian men sit next to a destroyed bus and houses that were damaged by an Israeli air strike yesterday. The temporary ceasefire ended on Tuesday, after talks in Cairo broke down. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Boys play in a rice paddy field on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photograph: Samrang Pring/Reuters

A leopard on the prowl in South Luangwa national park, Zambia. Photograph: Luke Massey/Rex

Soldiers carry the body of a victim following a landslide in Hiroshima, Japan. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Pope papped: people take pictures of Pope Francis saluting the crowd before his general audience at the Vatican. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

Jeremy Paxman during his first one-man show, called Paxo, at the Edinburgh festival fringe, allegedly a mix of gravitas with self-mocking glitz, including taped contributions from University Challenge voiceover man Roger Tilling. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian

Grand plié: young ballet students practice during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images