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A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus Photograph: Nasser Ishtayeh/AP

PC Simon Harwood, centre, leaves Southwark Crown Court. Harwood was found not guilty of the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in 2009 Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Syrians mourn during a funeral of 17-year-old Free Syrian Army member Mahmud Derwish after he was killed by the Syrian army during a clash near Idlib Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

The artist Tracey Emin takes the Olympic torch relay inside the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate for a photo opportunity alongside The Kiss sculpture by Rodin Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

This gorgeous little fellow rarely seen above ground is the subject of the winning photo in the Prince's Countryside Fund photography award. Entitled Secret Countryman, it was taken by David Cole from Petworth, West Sussex Photograph: David Cole

Tiger Woods cuts up the rough on the 15th hole during the first round of the Open Championship at Lytham & St Annes Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Prince Charles and Camilla enjoy some jolly japes in a 'parachute game' during a visit to Saumarez Park in St Peter's Port. The couple are in Jersey as part of a diamond jubilee visit to the Channel Islands which also takes in Guernsey and Sark Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Great Britain's beach volleyball player Shauna Mullin's toes are appropriately painted in her team colours at a training session at the Olympic venue in central London Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Photographers crowd around the overall leader Bradley Wiggins, who's still in the yellow jersey in the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race … and doesn't he wear it well? Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

This set of disused railway tracks in Beijing will certainly give the bride an original wedding portrait. The area of Beijing known as the 798 art district was once the site of a number of electronics factories and is a reflection on the state of China's slowing economy Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

David Cameron joins Pakistan's prime minister, Raja Pervez Ashfraf, left, and the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, centre, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Cameron said that Nato countries would leave Afghan forces fully prepared to overcome any insurgency after the 2014 exit Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

An Israeli medic helps the survivor of a bomb attack to board an ambulance and prepare for a flight back to Israel, in Bourgas, Bulgaria. An explosion ripped through a bus carrying Israeli holiday-makers yesterday in the Black Sea port of Bourgas, killing seven people Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images

Firefighters at the Mieres Fire Station in Asturias, northern Spain, make a literal point in their protest against budget cuts. Their banner reads "With so many funding cuts, we are left naked". Protests by a wide range of government workers have continued for weeks after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the latest austerity package involving an increase in VAT and cuts in unemployment benefits Photograph: Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images

Commuters get drenched by a thunderstorm in Manhattan, New York Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

It's dirty work but someone's got to do it. Anti-terrorism Swat teams training on a hot day in Nanjing, China Photograph: Quirky China News/Rex Features

A wildfire threatens homes in Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira. More than 1,000 firefighters are trying to control fires that have broken out on the island after temperatures rose to 40C Photograph: Duarte Sa/Reuters

Fans hold a photograph of Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna during his funeral in Mumbai, India. Khanna, whose success as a romantic lead in scores of Indian films made him Bollywood's first superstar, died on Wednesday after a brief illness Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, visits the tomb of her late father General Aung San during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of his 1947 assassination, at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Rangoon, Burma Photograph: Khin Maung Win/AP

A Nepalese farmer walking through rice paddy fields makes a splash of colour in this photograph taken on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Rice accounts for almost 50% of cereal production in Nepal, which is particularly dependent on rainfall because less than one-third of its agricultural land is irrigated Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images

A statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square is fitted with a straitjacket with the word "depression" on it. Channel 4 collaborated with the agency Don't Panic to promote their season of programmes challenging mental health stigma and discrimination, 4 Goes Mad
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