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A sea of yellow here as Swedish football fans enjoy a beer at a fan zone in Kiev ahead of their match again Ukraine Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

George Osborne leaves the royal courts of justice after giving evidence at the Leveson inquiry. Osborne said the Conservative party knew hiring Andy Coulson would be controversial Photograph: Tim Hales/AP

Yes, she's looking at a blank canvas. To be precise, Magic Ink by Gianni Motti (1989) at London's Hayward gallery. Invisible: Art About the Unseen 1957 - 2012 is the first UK exhibition of artworks that explore ideas related to the invisible, the hidden and the unknown Photograph: Bethany Clarke/Getty Images

A wet and drizzly view of the Houses of Parliament seen through heavy rain and low cloud in London Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

This image taken from amateur video shows a series of devastating explosions in the central Syrian city of Homs. Live streams caught the devastation during one of the heaviest examples of violence since the uprisings began over a year ago Photograph: Anonymous/AP

A boy selling candy floss waits for customers on the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. The boy is just one of many who do not go to school, instead earning around $2 per day on the streets Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

English football fans do what they do best and spray beer around before the group D match against France during Euro 2012 in Donetsk, Ukraine Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/AP

Meanwhile, British and Ukrainian policemen share tactics with the aid of some hand gestures and gesticulation Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/AP

The Great British summer continues, with severe weather warnings in place and flood alerts issued in more than 30 areas of south-east England and Wales. These poor tourists brave the conditions to visit Stonehenge ... maybe they could perform a pagan ritual asking for some sunshine Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates with his sister and family after winning the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Novak Djokovic Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

They could have put it on a sugar cube. A girl cries as she receives a polio vaccine in Sanaa. Yemen has begun a three-day nationwide house-to-house immunisation campaign Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Former prime minister Gordon Brown arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London with his wife, Sarah, to give evidence at the Leveson inquiry. Brown has said: 'At no point in the three years I was prime minister did I feel I had the support of the Sun'. Photograph: Tim Hales/AP

Yes, the Olympic torch relay is still going ... and still producing some bizarre images. This one is of Matthew Cox carrying the Olympic flame in Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

Members of the Free Syrian Army sit on a pavement in Qaboun district, Damascus. The rate of defections from the government's army is reportedly at its highest level, with claims of hundreds of soldiers switching to the opposition. Follow events in our live blog Photograph: Reuters

Chinese archaeologists work on terracotta warriors in Pit One in Xian, China, where dozens of new clay figures have been unearthed at the site. In a new breakthrough at the 2,000-year-old burial ground, workers have discovered 120 life-size soldiers
Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex Features

An ethnic Rakhine man holds homemade weapons as he walks in front of houses that were set alight during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe, Burma. Violence between Buddhists and Muslims have left at least eight people dead and could put Burma's delicate reform process at risk Photograph: Reuters

A woman watches as a helicopter flies over a wildfire burning in a mountainous area of Fort Collins, Colorado. Firefighters are battling wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people from their homes and the evacuation of wolves from a sanctuary Photograph: Aaron Ontiveroz/AP

US Marine Corporal Michelle Berglin, who is assigned to a Female Engagement Team, patrols with Baker Company of the 1st battalion 7th Marines Regiment in Sangin, Afghanistan. The Female Engagement Teams are crucial in communicating with female Muslim populations in the region Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images