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Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain flies along on his way to winning stage nine of the 2012 Tour de France in the individual time trial Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

This is an elegant portrait of Luo Laijun, a rescuer having lunch near the flooded Qielichong colliery pit in central China. Eight miners have been rescued after being trapped for more tha three days
Photograph: Bai Yu/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Prince William shows his father one of the Sea King helicopters he captains during a visit by Prince Charles to RAF Valley on Anglesey as part of his annual summer tour of Wales Photograph: David Jones/PA

A Frenchwoman shows off the design of French artist Johanna Soegeng during the 15th World Bodypainting festival in Pörtschach. Some 30,000 visitors are expected at the three-day event, with more than 200 artists from 44 countries showing off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious world award Photograph: Alexander Klein/AFP/Getty Images

These children are getting used to having the blood rush to their heads during training exercises to become divers at the Fuzhou sports school. Eighteen children, aged between seven and 13, spend half the day studying and the rest of the day in diving training Photograph: Liu Tao/EPA

David Cameron checks his hair is in order after viewing an Airbus A400M airlifter at the Farnborough air show Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

Mark Wallinger's artwork at the Titian 2012 exhibition at the National Gallery in London. It features a naked woman viewed through a peep hole. Artists have been commissioned to create new works in response to three of Titian's masterpieces: Diana and Actaeon, The Death of Actaeon and the recently acquired Diana and Callisto
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

This great photograph shows two wild horses fighting during the 400-year-old Rapa das bestas festival in Sabucedo, Spain. Hundreds of wild horses were rounded up from the mountains during the festival to be trimmed and marked Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images

In this moving scene women mourn their dead following the floods in the town of Krymsk in southern Russia. At least 171 people have died in the floods and it is claimed that authorities failed to issue warnings or evacuation orders Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images

Southern Sudanese men dance in Juba to celebrate the first anniversary of their country's independence. Dancing and singing, South Sudanese people put aside dire warnings over the stability and economic viability of their fledgling nation, the world's newest, to celebrate Photograph: Giulio Petrocco/AFP/Getty Images

Cows and shoes must be left outside. A cow stands at the entrance of a temple as a devotee returns after offering prayers in Varanasi, India Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Chelsea defender John Terry arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London. He denies racially abusing Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand during a match last October Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton participates in the Luton leg of the Olympic torch relay Photograph: Chris Radburn/AP

Shire horses help mow Olympic rings into the grass in Richmond Park, London. The rings, which are approximately 300m x 135m, are visible from the air along the Heathrow flight path Photograph: LOCOG/PA

We don't get many photographs out of Syria and this is a good portrait of a rebel standing near a burning army tank in Jarjanaz in Idlib province. The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, arrived in Damascus on Monday morning after admitting his peace plan had so far failed to end nearly 16 months of violence Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

It's not just raining in the UK. Cricket fans arrive at the Pallekele stadium in Sri Lanka as rain showers delay the start of play on the second day of the third and final Test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images

A woman removes mud from her house following flooding in Nizhnekamsk, Russia Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP

Monday's batch of risk-takers run with the bulls during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain Photograph: RAFA RIVAS/AFP/Getty Images

The US actor Maggie Q swims with a whale shark off Cancun, Mexico, as part of a campaign to publicise the plight of marine animals threatend by the demand for shark fin soup. China has announced a ban on shark fin from all official banquets Photograph: Paul Hilton/AFP/Getty Images

Meanwhile, this shark is getting its own back, sort of. A tourist sits next to an art installation at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images