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Raindrops keep falling on her head as Olympic torchbearer Gabriella Broadhurst carries the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between Bognor Regis and Westergate Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

But rain hasn't dampened this resident's enthusiasm for cheering on the torch relay in Petersfield, England
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These soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland rest in front of the Olympic stadium before joining the security operation at the Olympic Park in London Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

Members of the Cuban Olympic team are among the first of the competitors to arrive this morning at Heathrow Airport Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

President François Hollande tries his hand at a spot of archery during a visit to meet members of France's 2012 Olympic team at their training headquarters of Insep (The French National Institute for Sport and Physical Education) in Paris Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters

A polar bear campaigning on behalf of Greenpeace is manhandled by police after attempting to shut down a Shell petrol station in Edinburgh over the company's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Photograph: Steve Morgan/Greenpeace/PA

Telinekataja, in muddy orange, are photographed playing last year's winners FC Lerssi, wearing what began as white, during the Swamp Soccer Championships 2012, in Hyrynsalmi, Finland Photograph: Johanna Kannasmaa/EPA

The mud is also flying in West Dover, Vermont as a competitor swims underneath electrified wires during the Tough Mudder, a 9-mile endurance event which runs competitors through a military style obstacle course complete with mud, water and fire Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters

Time for a cleansing dip. A Hindu devotee sinks back in to the Bagmati River while she takes part in the "Bol Bom" (or Say Shiva) pilgrimage in Kathmandu Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Public servants raise their arms in a demonstration against the Spanish government's latest austerity measures, in central Madrid. Government employees including police officers, firefighters, and healthcare workers, joined the spontaneous protest after conservative PM Mariano Rajoy announced the latest measures to lower Spain's deficit, an austerity package including an increase in VAT and cuts in unemployment benefits Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images

In Kashmir a teacher shouts anti-government slogans from inside a police van after he was detained during a protest in Srinagar. Teachers are protesting over pay and working conditions Photograph: Fayaz Kabli/Reuters

Israeli president Shimon Peres and US secretary of state Hillary Clinton look to be sharing a fond moment after their meeting in Jerusalem. Clinton held top-level talks with Israeli leaders expected to focus on changes sweeping the Middle East, as well as Iran and the stalled peace process Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

The Tate Modern Tanks, which will feature a variety of performance and installation art, have opened to the public. Korean artist Sung Hwan Kim is the first to show in the new part of the gallery Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

Bradley Wiggins, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, looks to be gaining on a helicopter during today's stage of the 2012 Tour de France between Samatan and Pau Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

This beautiful spectacle where women carrying torches make their way into the sea is undertaken at the annual Shirahama Ama Women Divers festival, in Shirahama city, Japan. Fifty villagers dressed as Ama divers performed a ritual swim to pay homage to the ama tradition of free diving and pray for good fortune in the fishing community Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

Sudanese refugee children stand near their tents in Jamam refugee camp, South Sudan. Up to 16,000 refugees are in the process of being moved due to flooding in the camp as the rainy season continues Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

No it's not Bournemouth beach – not with the weather we've been having lately – but a crowded scene at a beach resort in Qingdao, China, where holidaymakers flocked to spend a summer weekend Photograph: Imaginechina /Rex Features