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Excited staff at the Varsity restaurant take pictures of President Barack Obama as he orders his meal on the campaign trail in Atlanta, Georgia Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrates after defeating Australian Lleyton Hewitt during their first round men's singles match at Wimbledon. How high will he jump if he wins the tournament? Photograph: Tim Hales/AP

A rescue worker at the scene of a suspected gas explosion in the Shaw area of Oldham. A child has died, one person is still missing and several are injured following the blast that affected three terraced houses Photograph: Greater Manchester police/PA

The rubble strewn at the scene of the explosion in Oldham Photograph: Handout/Getty Images

A daily scene shows the realities of life in Mogadishu. A woman holds her child in a building destroyed during a fight between al-Shabaab militants and African Union and Somali government forces Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Crowds wait for the Queen to do a walkabout after attending a service of thanksgiving in St Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen during her royal jubilee visit to Northern Ireland Photograph: Julien Behal/PA

These Sheffield residents seem to have mixed feelings about the Olympic torch relay, ranging from excitement to total boredom Photograph: Gareth Fuller/LOCOG/PA

As if Greece doesn't have enough problems at the moment, temperatures have now reached a sweltering 40C, forcing some people to cool off at a water fountain in Athens Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/EPA

A coalminer carries a tree trunk to make a barricade on a motorway between Asturias and Léon, during a protest in Spain. The miners are protesting against the government's proposal to cut funding for coal production Photograph: Reuters

Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted by Labour leader Ed Miliband as she arrives to officially open the party's new headquarters in London before meeting the shadow cabinet Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Confiscated bottles of alcohol are destroyed by a steamroller as part of a campaign to mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Pakistan Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

This strange looking creature is a baby kangaroo named Sabrina, now cared for by a minder at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Girl power lives on as the Spice Girls – Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham – reunite at the St Pancras Renaissance hotel to launch Viva Forever, a musical featuring songs from the Spice Girls, which opens at the Piccadilly theatre in December. Posh looks like she really doesn't want to be there and is contemplating sneaking off Photograph: Ian West/PA

Not everyone has been enjoying the recent rise in popularity of the royal family. Anti-monarchy graffiti is daubed on a wall in west Belfast before the Queen's visit to Northern Ireland and her historic meeting with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images

She hasn't just set fire to a building using the Olympic torch but is instead carrying it through the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham Photograph: Chris Radburn/LOCOG/PA

People watch as a house comes off its foundation in Two Mile just outside of Sicamous, Canada. Heavy rainfalls, flooding and mudslides have caused the area to be evacuated, hopefully including the residents of this home Photograph: Jonathan Hayward/AP

And so the excitement begins: tennis fans pose with masks of British No1 Andy Murray as they queue for tournament tickets to watch the action on the second day of Wimbledon. Andy Murray is on Centre Court later today Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Meanwhile spectators who have tickets rush into Centre Court to get a good seat Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

The earth is scorched in Utah after ongoing wildfires in the area. This aerial photo shows houses and wooded areas destroyed by the fire that is threatening a further 300 homes in the area Photograph: Scott G. Winterton/AP

It's hatching time: a worker shows a newly-hatched baby crocodile at a crocodile farm in Manila, Philippines Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters