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Manchester this evening resonates with the sounds and sights of fans celebrating Manchester City's success in the English Premier League. The party kicked off (pun totally intended) at the Town Hall before a victory bus parade through the city Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images

With a look of 'glad it's all over' ... for the day at least ... Alastair Campbell, former press secretary to Tony Blair, leaves The Royal Courts of Justice after appearing at the Leveson inquiry for a second time Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Relatives of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails celebrate in Gaza City after the deal to end a hunger strike. The hunger strikers have agreed to end their fast in exchange for Israel easing their conditions Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

A girl with her hands painted in the colours of Yemen's national flag and Syria's opposition flag shouts slogans as she marches with women during a demonstration against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a, Yemen. Although Saleh stepped down, civil unrest in the country has continued with demonstrations against his relatives who are still in positions of authority Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

The staff at Bristol Zoo Gardens get a little tied up with the arrival of an animatronic Baryonyx dinosaur. Twelve such dinosaurs arrived at the zoo on Monday morning to form part of its summer exhibition, which opens later this month Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The Dalai Lama receives a warm greeting from Richard Moore, the director of the Children in Crossfire charity, of which the former is a patron. The exiled Buddhist Tibetan leader was in London to receive the 2012 Templeton prize, worth £1.1m, that honours people who 'affirm life's spiritual dimension' Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Floral tributes lie outside the house in Allenton, Derby, where a fire on Friday claimed the lives of six children: Duwayne Philpott, 13; his sister Jade, 10; and brothers John, nine; Jack, seven; Jessie, six; and Jayden, five Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark seem distinctly uncomfortable being photographed by a North Korean soldier during a visit to the village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating North and South Korea Photograph: Aller Media AS/Rex Features

The German chancellor and CDU party leader, Angela Merkel, attends a party board meeting in Berlin with colleagues. It could be that the most difficult decision they have to make is which drink to have Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

Looking remarkably like a character in one of his own works of art, David Hockney looks at a video installation during his visit to the exhibition David Hockney, A Bigger Picture, at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum. The photographer has made great use of the rule of thirds in composing the image of Hockney Photograph: Rafa Rivas/AFP/Getty Images

Marilyn Monroe is unfurled as the poster girl for this year's Cannes film festival. David Cronenberg, Ken Loach and Michael Haneke are among the 22 film-makers vying for the Palme d'Or at the 65th annual festival. It will run from 16 to 27 May Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

The Queen looks a little tickled at receiving a finishing touch before going on display at Madame Tussauds in London. The latest waxwork has been produced in honour of her diamond jubilee Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

An unusual creation by the Dutch winner of this year's hairdresser of the year award, Hester Wernert, at a gala ceremony in Amsterdam. Wernert won the competition for a second time in a row Photograph: Ade Johnson/EPA

It's been a grim day for the authorities tackling drug crime in Mexico as 49 bodies have been found dumped on a highway in Nuevo Leon. The Zetas drug cartel has claimed responsibility for the massacre, the latest in an escalating tally of mass killings near the US border Photograph: Keystone USA-Zuma/Rex Features

An unidentified survivor of a plane crash in Nepal is taken for treatment to the nearby city of Pokhara. The aircraft crashed into a mountain in the Himalayas while trying to land at an airport in northern Nepal, killing 15 people Photograph: Bharat Koirala/AP

Riot police guard Caja Madrid bank's headquarters during another day of protest in the Spanish capital. The prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has defended his government's harsh austerity measures aimed at correcting the country's bleak economic forecast Photograph: Alberto Di Lolli/AP

Taliban militants hand over their weapons after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration programme in Herat province Photograph: Reuters