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All smiles from the cast members Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and Christian Bale as they attend the European premiere of The Dark Knight Rises at Odeon Leicester Square Photograph: Dave M. Benett/WireImage

Prince Charles shows off his agility as he climbs on a traversing wall in a new gym at Grainville secondary school in St Helier. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are in Jersey as part of a diamond jubilee visit to the Channel Islands Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

This is a sight we will have to get used to. Vistors wear ponchos to shelter from the rain at the Olympic Park Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

Yellow jersey holder Bradley Wiggins takes a quiet moment next to Peter Sagan as they await the start of the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Bagneres-de-Luchon Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Kim Jong-gum poses for the camera as other North Korean soldiers dance with excitement in Pyongyang to celebrate the announcement that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, has been granted the title of marshal. Kim Jong-un is already the supreme commander of the military. His late father, Kim Jong-il, has been made grand marshal Photograph: Kim Kwang Hyon/AP

A very close call for these residents, who were helped to flee a forest fire near the city of Patras, 125 miles south-west of Athens Photograph: Giota Korbaki/AFP/Getty Images

Nepalese human rights activists shout anti-government slogans from a police van after they were arrested during a sit-in protest in front of the prime minister's official residence in Kathmandu Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

This is a lovely photograph of children singing happy birthday to Nelson Mandela during celebrations for his birthday in Mvezo, South Africa. Across the country, and even abroad, people are doing good deeds to honour the country's most famous statesman on his 94th birthday on Wednesday Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

A woman carrying oranges on her head walks to a party in honour of Nelson Mandela Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

Shinto priests march as Japan's Emperor Akihito visits Meiji Shrine where his great-grandfather Emperor Mutsuhito's spirit is dedicated in Tokyo. Akihito visited the Shinto shrine to mark the centennial of Mutsuhito's death on 30 July Photograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP

Indigenous natives drag Colombian army sergeant Rodrigo Garcia out of his military post on Mount Berlin, in Toribio. Local indigenous natives decided to expel the soldiers from the area after harassment by FARC leftist guerrillas left eight people wounded and several houses damaged Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Women and children visit the Museum of Gaddafi's Crimes in Benghazi just as results from Libya's first election after Gaddafi's death were announced. The National Forces Alliance, led by former interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril, won 39 seats of the total 80 party list seats signalling gains for broadly secular parties
Photograph: Li Muzi/Xinhua/Corbis

Surely this is a job to be envious of? Patrick Karabaranga, a warden at the Virunga national park, plays with an orphaned mountain gorilla in the gorilla sanctuary in the park headquarters at Rumangabo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Virunga park is home to 210 mountain gorillas, approximately a quarter of the world's population. The four orphans that live in the sanctuary are the only mountain gorillas in the world not living in the wild. They were brought there after their parents were killed by poachers or as a result of traffickers trying to smuggle them out of the park Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

Indian boxing trainees practice at the Sports Authority of India complex in Bhiwani. The town has become a mecca for boxing following the success of a former trainee Vijender Singh at the Beijing Olympics. He has inspired a new generation to get involved in the sport. India has just sent its biggest ever boxing squad for the London Olympics, which consists of seven men and one woman Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Salvadoran Paralympic wheelchair racer Luis Morales shows his gloves after a training session at Nacional Magico Gonzalez stadium in San Salvador. Morales will compete in the 100 metre road cycling event at the summer Paralympic Games in London Photograph: Reuters

The army are used to tough conditions but these corrugated huts will be their home during the Olympic Games. The temporary camp has been set up in Hainault forest country park for military personnel who will be making up the security operation during the games Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images