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A sombre scene at Tel Aviv airport on Thursday night as relatives sit in front of the coffins of those killed in the bombing in Bulgaria Photograph: Dan Balilty/AP

Angry scenes in Madrid as firefighters holding their helmets confront Spanish police during a protest against government austerity measures Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters

A firefighter tackles a blaze in Camacha, near Funchal, on the Portuguese island of Madeira. The high temperatures that hit Portugal in the last few days have also increased the number of forest fires on the mainland Photograph: Antonio Cotrim/EPA

Would you Adam and Eve it? Back in old London town, Jimmy Jukes, the Pearly King of Camberwell and Bermondsey, and Shaun Austin, the Pearly King of Tower Hamlets, rabbit on in a pub in London's Tower Hamlets. The Pearly Kings were at the pub for an event to promote the Cockney language and culture in London's East End as the city prepares for the 2012 Olympics Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

The big apple. Workers clean the rooftop of a building near an Apple store, which started selling its new iPad on Friday, in Shanghai, China Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

And in Beijing, security workers guard the entrance of the Apple store before its opening for customers who ordered the new iPad online. The latest iPad has received a low-key launch in China after Apple settled a lawsuit with a local company over ownership of the popular tablet computer's name
Photograph: Alexander F Yuan/AP

Also in China, dissident artist Ai Weiwei holds up his phone on speaker as he and journalists listen to the verdict of his court hearing from the courtyard of his studio in Beijing. The court upheld a $2m fine for tax evasion Photograph: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

However all this was obviously of no interest to the family cat Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

A Thai soldier stands guard next to a fire in commercial buildings after a car bomb attack on a business area in the Thai-Malaysian border district of Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat province. The bombing was believed to have been set off by suspected insurgents. Eight people were reported injured Photograph: Padung Wannalak/EPA

Rescue workers help victims of the car bomb attack in southern Thailand. Two civilians were killed in separate shooting attacks in the region on Friday, a military spokesman said, as the country marked the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan Photograph: Madaree Tohlala/AFP/Getty Images

Indian railway police and rescue workers gather in front of the derailed coaches of a train near Kasara, about 115km north of Mumbai on Friday morning. According to media reports three people were killed and 31 injured after the Vidarbha Express collided with the derailed coaches of a local train Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA

Carcasses of burnt-out lorries at Syria's Bab al-Hawa border post with Turkey after it was seized by Syrian rebels Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

Meanwhile, Syrian soldiers celebrate in the al-Midan area in Damascus after they routed rebel fighters from the neighbourhood, according to Syrian state television Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images

After more heavy rain on Thursday night, ground staff clear standing water on the 18th green at the beginning of day two of the 2012 Open Championship at the Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club near Blackpool Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Another watery scene as torchbearer David Boyle carries the Olympic flame on a boat rowed by the Maidstone rowing club during his leg of the relay Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

People gather outside the Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colorado, after a mass shooting. Police say 12 people were killed in the shooting at the suburban Denver cinema and dozens more were injured Photograph: Karl Gehring/AP

A great view of the links and surrounding area during the second round of the 141st Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Photograph: David Cannon/R&A/Getty Images

Street artist James Cochran, AKA Jimmy C, puts the finishing touches to a vibrant piece of work in London depicting the face of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Haven't we got enough already? Workers assemble yet another set of Olympic rings at the Olympic Park Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

It's the other Brit this time: Mark Cavendish celebrates on the finish line at the end of the 222.5km 18th stage of the Tour de France in the south-west of the country Photograph: Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images