Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Two Polish nuns watch people bathing as hundreds of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims begin to attend World Youth Day at Copacabana beach during the pope's visitPhotograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesPyongyang, North Korea: Veterans of the Korean war wave to their leader Kim Jong-un during a mass military parade in Kim Il-sung Square to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice Photograph: David Guttenfelder/APCairo, Egypt: A streak of dried blood on the ground where supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi were killed in fighting between pro-Morsi demonstrators and Egyptian security forcesPhotograph: Ed Giles/Getty Images
Manama, Bahrain: A Shia Muslim boy wearing traditional Bahraini dress reading the Qur'an in a mosquePhotograph: Ayman yaqoob/Demotix/CorbisCairo, Egypt: A woman paints Egyptian flag colours on a baby's face during a rally Photograph: Li Muzi/Xinhua Press/CorbisTaipei, Taiwan: Participants arrange their facial masks after 1,213 people broke the Guinness World Record by applying facial masks for 10 minutes at the same time Photograph: Pichi Chuang/ReutersLondon, UK: A participant attempts to pick up her number before the start of the Sumo Run in Battersea ParkPhotograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty ImagesBagnolet, Paris: A woman looks at the list of biometric voters at the Malian consulate during the Malian presidential electionsPhotograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty ImagesLima, Peru: A demonstrator is arrested by the police during a protest by students and workersPhotograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty ImagesLondon, UK: Jamaica's Usain Bolt sweats after running in the 4x100m relay during the Anniversary Games at the Olympic StadiumPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianRio de Janeiro, Brazil: Pilgrims rest under a blanket decorated with an image of Jesus on Copacabana beach before the arrival of Pope FrancisPhotograph: Felipe Dana/APNorth Dakota, US: Inmates sit in the county jail on in WillistonPhotograph: Andrew Burton/Getty ImagesSrinagar, India: Kashmiri men take a break to chat while selling their produce at the floating vegetable market on Dal LakePhotograph: Greg Baker/APZhangye, China: Danxia landform, which means 'rosy cloud', is formed from the erosion of red-coloured sandstonePhotograph: Xinhua /Landov/Barcroft Media
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