Mon 2 Jul 2007 12.15 EDT First published on Mon 2 Jul 2007 12.15 EDT
Bolan district, Pakistan: Traffic comes to a standstill due to a damaged bridge. Around 500 people have now been killed, and hundreds of thousands left homeless, by more than a week of severe weather that has swept across the coastlines, plains and mountains of south Asia.
Mumbai, India: A man walks beside a taxi as it rains. Life in the rain-battered city began to return to normal yesterday as floodwaters receded from waterlogged areas and traffic was normal in most parts.
Le Pellerin, France: This picture shows a distorted boat, a work of art by the Austrian Erwin Wurm, exhibited at the La Martiniere canal as part of the estuary's cultural event.
Sydney, Australia: Light streams into a hangar during a ceremony to welcome the World Youth Day Cross as it arrives in Australia. World Youth Day, the world's largest youth event, will culminate in July 2008 when Pope Benedict XVI will visit Sydney to celebrate the event.
Volos, Greece: A woman guides her sheep through a burnt forest. The fires broke out after a nine-day heatwave described by authorities as the longest ever recorded in the country, and were fanned by strong winds.
Istanbul, Turkey: A protester looks dejected next to the picture of Hrant Dink during a demonstration outside the court building where the late Turkish-Armenian journalist’s murder trial will take place. Dink was assassinated on January 19 2007 in front of the offices of his newspaper Agos.
El Paso, USA: A young Mexican man uses a metal tower to jump into the Rio Grande from the United States side of the border with Mexico. The young man and other swimmers did not attempt to go further into the US and therefore were not stopped by the border patrol from using the good diving point.
Hong Kong, China: The first visitors to the newly open giant pandas' habitat look at Ying Ying and Le Le in their new home at Hong Kong Ocean Park. The two giant pandas are the latest gifts from China to Hong Kong to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the handover to Chinese rule.
