CHINA

The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, weds Xia Shujuan in a traditional Mongolian ceremony in Inner Mongolia, China. They were officially married earlier this year.

AUSTRALIA

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's Warlugulong 1977, which is being auctioned in Sydney, Australia, and is set to break the record for the most expensive Aboriginal art work sold at auction.

JAPAN - Campaigning

The poll is being seen as a key test for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has seen his popularity plummet during his 10 months in power. Japanese lawmakers have begun campaigning for the 29 July upper house elections, with about half the seats up for grabs.

Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, urged people to vote for change and a new government.

The small New People's Party, meanwhile, campaigned on behalf of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is contesting a seat from house arrest in Chile.

CHINA

A man collects dead fish in Donghu lake in central China's Hubei province. Officials said the fish had died in the lake due to a combination of pollution and hot weather.

Valued exposure

A teacher at a boys school in London keeps a record of his pupils' height and weight. The school for ailing boys is running an experiment to prove that boys who have gained in weight and height perform better in the classroom, 1936.

FRANCE

The fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race takes place in the French countryside.

Boeing Dreamliner unveiled

Boeing has so far received 677 orders for its Dreamliner, the latest chapter in the rivalry between Boeing and Europe's Airbus to dominate the commercial jet market.

There was little on the outside of the aircraft that visitors could not touch - although the inside has yet to be completed.

Huge crowds gathered at Boeing's assembly plant in Everett in Washington state, to see the first production model of the 787 Dreamliner make its public debut.

Argentina snowfall

Proving that the age of gallantry is not past, a man carries a woman across a flooded street in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

China - Flooding

Proving that the age of gallantry is not past, a man carries a woman across a flooded street in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

Residents survey the damage to houses that collapsed during the flooding in Guangan.

People negotiate the floods by boat in Quxian County, Sichuan province.

And still the rain keeps falling in Nanjing, as a man paddles a rubber dingy up a submerged street.

And elsewhere in the city, a businessman counts the cost of flood damage to his shop.

Firemen rescue passengers from a coach that was trapped in the flooding in Guangan.

Soldiers of the People's Armed Police Force clean silt in the flooded old city area of Guangan, in south-west China's Sichuan province.

Pakistan - Red Mosque assault

Pakistani security forces stormed Islamabad's rebellious Red Mosque in an operation that began in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was leading the resistance, was killed during the operation. The Interior Ministry says his body was found in the basement of the mosque.

The army says at least 50 Islamic militants and eight soldiers have been killed in the fighting.

Troops sealed off the area before the operation began.

Medical staff attend to a commando injured in the fighting

By late morning, the army said they were in control of 70% of the mosque complex, which includes a religious school for women and girls.

For months militants in the mosque campaigning for Sharia law in Islamabad have openly defied the authorities.

Valued exposure

Portuguese rice harvest. Original Publication: Picture Post, 1955.

China

A model wears a hat decorated with condoms at 4th China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo in Beijing. The expo hopes to promote condom use for family planning and the prevention of HIV/AIDS in China.

Ireland

Indian Spirit performers thrill onlookers with their dangerous routine at Duffy's Circus in Eamonn Ceannt Park, Dublin.

Australia

The aircraft super-carrier USS Kitty Hawk arrives in Sydney Harbour, Australia, where it will remain until Tuesday.

Papua New Guinea's

Barefoot voters from the Andai tribe of hunter-gatherers queue to cast their votes at a remote village polling station during Papua New Guinea's general election.

Australia

Aboriginal children play on a swing set as Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough meets with the Mutitjulu community elders near Alice Springs, Australia.

UK- Valued Exposure

People sunbathe and relax at Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park, London, in 1949.

Albania- Valued Exposure

The remains of a Roman amphitheatre in Butrint, photographed in the 1950s. In 1997, the Butrint Foundation, along with UNESCO, encouraged the Albanian government to declare the whole site, and 30 square miles around it, a national park.

Spain- Running of The Bulls

Tens of thousands of people have flocked to the northern Spanish city of Pamplona to take part in the annual Running of the Bulls, which began on Saturday.

The Running of the Bulls is held during a nine-day festival of San Fermin, and has been celebrated since 1591. Runners wear red neckties during the event.

The event sees six bulls run each day from the outskirts of the city through the narrow streets into the bullring in the centre of the city - preceded by crowds of revellers.

This year, the 0800 start of the run was slightly delayed, to clear rubbish and drunken revellers off the streets. Many were content to watch the action from the sidelines.

The event gained international notoriety after author Ernest Hemingway portrayed it in his 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises.

Slips and falls are commonplace as the runners round street corners. Since 1924, 13 people have been killed, the most recent an American tourist who was gored in 1995.

New Seven Wonders of the World

The winners of a competition to name the modern wonders of the world have been announced in Lisbon. One of them is the ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico.

Brazil's Statue of Christ the Redeemer, which gazes down over Rio de Janeiro, is one of three winners from Latin America.

The Colosseum in Rome, where gladiators once fought, is the only European building to make the list. Stonehenge, the Acropolis and The Kremlin all lost out.

The Great Wall of China was a popular winner. The list was chosen after people were invited to choose their favourites via the internet or via text messages.

Peru's Machu Picchu, 2,430m (8,000ft) up a mountain slope, is the remains of an Inca city.

Jordan's Petra - the famed Rose City - also made the list. The Khazneh, or Treasury, featured prominently in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

India's Taj Mahal, a tomb built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his favourite wife, is one of the most well-known of the chosen sites. Organisers say 100m people cast their vote.