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1. Madrid, Spain: butchers use a crane to lift the carcass of a bull at the Las Ventas bullring Photograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

2. Cannes, France: guests take photographs on the red carpet during arrivals at Cannes film festival Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters

3. Beijing, China: two monks wait before the customary ceremony of lowering the flag at Tiananmen Square Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

4. Qinhuangdao, China: Franchon Crews of the US rests between rounds during her light heavyweight semi-final at the women’s world boxing championships Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

5. New York, US: a Facebook logo at the Nasdaq stock exchange. Facebook listed its IPO on Nasdaq with an opening price of $38 per share Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

6. Tokyo, Japan: women dressed as white egret birds take part in the Shirasagi-jinji (holy ritual of cranes) and perform a dance at the Asakusa Sanja festival Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty Images

7. Turkana, Kenya: refugees from Jonglei state in South Sudan sit inside a temporary shelter in Kakuma refugee camp Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

8. Frankfurt, Germany: riot police in front of the city’s Justice Fountain during the Blockupy protest Photograph: Carsten Koall/Getty Images

9. La Paz, Bolivia: a woman walks past riot police Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters

10. Athens, Greece: an actor dressed as a high priestess lights the Olympic torch at a ceremony in the Panathenean stadium Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

11. Port Vila, Vanuatu: residents of Ifira Island play island cricket in their village Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Images

12. London, UK: the RAF, navy and army guards of honour on the parade ground at Wellington barracks Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

13. Washington DC, US: Oxfam activists wearing masks depicting G8 world leaders demonstrate outside the White House Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

14. Managua, Nicaragua: a march to mark International Day Against Homophobia Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

15. London, UK: Yeoman Michael Smith climbs up from the boiler room onboard the HMS Belfast before its re-opening to the public Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Image