A man rides through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares in Spain. Horses are ridden through bonfires on the eve of the Festival of San Anton, the patron saint of animals.
The Queen Mary 2, The Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth 2, three of the world's best known ocean liners, steamed out of New York harbour together.
This month-old polar bear cub was taken from its mother in a zoo in the German city of Nuremberg after officials began to worry she might kill it.
Snow falls on Kinkaku-ji - a temple in the western Japanese city of Kyoto.
An Iraqi Shia girl stands by candles in Karbala during the Ashura festival to mark the death of Imam Hussein in AD680.
Kenyan police clashed with opposition supporters on the second day of election protests. Protesters said last month's election was rigged in favour of President Mwai Kibaki.
A passenger plane made a dramatic emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport - one of the busiest in the world.
Fans celebrated Kevin Keegan's surprise return to Newcastle United football club, being named as their new boss, 11 years after quitting the club.
At least 18 Palestinians, including at least 13 militants, died in an Israeli raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Funerals were held for the dead at the Omari mosque.
The number of people who have died as a result of cold weather in Afghanistan rose to 200, according to government officials.