All around the world, people waited eagerly on Friday for the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - this crowd gathered in Berlin, Germany.
The pack rides during the 15th stage of the Tour de France, between Foix and Loudenvielle.
Turkey's Islamist-rooted AK Party, led by religious conservatives, won a resounding victory in the general election, triggering wild celebrations by its supporters.
A US soldier inspects the wreckage of a car in central Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood, where explosions killed at least 10 people.
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair begins a two-day visit to Israel on his first mission as special envoy to the Middle East.
Soaring temperatures across much of south-eastern Europe have sparked fires like this one in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Flooding brought widespread disruption to parts of England leaving many homes in the South West of England without power and fresh water.
A man in the English city of Oxford manoeuvres his punt - a small boat - from the River Cherwell straight into his flooded back garden.
Bulgarian nurses, imprisoned in Libya since 1999, celebrate their return home after their death sentences were commuted in a last-minute deal.
In a daring display of aerobatic excellence, a man flies his plane beneath a motorway bridge in Hungary.
Afghan policemen search a vehicle at a border checkpoint in the southern province of Ghazni, where 23 South Koreans were taken hostage by the Taleban on 20 July.
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