13 July 2010 Last updated at 13:03 ET

Day in pictures

A South African fur seal swims in a pool in its enclosure at a zoo in Frankfurt, central Germany.

Dutch football supporters wait on the Brouwersgracht canal in Amsterdam for the Dutch football team to pass during a ceremonial boat parade on the canals.

A skull of an adult Homo heidelbergensis on display at the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos, Spain.

Children cool themselves in a fountain, as temperatures reach 40C in central Budapest, Hungary.

An activist from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) wears a full-length gown made of lettuce in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya.

Honour guards of the People's Liberation Army line up during a welcoming ceremony for Argentine President Cristina Kirchner in the Chinese capital, Beijing.

Prince Harry meets Trudy, a Golden Retriever puppy being trained, during a visit to a charity in Sussex, England.

Figures dance through the streets during the San Fermin festival "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos", or Parade of the giants and the big heads, in Pamplona, Spain.

A woman looks towards North Korea through the barbed wire fence with pro-unification messages at the border village of Imjingak in Paju, South Korea.

Hindu devotees participate in the annual "Rath Yatra" or chariot procession of Lord Jagannath, in Ahmadabad, India.

An elderly woman takes part in laughter yoga exercises at the Hospicio de San Jose orphanage centre in Manila, Philippines.

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as two Kashmiri children sit outside their house near the Martyr's Graveyard in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir.