In Pictures
Home
World
UK
England
N. Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Business
Politics
Health
Education
Sci/Environment
Technology
Entertainment & Arts
Video & Audio
Magazine
In Pictures
Also in the News
Have Your Say
Special Reports
4 July 2012
Last updated at
12:48
Day in pictures: 4 July 2012
The pack of riders cycles past the church of Aire-sur-la-Lys during the third stage of the 99th Tour de France race between Orchies and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Dutch Queen Beatrix awards architect Krijn van den Ende with the Order of the House of Orange at the Huis ten Bosch Palace in the Hague. Mr Van de Ende is involved in the renovation and redesign of the royal palaces and imperial buildings.
Italian designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges the audience at the end of his Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2012-13 show in Paris.
Crew members of the next expedition to the International Space Station take part in pre-flight training inside a mock-up of a Soyuz TMA space craft at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Children play in a street during a power cut in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Curyl Green and her daughter Ania keep cool in a paddling pool in the aftermath of a storm that left their home without power in Salem, New Jersey, USA.
A refugee carries water as others wait in long queues in the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan.
Urban foxes play in a domestic garden in Birmingham.
A Portland Timbers fan waves a flag amid green smoke from a flare as he celebrates a second half goal during a football game against the San Jose Earthquake in Portland, Oregon.
Police in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters angry about a new language law boosting the status of Russian.
Share this page
Delicious
Digg
Facebook
reddit
StumbleUpon
Twitter
Email
Print
Services
Mobile
Connected TV
News feeds
Alerts
E-mail news
About BBC News
Editors' blog
BBC College of Journalism
News sources
Editorial Guidelines