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 restoration and interior architect Krijn van den Ende with the Order of the House of Orange

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.

Astronauts in a mock-up of a Soyuz TMA space craft

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.

Girl sat in a paddling pool to keep cool

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 football fan was a flag amidst green smoke from a flare

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.

Hundreds of protesters clash with riot police in central Kiev

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.

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Day in pictures: 4 July 2012

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