From a tomato fight festival to two large inflatable ducks - in pictures

  • Aerial view of the annual Tomato Fight Festival, known as ‘Tomatina’, in Sutamarchan, Colombia. AFP
    Aerial view of the annual Tomato Fight Festival, known as ‘Tomatina’, in Sutamarchan, Colombia. AFP
  • People wait as rubbish is unloaded at a dump to collect plastic items to sell for recycling, in Syria's north-western Idlib province. AFP
    People wait as rubbish is unloaded at a dump to collect plastic items to sell for recycling, in Syria's north-western Idlib province. AFP
  • A sailor works on the rigging on the first day of the Richard Mille Cup in Falmouth, south-west England. Getty
    A sailor works on the rigging on the first day of the Richard Mille Cup in Falmouth, south-west England. Getty
  • Barbed wire demarcates the ‘blue line’, drawn by the UN to mark Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, near Kfar Shuba. AFP
    Barbed wire demarcates the ‘blue line’, drawn by the UN to mark Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, near Kfar Shuba. AFP
  • Flooded streets in heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters
    Flooded streets in heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters
  • Wake Forest celebrate after winning a college baseball game against Alabama, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. AP
    Wake Forest celebrate after winning a college baseball game against Alabama, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. AP
  • Independence day celebrations at the Embassy of the Philippines in Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Independence day celebrations at the Embassy of the Philippines in Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Novak Djokovic celebrates alongside the trophy after winning the Roland-Garros French Open tennis tournament in Paris. AFP
    Novak Djokovic celebrates alongside the trophy after winning the Roland-Garros French Open tennis tournament in Paris. AFP
  • Chinese honour guards prepare for the arrival of Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. EPA
    Chinese honour guards prepare for the arrival of Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. EPA
  • A fisherman stores blocks of ice on a boat in preparation for the end of a 61-day fishing ban in Chennai, India. EPA
    A fisherman stores blocks of ice on a boat in preparation for the end of a 61-day fishing ban in Chennai, India. EPA
  • One of two large inflatables named ‘Double Ducks’, by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is reinflated at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. AFP
    One of two large inflatables named ‘Double Ducks’, by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is reinflated at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. AFP