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Is that the North Korean Tardis? A North Korean soldier stands on the river bank in Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. A much-anticipated meeting between North and South Korea, which had been set for today, collapsed before it even began
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Ariel Castro enters the courtroom for his arraignment in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Castro, accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade, pleaded not guilty to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping
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The World Day Against Child Labour, which was initiated in 2002 by the International Labor Organization to highlight the plight of child labourers, is observed across the world today and images are coming in showing the hardship endured by children. Here an Indian child makes brooms in a slum in the outskirts of Srinagar
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A young boy works at a metal factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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An Indian boy, selling jackfruit, sits on a hand cart as he awaits customers in New Delhi, India
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A view of the stage during the first rehearsal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' (Die Zauberfloete) on the sea stage of the Brengenz Festival, in Bregenz, Austria. The opera production will premiere on 17 July as part of the Brengenz Festival, which will run until 18 August
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Palestinian boys take part in a military-style summer camp being held by the Islamic Jihad movement during the youngsters' summer school vacation in Rafah town, in the southern Gaza Strip. Thousands of youngsters between the age of six and 16, can participate in the summer camp where they receive military as well as religious training
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Snowboarder Sebastien Jam flies above a maintenance worker on the Grand-Saint-Bernard pass. The pass, which connects Switzerland and Italy, will reopen for the summer season after a two week delay due to exceptional snowfalls in recent months
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An image made available by NASA showing several types of downhill flow features on Mars. This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an example of a type called 'linear gullies.' Linear gullies are characterized by relatively constant width and by raised banks or levees along the sides. The grooves shown here, on the side of a large sand dune inside Russell Crater, are the longest linear gullies known, extending almost 2 km down this dune slope
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Several thousand people march through Moscow in support of twelve anti-Kremlin activists accused of violence at an opposition rally last year as well as other jailed activists. This comes a day after Russia's president Putin made fresh accusations at Washington for supporting a protest movement against him
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Vigilantes pose for a photographs in Maiduguri, Nigeria. As soldiers continue an offensive against radical Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria, young men armed with machetes and sticks have now entered the streets of the region's biggest city, targeting suspected fighters
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Inside the makeshift house of Tunisian Sabri Riahi, 32, following his arrest in Barcelona. Spain's Interior Ministry says authorities have arrested five Tunisian men living in Barcelona after they were discovered spreading terror propaganda on social media networks. The five were detained on accusations of praising terrorism after they allegedly uploaded material onto the internet including speeches by Osama Bin Laden, explanations on how to make bombs and videos showing Islamic terrorists training and firing weapons and carrying out executions
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Members of the Philippine Marine Corps perform during a ceremony to mark the 115th Independence Day in Quirino Grandstand, Manila. In a speech to mark Independence Day, President Benigno Aquino III said the Philippines only wanted to protect its own territory, and would not resort to aggression in territorial disputes with China and other neighbours
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An Indonesian student during a protest outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, denouncing impending fuel price increases. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on April 30 that he hopes to lower fuel subsidies which are a risk to the economy
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A close up of a Lego tube map is displayed at Kings Cross Station in London, England. Five tube maps have been made from Lego to celebrate the 150th anniversary of London's famous underground rail system. Made from a thousand bricks, each map shows the network's evolution from 1927 to a glimpse of the future in 2020
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Top marks for discretion go to AP's Paul White. Activists of FEMEN shout for the release of fellow activists, who are imprisoned in Tunisia during a protest outside the Tunisian embassy in Madrid
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A picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is burned by protesters during an anti-North Korea rally in Seoul
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A Free Syrian Army fighter shoots his weapon near Kindi hospital, which is under the control of forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad, as both sides fight to take control of the hospital in Aleppo, June 11, 2013.
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A radical Orthodox believer (R) throws an egg at gay rights activists during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma as "against advocating the rejection of traditional family values" in central Moscow, June 11, 2013. Russian police detained more than 20 gay rights activists involved in a "kissing protest" outside parliament where lawmakers were preparing to pass a bill banning homosexual "propaganda".
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A protester lies in animal blood as he participates in a demonstration against lawmakers' demands for a pay rise, outside parliament buildings in Nairobi, June 11, 2013.
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Activists from the Democratic Students Organisation (DSO) shout slogans as they scuffle with police during a protest in Kolkata, India, June 11, 2013. Dozens of DSO activists protested against the recent gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old college student at Barasat area on the outskirts of Kolkata.
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A sign reading "No Reporters Please" is posted on the front door of the house belonging to Lonnie and Karen Snowden, father and stepmother of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, in Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, June 11, 2013.
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A damaged car is driven from the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, June 11, 2013.
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Italy's Davide Astori (R) fights for the ball with Haiti's Kevin Fils Belfort during their international friendly match in Rio de Janeiro, June 11, 2013.
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A photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama meeting former South African president Nelson Mandela is seen at Mandela's office at the newly renovated Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Houghton, Johannesburg, June 11, 2013.
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Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel jumps feet-first from Marina Hemingway in Havana, on June 12. McCardel is attempting to become the first to cross the Florida Straits swimming through the shark-infested sea without a protective cage.
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Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel starts her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana June 12. With favorable weather predicted and a team of scientists on her side, McCardel will set out on Wednesday to become the first person to make the 103-mile (166-km) swim between Cuba and the Florida Keys without a shark cage to protect her. The treacherous body of water known as the Florida Straits is the Holy Grail for marathon swimmers and has been conquered only once, by Susie Maroney, also Australian, who used a protective cage at age 22 during her 1997 swim that glided on ocean currents and enabled her to make the journey in just 25 hours
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Ayesha Farooq, 26, Pakistan's only female combat fighter pilot, looks up as she closes the cockpit of a Chinese-made F-7PG fighter jet at Mushaf base in Sargodha, north Pakistan. Farooq, from Punjab province's historic city of Bahawalpur, is one of 19 women who have become pilots in the Pakistan Air Force over the last decade - but the only one to pass the final test to qualify for combat
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Group showers for the french? No these are volunteers waiting outside a decontamination area as they participate in an exercise simulating a nuclear, radiological, biological, chemical and explosive (NRBCe) attack in the subway near Gerland stadium, in Lyon, central France
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An employee wipes a tear away in the control room of the Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens. Greece's government promised on Wednesday to relaunch a slimmed-down state broadcaster ERT after closing it down last night
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James 'Whitey' Bulger trial opens in Boston
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James "Whitey" Bulger is accused of a series of murders over the course of three decades
A former top fugitive who is accused of being one of America's most notorious mobsters has gone on trial after nearly two decades on the run.
James "Whitey" Bulger, 83, denies 19 counts of murder, running crime schemes and corrupting officials.
Prosecutors told the court he brought "murder and mayhem" as leader of Boston's Winter Hill Gang in the 1980s.
He was an inspiration for the gangster played by Jack Nicholson in Oscar-winning 2006 film The Departed.
The trial is expected to last for months and call more than 100 witnesses, including alleged victims, criminal partners and law enforcement officials.
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Kingston Council leader quits over child porn arrest
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Derek Osbourne has twice served as council leader
The leader of Kingston Borough Council has resigned after he was arrested for possessing indecent images of children.
Derek Osbourne, 59, was arrested on Tuesday morning at his home in Kingston and taken to a south London police station. He has been bailed until August.
In a statement, acting leader, councillor Liz Green, said the Liberal Democrats were "deeply shocked".
He was first elected leader from 1997-98, and then again from 2003.
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Footballer Lionel Messi investigated for tax fraud in Spain
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Lionel Messi said he only learned of the allegations through the media
Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than 4m euros (£3.4m).
The 25-year-old Argentina forward and his father, Jorge Horacio, are suspected of filing fraudulent tax returns for 2007-09, officials say.
The World Player of the Year expressed his surprise, denying the allegation.
His Barcelona net salary is said to be some 16m euros a year, making him one of the world's highest-paid athletes.
He has also signed a number of multimillion-dollar endorsements with major sponsors around the globe.
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Ealing gunman Daniel Bidace Anthony jailed for 42 years
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Daniel Bidace Anthony tried to kill Amy Ashitey because she recognised him
A "merciless" killer who shot a man dead and tried to murder his victim's double amputee partner as she lay in bed has been jailed for four decades.
Daniel Bidace Anthony, 30, shot Dothan Gordon in the back of the head at his home in Ealing, west London, last June.
A judge at the Old Bailey sentenced Bidace Anthony, of Earls Court, to life with a minimum term of 42 years.
Excluding whole-life tariffs, it is thought to be the longest minimum term imposed in England and Wales.
The tariff is two years longer than the one handed down to Soham child killer Ian Huntley.
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Lightning strikes the Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, in downtown Chicago on June 12, 2013. A massive storm system with heavy rain, high winds, hail and possible tornadoes moved into Illinois and much of the central part of the Midwest on Wednesday.
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Curious onlookers try to record the scene at the top of the 600-foot hight Hearst skyscraper as two window washers whose scaffolding collapsed are rescued in New York, Wednesday, June 12, 2013.
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People look up at broken scaffolding dangling from the top of the 46-story Hearst Tower moments after two trapped window washers were rescued on June 12, 2013 in New York City. The workers, who were servicing the window-washing equipment when the scaffolding broke, were left dangling 500 feet above Eighth Avenue. Firefighters and NYPD emergency service unit officers were were able to rescue the men as hundreds of onlookers gazed up from the street.
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Countdown to G8
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A demonstrator protesting against the upcoming G8 summit, being held near Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, wears a mask outside BAE systems headquarters in central London, June 12, 2013.
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A water cannon vehicle passes through a security checkpoint at the Lough Erne Golf Resort in County Fermanagh where the G8 summit is being held next week, June 12, 2013.
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Canadian 'Black Widow' jailed for poisoning husband
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Melissa Shepard's lawyer said she felt remorseful
An elderly Canadian woman dubbed the "Black Widow" has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for drugging her husband on their honeymoon in Nova Scotia.
Melissa Ann Shepard, 78, pleaded guilty to administering a noxious substance.
She was charged last year after Fred Weeks fell ill at a bed and breakfast.
She has prior convictions, including for the manslaughter of her second husband in 1992, whom she drugged and ran over twice in a car.
She was also sentenced to five years in prison, in 2005, for seven counts of theft from a man in Florida whom she met online and with whom she lived for a month.
Shepard was charged, last October, after her latest husband fell ill from the effects of tranquilisers mixed into his coffee on board a ferry from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland on their honeymoon last September.
The court heard that Fred Weeks came aboard the ferry fit enough easily to walk the 200 metres (220 yards) from his car to a lift.
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Mexico candidate Jaime Orozco killed in Chihuahua state
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Chihuahua is one of the states worst hit by the drugs-related violence in Mexico
Mexican officials say they have found the body of a mayoral candidate who had been missing in northern Chihuahua state since Monday.
Jaime Orozco had been reportedly abducted by armed men from his home in the town of Guadalupe y Calvo.
His body was found in a nearby field, with more than a dozen bullet wounds.
Criminal gangs operate in the area, producing cannabis, heroin and synthetic drugs which are mainly smuggled into the United States.
Mr Orozco was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, of President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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He was running for mayor in the 7 July elections, being held in Chihuahua and several other Mexican states.
"We are carrying out an investigation. We will solve this crime and find those responsible for it," said governor Cesar Duarte.
At least two dozen mayors have been assassinated in Mexico since former President Felipe Calderon deployed the armed forces to fight the drug cartels in December 2006.
Critics say Mr Calderon's war on drugs led to an escalation of violence and the deaths of some 70,000 people.
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Burma Muslim jailed for petrol attack on Buddhist woman
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Parts of Lashio, such as this market, were destroyed in the unrest
A Burmese Muslim man has been sentenced to 26 years in jail for an attack on a Buddhist woman that led to at least two days of violence in Shan State in May.
Nay Win, 48, was convicted for setting the woman alight at a petrol station.
After the attack, Buddhist youths armed with sticks roamed the streets in the town of Lashio in search of Muslims.
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Indonesia: Kidnapped Briton Malcolm Primrose reunited with family
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Mr Primrose was said to be in good health when he was found
Briton Malcolm Primrose, who was kidnapped in Indonesia on Tuesday, has now returned to his family, the oil company he works for has said.
Medco E&P also expressed its "deepest gratitude" to the local authorities after the release of the 61-year-old oil engineer, who was seized in the north Sumatran province of Aceh.
Indonesian officials say an extensive hunt for his captors is continuing.
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Springs resident Yolette Baca takes a photo of the wildfire in the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 12, 2013
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Black Forest Fire Dept. officers burn off natural ground fuel in an evacuated neighborhood, prepping the area for the encroachment of the wildfire on June 12, 2013.
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A security guard gestures outside Westminster Abbey in London, after the abbey was closed to visitors following the defacing of a portrait of the Queen with spray paint. The man arrested is believed to be a member of the campaign group Fathers4Justice
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Passenger sits on an empty platform and reads a newspaper, at Saint-Charles railway station, in Marseille, southern France, as French rail workers are on strike over a reorganization of the national rail and train companies.
