Day in pictures

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47650000/jpg/_47650131_australia_allsport.jpgPilot Peter Besenyei, of Hungary, demonstrates his skill during the Red Bull Air Race training day in Perth, Australia.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47650000/jpg/_47650132_china_afp.jpgMarshalls hold up "be quiet” batons during the first round of the Volvo China Open golf tournament in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47650000/jpg/_47650133_northkorea_afp.jpgFireworks over the North Korean capital of Pyongyang commemorate the Day of the Sun – birthday of the country’s founder, Kim Il-Sung. The former leader, who died in 1994, is still called Eternal President.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47650000/jpg/_47650134_korea_ap.jpgOn the other side of the border, South Korean activists release balloons carrying leaflets condemning the North’s leader Kim Jong-Il and his late father, Kim Il-Sung.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47650000/jpg/_47650135_russia_ap.jpgWorkers use a crane to replace a restored statue of Vladimir Lenin near the Finland railway station in St Petersburg, Russia, a year after it was damaged in a blast.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47650000/jpg/_47650136_uk_pa.jpgA visitor views a collection of pop-up trees made from 100% recycled card and painted by members of the public from all over the UK, on display in London’s Covent Garden.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47650000/jpg/_47650137_ukraine_afp.jpgMembers of a youth organisation protest in costume outside Ukrainian government offices in Kiev demanding a ban on some herbal smoking blends which they say contain drugs.

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