http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47657000/jpg/_47657707_romania_afp.jpgA fountain in Bucharest is coloured red by the Romanian Haemophilia Association as part of its Red Friday event to draw attention to the disorder.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47657000/jpg/_47657708_india_afp.jpgA boatman in Delhi, India, takes a nap in the shade as a heatwave sends temperatures soaring across the region.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47657000/jpg/_47657709_denmark_ap.jpgDanish Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik wave from the window of Fredensborg Palace as family and friends sing to mark her 70th birthday.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47657000/jpg/_47657710_germany_afp.jpg"Pope-Beer", candles and other souvenirs are displayed in a shop in Marktl am Inn in southern Germany. The village is the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI who is celebrating his 83rd birthday.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47657000/jpg/_47657711_london_afp.jpgOutfits from an exhibition called Grace Kelly: Style Icon are prepared for display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47657000/jpg/_47657712_russia_afp.jpgA woman tries her luck at fishing on the banks of Viacha lake outside Minsk, Belarus.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47657000/jpg/_47657713_tokyo_ap.jpgEager readers waited in drizzling rain in Tokyo as the third volume of Haruki Murakami’s best-selling multi-part novel 1Q84 went on sale.
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