A group of Palestinians read the Koran in a West Bank mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

An American and a Russian boxer prepare for their fight in an outdoor boxing ring in Moscow’s Red Square.

An intense Felipe Massa steels himself for another lap of racing against the clock during the second practice session before the Belgian Grand Prix.

A young seal pup plays with her older sister in their enclosure in Munich zoo.

Taiwanese students congregate during the "Deaflympics Countdown 365" event, a rehearsal for the 21st Summer Deaflympics.

Barcelona's annual fashion week is seeing the customary array of costumes - from the sublime to the more unconventional.

A worker adds the finishing touches to a temporary art gallery in Berlin. The exhibition hall will stage its first show next month and is expected to stay in the German capital for two years.

Torrential rains have hit parts of southern Somalia, ruining this woman’s makeshift house in a refugee camp outside Mogadishu.

In India the monsoon rains have caused destruction and havoc, with tens of thousands of people made homeless.

A British auctioneer prepares for another sale of work by elusive artist Banksy - which includes a traffic bollard decorated with a stencilled rat.