In pictures: World and nation
Supporters of Michael Jackson hold placards awaiting the verdict of his doctor's trial in Los Angeles.
People stand on a bus as it drives through the floodwaters in a street in Lat Phrao shopping and business district, in Bangkok.
A Honda robot named 'Asimo' performs sign langage during a demonstration of its new fuctions, at the company's laboratory in Wako city, Tokyo.
A model shows off Nissan's pure EV sports car concept, 'ESFLOW' at the company's Design Center, in Japan.
John Abraham and Chitrangada Singh preform during a promotional event for the upcoming Hindi film 'Desi Boyz', in Mumbai.
Darren Sammy is bowled out by Ravichandran Ashwin during the third day of the First Test Match at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi.
Kareena Kapoor poses on the set of an advertising photographic session, in Mumbai.
Chinese men watch fake liquor being destroyed by fire during a counterfeit products awareness campaign in Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou province.
Freida Pinto turns around for photographers at the premiere of her film, Immortals, in Los Angeles.
Schoolchildren and others walk past empty trucks parked in a row, waiting to be escorted by police to neighboring Assam to ferry supplies to Manipur, on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur's capital.
Hindu devotees cross a crowded bridge over the River Ganges in Haridwar, 500km southwest of Lucknow.
Footwear of Hindu devotees lie on the ground after a stampede on the banks of the River Ganges in Haridwar.
People run away from a high wave in the southern city of Nice. Heavy rain and flooding hit southern France at the weekend, seeing hundreds of people evacuated, three killed in flood-related accidents.
US President Barack Obama chats with students as he tours a classroom in the Yeadon Regional Head Start Center in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.
Teej Hazarika performs the last rites of his father music maestro Bhupen Hazarika during his cremation ceremony at Jalukbari in Guwahati.