An artist arranges clay faces of Hindu Goddess Durga at artisan village, known as locally Kumartoli, in preparation for the Hindu festival Durga Puja in Siliguri.

A model presents a creation for Dior during the Fall/ Winter 2011-2012 Haute Couture collection show.

Juan Pedro Lecuana, 38 of Spain trains on the route where he will be running in front of the bulls during the bulls runs at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona northern Spain.

People inspect the scene of rocket attack at a residential complex in Baghdad, Iraq, several Iraqis have been killed and wounded in a late night rocket attack on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

Girls wash themselves during the educational forum 'Seliger 2011' organized by the Russia's Federal Agency on Youth Affairs, Rosmolodezh and pro-Kremlin youth movement, Nashi (Ours) in a tent camp at Seliger lake in Tverskaya.

Celebratory fireworks explode over San Francisco Bay with San Francisco in the background in San Francisco, California. The United States celebrated its 235th anniversary of declaring independence from the British Empire.

India's coach Duncan Fletcher talks with Virat Kohli during a training session in preparation for the third cricket Test match against the West Indies in Roseau, Dominica.

Retired Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, right, poses with his supporter beside the Barclays Premier League trophy during the trophy tour around Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A petrol pump man giving petrol to a two wheeler rider wearing helmet, as the administration issued a notice 'No helmet no petrol' in Guwahati, Assam.

A Canadian Forces Sea King helicopter with the Duke of Cambridge on board takes part in a search and rescue demonstration in Dalvay by-the-Sea, Prince Edward Island.

Dancers of the Ballet Royal de Flandres perform 'Artifact', a ballet choreographed by US William Forsythe under the direction of Kathryn Bennetts at the Berlioz opera in Montpellier, southern France, during the 31st Montpellier Danse festival.

Seiji Uchida (up), 49, a Japanese man paralysed from the waist down, is carried by Tsukuba University student Ekuni using a Hybrid Assisted Limb (HAL) robo-suit as they climb the stairs of the Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, north-western France. The HAL suit, allowing the wearer to carry very heavy load, works by detecting faint bioelectrical signals using pads placed on specific areas of the body. The pads move the HAL suit accordingly.

Harley-Davidson's first woman customer in India, Sheeja Mathews, poses with her bike in Bengaluru.

Hyderabad police load to fire tear gas towards a student protest in support of the separate state of Telangana near the Osmania University campus in the city.

Students from Osmania university pelt stones and burn tires as they demonstrate in support of Telangana in front of policemen in Hyderabad.

Paramilitary forces mantain a vigil in Hyderabad in view of the 48-hour strike called by the Telangna Joint Action Committee on Tuesday.

A man in New Delhi rides through the rain. The capital caught a spot of rain earning much-needed relief from a hot month.

France's Jeremy Roy starts to breakaway from the pack during the 172,5 km and fourth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Lorient and Mur-de-Bretagne, western France.

Police personnel stand vigil following clashes between students of Osmania University and security forces over the Telangana issue in Hyderabad.

Osmania University students resort to stone-pelting during a 48-hour bandh over the Telangana issue in Hyderabad on Tuesday.