Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008.
Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. talk to each other during their quarter-finals doubles match against Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. and Sania Mirza of India at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 2, 2008.
Acrobats perform during the presentation of A400M military aircraft in Seville, southern Spain June 26, 2008. Europe unveiled the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic airlift capacity.
A group of people look at the sun, standing on the rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, soon after sunrise on June 21, 2008, on the day of the summer solstice. The ancient astronomic observatory, located about 80 km northeast of Skopje, dates more than 4.000 years back in time. It is ranked by NASA as the fourth ancient observatory in the world.
South Korean protesters stage a candlelight rally against the South Korean government's policy towards U.S. beef imports in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 5, 2008. Tens of thousands rallied in Seoul on Saturday in one of the biggest protests against U.S. beef imports, as pro-government groups staged a counter rally calling for an end to weeks of often-violent anti-government demonstrations.
Animal rights protesters lie outside Pamplona's bullring covered in fake blood during a demonstration calling for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights on the eve of the start of the famous running of the bulls San Fermin festival July 5, 2008. The annual week-long fiesta gets underway July 6 with the first bull run in the morning of July 7.
An Iraqi child works on components for irrigation water pumps in a workshop at the Sultan Syed Ali Market in Baghdad on July 5, 2008. With Iraq in the grip of a severe drought, many farmers are now dependent on irrigation pumps to supply water from the receding Tigris and Euphrates rivers for their crops.
Charles Clark looks at the scoreboard after running to a second place finish in his first round men's 200m heat at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, July 4, 2008.
KIDLINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 27: Sir Richard Branson (C) attends a photocall to launch Virgin Media's new television channel Virgin 1, at his home in Kidlington on September 27, 2007 in Oxfordshire, England.
LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Dita Von-Teese is seen at the launch of Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese
LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Dita Von-Teese launches Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese
