Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their baby son outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in central London.
A newly-arrived Jewish immigrant coming from North America with his family kisses the tarmac upon their arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv in Israel.
A pair of newborn giant panda twins are seen in an incubator at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan province, China.
A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as he stands inside a burned shop in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district, Syria.
In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
Tengger tribe devotees belonging to Indonesia's Hindu minority throw their offering to the active crater of Mount Bromo volcano in East Java province during the annual Kasada ceremony. Hundreds of worshippers from Tengger tribe offer food and livestok as a symbolic sacrifice they throw to the crater for the blessings of safety and prosperity to their family and community.
A woman holding a baby searches for her name on a list of eligible voters at an election center in Bamako, Mali.
Professor Xie Yong works on an art installation of a beaver, which is made out of plastic and around 300,000 needles, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. The needles, according to Xie, represent the pain felt by animals when their fur is taken off to produce clothing.
July 22, 2013
Published July 22, 2013
Egyptian military soldiers demonstrate their skills during a ceremony at a military base east of Cairo. (Photo released by Egyptian Presidency)
A buoy that was on the edge of the road sits in the harbor after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake caused the land to fall into the sea at the Port Wellington Container terminal in New Zealand.
From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronauts frequently observe atmospheric and surface phenomena in ways that are impossible to view from the ground. Two such phenomena - gravity waves and sunglint - are illustrated in this photograph of northeastern Lake Superior.
Indian devotees travel in and atop of a crowded train as they head to attend the Dada Ji Dham fair which coincides with the Guru Purnima festival at Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh state, India.
A man walks past a collapsed house after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Minxian county, Dingxi, Gansu province, China. The earthquake killed at least 89 people with hundreds injured.
Santas from all over the world parade in the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, during the annual Santa Claus World Congress. The Santa Claus World Congress takes place in the world's oldest amusement park, Bakken, 10 km north of the capital.
Dan McManus and his service dog Shadow glide together outside Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. McManus suffers from anxiety and Shadow's presence and companionship help him to manage the symptoms. The two have been flying together for about nine years with a specially made harness for Shadow.
People push a vehicle submerged in flood water after a torrential rain hit the metro area in Seoul, South Korea.
Performers participate in the Arirang mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea. This year’s performance was timed to debut for the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, and features new scenes focusing on leader Kim Jong Un’s directives.