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An indigenous man from the Kayapo tribe holds a sacred fire during a lighting ceremony at Kari-Oca village in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Indigenous people from many countries gathered in the village for the "Rio +20" United Nations Conference. Picture: Reuters/ Ricardo ...
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People watch an exhibition in the TEDxRio+20 forum at the Copacabana Fort in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The TEDxRio+20 forum is a parallel event of the Rio+20 United Nations sustainable development summit. Picture: Reuters/Ana Carolina Fernades
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Taxi drivers stand among taxis during a rally in front of the Government House in Bangkok. Picture: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom
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A member of National Taiwan College's Performing Arts Chinese Opera Troupe arranges his beard after a rehearsal of "Laosheng of Beijing Opera" in Taipei on June 14. The opera will be performed at the Taipei Cultural Centre from June 15 to 17. Picture: Reuters/Pichi Chuan ...
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A man jumps into a lake, located on the Tatyshev Island in the middle of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, on June 14. Reuters/Ilya Naymushin
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A government employee wears a plastic bag over his head to shield himself from a dyed water cannon used by the Indian police to disperse a protest by government employees, in Srinagar, on June 14. Picture: Reuters/Fayaz Kabli
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Members of the media surround a skeleton pierced with a piece of iron, at the National History Museum in Sofia. The museum plans to display a "vampire" skeleton on Saturday after unearthing the 700-year-old remains of two men stabbed through the chest with iron rods. Pic ...
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Lifelike toy fish named "Robo Fish" swim inside an aquarium at a booth of Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy A.R.T.S at the International Toy show in Tokyo on June 14. Picture: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao
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Security and residents inspect a damaged bus after a car bomb exploded in front of the gold-domed Shi'ite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab in southern Damascus, on June 14. Picture: Reuters/Sana/Handout
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The sun sets behind a cloud over Beijing on June 14. Picture: Reuters/Petar Kujundzic
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A Croatian soccer fan, bearing his team's colours on his hair, walks in downtown Poznan. Croatia and Italy will play their Euro 2012 Group C soccer match at the Municipal Stadium in Poznan on June 14. Picture: Reuters/Tony Gentile
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A little church, Mariahilf, is completely covered with a canvas in the colours of the German ensign in the village of Itzlings near Wangen, southern Germany on June 14. Picture: Reuters/Michaela Rehle
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A man stands on a camel during preparations ahead of a race using robot jockeys in Kassala state, east Sudan on Wednesday. Sudan started using robots as jockeys in 2009. Picture: Reuters/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
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Red Beard Flying Warriors perform during a dress rehearsal of the "Peking Opera" at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on June 14. Picture: AP Photo/Rob Griffith
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A view of Australia's Great Barrier Reef in this undated aerial file picture. Australia will create the largest network of marine parks in the world, protecting waters covering an area as large as India while banning oil and gas exploration. Picture: Reuters/Great Barrie ...