The feet of the Brazilian synchronized swimming team make a splash as the swimmers practice in Shanghai, China, ahead of the World Swimming Championships.

A man with a giant cigarette joins a protest by Indonesian tobacco farmers in Jakarta against plans to regulate smoking.

A giant shuttlecock is unveiled to promote the World Badminton Championships next month in London.

A protester wearing a Rupert Murdoch mask demonstrates outside the apartment of the News Corp chief in London, hours before Parliament was due to debate the phone-hacking scandal.

A mosaic Faberge egg is displayed at Buckingham Palace in London. It was originally a gift from Tsar Nicholas II to the Tsarina in 1914.

Golfers Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland walk up the fairway with their caddies during the final practice round for the British Open championship in Sandwich, England.