15 June 2010 Last updated at 20:45

Day in pictures

Two street clowns rest in Seoul, South Korea

Two street clowns take a rest in the midday heat in Seoul, South Korea.

A sinkhole in the town of Ningxiang, China's Hunan province

A sinkhole in the town of Ningxiang, in China's Hunan province, is now 150m (500ft) wide and 50m (164 feet) deep. It has been growing since it first appeared in January and has destroyed 20 houses so far. The reason for its appearance remains unclear.

Trade unionists protest near the Romanian parliament in Bucharest

Trade union members rally in front of the Romanian parliament in Bucharest to protest against an austerity plan, as the country's centre-right government survived a no-confidence vote.

A robot baby developed by Tokyo University

Robot baby Noby (short for "nine-month-old baby") has been developed by scientists at Tokyo University to better understand human development. Noby has two cameras and two microphones on its head and is equipped with 600 touch sensors.

Argentina coach Diego Maradona embraces the president of the human rights group Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, Estela Carlotto, at the 2010 World Cup.

As a long-awaited report is published into the deaths of 13 people when British soldiers opened fire on a civil rights march in 1972 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, a funeral cortege passes near the scene of the Bloody Sunday killings.

A Russian woman performs as a mermaid at a Beijing aquarium.

US President Barack Obama at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida

US President Barack Obama greets military personnel at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida during a visit to states hit by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

A quilt installation at a Basel art fair

Visitors stand in front of Quilt, an installation by Brazilian-born artist Alexandre da Cunha, during the Art 41 Basel fair in Switzerland.

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