The Thailand International Dog Show opens in Bangkok. The four-day exhibition features competitions, shows, clinics, seminars and workshops. (Rungroj Yongrit / EPA)
A Red Cross worker gives first aid to an African immigrant after his arrival at Los Cristianos port in Arona on Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands. A vessel carrying about 40 people was intercepted by authorities just off the coast of the island. (Carlos Moreno / Associated Press)
This self-portrait, said to be that of a U.S. man, John Yettaw, was displayed at a news conference held in Yangon, Myanmar, by the military-ruled nation’s police chief. Myanmar’s junta said that a U.S. man on trial for allegedly swimming to the house of Aung San Suu Kyi had links with exile groups in Thailand, apparently toughening Myanmar’s stance ahead of a visit by a U.N. envoy. (AFP / Getty Images)
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Hashish smokers gather in Karachi, Pakistan. According to the Pakistan Narcotic Control Force, more than 4 million people in Pakistan are habitual drug users, particularly abusing heroin. Pakistan will observe the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with other nations on Friday. (Fareed Khan / Associated Press)
Residents clean up after a portion of the Danube flooded in Weissenkirchen, Austria. (Roland Schlager / EPA)
German Olympic swimming champion Britta Steffen, left, celebrates establishing a new world record in a 100-meter freestyle heat at a meet in Berlin. Steffen’s new world record beats the time of Australia’s Libby Trickett by three-hundredths of a second to 52.85 seconds. (Bernd Thissen / EPA)
Sunflowers flourish in a field in the town of Chita, near Nagoya, Japan. (AFP / Getty Images)
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Walking the runway, young girls take part in the Pitti Immagine Bimbo children’s fashion show in Florence, Italy. (Torsten Silz / AFP / Getty Images)
German sailors Ralf Schneidewind, right, and Bruno Laudage try to right their capsized boat during a race at the Kiel Week Regatta, off Kiel, Germany. (Carsten Rehder / EPA)
