Best Photos of the Day

SYDNEY.- Sculptures by Chinese sculptor Xu Hongfei are displayed during an exhibition near the Opera House (L) in Sydney on June 18, 2013. Xu displayed ten out of eighteen larger than life works from the Chubby Women collection at a solo exhibition which runs from June 18 to 26. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN.

NEW YORK.- Mural artist Erik Den Breejen works on his creation "FashionHeroesBowie" in New York on June 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand.

BELFAST.- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) posing for a picture with Northern Irish First Minister Peter Robinson (3rd R), deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (3rd L), japanese deputy chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato (2nd L), Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Hayashi (L) and Northern Irish Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Arlene Foster (2nd R) during a reception at the Titanic Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO/HO/PRESS EYE/KELVIN BOYES.

VIENNA.- France's Ludovic Ferriere, Co-Curator of the meteorite collection of the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien NHM) poses at the Meteorite room of the NHM in Vienna on June 18, 2013. An approx. 84 grams (2.96 Oz) basalt stone is displayed at the museum and was brought during the "Apollo 15" mission in 1971. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN

MIES.- Guests check basketball's articles on display at the basketball's museum during the inauguration of the FIBA's new headquarters, House of Basketball, in Mies, Switzerland, on June 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO / BORIS HEGER.

LONDON.- German artist Georg Baselitz poses for a photo at the unveiling of his art installation entitled Untitled (2013) in the John Madejski Garden of the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London on June 18, 2013. The three-figure sculpture stands over 3.5 metres high, and is a contemporary twist on Canova's The Three Graces. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT.

BLANKENBERGE.- A person takes pictures of a sand sculpture representing Avatar science fiction movie's characters during the Sand Sculpture Festival in Blankenberg on June 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS.

SUZHOU.- This photo shows a policeman walking past a statue of historic Chinese politician named Fan Zhongyan who was famous for the saying ‘Be first concerned about the country and its people, and be the last to enjoy oneself’ in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. President Xi Jinping is to launch a "thorough clean-up" of the ruling Communist Party, state media reported, the latest strongly-worded anti-corruption drive to be enacted by China's new leader. AFP PHOTO/ Mark RALSTON

LOURDES.- A kiosk is washed away, on June 18, 2013, by the Gave de Pau, the river passing through the pilgrimage town of Lourdes, southwestern France, which floods the Massabielle cave where the Virgin Mary (statue at right). French authorities today shut the grotto at Lourdes and evacuated about 200 people following flash floods at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site. AFP PHOTO PASCAL PAVANI.

BANGALORE.- An employee displays an antique telegraph transmitter key, which the operator uses to send messages using Morse code, at a telecommunications office in Bangalore on June 13, 2013. The Indian government on July 15, 2013 discontinued the 160-year-old telegram service in the country. Telegrams, once the quickest mode of communication across India and the subcontinent, has been rendered obsolete with the ubiquitous use of mobile telephony and internet services. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath KIRAN