Photos of the Day: Eagle Hunting and Cycling Race

Sydney, Australia

Opera Australia artistic director Lyndon Terracini rides in a garbage can under a balloon canopy over Sydney Harbour as he stands in for the character Parpignol during a test run of the prop for Puccini’s La Boheme opera
Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP

Hefei, China

Female armed soldiers roll tires in the training before Women’s Day
Photograph: VCG via Getty Images

New Delhi, India

Indian men associated with the Rape Roko Movement, or Stop Rape movement participate in a protest march against rape within the country
Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA

Shenyang, China

A giant panda at a zoo Giant Panda at a zoo in Liaoning Province
Photograph: Sipa Asia/REX/Shutterstock