Photos of the Day: Snail Racing and Goat Yoga Classes

California, US

Firefighters watch an aircraft drop retardant while battling the Ferguson fire in the Stanislaus national forest

Photograph: Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images

Dakar, Senegal

Guards stand outside the presidential palace before the arrival of the Chinese premier Xi Jinping

Photograph: STRINGER/Reuters

King’s Lynn, UK

The first heat of the snail racing world championship gets underway at Congham village fete

Photograph: Mark Bullimore/Getty Images