Photos of the Day: A Mercury Capsule and Canine Stars
Hannover, Germany
A woman on a bike is silhouetted against the smoke of burning hay in Laatzen.
Photograph: Julian Stratenschulte/AP
Prague, Czech Republic
A wary western lowland gorilla eats ice-cream in its enclosure at Prague zoo.
Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters
Palembang, Indonesia
A visitor looks at pages of the Qur’an that have been beautifully carved on to large panels of Tembesu wood at the Bayt al-Qur’an al-Akbar Museum.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images