Photos of the Day: Knitted Poppies and King Kong

Jordan

A soldier stands guard at the country’s north-eastern border with Syria

Photograph: Raad Adayleh/AP

Milan, Italy

A man on an early morning bike ride at the Porta Nuova business center

Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Canberra, Australia

Former prime ministers Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott at the unveiling of Gillard’s official portrait at parliament house

Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian