Bye bye Berlusconi - Italy's new Prime minister Mario Monti greets the world's press with the country's economy at the top of his 'to do' list, the 2012 Olympics organisers also have money on their mind as the Royal Mint issues £5 Olympic and £5 Paralympic coins.
The french aerobatic team reach for the sky as they put on a impressive display at the Dubai Airshow and the crew of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft are in good spirits for their big liftoff.
Syrians rally to show their support for their President Bashar al-Assad in the capital in Damascus and a day old new born Giraffe stands next to his mother at the Safari park in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, Israel - all in the pictures of the day below: