The pension strike protests get serious in the UK, but one protestor is keeping her sense of humour, as Eileen Wharam, Women's Officer for the Southampton Labour Party dresses as a fat cat for the union march through central Southampton.
Spanish dancer Sara Baras gets bubbly in Madrid, whilst the Dalai Lama gets colourful with fellow monks in New Delhi. A robot mimics Michelangelo's Hand of God at the Science Museum in London and Brendon McCullum leaps for success during a New Zealand training session - all in the pictures of the day below: