Pictures

Henry Allingham, aged 112, greets an 11 month-old-boy after being made an Honorary Freeman of the southern British city of Brighton. Mr Allingham is one of Britain's two surviving veterans of World War I

A young Pakistani potter works on a vase at a workshop in the southern port of Karachi

Bangladeshi workers load coal onto a vehicle in Dhaka, as much of the world prepares to mark the May Day labour holiday.

Elderly couples dance at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, China.

British troops attend a special ceremony to mark the handover of control in Basra to the US military, as the British mission in Iraq draws to a close.