Great Photos

Winnie Langley, who smoked for 95 years from the age of seven, has died at 102 years old - a month short of her 103rd birthday. She is pictured here lighting what was thought to roughly be her 170,000 cigarette on her 100th birthday. She gave up just before Christmas because she was no longer able to see the end of the match

A young man stands on the edge of the rock face, bracing himself as a massive wave thunders towards him, at North Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

A firefighting helicopter sprays water above a fire that broke out in Vari, a southern suburb of Athens

Dark clouds pass over downtown Miami, Florida

Maria Baldescu, 68, peeled off the shell of this hard-boiled egg at Iasi in north east Romania to find another egg in the middle. She said: "I collected the eggs from my henhouse in the morning and cooked one up for my breakfast - but when I took off the shell I found another egg inside." She said she had decided not to eat either of the eggs: "I didn't want to eat a mutant egg - the local vet said it was probably from radiation from Chernobyl that fell here in Romania - who knows what impact it might have on me"

Two women shelter from the rain under umbrellas as the walk past a shop window featuring a giant picture of a gorilla in the northern German city of Hanover

NASA and General Motors have developed a humanoid robot called Robonaut 2, designed to use the same tools as humans, allowing them to work safely side-by-side with humans on Earth and in space

Paddleboarder Tom Jones arrives in Manhattan after travelling over 1,500 miles, from Key West to New York. He made the 90-day voyage to raise awareness about ocean litter, particularly plastic that has become so pervasive in coastal waters

Two men transport wood on their bicycles in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Hot air balloons begin to rise into the early morning sky during the mass ascent at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at the Ashton Court estate

Albert de Vries walks while covered with over five pounds of honey bees, at the Clovermead Bees & Honey, Bee Beard Competition in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada

People try to avoid a bull during a festival in the streets of Villaluenga del Rosario, southern Spain

An Indian Army soldier performs a stunt during India's Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore

Belarussian soldiers from the Interior Ministry's special unit display their skills at their base near the village of Volovshchina

David Oliver of the US wins the 110m hurdle race during a Diamond League Athletics meeting at Crystal Palace in London London

Andy Murray of Britain kisses the winner's trophy after beating Roger Federer of Switzerland during their final match at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto

A four-faced clock atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers is seen under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.The clock tower will top a massive skyscraper that when completed will be around 1,970 feet (600 metres) tall, the second tallest in the world after Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The complex overlooks Mecca's famed Grand Mosque, which Muslims worldwide face during their five daily prayers 

A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks on the secound day of Ramadan in Gaza city

Competitors dressed as sumo wrestlers run during a press-call race at the sumo suit athletic championships at Battersea Park in London

New York Yankees fan Claude Godrey shows his back tattooed with Yankees stars whose numbers have been retired, before the start of the Yankees and Kansas City Royals MLB American League baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri