A rare Sei whale washed up on British shores this week, foundn 800 metres from the sealine in Skeffling, East Yorkshire.
Vehicles travel on a flooded street in heavy rain caused by Typhoon Nesat in Haikou city, south China's Hainan province, 29 September. Typhoon Nesat hit southern China after it swept past Hong Kong, closing financial markets, schools and most businesses in one of Asias most biggest financial centres.
Defendant Dr. Conrad Murray looks to his defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan during his involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court on September 29, 2011 in downtown Los Angeles, California. Murray is charged in the death of singer Michael Jackson who died of an overdose of prescription drugs, including propofol and lorazepam, in June of 2009.
As the tide closes in, members from the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble, Hampshire, and the Island Sailing Club in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, compete in their annual cricket match on the Bramble Bank in the middle of the Solent.
Louis the dog takes to the water to cool off at Dollymount strand in Dublin, as the unseasonably warm weather continues.
First lady Michelle Obama, caught in a hat and sunglasses, stands in line at a Target department store in Alexandria, Virginia, after doing some shopping.
Members of the Sudbury Space Society who plan to launch a home made space probe built on a budget of just £500.