Pope Benedict (2nd L) leads a mass at the Stade de l'Amitie (Friendship Stadium) in Benin's economic capital Cotonou during his three-day pastoral trip to the country. (Reuters)

A protester throws a tear gas canister, which had earlier been thrown by riot police, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)

Children look for salvageable materials among debris and rubbish after an overnight fire blazed through a slum area in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines. (AFP)

An anti-nuclear scarecrow stands next to mock barrels piled up in order to protest against the castor container transport of nuclear waste to an interim storage facility in Gorleben, northern Germany in Metzingen near Gorleben. (AFP)

Brides wait for the start of their mass marriage ceremony in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, India. A total of 41 couples from the city took their wedding vows during the ceremony. (Reuters)

Mist almost covers the Houses of Parliament in central London, Britain. (Reuters)

Dancers of the Folkloric Ballet of the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) perform during the Bogota Dance Festival at the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Theatre in Bogota, Colombia. (AFP)