A Somali boy sings an Irish song to his classmates at the Illeys primary school in Dagahaley refugee camp north of Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms from the Somali border. About 1,300 new refugees arrive each day in the Dadaab camps. (AP)

A pedestrian walks past a large street mural in Hackney, east London, close to the area where widespread rioting and looting took place earlier this week. (Reuters)

A foreign exchange broker taking a breather is at a dealing room in Tokyo. Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda sharpened his warning to currency markets in the wake of the yen's rise near record highs against the dollar. (Reuters)

Customers look at gold jewelry at a shop in Hong Kong. The price of gold topped $1,800 an ounce for the first time, as concern about Europe's debt problems intensifies. (AP)

Libyan rebel fighters flash the victory sign as they head to the front line at a staging area near the village of Shal Ghouda in western Libya. (Reuters)

A farmer takes part in a sit-in protest in New Delhi. The protest, organized by political party Janata Dal, was against what they said were illegal land acquisitions by the government to be given to private companies at a low price. (Reuters)

A woman buys bread from a bakery in Kabul. (Reuters)

People carry bamboo shoots they collected from the forest on the Rangoon-Naypyitaw highway near Naypyitaw, Burma. (Reuters)

Solar car Nuna6 is driven around a track in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The Dutch Nuon Solar team will participate with the car in the 11th World Solar Challenge in Australia, October 16-23, 2011. (AFP)

Malaysia's Chong Wei Lee returns a shot to Korea's Sung Hwan Park during their match at the World Badminton Championships at Wembley Arena, London. The championships are an unofficial testing event for the London Olympics. (AP)

Telescope-eyed goldfish swim in a fish tank as part of the exhibition 'Art Aquarium' at a press preview in Tokyo. The exhibition, designed by aquarist Hidetomo Kimura, is open August 12-September 12. (AFP)