A turtle rescue, mud wrestlers and a Syrian rose garden: photos of the day
People at work in a rose garden. Growing roses provides financial opportunities for farmers and displaced people in the rural outskirts of Idlib, Damascus and other cities Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Smoke rises from the Kiskatinaw River wildfire, which has prompted evacuation orders Photograph: BC Wildfire/Reuters
Violet Chachki performs at the Betsey Johnson and the Elton John Aids Foundation Pride party at the Hole Gallery Photograph:for Betsey Johnson
Swans and their cygnets in Hyde Park in central London Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Manet's painting At the Cafe (1878, left) on display with Corner of a Cafe-Concert (1878-80) at the National Gallery. They originally formed part of a larger composition known as Reichshoffen, the name of a Parisian brasserie and cafe-concert Photograph: James Manning/PA
Edmonton Oilers superfan Dale Steil wears face paint and lights before game five of the Western Conference finals in the NHL Stanley Cup ice hockey playoffs Photograph: Gareth Patterson/AP
Young mud wrestlers rest as they watch others train at the Shree Shahu Vijayi Gangavesh Talim, a residential gymnasium Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
Four tugs and a pusher boat transport the first of eight tunnel sections for the Scheldt tunnel from the construction dock in Zeebrugge to Antwerp. Each section is 160 metres long and weights 60,000 tonnes Photograph: Shutterstock
People vote at a polling station during the second day of early voting in the presidential election Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images
Tourists visit Badwater Basin as an extreme heat warning is issued in Death Valley national park Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
A moth emerges from a cocoon hanging from a clothesline in the gardens of the Natural History Museum Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP
A child stands next to sacrificial camels at the camel market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha Photograph: Mohamed Hossam/EPA
Seagulls hunt pearl mullet during their annual migration from Lake Van Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Rescuers search for victims after the collapse of a natural stone quarry in the Cirebon district Photograph: Okri Riyana/AP
A mature loggerhead sea turtle is hoisted into truck for observation after being caught in fishing gear. Since 1998, a rescue centre in Watamu on the Indian Ocean has assessed, tagged and released more than 24,000 turtles Photograph: Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP/Getty Images
Allah Bakhsh, a 55-year-old farmer living by the Chenab River, tends to his early morning chores at his home Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
Newly recruited soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces in a 10-hour 40km hike near the Dead Sea Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock
Palestinians at the site of an overnight Israeli strike on Jabaliya, north of Gaza City
Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images
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Sharing the intimate moment on Instagram at the time, he penned: 'When you find real happiness in life never let it go today I can truly say I'm the happiest I've ever been. 'I went to Central Park to this magical fountain and asked the man that has changed my life in so many ways and helped show me that I can be loved and how too love to marry me and make me complete and he said YES I'm so overwhelmed with joy.'
