A racehorse begins to lose consciousness following an anaesthetic at Veliefendi equine hospital in Istanbul. The state-of-the-art hospital for horses is run by the Jockey Club of Turkey.Murad Sezer/Reuters
A sailboat cuts through bunker fuel that leaked from the bulk carrier cargo ship Marathassa anchored on Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Scrapped high-emission vehicles are piled up at the dump site of a recycling centre in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. The city is planning to remove 22,000 highly-polluting vehicles by the end of this year.
A member of the Afghan security force rescues a woman from the site of an attack in Mazar-i-Sharif. Gunmen killed eight people and wounded 60, Reuters reports.Anil Usyan/Reuters
A bee approaches a flower in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.Frank Rumpenhorst/AFP / Getty Images
Students cheer after the Cecil Rhodes statue was removed from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes was removed as a result of students protesting the statue which glorified someone "who exploited black labour and stole land from indigenous people".Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images
Honorary Starters Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus of the United States wait on the first tee during the first round of the 2015 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Fighters who support the Syrian government stand in the Hamidiyeh neighbourhood of Aleppo as they defend the Christian district on the third day of intense battles with Islamic State jihadists.George Ourfalian/AFP / Getty Images
Arctic Fire ridden by Ruby Walsh (L) falls at the last jump before Jezki ridden by Tony McCoy advances to win the Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle at Aintree Racecourse during the Crabbie's Grand National Festival.Andrew Boyers
Bodybuilder Jens Dalsgaard from Denmark shows his muscles to visitors at the FIBO Power, a bodybuilding fair in Cologne, Germany.Martin Meissner/The Associated Press