Atlanta, US: A male weedy sea dragon carries eggs on his tail at the Georgia Aquarium

Minnesota, US: Lightning strikes during a storm that rolled across north-western Minnesota

Washington DC: A large bee hovers around the flowers in the grounds of the White House

Hyderabad, India: A child plays among sarees left out to dry at a cotton saree factory

Texas, US: A pair of young raccoons, one an albino, lounge on a chain-linked fence

New York, US: The Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, arrives for a town hall meeting at the Federal Hall

Iowa, US: A man carries his two cats to dry land from their flooded and evacuated home in Cedar Rapids

London: Young girls with union jack umbrellas walk past the Houses of Parliament