It's been a week of events worth watching.  From Tony Blair's interview with Andrew Marr to performers at the Notting Hill Carnival, as well as a protest against stoning in Trafalgar Square.

Also included are photos of people watching the fourth England vs. Pakistan test match, a couple embracing after a music festival, a view from the Millenium Bridge and a photo juxtaposing the old and the new ways of generating energy.

A fuel tanker has run aground in the far north of Canada but none of the diesel it was carrying is believed to have spilled.

The US government began using unmanned drones to monitor the entire border with Mexico in an attempt to tighten border security.

A hostage drama at a petrol station in Germany has ended without bloodshed when police Tasered the suspect.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations even as hard-liners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal.

As millions of children prepare to return school after the summer break, these pandas in Chengdu will be as well.

Powerful Hurricane Earl is bearing down on the east coast of the US on a path toward North Carolina's barrier islands.

An animal rights group has called on authorities to investigate following a video of a girl allegedly throwing puppies into a river.

A jam along China's Beijing-Tibet highway grew to more than 75 miles long as the tail back of cars extended into its third day.

A controversial campaign depicting a Princess Diana lookalike in her underwear has been causing a bit of a stir.

A Muslim group in the US has unveiled a series of public service announcements designed to challenge growing anti-Muslim sentiment.

A truck carrying the bodies of massacre victims in Mexico has seriously injured a woman after knocking her over and crushing her.