today in pictures

INDIA
A vehicle windscreen is left shattered after a grenade explosion in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir.
ENGLAND
Supporters want to save this giant oak chair in Dartmoor, England, which is under threat of demolition.
CHINA
Paralympic marathon competitors race through the Chinese capital, Beijing.
FRANCE
Workers harvest grapes in the wine-producing district of Herault, southern France.
ISRAEL
A group of anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest against Israel's construction of a separation barrier in the West Bank town of Nilin.
USA
The largest power failure in Texas history continues to leave thousands without power thanks to Hurricane Ike.