A series of photos taken by Richard Heeks of Exeter capture the exact moment a soap bubble is burst... Picture: BARCROFT MEDIA ...The second picture shows a soap bubble with one half still perfectly formed while the other shatters in a distinctive pattern of streaks... Picture: BARCROFT MEDIA ...and the final shot captures the progress of the 'burst' as it engulfs the bubble Picture: BARCROFT MEDIA Australian motocross star Robbie Maddison leaping over the open span of London's Tower Bridge Picture: PA Orlando Duque of Colombia and Slava Polyeshchuk of the Ukraine dive from the 26-metre platform during round three of the Red Bull Cliff Diving series 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia Picture: AFP/GETTY Orlando Duque dives off from a platform on the ancient city walls of the southern Croatian Adriatic resort of Dubrovnik during an annual cliff diving competition organised by Red Bull Picture: AFP/GETTY Lightning strikes near the space shuttle Endeavour resting atop launch pad 39A during thunderstorms at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral Picture: REUTERS Lightning strikes over the Beijing skyline during a thunderstorm, near the city's tallest skyscraper, the China World Trade Center Tower 3 Picture: AFP/GETTY The sun shines down 42nd Street in New York City during Manhattan henge, which occurs when the setting sun aligns itself with the east-west grid of streets in Manhattan Picture: REUTERS A hippopotamus imported by the late Colombian drug dealing boss, Pablo Escobar, to his famous farm, Hacienda Napoles, in Puerto Berrio, Antioquia department, Colombia Picture: EPA A young elk rescued from a flooding river by a farmer in Inje, Gangwon Province, South Korea. It was adopted by a female dog that breastfeeds and guards him Picture: EPA A woman walks with a bichon frise and a poodle both coloured with various dyes on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, China Picture: REUTERS Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla adjusts his montera (bullfighter's hat) before the sixth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona Picture: REUTERS Young revellers run from the Fire Bull, a man carrying a metal structure loaded with fireworks, at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona Picture: REUTERS Residents watch a huge blaze breaking in via dell'Almone, south of Rome, at a warehouse containing around 1,000 cars Picture: AFP/GETTY An illegal immigrant escapes from a makeshift camp in flames in the portal zone of Patras, one of the biggest ports in Greece, often used as the entry point into Europe Picture: EPA Chinese police demonstrate an armed bank robbery during a drill in Beijing Picture: AFP/GETTY A woman reads a newspaper while lying in the salt water Tus lake in Russia's Khakassia region, about 370 km (230 miles) southwest of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk Picture: REUTERS A man struggles to paddle his sinking boat in a lake in Szandavaralja, Hungary Picture: REUTERS Thais wearing superhero costumes pose during a campaign promoting the use of face masks to prevent infection by the H1N1 flu virus, at a hospital in Nonthaburi province Picture: REUTERS Alex Tagliani of Canada interacts with a mascot before the IRL IndyCar Series Honda Indy Toronto race Picture: REUTERS Australian Federal Minister for Defence Greg Combet walks across a zebra crossing followed by a 'Packbot' robot in Melbourne. He earlier announced a competition calling for entries to build a fully autonomous ground robot for military use Picture: EPA Empress Michiko tries to get a bee out of the hair of Japan's Emperor Akihito during a tour of the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Picture: REUTERS Ji Eun-hee of South Korea holds the trophy as Paul Park pours champagne over her after winning the US Women's Open golf championship at the Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Picture: REUTERS The Sacre Coeur cathedral in Montmartre, Paris, is seen on a cloudy day Picture: REUTERS A girl in traditional dress attends an event the night before the start of a wedding ceremony in the village of Galicnik in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Picture: EPA A Chinese soldier carries two watermelons as he walks past two fellow soldiers in riot gear guarding a mosque in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region Picture: REUTERS Internally displaced siblings from Swat play on top their family tent at the UNHCR Yar Hussain camp in Swabi district, Pakistan Picture: REUTERS An angry mob of displaced people carry an injured man who, according to bystanders, was beaten by police on asking for food rations at the Yar Hussain UNHCR camp in Swabi district, Pakistan Picture: GETTY A newly-hatched nightingale is seen in a nest in Jezerc, Kosovo Picture: REUTERS http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/5817020/Pic...