This fully posable Obama action figure has a choice of heads, one for serious and one for speeches, as well as a choice of three different hands. Here he battles Darth Vader with a light saber
...he also comes with various accessories including; different coloured ties, a stool, a microphone and a giant American flag
The sun erupts in a tumult of activity on August 1, 2010. This image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory of the solar event on August 1 shows the C3-class solar flare (white area on upper left), a solar tsunami (wave-like structure, upper right), multiple filaments of magnetism lifting off the stellar surface, large-scale shaking of the solar corona, radio bursts, a coronal mass ejection and more. This multi-wavelength extreme ultraviolet snapshot from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the sun's northern hemisphere in mid-eruption. Different colours in the image represent different gas temperatures. The solar flare impact on August 3 sparked aurorae as far south as Wisconsin and Iowa in the United States. Analysts believe a second solar flare is following behind the first flare and could spark a new round of Northern Lights
More spectacular images of last week's 'solar tsunami' have appeared. The images of the northern lights were captured by photographer Shawn Malone, 46, just before midnight, at Lake Superior
An "island universe" captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy NGC 4911 lies deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies, 320 million light years away
Two satellite images provided by NASA and taken on July 28 and Aug. 5, show the Petermann Glacier in Northern Greenland. A giant ice island, seen in image at right, has broken off the Petermann Glacier. The floating ice sheet covers 100 square miles (260 sq. kilometres) - more than four times the size of Manhattan
Lightning strikes a tower during a thunderstorm in the region of Zurich, Switzerland
A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over Stonehenge in Salisbury Plain
A section of a road in Taiyuan, China, caved in, causing the collapse of part of the nearby building of the Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital. No casualties were reported in the accident
Two drivers had a lucky escape after their lorry plunged to the bottom of a 10m deep, dry sewage well. The lorry crashed to the bottom of the well, which was under construction in Wenquan County, Conghua, southern China
"SHCOOL" is painted along a newly paved road leading to Southern Guilford High School on Drake Road in Greensboro, North Carolina, US
A squashed hedgehog with yellow lines painted on it in Hart Lane in Hartlepool. A worker painted yellow lines over a squashed hedgehog rather than move it off the road, a council spokeswoman admitted
This huge piece of driftwood washed up on the beach at La Push, a small community in Clallam County, Washington. La Push, surrounded by the lush forest of the Olympic National Park, is located on the northwest coast of Washington's most westerly peninsula, at the mouth of the Quillayute River. The tree is a Sequoia Semper Virens, or Costal Redwood, only grown in Monterey, California. It would have travelled hundreds of miles before being washed up on the beach at La Push
When Peter Jackson's production crew left Matamata, New Zealand, they left 17 hobbit holes on the private farm that was used as a stand-in for the Shire. Since then, the farm's sheep have moved in on this hobbit ghost town
102 skydivers create a formation over Kruszyn airfield in Wloclawek, Poland and in the process break a European record by 3 skydivers
Antonio Ferzuli Jerge of Mexico dives from 25m (82 ft) on top of Roche Dam during the World Cup Cliff Diving Race in Bardonecchia in northern Italy
Alain Kohl of Luxembourg dives from the 26.5 metre platform during round four of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Polignano a Mare, Italy
Eber Pava of Colombia dives from the 26.5 metre platform during round four of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving world series in Polignano a Mare, Italy. Gary Hunt of England currently leads the six round series with two rounds remaining in Switzerland and Hawaii
A boy dives into the Dambovita river to cool off in Bucharest, Romania
Dr Raj Pandit Sharma blesses Kobra at Chessington World of Aventures to mark Nag Panchami - a Hindu festival that is celebrated in India on August 14th. The ceremony will bring stability to world climates, equilibrium to the ecosystem and fertility, good luck and health to venemous snakes
Winnie Langley, who smoked for 95 years from the age of seven, has died at 102 years old - a month short of her 103rd birthday. She is pictured here lighting what was thought to roughly be her 170,000 cigarette on her 100th birthday. She gave up just before Christmas because she was no longer able to see the end of the match
An opening ceremony at a sports event in China was disrupted after four separate promotions girls collapsed due to the heat. The opening ceremony for the 6th Zhengzhou Vocational Sports Games was held on August 3 in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province
From August 6 to September 2, two rooms at the Plaza Athenee Hotel in Paris will be redecorated with bright pink Barbie furniture, fittings and accessories. As well as the decor, the lucky people staying in the rooms will receive a gift specially designed by Barbie for the Plaza Athenee. The Barbie family package includes one Barbie room and one deluxe room for parents in an adjoining room from 1,600 euros or one Barbie room and one deluxe suite from 2,500 euros
A Toby jug featuring David Cameron with Nick Clegg as the handle has been made by Bairstow Manor Pottery in Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent, to commemorate the coalition government. The jug, costing £75, is part of a limited edition of 500
Maria Baldescu, 68, peeled off the shell of this hard-boiled egg at Iasi in north east Romania to find another egg in the middle. She said: "I collected the eggs from my henhouse in the morning and cooked one up for my breakfast - but when I took off the shell I found another egg inside." She said she had decided not to eat either of the eggs: "I didn't want to eat a mutant egg - the local vet said it was probably from radiation from Chernobyl that fell here in Romania - who knows what impact it might have on me"
A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks on the secound day of Ramadan in Gaza city
South Korean special warfare command soldiers exercise before they conduct a sea infiltration drill in Taean
A man holds on to a rope while crossing a river with supplies after a bridge collapsed during flash floods in the town of Bogatynia, Poland
Flood victim Mohammed Nawaz hangs onto a moving raft as he is rescued by the Pakistan Navy in Sukkur
People watch rescuers work in the landslide-hit Zhouqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Residents play with water under a huge tap sculpture to cool off from the summer heat in southwest China's Chongqing municipality
