While they are running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spaniards have time for a joke. One of the runners disguised himself as the king of pop, Michael Jackson, making his friends laugh before they lock horns with the bull, hoping that the bulls would not ram into the king of pop.

Statesmen have also found time during the G8 summit in Italian L`Aquila to relax and joke around. While the world moans under the pressure of the financial crisis, the poor are fighting for their lives in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and the ozone layer is getting thinner by the minute, Brazilian President Lula presented a sports kit of his football squad players to his American counterpart Barack Obama.

You can see the images which marked the day in the attached photo gallery: Day In Photos – July 9, 2009.