Athens, Greece: a man reads his newspaper as a beggar walks by
Tegucigalpa, Honduras: a relative of an inmate
killed in the Comayagua prison fire cries as she attempts to identify
his body in a morgue
Bagram, Afghanistan: a man aims a slingshot
towards US soldiers at the gate of Bagram air base during a protest
against an alleged desecration of the Qur'an by Nato forces
Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers stretch after
completing an overnight march as part of their training before they are
awarded the paratrooper's red beret
Maragojipe, Brazil: revellers participate in a masked ball during carnival celebrations
New Delhi, India: a man holds his son as his other children stand in front of their derelict home
Binche, Belgium: revellers perform a traditional dance while dressed as 'Gilles of Binche' during a carnival parade
Lille, France: former International Monetary Fund
director Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives by car for questioning at the
police station. Strauss-Kahn was to be questioned by police over his
alleged implication in illicit prostitution orgies set in high-end
hotels in a case dubbed the Carlton Affair
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: people cheer from the
stands as Salgueiro samba school parades during carnival celebrations at
the Sambadrome
Laza, Spain: a man walks through shadows on the street
London: models during the McQ Alexander McQueen 2012 autumn/winter collection show at London fashion week
Idlib, Syria: pigeons fly over a man near the Turkish border
Beijing, China: Tibetan monks dressed as demons
perform during the ghost banishing ceremony on the eve of Tibetan new
year at the Yonghegong Lama temple
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain: people throw talcum
powder at one another as they take part in the carnival on the Spanish
Canary Island of La Palma
Thiruvananthapuram, India: schoolgirls watch a
performance of Indian classical dance during the Mahashivratri festival
in Kerala