Beit Lahiya, Gaza: a Palestinian 11-year-old boy, Anis, inflates an inner tube while repairing a customer's car
Mandalay, Burma: residents cross the U Bein bridge – the world's longest and oldest teak bridge – on Taungthaman lake
Mexico City, Mexico: Shy, a six-month-old pet pig, follows his owner as he crosses a street
Stockholm, Sweden: Sweden's Ebba Jungmark at the XL Galan women's high jump event
Ranua, Finland: a male brown bear wakes from hibernation at Ranua zoo
Mumbai, India: an Indian National Security Guard commando displays his skills as he takes part in a ladder exercise
Milan, Italy: a multiple-exposure image shows a model at the Moschino autumn/winter collection during fashion week
La Paz, Bolivia: a woman in a wheelchair clashes
with riot police at a demonstration calling for an annual subsidy for
disabled people
Dakar, Senegal: a Senegalese anti-government demonstrator kicks a burning barricade during pre-election protests
London, UK: a golden sculpture of a young boy
riding a rocking horse, produced by the Danish artists Michael Elmgreen
and Ingar Dragset, is the latest installation on Trafalgar Square's
fourth plinth
California, USA: John Peterson polishes one of the brass stars on the Hollywood walk of fame to collect tips from tourists
Denpasar, Bali: an Indonesian soldier checks his mobile phone at a buddhist sculpture workshop outside the Kerobokan prison
Ghaziabad, India: men shield themselves from dust kicked up by a chopper after an election rally