A carnival float with papier-mache caricatures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande is seen during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in DuesseldorfReuters
Another float in Duesseldorf features a a papier-mache caricature of Russian President Vladimir Putin flexing his muscle with the word 'Crimea' written on itReuters
Revellers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school stage a mock race between Usain Bolt and the Flash during the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's SambadromeReuters
Revellers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school participate in the Rio Carnival paradeReuters
Revellers take photos of the litter-strewn Sambadrome after the end of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de JaneiroReuters
Revellers throw talcum powder at each other during Los Indianos carnival on the Canary Island of La PalmaGetty
A television presenter recoils as a torrent of rain water falls from her makeshift studio outside North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on the second day of the Oscar Pistorius trialGetty
Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock ahead of the second day of his murder trial in PretoriaReuters
A monk carries a portrait of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, during a function organised to mark Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, NepalReuters
A building shaped like a clay teapot is seen in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China. The building will be a cultural exhibition hall when completedReuters
Director David O Russell runs off with Spike Jonze's Oscar as they joke on the red carpet at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars PartyReuters
Cara Delevingne and Joan Smalls present creations by British designer Stella McCartney as part of her Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion WeekReuters
A shop window is splattered with paint after protests outside the Global Forum Spain economic conference in BilbaoReuters
A woman looks at a damaged door during a pro-Russian demonstration outside the regional government building in Donetsk, UkraineReuters
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and an army official watch military exercises at the Kirillovsky firing ground in the Leningrad regionReuters
