By David Sim Published 05 March 2014, 10:36 AM GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket Misao Okawa, the world's oldest person, eats her lunch ahead of her 116th birthday celebrations at Kurenai Nursing Home in Osaka, Japan. She was born on March 5, 1898 and married in 1919 Getty Dutch designer Iris van Herpen's show at Paris Fashion Week featured writing models vacuum packed in suspended square plastic bags Reuters Wen Yuzhu poses for pictures on the deck of his miniature model of China's first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, by the seaside in Qingdao, Shandong province Reuters An artwork called Baby Formula, by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, is displayed at the Ayala Museum in Makati City, Metro Manila. made from 1,815 cans of popular baby formula milk brands arranged to form a map of China, the work represents the artist's reaction to the issue of milk safety in China Reuters A a brown Labrador named Code Four competes in the Doggie Gras parade at the Helen Woodward Animal Centre in Rancho Santa Fe, California Reuters Mardi Gras revellers party in the French Quarter of New Orleans, despite the rain Getty Revellers dance during the annual Trinidad & Tobago Carnival at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain Reuters Revellers take part in a traditional last-day-of-carnival event called "Kusaki" in Jedlinsk, near Radom in Poland. During the carnival, where all roles are played by males, villagers portray the "defeat of Death" Reuters Revellers celebrate Carnival at the annual block party known as "Os Cao" (The Dog) by covering themselves with mud from mangrove swamps, in Redinha, Rio Grande do Norte state in northeastern Brazil Reuters A boy wearing a carnival costume runs in high water in Saint Mark's Square in Venice Getty A man wades through water outside his house after an enormous thunderstorm in Christchurch, New Zealand Getty A large storm cloud looms over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House Getty Ice cover on the Great Lakes is seen from space by NASA's Aqua satellite Reuters/NASA Greenpeace activists prepare to plant a flag on Olivares glacier for the symbolic founding of Glacier Republic to draw attention to the need to protect Chilean glaciers Reuters A frontier soldier from the People's Liberation Army jumps through a ring of fire as part of training in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China Reuters Chinese People's Armed Police give free haircuts during the annual "Learn from Lei Feng Day" in Shanghai. Lei Feng, a soldier in the People's Liberation Army who died in an accident in 1962, is celebrated as a national hero for his self-sacrificing and patriotic acts Reuters A military band member yawns during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Reuters Ukrainian servicemen play football near Russian military vehicles at the Belbek Sevastopol International Airport in the Crimea region Reuters A Russian soldier lies with his back to Ukrainian fighter jets as he watches Ukrainian servicemen at the Belbek airport in the Crimea region Reuters Subrata Roy, Sahara group chairman, has ink thrown at him an unidentified man upon his arrival at the Supreme Court in New Delhi Reuters Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul stretches prior to the game against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Centre in Phoenix, Arizona Reuters Ukraine© Copyright IBTimes 2024. All rights reserved.