Pictures of the Day
  • Explosive activity at the north-east crater of Mount Etna, as an eruption that started on December 24 continues, on the Italian island of Sicily. AP
    Explosive activity at the north-east crater of Mount Etna, as an eruption that started on December 24 continues, on the Italian island of Sicily. AP
    Explosive activity at the north-east crater of Mount Etna, as an eruption that started on December 24 continues, on the Italian island of Sicily. AP
    Explosive activity at the north-east crater of Mount Etna, as an eruption that started on December 24 continues, on the Italian island of Sicily. AP
  • People in costume throw eggs and flour at each other as they take part in a traditional event called Els Enfarinants (The Flour-Covered Ones) in Ibi, near Alicante, Spain. EPA
    People in costume throw eggs and flour at each other as they take part in a traditional event called Els Enfarinants (The Flour-Covered Ones) in Ibi, near Alicante, Spain. EPA
    People in costume throw eggs and flour at each other as they take part in a traditional event called Els Enfarinants (The Flour-Covered Ones) in Ibi, near Alicante, Spain. EPA
    People in costume throw eggs and flour at each other as they take part in a traditional event called Els Enfarinants (The Flour-Covered Ones) in Ibi, near Alicante, Spain. EPA
  • People visit Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon a day after the first phase of Myanmar's general election. AFP
    People visit Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon a day after the first phase of Myanmar's general election. AFP
    People visit Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon a day after the first phase of Myanmar's general election. AFP
    People visit Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon a day after the first phase of Myanmar's general election. AFP
  • The traditional Rauhnacht run in the Bavarian town of Beilngries, north of Ingolstadt, Germany. Reuters
    The traditional Rauhnacht run in the Bavarian town of Beilngries, north of Ingolstadt, Germany. Reuters
    The traditional Rauhnacht run in the Bavarian town of Beilngries, north of Ingolstadt, Germany. Reuters
    The traditional Rauhnacht run in the Bavarian town of Beilngries, north of Ingolstadt, Germany. Reuters
  • A pattern of a warship modelled on the Fujian aircraft carrier is drawn in the lying snow, at Harbin Engineer University in China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province. AFP
    A pattern of a warship modelled on the Fujian aircraft carrier is drawn in the lying snow, at Harbin Engineer University in China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province. AFP
    A pattern of a warship modelled on the Fujian aircraft carrier is drawn in the lying snow, at Harbin Engineer University in China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province. AFP
    A pattern of a warship modelled on the Fujian aircraft carrier is drawn in the lying snow, at Harbin Engineer University in China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province. AFP
  • Waves hammer the coast during a storm on the Baltic coast in Kolobrzeg, Poland. PA
    Waves hammer the coast during a storm on the Baltic coast in Kolobrzeg, Poland. PA
    Waves hammer the coast during a storm on the Baltic coast in Kolobrzeg, Poland. PA
    Waves hammer the coast during a storm on the Baltic coast in Kolobrzeg, Poland. PA
  • Paragliders soar above a sea of fog over the low-altitude resort of Leysin, with the Dents du Midi mountain range in the background, in Switzerland. AFP
    Paragliders soar above a sea of fog over the low-altitude resort of Leysin, with the Dents du Midi mountain range in the background, in Switzerland. AFP
    Paragliders soar above a sea of fog over the low-altitude resort of Leysin, with the Dents du Midi mountain range in the background, in Switzerland. AFP
    Paragliders soar above a sea of fog over the low-altitude resort of Leysin, with the Dents du Midi mountain range in the background, in Switzerland. AFP
  • Indian paramilitary soldiers take part in Republic Day parade rehearsals in heavy smog on a winter morning in New Delhi. EPA
    Indian paramilitary soldiers take part in Republic Day parade rehearsals in heavy smog on a winter morning in New Delhi. EPA
    Indian paramilitary soldiers take part in Republic Day parade rehearsals in heavy smog on a winter morning in New Delhi. EPA
    Indian paramilitary soldiers take part in Republic Day parade rehearsals in heavy smog on a winter morning in New Delhi. EPA