Today's best photos: from Georgian riot police to female recruits in Colombia - in pictures

  • Riot police spray tear gas at protesters during clashes near the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi. AFP
    Riot police spray tear gas at protesters during clashes near the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi. AFP
  • Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at The Vatican. AP
    Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at The Vatican. AP
  • Snow-covered streets in Brussels. AFP
    Snow-covered streets in Brussels. AFP
  • Antique shop owner Serkan Sincan, 51, holds a Quran found in the rubble of a collapsed building in Antakya. AFP
    Antique shop owner Serkan Sincan, 51, holds a Quran found in the rubble of a collapsed building in Antakya. AFP
  • Women practice yoga during a train journey in Mumbai to mark International Women's Day. Reuters
    Women practice yoga during a train journey in Mumbai to mark International Women's Day. Reuters
  • Chelsea's Kalidou Koulibaly kicks a flare off the pitch during their Champions League tie with Borussia Dortmund. Reuters
    Chelsea's Kalidou Koulibaly kicks a flare off the pitch during their Champions League tie with Borussia Dortmund. Reuters
  • Passengers on a subway train in Moscow. Reuters
    Passengers on a subway train in Moscow. Reuters
  • Tourists who flock to Costa Rica to see toucans, sloths and brilliantly coloured frogs might someday see a charge on their hotel bill to aid forest conservation. AP
    Tourists who flock to Costa Rica to see toucans, sloths and brilliantly coloured frogs might someday see a charge on their hotel bill to aid forest conservation. AP
  • Icelandic horses run in their paddock at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
    Icelandic horses run in their paddock at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
  • Police use water cannons to disperse university students during a protest demanding changes to the governing system in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
    Police use water cannons to disperse university students during a protest demanding changes to the governing system in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
  • A wildfire has now been controlled by fire brigades and rainfall in El Bolson, Neuquen province, Argentina. Reuters
    A wildfire has now been controlled by fire brigades and rainfall in El Bolson, Neuquen province, Argentina. Reuters
  • Protesters in Lyon, France, gather on the sixth day of nationwide rallies against planned pension reforms. AFP
    Protesters in Lyon, France, gather on the sixth day of nationwide rallies against planned pension reforms. AFP
  • Hundreds of mourners packed a Kyiv church for the funeral of volunteers killed during a sabotage mission in Russia. AFP
    Hundreds of mourners packed a Kyiv church for the funeral of volunteers killed during a sabotage mission in Russia. AFP
  • Female voluntary recruits at a military base in Bogota, Colombia. It is the first time they have been allowed to join the military in 25 years. AP
    Female voluntary recruits at a military base in Bogota, Colombia. It is the first time they have been allowed to join the military in 25 years. AP