London, UK
Daffodils bloom in early spring sunshine, with the London Eye in the background.
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Gold Coast, Australia
Crowds gather to watch surfers riding the waves at Kirra Beach. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall in southeast Queensland as a category 2 storm, marking the first time a cyclone has directly hit the region in over 50 years.
Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

New York, US
Michael C Hall and Krysten Ritter on the film set of Dexter.
Photograph: XNY/Star Max/GC Images

Helsinki, Finland
The president of Finland, Alexander Stubb, (2nd L), his wife, Suzanne Innes-Stubb (L), King Frederik X of Denmark (R) and Queen Mary of Denmark (2nd R) stand on a balcony of the Presidential Palace.
Photograph: Ida Marie Odgaard/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK
Deer make their way across Heron Pond at sunrise on a frosty spring morning in Bushy Park, south-west London.
Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Hakkari, Turkiye
A maintenance engineer fixes problems with an electricity pylon covered in snow and ice caused by harsh winter conditions.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Pokrovsk, Ukraine
A soldier of the 14th Assault Brigade Chervona Kalyna of the Ukrainian National Guard carries a shell as the company fire an OTO Melara howitzer towards Russian troops in the Donetsk region.
Photograph: Inna Varenytsia/Reuters

Ivrea, Italy
Members of the Aranceri della Morte team fight against I Difensori del Castello during the traditional Battle of the Oranges at the carnival in Ivrea, near Turin. During the event, which marks the people’s rebellion against tyrannical lords who ruled the town in the Middle Ages, revellers parading on floats represent guards of the tyrant, while those on foot represent the townsfolk.
Photograph: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China
A military band perform during the opening meeting of the third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People.
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

Damascus, Syria
A tunnel containing money vaults and rooms has been discovered under the summer house of the former commander of the 4th Armoured Division Maher al-Assad, the brother of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad. The armoured doors inside the tunnels could not be opened.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Depok, Indonesia
A man uses a paddle board to cross floodwater. More than 1,400 people were affected by flooding following heavy rains, and thousands of homes were damaged in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi, according to the National Board for Disaster Management.
Photograph: Bagus Indahono/EPA

Melbourne, Australia
Models parade garments by Australian label Boteh during the Melbourne fashion festival.
Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Seljalandsfoss, Iceland
Visitors stand below Seljalandsfoss waterfall, one of the most famous waterfalls a country where there are about 10,000 waterfalls. Seljalandsfoss, a tourist hotspot in the south of Iceland, takes its source from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano glacier, and is formed by the Seljalands river pouring from a height of about 60 meters.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Torkham, Afghanistan
Taliban fighters patrol near the closed Torkham border with Pakistan, where Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged fire overnight.
Photograph: Shafiullah Kakar/AP

Ofunato, Japan
A wildfire continues to rage in a mountainous area in Iwate prefecture in the north-east.
Photograph: KYODO/Reuters
