10 photo highlights of the day

A handler attends to dogs before the start of a stage of the Grande Odyssée sledding race across the Alps in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval. Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

Flaming shots: a looter carries boxes of beer from a burning truck at a road block in Tierra Caliente, Mexico. Photograph: Reuters

Rock-a-bye bear: a sleepy polar bear nestles down on a rocky hill for the night under the looming full moon in Northern Svalbard archipelago, Norway. Photograph: Marco Gaiotti/HotSpot Media

An Egyptian woman inks her finger while casting her vote at a polling station in Cairo. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

Fur fashion fright: a disguised guest arrives for the Lena Hoschek show during the Mercedes-Benz fashion week in Berlin. Photograph: Bernd Von Jutrczenka/AFP/Getty Images

Foam sprays over an Indian Muslim boy in New Delhi during a procession of devotees on Eid-e-Milad, marking the birth anniversary of the prophet Muhammad. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

A sense of intricate movement is created using this row of hands as stylists work on hair backstage during fashion week in Berlin. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Pakistani children reach out their hands to receive food at a window of a food distribution centre at a shrine in Islamabad. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

The tortoise and the hare? Pets competing in a skiing competition with their owners in Sanmenxia, China. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

This Thai anti-government protester stands out from the demonstrating crowds, as he is framed with the national flags and megaphones, outside the Royal Thai police headquarters in Bangkok. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP