A lighter look

97, 98, 99 … a sea otter gives the fish a fighting chance in Washington state, US Photograph: Caters News Agency

Looking a lot like the Austin Allegro assembly line in Longbridge in the 70s, workers take a break in a car at the PSA Peugeot Citroen plant, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, north of Paris, as the company saw sales fall Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

Finland's Maiju Mallat leaves his steed Gran Carthago 'through the front door' during the Rolex Grand Prix in Zurich, Switzerland Photograph: Steffen Schmidt/EPA

Absolutely hair-raising: sixth-grade students from the Park school in Maitland, Florida, watch as Marine One carrying the US president, Barack Obama, takes off from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington DC Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters

Absolutely hair-raising II: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall's umbrella folds up in the wind during a visit to Ward Barracks in Bulford, Wiltshire Photograph: Ben Birchall/AFP/Getty Images

We're not sure how this was allowed to happen, but those kids have another 90 minutes of football to look forward to as the players enter the pitch for their Africa Cup of Nations group C match against Nigeria at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa Photograph: Armando Franca/AP

Ostriches look around for some sand to bury their heads in on a snowy day in a Belarus village south-west of Minsk Photograph: Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images

But what's under the red towel? Swimmers prepare to get into the water during the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido in south London Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

In an attempt to look younger, the Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, surrounds himself with second world war veterans during photocalls these days Photograph: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images

Taking a break from raping and pillaging through the streets of Lerwick, the Jarl Squad have a quick coffee before the parade during the Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival on Shetland Photograph: David Cherskin/PA

'Ear, 'ear: squirrel in a park in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images