Photo highlights of the day

Zip-pit: Pramac Racing rider Andrea Iannone of Italy rides out of the pit lane during the MotoGP pre-season test at the Sepang circuit outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

A burial team leads a horse drawn coffin through the snow covered Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.

A burial team lead a horse-drawn coffin through the snow-covered Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Dancers parade during the Nice Carnival, France. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

A woman with the ferret on her shoulder goes for a walk in Yuntong Mount Park, China. Photograph: HAP/Quirky China News/REX

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, performs yoga at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival.

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, performs yoga at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu as part of the Shivaratri festival. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Thai police officers perform a patience skill with their heads on the ground during the Commandos Program training at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thai police officers perform patience skills with their heads on the ground during the Commandos Programme training in Bangkok, Thailand. Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

Visitors looks a new Sony Experia Z2 through a magnifying glass during the Mobile World Congress at the Fira Gran Via complex on in Barcelona, Spain.

Visitors looks a new Sony Experia Z2 through a magnifying glass during the Mobile World Congress at the Fira Gran Via complex in Barcelona, Spain. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

Face time: A model backstage before the Corrie Niesen show as part of the Paris Fashion Week at Le Salon des Mirroirs in Paris, France.

Screen face time: A model backstage before the Corrie Niesen show as part of the Paris Fashion Week at Le Salon des Miroirs, France. Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

Protesters took to the streets in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul after allegations of corruption were made against the Prime Minister and his son.

Screen break: Protesters take to the streets in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul after allegations of corruption were made against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his son. Photograph: Furkan Temfoor/lejournal/sip/rex

Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus on January 31, 2014, in picture made available today.

Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, in Syria in picture made available today, taken on January 31, 2014. Click here to see a larger version of the image. Photograph: UNRWA/AP

Cranes lift a cement statue of Chairman Mao before moving it to the newly-built Chongqing Industry Museum, China. Photograph: Feature China/Barcroft Media

British designer Gareth Pugh's 2014/2015 Autumn/Winter collection mixed old and new in a theatrical display of monotone, white, cream and silver outfits for the Paris catwalk. Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images

A man somersaults off a sculpture on the beach in front of the old West Pier in Brighton. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Pope Francis tries to calm a crying boy, who is dressed as a pope, during the weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. Photograph: Osservatore Romano/AFP/Getty Images