Photo highlights of the day

An Afghan girl holds a mannequin head as her playmates look on in the old part of Herat. Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

A young Balinese couple embrace during the Kissing Festival known as 'Omed-Omedan' at Sesetan village in Indonesia. Photograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images

Falling cherry blossom from trees in full bloom in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

A family walks on a road scattered with stones placed by protesters and miners, to block traffic on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

Beef-sliders: Professional cowboy and cowgirls skiing during the Annual Ski Louise Stampede at Lake Louise, Canada. Photograph: QMI Agency/REX

A yellow taxi moves past rickshaw drivers sleeping along a roadside in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

A group of anti-government demonstrators clash with members of the National Guard in Caracas, Venezuela. Photograph: Santi Donaire/EPA

Models wave crosses during the Cavalera collection at San Paulo's Fashion Week at the Candido Portinari park, in Brazil. Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA

Four legs good: Members of a "Maidan" self-defence battalion take part in a training exercise for the Ukraine National Guard near Kiev. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

A fifteen-day old orphaned baby monkey nurses from a rescued goat at the Asha Foundation animal shelter at Hathijan village, India. Photograph: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images

Children engage in the traditional method of harnessing hemp rope in Gaziantep, Turkey.
Photograph: Ali Ihsan/Getty Images

Protesters clash with riot police during a protest against the Eurogroup meeting in Athens. Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA