Photo highlights of the day

Ice cream: a Kashmiri milkman cycles on a snow-covered road in Srinagar, India. Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

A six and a half month old koala joey is held by a zoo keeper before being weighed for the first time, at Duisburg Zoo in Germany. The female koala has not yet been named and the zoo is asking fans to vote for a name on a social networking site.

Tight grip: a six-and-a-half month old koala joey is held carefully by a keeper before being weighed at Duisburg zoo in Germany. The female koala has not yet been named and the zoo is asking fans to vote for a name on a social networking site. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP

A protester hides himself behind the wreckage of a car during clashes with riot police in the centre of Kiev. Ukrainian police on Wednesday stormed protesters' barricades in Kiev as violent clashes erupted and activists said that one person had been shot dead by the security forces. Total of two activists shot dead during clashing.

A protester hides behind the wreckage of a car during clashes with riot police in the centre of Kiev. Ukrainian police stormed protesters' barricades as violent clashes erupted and two activists reported dead. See more in the gallery. Photograph: Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images

People walk through the pedestrian areas in New York's Times Square as snow falls as a storm alert was issue.

People walk through the pedestrian area in Times Square in New York as another storm alert was issued in the US. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Crowning glory: Preventive conservation co-ordinator at Historic Royal Palaces Jonathan Bridal inspects the Rubens ceiling paintings for damage during a conditioning survey at Banqueting House on in London. Flemish artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens painted the nine oil canvases for Charles I, they were installed in the hall in 1636.

Crowning glory: preventive conservationist Jonathan Bridal inspects the Rubens ceiling paintings for damage at Banqueting House in London. Flemish artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens painted the nine oil canvases for Charles I. They were installed in the hall in 1636. Photograph: Miles Willis/Getty Images

A police vehicle with blood stains and berets left in it at the site of a bomb explosion in Charsadda, Pakistan.

A shocking image of a police vehicle covered with blood as berets are left in it at the site of a bomb explosion in Charsadda, Pakistan. Photograph: Mohammad Sajjad/AP

Fly fishing: A fish glides across the ocean off the coast of the Maldives, Indian Ocean to evade a ravenous tuna in hot pursuit. These rare photographs show scores of the nimble fish leaping from the water to escape before flying for up to 100m at a time.

Fly fishing: a fish glides off the coast of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to evade a ravenous tuna. The nimble fish leaping from the water fly for up to 100 metres at a time. Photograph: Anthony Pierce/Barcroft Media

The foreshortened composition add to a playful scene as a protester offers a handshake with Thai soldiers during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand.

The playful composition adds to the scene as a protester offers a handshake with Thai soldiers during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand. Photograph: Wason Wanichakorn/AP

Elevenses: German Chancellor Angela Merkel sits next to Chief of Staff Peter Altmaier as she leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the governments official guest house in Meseberg Castle in Meseberg. The German grand coalition government is having a two day retreat at the Baroque castle 65 kilometres north of Berlin in Brandenburg to set out their agenda for 2014.

Elevenses: the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the government's official guesthouse in Meseberg Castle in Meseberg. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

Models walk the runway during the Maison Martin Margiela show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014 in Paris, France.

Cover art: the Maison Martin Margiela show as part of Paris fashion week's haute couture spring/summer 2014 collections. Photograph: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images

pedestrians fall over in the snow and ice in New York City

Slip slidin' away. Icy conditions on a pedestrian crossing in New York City caused a number of unsuspecting walkers and one cyclist to take a tumble as temperatures plummeted across the US Eastern seaboard. Photograph: Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Silhouetted against the sky and with the Orbit Sculpture by Anish Kapoor in the background, Tom Daley trains at London Aquatics Centre. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

Balletic inspired fashion from Viktor&Rolf's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2014 collection in Paris.

Balletic inspired fashion keeps the models on their toes at the presentation of Viktor&Rolf's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2014 collection in Paris. Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images