Photo highlights of the day

Fashionable standard bearer: A model walks the runway during the Desigual fashion show as part of the 080 Barcelona Fashion Week in Barcelona, Spain. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

The eyes have it: A Palestinian couple are pictured during a mass wedding ceremony attended by Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (unseen) in the West bank city of Jericho. Nearly 300 Palestinians were married in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Tuesday in a mass wedding funded by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images

A man lights his cigarette with a burning piece of wood as anti-government protesters gather near a barricade in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Photograph: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images

Bode Miller of the USA in action during the first run of the men`s Slalom race of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Schaldming, Austria. Photograph: Johann Groder/EXPA/EPA

Bartabas performs during 'Nuit De La Chine' at Grand Palais in Paris, France. Photograph: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images

An anti-government protester uses a laptop at barricades. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov offered his resignation on Tuesday, as parliament repeals anti-protest laws. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

An anti-government protester keeps watch at a burnt out barricade in Kiev, Ukraine. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Afghan refugee girl, Khalzarin Zirgul, six, holds her cousin, Zaman, 3 months, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. See more in our gallery. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Chicken across the road: health officers in full protective gear wait at traffic lights near a wholesale poultry market. Hong Kong began culling 20,000 chickens and suspended imports of fresh poultry from mainland China after the discovery of the H7N9 bird flu virus in a batch. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Staff members of Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department cull chickens at the Cheung Sha Wan poultry market in Hong Kong. Photograph: Lui Siu Wai/Rex Features

Dancing on ice: A young polar bear cuts some moves on the barrier island of Bernard Spit, along the eastern arctic coast of Alaska. Photograph: Steven Kazlowski/Barcroft Media

The 'True Love Tester' is a high-tech bra by Japanese lingerie maker Ravijour equipped with a special mechanical hook and an app on a mobile device to control it. The sensors analyse the pattern and speed of the user's heartbeat. Photograph: Ravijour/AFP/Getty Images

True love en masse: 138 Couples tie their knot in mass marriages organised by Sant Nirankari Mission, in Mumbai, India. Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images

Between a rock and a hard place: the Rock Pagoda on Ngwe Saung beach, Burma. Photograph: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

A mother holds her child while attempting to take cover as repeated gun shots are heard during continuing sectarian violence in Bangui, Central African Republic. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Reuters

A mother pitches a temporary shelter in the middle of the road at the sprawling community of informal settlers in Quezon city, Philippines. The demolition of their shanty town was carried out by the city government to pave the way for the commercial development of the area. Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Lanterns depicting Confucius and his disciples during the annual Qinhuai Lantern Show in Nanjing, China. Photograph: Feature China/Barcroft Media

A Femen activist protests against the visit of Russia's President Vladimir Putin to Brussels, in front of the European Council building. Putin is visiting the EU leaders to discuss the future of their common relationship. Photograph: Yves Logghe/AP