Photo highlights of the day

Fly, my pretty, fly! A Japanese macaque leaps across the rapids on to boulders in Jigokudani, Japan. Photograph: Diane McAllister/NPL/REX

Drowning Street: campaigners dressed as the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, and the prime minister, David Cameron, pose in front of a mockup of a flooded 10 Downing Street in London, urging them to act on climate change. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Aerial photography of big wave surfing on Ours surf break, Sydney, Australia. The waves break 10 metres from the rocks and in water only a few feet deep. Photograph: Ian Bird/REX

Satirical sculptures burn during the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain. Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP

From fire to ice: Egyptian riot police eat ice-cream as they take a break following a demonstration outside Cairo University with Muslim Brotherhood students. Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Add splash of eggshell for your walls? Egg boxes for storing painted Easter eggs are stacked in Saalfeld, Germany. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/reuters

Selfie-portrait: sculpture titled Mask II by Ron Mueck is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

Haci Kilic with his 1.5 metre-long moustache in his barbershop in Erzurum, Turkey. Kilic has not cut it for 30 years and wraps his moustache around his head when he works. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Pakistani women wash their laundry at a water reservoir on the outskirts of Islamabad. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Lucky sevens: a woman plays bingo at Carlton bingo hall in Orrell Park, Liverpool. George Osborne announced tax breaks for bingo halls. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

A newborn weighing in at a whopping 13.8lbs in Changchun, China. Photograph: HAP/Quirky China News/REX

The Dalai Lama leaves after a visit at a leprosy colony in New Delhi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Women celebrate at the United Nations mission in Malakal, South Sudan, after the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) claimed it had recaptured the town from rebels. Photograph: Ivan Lieman/AFP/Getty Images

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road during a protest in the city of Ashdod. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Tweetdeck: Beatboxer Jason Singh vocally recreates the nation's best-known songbirds to celebrate the first day of spring. Photograph: Andy Fallon/The National Tru/REX

Lovely day for a spot of skiing on the Bergeller mountains, in Avers, Switzerland. Photograph: Arno Balzarini/EPA

The Vernal Equinox is marked by a sunny spring day in Gaza, where a young palestinian girl picks wild mustard flowers which grow in untilled fields across the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

The lady in red...with matching lipstick: Scarlett Johansson arrives for the UK Film Premiere of Captain America: The Winter Soldier at Westfield London. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features

Journalists take shelter behind a tree during clashes between the National Police and anti-government activists as protests continue against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas. Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

Taking a long cool drink on the first day of Spring, Kavi, a male Sumatran Tiger, enjoys the warmer weather at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images