Pictures of the day: 25 March 2013
An African fishing eagle catches a fish in Lake Baringo, Kenya
Picture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images |
Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Osaka for the annual Nipponbashi Street Fiesta. Many streets were closed off to cater for the hordes of cosplay, manga and anime fans.
Picture: Trevor Mogg / Alamy Live News |
Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard (left) and 2Day FM radio presenter Kyle Sandilands, dressed as the Easter Bunny, take part in an Egg and Spoon Race at Kirribilli
Picture: Sam Mooy/Newspix / Rex Features |
A man is hit by a bull during a traditional "Corraleja" or bullfight, in Arjona, Bolivar
Picture: REUTERS/Joaquin Sarmiento |
Matt Read (L) and Chris Levy compete in a bout of chessboxing during a competition at the Scala venue in London. The hybrid sport combines chess with boxing in alternating rounds. The winner is decided by a knock out or checkmate, whichever comes first. A full match consists of eleven rounds: six rounds of chess, each four minutes long, and five rounds of boxing, each three minutes long.
Picture: Peter Kollanyi/LNP |
Ice climber Jeff Mercier scales a 200ft frozen waterfall - under the cover of darkness.
Picture: Kamil Tamiola/Barcroft Media |
A newlywed couple poses for wedding photos in Shanghai, China
Picture: AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko |
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks at the latest combat and technical equipment made by unit 1501 of the Korean People's Army during his visit to the unit in Pyongyang
Picture: REUTERS/KCNA |
London Mayor Boris Johnson (above) joined Metropoiltan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and members of the Dalston Safer Neighbourhood scheme in Hackney, east London on their local beat where they launched the Mayor's Police and Crime Plan.
Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA |
A lynx yawns inside its enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire
Picture: Barcroft Media |
Penitents light their candles as they take part in the "Humildad" brotherhood Palm Sunday procession during the Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain
Picture: REUTERS/Jon Nazca |
The moon is seen through the OVO wooden installation by Belgian Odeaubois and ACT lighting design as it is illuminated during a show in Astana
Picture: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov |
A man walks amongst the debris of buildings destroyed during ethnic unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in Meikhtila, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Rangoon, Burma
Picture: AP Photo/Khin Maung Win |
A woman stands on a pier under an umbrella during a storm in a Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi
Picture: MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP/Getty Images |
A French soldier stands guard in an armoured vehicle as a helicopter carrying Army Chief of Staff General Bertrand Ract-Madoux leaves a position in the Terz valley, about 60 km (37 miles) south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali. France has deployed some 4,000 troops to Mali, alongside a regional African force, in a nine-week operation that has driven Islamists into desert hideaways and mountains near the Algerian border.
Picture: REUTERS/Francois Rihouay
source: telegraph.co.uk |