Day in pictures

Rubina Ali Qureshi, who plays the young Latika in the Oscar-nominated film Slumdog Millionaire, displays her henna-decorated hands before travelling to Los Angeles for the Academy Awards.

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Kodak Theater is made ready to host the awards ceremony, as a large replica Oscar statue arrives to take its place.

In the Iraqi city of Najaf, a woman searches for recyclables at a rubbish dump.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva reviews Indonesian honour guards during a visit to the presidential palace in Jakarta.

A dance troupe from France's Moulin Rouge has arrived in Brazil for this weekend's opening parade of Rio's world-famous carnival.

One kangaroo sits back during the Johnnie Walker golf tournament in Perth, Australia, while others held up play by grazing on the fairways or bounding across the course.

A Chihuahua called Jim wears a crocheted coat in the German capital Berlin, where meteorologists forecast further snowfalls and temperatures around the freezing point for the upcoming weekend.

Canada's Alexandre Bilodeau demonstrates his gravity-defying form at the World Cup men's freestyle competition in Norway - which he won.