The day in pictures

1 of 10 Water-spraying tugboats salute the Queen Mary 2 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

2 of 10 Iraqis queue to sign a statement declaring they have left Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.

3 of 10 In Jakarta, Mohammad Rais awaits trial for his alleged role in last year's Marriott Hotel bombing which killed 12 people.

4 of 10 Soldiers of India's Sikh Regiment parade on the country's 54th Republic Day in Delhi.

5 of 10 Malian football supporters get behind their team during the game against Kenya in the African Nations Cup.

6 of 10 A Bangladeshi student worships the Hindu goddess of learning during the annual festival of Saraswati Puja in Dhaka.

7 of 10 Family members wave off Japanese soldiers bound for Kuwait from Komaki air base.

8 of 10 A worker prepares salt at a mine in the UK - it will be used to keep roads clear during an imminent cold snap.

9 of 10 A child is immunised against polio at a clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, where polio is still endemic.

10 of 10 A giant memorial in St Petersburg marks the 60th anniversary of the WWII siege of the city (formerly Leningrad).