The day in pictures

1 of 11 An anti-terrorist brigade in Serbia and Montenegro holds an exercise in winter camouflage.

2 of 11 A laser show symbolising air defence searchlights lights up St Petersburg's Palace Square as the city celebrates 60 years since the end of the Nazi siege.

3 of 11 Bulldozers are brought in to clear debris after a building collapsed in Cairo killing at least eight people.

4 of 11 Students gather in London's Parliament Square to protest against government plans for university top-up fees. The measure narrowly passed.

5 of 11 An official sprays chemicals on poultry cages at a Bangkok market, as Thailand announced its second bird flu death.

6 of 11 Meanwhile authorities vaccinate eggs in Pakistan, where a milder strain of the virus has been found.

7 of 11 Filipino gays urge parliament to pass a law outlawing discrimination against homosexuals.

8 of 11 Dixville Notch's tiny electorate are the first in New Hampshire to vote in the state's presidential primaries.

9 of 11 Canadian medics comfort each other after treating troops injured in an attack in the Afghan capital Kabul.

10 of 11 Tibetan supporters gather in Paris to protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to France.

11 of 11 Lebanon prepares to welcome home hundreds of prisoners due to be released in a swap with Israel.