Day in pictures

1 of 9 A Chinese policeman gestures at the entrance to Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

2 of 9 Unusually heavy snow storms have been battering Romania's capital, Bucharest.

3 of 9 Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to circle the globe solo in a hot-air balloon, now wants to make the first attempt to do it without stopping in an airplane.

4 of 9 Some 1,000 workers, including miners, protest against Belgian group Umicore's decision to cut 216 jobs, in Auby, northern France.

5 of 9 Protesters in Indonesia rally against fuel price hikes outside the presidential palace in Jakarta.

6 of 9 These Siamese twins, found abandoned in the street in China's Anhui Province, are to undergo an operation to be separated in Germany.

7 of 9 Ponies graze as the dawn rises over Britain's newest national park at Lyndhurst, Hampshire.

8 of 9 Burmese migrants camp out rough at the UN refugee registration department in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

9 of 9 Britain's Prince Charles is given a Hindu traditional blessing during his visit to the tsunami-hit regions of Sri Lanka.