Day in pictures

Pedestrians walk past decorations of pigs for Chinese New Year in Shanghai. According to the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, this is the year of the pig.

Maori paddlers take a waka (canoe) under the Waitangi Bridge ahead of Waitangi Day, which commemorates the signing of a treaty between the British and Maori peoples.

Fossilised dinosaur eggs are shown to the media in India after a large cache of them was reportedly found in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh state.

Filip Trejbal of the Czech Republic surveys the course at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Sweden before the Men's Super-G race was cancelled.

Belgian Guido Poppe holds a very rare seashell of the Slit shell family which he discovered last year in the Philippines. He is donating it to the Philippine National Museum.

Pakistani Kashmiri supporters stamp on US and Indian flags during a Kashmir Day rally to show solidarity with Indian Kashmiris in Lahore, Pakistan.

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