Day in pictures

With 24 states voting in the United States, Super Tuesday has seen some colourful polling stations, including a bridal shop (pictured) and a Laundromat called 'Get the Funk Out'.

One side who were already celebrating on Tuesday were the New York Giants, who held a victory parade in their city after winning American Football's esteemed Superbowl XLII.

A rejoneador - a bullfighter who fights on horseback - performs during a media presentation at the World Bull Fair in Seville, Spain.

In Kisumi, a displaced family waits at the roadside for a truck to be repaired. Five weeks of ethnic clashes in Kenya have forced 300,000 to flee their homes.

A Vietnamese calligrapher shows his skills outside Van Mieu - the Temple of Literature - in Hanoi.

In Brazil, a dancer sporting a magnificent parrot costume parades in celebration of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Seagulls flock around a fishing boat off the Greek island of Samos.

Life is tough for this young girl waiting for UN aid in Afghanistan.

A woman prays amid ice formations at a village in Pinshi, southern China. Extreme weather across swathes of the country has claimed lives and cut off power.

In Japan, meanwhile, the ice sculptures are man-made at the a snow festival in Sapporo.

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