Day in pictures

Alejandro Paredes checks bread made with potatoes on an army base in Lima. The army is cutting costs due to the increased prices of imported wheat.

Reveller Alan Murray enjoys New York City's annual St Patrick's Day Parade in the colours of the Irish flag.

Spain's team perform at the Free Routine Final of the 29th LEN European swimming Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Afghan policemen inspect weapons during an arms handover ceremony in the Kapisa district, north of Kabul.

Indian police restrain a Tibetan activist during a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Delhi.

A sonar image of the German navy's disguised merchant raider Kormoran, which sank the HMAS Sydney during World War II. The Kormoran has been found off the coast of Australia.

A UN vehicle burns after Kosovo Serbs clashed with K-For soldiers in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica.

An Alfa Romeo 1935 6C 2300 Pescara Spyder, once owned by Benito Mussolini, which has been sold for £550,000 ($1.1m) - a world record price for that model.

An investor contemplates the state of the market in Shanghai, as China's main stock index falls to its lowest level in more than eight months.

A billboard promoting the controversial referendum on Taiwan's membership of the United Nations is displayed outside the presidential palace in Taipei.

Polar bear cub Flocke playing with her keeper at a zoo in Germany. Flocke was rejected by her mother when she was one month old and is now brought up by her zoo minders.

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