Day in pictures

Glamorous guests at the 3rd Cartier Polo Challenge in Dubai take refuge from the heat by sipping drinks in the shade.

Children in Kabul pursue a kite as they celebrate the Afghan New Year.

Demonstrators in Peshawar, Pakistan, set ablaze an effigy in a protest aimed at right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders, who has released a film critical of Islam.

Students pose for a tourist next to a Charlie Chaplin impersonator in front of a currency exchange office in Havana, Cuba.

Riot policemen arrest a student at the start of anti-government protests in Santiago, Chile.

Rugby fans have descended on Hong Kong for the rugby sevens tournament, part of a world series.

Rice is stockpiled in the Philippines, where a shortage is expected. Vietnam has said it will supply the country with 1.5m tonnes of rice in 2008, despite cutting its exports.

Tibetans in Taiwan walk past prayer flags in Taipei as they hold a hunger strike to protest against China's crackdown on violent anti-Beijing protests.

South Korean forest service helicopters drop water during a nationwide forest fire drill.

Sunset at a village on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India.

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