Day in pictures

US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama gestures towards photographers ahead of Iraq hearings on Capitol Hill.

Madness singer Suggs performs live on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Texas Rangers baseball player Milton Bradley sits after being tagged out during a game against the Baltimore Orioles in Arlington, Texas.

Commuters walk against the wind and the rain in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.

At a school in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a girl looks at photos from an exhibition titled Tales from a Globalising World.

An Iraqi army soldier looks on as a woman picks up rice at a checkpoint in Sadr City, Baghdad. The Shia suburb is suffering food shortages as troops clash with the Mehdi Army militia.

Animal rights activists near Nuremberg zoo hold signs saying "I'm a polar bear - get me out of here!" and "I don't like the climate here!", as the polar bear cub Flocke is introduced to the media.

A Tibetan man has his head painted in Gauhati, India, during a protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.

In Jerusalem, a resident in a home for the elderly takes part in a civil defence drill.

And in London a giant cigarette butt stands in Trafalgar Square as part of a campaign against litter.

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