Day in pictures

A Peruvian guard of honour awaits Chinese President Hu Jintao outside the parliament in the capital, Lima.

Israeli soldiers visit the Weissensee cemetery in Berlin, where Jewish soldiers who fought for Germany in World War I are buried.

Coffins of Kurdish victims of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime during the 1980s stand at the airport in Irbil, after their repatriation from a site near the southern city of Najaf.

A violinist busks outside a cash machine in Rome. Italy is one of the EU states now officially in recession.

A woman dries clothes in a snow-clad town in India.

Iraqi officers show off their skills during their graduation ceremony after two months of training.

College students crowd a job fair in China, where officials say the country faces a grim employment outlook as the economy slows.

South Korean housewives make 140 tons of kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish. The food is to be distributed to more than 13,000 poor households.

A cyclist from Great Britain wins the Women's Individual Pursuit in Australia.

A diver and guest raise their glasses to toast the release of the 2008 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau at the Aqua Stadium in Tokyo.

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