Day in pictures

A motorcyclist competes in the Dakar Rally 2009, which for the first time in its 30-year history, is taking take place in Argentina and Chile and not West Africa.

A man sits among thousands of seats placed outside the United States Capitol in Washington DC ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on 20 January.

The golden-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral is shrouded in winter mist in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.

Icicles about a metre long (3ft) hang from a roof at the tourist spot of Jeju, South Korea.

A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel burns fake money in protest at her government's new 31bn euro (£28.2bn) economic stimulus plan.

A flag of the UN Relief and Works Agency is spattered with red paint in the West Bank town of Hebron, in protest at Israel's ongoing military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

A child receives a polio vaccine in Kabul, Afghanistan, on the second day of a vaccination campaign.

A penguin named Sigrid checks his weight as part of Germany's Hanover Zoo animal stock take.

Hindus gather in Allahabad, India, for the annual religious festival, the Magh Mela.

Japanese women, dressed in kimonos and all 20 years old, ride a roller coaster during a coming-of-age ceremony in Tokyo.

Back

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Next