Allahabad, India: children play on the banks of the river GangesPhotograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
Mogadishu, Somalia: A man carries a large sailfish to the fish market in the Xamar Weyne districtPhotograph: Stuart Price/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian woman held her child as she waited on a bench at a food stall in New Delhi on Thursday. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)
São Paulo, Brazil: a member of the Lair of Assisi Fraternity holds a wooden cross during a mass to note the beginning of the papal election Photograph: Andre Penner/AP
Kathmandu, Nepal: a sadhu sits beside a fire after applying ash to his face and body at his ashram at Pashupatinath TemplePhotograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Student wearing make-up looks on during a parade ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim outside the Bialik Rogozin school in south Tel Aviv. NIR ELIAS/REUTERS
Kerete, Republic of Congo: A woman carries guinea pigs to distribute to her community as part of a food security programme by Action Against Hunger International. Over 500 guinea pigs were distributed to the locals by the non-profit organisation which focuses its activities on nutritionPhotograph: Reuters
An Afghan couple feed pigeons outside of the Sakhi shrine during a snowfall in Kabul, Feb. 4, 2013. Kabul has been experiencing below freezing weather and snow for several days. (Ali Hamed Haghdoust/Associated Press)
Lahad Datu, Malaysia: A woman does her washing-up in the local river Photograph: Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images
