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A warning sign on the snow near the Russki Gorki Centre - one of the Winter Olympic venues - in Sochi. We could comment on the spelling, but our Russian isn't up to much, either.
Engineers survey the extensive damage to the main Exeter to Plymouth railway line at Dawlish
A First Great Western train makes its way across the flooded Somerset Levels
Air New Zealand is at the centre of a sexism row after releasing a preview of a new flight safety video that features a bevy of scantily clad supermodels in an island paradise. The airline, which has made a speciality of producing quirky and even risqué information videos, is being accused of going too far with its latest “highly sexualised” offering.
London Mayor Boris Johnson meets with frustrated commuters as the 48-hour strike by London Underground workers gets underway
Women dressed as horses take part in Chinese New Year procession around central London's Chinatown
Clowns react during the annual church service in memory of Joseph Grimaldi at Holy Trinity Church in Dalston, east London
A Seattle Seahawks fan flexes at MetLife Stadium before the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos
A little girl looks on in amazement as her mother feeds the birds in central Minsk, Belarus
A combination picture showing musicians from the Viennese Vegetable Orchestra posing with their instruments in Haguenau, eastern France
Swedish snowboarder Sven Thorgren soars through the air during snowboard slopestyle training in Sochi
A crescent moon rising and the cusp of Earth's atmosphere are seen in this stunning photograph released by Nasa
Mexican castaway who identified himself as Jose Ivan and later told reporters that his full name is Jose Salvador Albarengo, walks with the help of a nurse in Majuro after a 22-hour boat ride from the isolated Ebon Atoll. Jose was reportedly washed up on Ebon Atoll on January 30, 2014, and told his rescuers he set sail from Mexico for El Salvador in September 2012 and has been floating on the ocean ever since.
Members of the media sit with their mouths bound by tape and cloth in the colours of the Egyptian flag at a demonstration by Kenyan and Nairobi-based foreign media calling for the release of detained Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste and his colleagues, outside the Egyptian embassy in Nairobi, Kenya
A statue of a man sleepwalking in his underpants is surrounded by snow on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The sculpture entitled 'Sleepwalker' is part of an exhibit by sculptor Tony Matelli at the college's Davis Museum.
As snow begins to fall, a paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the giant portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at the main entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing
Snow falls on the statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in the borough of Manhattan in New York
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks during the Goed Geld Gala (Good Money Gala), organised by a Dutch charity lottery, in the theatre Carre in Amsterdam
Afghan security forces inspect the damage to a school after an explosion hit building in eastern Kabul, Afghanistan
'Devil' Benito Martinez (centre) parades around the village of Almonacid del Marquesado, central Spain, during the Endiablada festival. The Endiablada is a traditional festival in honour of San Blas (Saint Blaise) which sees Catholics dressed in colourful costumes complete with mitres. The men tie lead cowbells to their waists - meant to scare away any ill-wishing demons - as they parade around the village in front of the saint's statue.