The day in pictures, March 3, 2012

Bit short today came Saturday, when viewed from the perspective of the importance of events and their number. Although, in terms of sports events, Saturday, as always, was at the height. Not a single sport still living planet.

A surfer watching the sun awakening, Gold Coast, Australia.





Drought in China's Yunnan Province is a problem for more than three million people in the region.



Warm up the martial art of Tai Chi masters in Taiyuan, China.



People walk on the frozen lake on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.



Syrian boy rides on a swing in the park, used to make the cemetery, Idlib.



A policeman guards the board with the results of local elections in the village of Qinghua Three, China.



Lathmar Holi Festival is in full swing, Barsana, India.



Madness Tattoo Festival in Bangkok, Thailand.



The conductor of a military band during a speech in the House of the People, Beijing, China.



Do not be afraid, blood and sacrifice - not real. These turned out to be only the student volunteers, trained today in Quezon City to provide first aid in case of earthquakes, the Philippines.



In London, women held a protest against male violence, United Kingdom.



Germany's Magdalena Neuner at the first shooting in the sprint race at the World Biathlon Championships in Ruhpolding.



Lena has again become a world champion. The main problem of the tournament - the air temperature. Today it was 14 Celsius.



Dutchman Robin van Persie has now become an evil genius to "Liverpool" and fans at "Anfield Road". Not only he scored two goals, so also in the last seconds of the second brought the victory of the "Gunners".



American Lindsey Vonn rushing from the mountains to the victory in absolute championship, at the World Cup in Alpine skiing in Ofterschwang, Germany.



Goalkeeper "Schalke" Timo Hildebrand passes the second ball into his own net from a penalty, in the framework of the next match against the Bundesliga "Freiburg".



Italian Andrea Guardini continues to break all records by defeating today's ninth stage of cycling "Tour de Langkawi" in Malaysia and continued to be the undisputed leader standings.



Racing in English Newbury on background blurred rainbow.



In the US town of Everett tonight all danced around the thousandth «Boeing 777". Ironically, he sold the company «Emirates Airline».



In Amsterdam today opened a flagship store «Apple» - the first in the Netherlands. And the country became the 19th where there are official stores of the company.



I listen to anything keeps the British flag at the concert of Roger Waters in Chile Santiago.



The model demonstrates Junya Watanabe collection at fashion week in Paris.



Brad Pitt today ordered unhealthy food Mc Drive, Los Angeles, USA.



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