The day in pictures, February 24, 2012

And again Friday! How quickly turns his snowflake time in February. A few days before the completion of the calendar winter. And ahead of that? Ahead of the weekend and two more days of Shrovetide. It is here, but it was in the world - look in the material.

The bear comes out of hibernation, Finland.





You say winter, blizzard, snow ... And in Texas, meanwhile, was almost spring.



The boat floats on the river Ganges in the first rays of the sun Friday, Allahabad, India.



Mom-Asili gorilla and her newborn baby feel good, Surrey, England.



Two little dog breed Shits ready to be shown at an exhibition in Manila, Philippines. Grooming works wonders :)



One of the 200 cows member preparing for a photo shoot for the contest «Schau der Besten» in Verden, Germany. The winner will receive 25,000 euros.



Amy Hayden-Roderiks holds the largest lobster ever caught. He was caught in Maine. Rocky weighed 12 kg 250 grams and was little more than a meter long. Crustacean safely released into the wild.



Workers wash bananas on a farm on the outskirts of Guayaquil, Ecuador.



Farmer obrubyvaet protruding edge of sugarcane during transportation after the harvest, the province of Thanh Hoa, Vietnam.



Naga ethnic woman in traditional jewelry during a rally in support of the creation of a separate state for his people, New Delhi, India.



North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the factory for the production of small arms checks the quality of the rifle somewhere in the DPRK.



Sepp Wiegand and Timo Gottschalk on his "Skoda" overcome the next turn Rally Azores, Portugal.



Yuan Chao and Zhang Yunan just made simultaneous jump from 10 meters in the competition in diving, London Aquatics Centre.



Late yesterday Russian Elena Isinbayeva set a new world record in the pole vault for women indoors - 5 feet and 1 inch, Stockholm, Sweden.



Pilot testing the car Nico Rosberg team «Mercedes GP» Spring test Formula 1 in Barcelona, ​​Spain.



Swiss skier Sylvain Tsurbrigger soared during the passage of the giant slalom at the World Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.



Icelander Steynthor Freyr Thorsteinsson vbrasyvae the ball out to the implementation of forward somersault during a friendly football match of his team against the team of Japan, Osaka. This manner of throw is becoming more popular in the world of football.



Serbian Jelena Jankovic serves another Polish tennis player Agnieszka supply Radwanska in the semifinals of the tournament executive in Doha, Qatar.



Two spectator pass scoreboard second round of the tournament of champions golf in Singapore.



Representatives of the tribe Lban dancing traditional dance at the festival of the island of Borneo, Malaysia.



Sam Costa dokrashivaet sign for the red carpet award ceremony "Oscar", Los Angeles, USA.



Woman looks into the jaws of a crocodile sculpture exhibition of works by Günter Dietmar in Dresden, Germany.



Robot scans and makes thousands of microscopic images of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" for a more detailed analysis of the paintings, Madrid, Spain.



In London, on the banks of the Thames, staged an exhibition of sand sculptures, England.





Girl in a hat decorated with flowers, in honor of love, called Dragobete day - Romanian analog Valentine's Day, Bucharest, Romania.



Also, to this day was timed attempt to break the record for the longest love letter. A man takes part in ustaovlenii record, Bucharest.



Singer Marc Anthony performs at the music festival «Vina Del Mar» as a headliner, Chile.



Photo models with multiple exposure during collection show «Moschino» at the fashion week in Milan, Italy.



Photo: AP, AFP, Getty Images, Reuters