While models waited backstage to display creations by a group of Russian designers during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Moscow, further to the east in China a huge pair of high heels was on display at a shopping mall in Shenyang.
Students took to the streets in Indonesia to protest against the government's plan to raise fuel prices while In India, shop and stall owners in Kolkata were distraught after a fire raged through the Hatibagan market.
As month-old Sumatran tigers, Danny, Denar and Diana posed for pictures and practised roaring at the zoo during their weekly weight checking in Warsaw, Poland, two orphaned bear cubs, Thor, left, and Boo, enjoyed a wrestle at the Detroit Zoo, USA.
Take a look at these images and more in our pictures of the day.