In pictures of the day, spot a golden Pooh Bear in Beijing China, for well-heeled lovers of the AA Milne children’s book.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama can also be seen in front of her artwork, ‘Love arrives at the Earth’ carrying with it a tale of the Cosmos.
The retrospective has been unveiled at the Tate Modern, London and will remain in the capital’s premier modern art gallery until June.
Less pleasurable to the eye is a Hindu devotee with hooks embedded in his back as he takes part in a procession during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Stunning vistas in Venice of snowy gondolas made the most of the freezing weather, while a frisky wallaby frolicked in North Yorkshire.
Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans. Hundreds of people, most of them homeless, are now dead after temperatures hit as low as minus -36C and authorities are now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. The stark pictures show the harsh power of nature.