As tents come down at Occupy LSX outside St Pauls ahead of a possible evictions, demonstrators from the anti-capitalist movement camp pose on the steps outside the Cathedral in London.
In a more violent protest Afghans shout anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Mehterlam, Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan police on Thursday fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break into an American military base in the country's east to vent their anger over this week's Quran burnings incident.
Action shots from Australia show Motorcross rider and member of the Crusty Demons, Robbie Marshall as he jumps over a helicopter with rotating blades as well as a Formula 1 car at Avalon Airport in Melbourne.
A newly unveiled statue joins the iconic lions in Trafalgar Square, London. The sculpture by artist duo Michael Elmgreen, of Denmark, and Ingar Dragset, of Norway, of a boy riding a rocking horse is part of a project is commissioned by the Mayor of London as part of the rolling programme of contemporary art commissions for the empty Fourth Plinth.
Children kneel for Ash Wednesday during mass in Washington DC and New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan joins fellow volunteers distributing food at a breadline at St. Francis Assisi as part of Ash Wednesday in New York City.
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