Spiders in their webs spun round a bush above floodwaters in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Almost 9,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as floods continue in south-east Australia.

Maria Sharapova of Russia dances with a fan during her tennis match against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Nearly two years after the devastating earthquake, much of Haiti is still in a crisis situation, with tens of thousands living in tent camps in and around the capital Port-au-Prince.

Cast members Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor arrive at the premiere of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen at the Directors Guild of America Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

A Buddhist novice waves a National League for Democracy flag as Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at an electoral campaign rally in Naypyidaw.

Thousands of mourners gathered in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of people who were killed during last year's civil war.

A Lamborghini Aventador J makes its World premiere at the Italian car maker's booth on press day ahead of the 82nd Geneva Car Show.

Police in Russia made 550 arrests after protests against Vladimir Putin's election as president. Foreign states have accepted Mr Putin won on Sunday but observers said the poll had been skewed in his favour.

A passenger sits on a window of a train at the Once station in Buenos Aires, Argentina.