Pictures of the day

• 1/30 In flight

  Seagulls fly past Elizabeth Tower along the River Thames

  @liolaliola

• 2/30 The Northern Cross

  The Northern Lights over Alnmouth in Northumberland at the St Cuthbert's Cross, which is said to be the location where St Cuthbert agreed to become Bishop of Lindisfarne when petitioned by the King

  Owen Humphreys/PA

• 3/30 Snap election

  A nationalist woman dressed as a crocodile is pictured outside a polling station in west Belfast after voting in the Northern Ireland Stormont elections

  Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

• 4/30 Maradona still looms over Naples

  A giant graffiti portraying Diego Armando Maradona by artist Jorit Agoch, is being completed in a Naples' suburb. The Argentinian remains a legend in the city where he played

  Cesare Abbate/ANSA via AP

• 5/30 Light fighting back the dark

  Anne Ryan looks at an installation of 2,100 handmade daffodils, entitled the Garden of Light, which is unveiled to the public to launch the Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal

  David Parry/PA

• 6/30 Ooah, ahh, that's how it always starts. But later there's running and screaming

  Visitors stand on a skybridge behind a Tyrannosaurus Rex statue at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

  Wallace Moon/EPA

• 7/30 Do it small, do it right and do it with style

  Hari Rajyaguru test driving a Rolls-Royce SRH which will allow children awaiting surgery at St Richard's Hospital Pediatric Day Surgery Unit in the Chichester to drive themselves to the operating theatre, through the Pediatric Unit corridors which are lined with 'traffic signs'.

  James Lipman/PA

• 8/30 That's gonna hurt

  A baseball and a hailstone that fell in the backyard of Tom Creedon's home in Ottawa, Illinois

  Tim Creedon via AP

• 9/30 Grab it

  Competitors from the opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, jump into the water and reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne

  Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

• 10/30 Lighting up the hospital

  Duchess of Cambridge visits the Ronald McDonald House Evelina in Lambeth to open the 'home away from home' accommodation for the families of children being treated at Evelina London Children's Hospital

  Jeremy Selwyn

• 11/30 Blow us a kiss

  Revellers celebrate "Ash Monday" by participating in a colourful "flour war", a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter,in the port town of Galaxidi, Greece

  Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

• 12/30 These biscuits certainly taste light

  French Austronaut Thomas Pesquet juggling and eating "Macarons" which were specially modified for consumption in space by French master pastry chef Pierre Herme

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• 13/30 Carnivallllll

  A performer dances during Beija Flor performance at the Rio Carnival at Sambodromo

  Raphael Dias/Getty Images

• 14/30 Flip, it is that time of year again

  Choristers enjoying pancake fun at Chichester Cathedral in preparation for Shrove Tuesday

  Christopher Ison/Chichester Cathedral/PA

• 15/30 Victory for Viola

  Viola Davis with her Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role for Fences, arriving at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills

  PA

• 16/30 Headcase

  A Lebanese boy, wearing a mask, takes part in the Zambo carnival held in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli

  Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images

• 17/30 Dab

  This yet unnamed adorable polar bear cub explores its open air enclosure for the first time at the Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, Germany. The polar bear baby was born on November 21 2016

  Guenter Schiffmann/AFP/Getty Images

• 18/30 You're not going out dressed like trash

  A model presents a creation for fashion house Moschino during the Women's Fall/Winter in Milan

  Marco Bertorell/AFP/Getty Images

• 19/30 Dumble-adorable

  Children dressed as wizards, take part in the children's carnival parade in Torres Vedras, Portugal

  Miguel A. Lopes/EPA

• 20/30 Cleaning the inside will be more fun

  For the very first time, daredevil abseilers have taken on the precarious task of cleaning The Slide, the world’s longest and tallest tunnel slide, which saw them suspended 249ft in the air, the same height as a 25 storey building. The team had to employ unconventional techniques to navigate through the tight twists and turns of The Slide to start the early spring clean

• 21/30 Doris Day

  A rainbow over the Nottingham Wheel in the Old Market Square, as Storm Doris reached nearly 90mp

  Neil Squires/PA

• 22/30 Candle in the grin

  An Indian Hindu man dressed as Lord Shiva holds a lit candle in his mouth as he takes part in a religious procession ahead of the Maha Shivratri Festival in Jalandhar

  Shammi Mehra/AFP/Getty Images

• 23/30 Kissing cousins

  Two carnival revellers pose as they celebrate the start of the hot season on Women's Carnival in in Cologne

  Rolf Vennenbernd/AFP/Getty Images

• 24/30 Fast Katie

  The Duchess of Cambridge playing pool during a visit to MIST, a child and adolescent mental health project in Torfaen in Wales

  Paul Edwards/The Sun/PA

• 25/30 Winging it over Lincoln

  The Red Arrows showing some aerial acrobatics flying over Lincoln Cathedral and Castle

  @RAFRed10/MoD Crown Copyright/PA

• 26/30 Holy fire

  A circus artist blows fire as he performs for Pope Francis in St Peter's Square at the Vatican

  Andrew Medichini/AP

• 27/30 Roaring down the ice

  Canada's Dave Greszczyszyn in training for Skeleton at BMW IBSF Bob & Skeleton World Championships at Koenigssee, Germany

  Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

• 28/30 Fashion can be fun

  A model presents a creation by Ashish during the London Fashion Wee

  Hayoung Jeon//EPA

• 29/30 Getting together

  Prince Harry arriving at the Quayside in Gateshead ahead of teaming up with Steve Cram and Jonathan Edwards to train runners taking part in the London Marathon for mental health charity Heads Together

  Owen Humphreys/PA

• 30/30 Chow time

  The Smithsonian's giant panda cub Bao Bao eats bamboo on her final morning at the National Zoo in Washington

  Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA