Pictures of the day

• 1/30 Tom Hiddleskong

  Staff members make the final adjustments to a waxwork of Tom Hiddleston, as it is unveiled at Madame Tussauds, London

  Victoria Jones/PA

• 2/30 On her trolley

  Queenie, a Staffordshire bull terrier, pushes a shopping trolley during a photocall to launch Crufts 2017 at the NEC, Birmingham

  Joe Giddens/PA

• 3/30

  Protesters who work for Freeport-McMoRan prepare for a dance during a rally in front of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources building in Jakarta after a controversial U-turn on mineral exports has sparked turmoil in Indonesia's key mining sector

  Bay Ismo/AFP/Getty Images

• 4/30 Dad on duty

  The white Transvaal lion (Panthera leo krugeri) male Inkosi, father of three two-month-old cubs watches over his offsprings in their outdoor enclosure in Nyiregyhaza Zoo in Budapest

  Atilla Balazs/EPA

• 5/30 That won't scare the children

  A troupe of Harlequins make a striking sight during the first day of the annual carnival in Basel, Switzerland

  Geogrios Kefalas/EPA

• 6/30 On the prowl

  Nat Geo WILD unleashed the first ever realistic animatronic leopard, which was spotted roaming the streets of London. The leopard has been created to mark the start of Big Cat Week and raise awareness about serious threats to the habitats of big cats, and their dwindling numbers

  Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner Sam Hobson and assistant Josh Perrett

• 7/30 In a whirl

  A boy waves a slice, in the customary 'slicing', in Untervaz, Switzerland

  Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA

• 8/30 Uttar-ly colourful

  A woman poses for a photograph during Holi celebrations in the town of Barsana in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India

  Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

• 9/30 And what do you do?

  The Queen reviews members of The Royal Welsh Regimental Family and one of two regimental goats as she visits to mark St David's Day at Lucknow Barracks in Tidworth

  Ben Birchall/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

• 10/30 The Yawn King

  A white lion cub yawns on the back of the mother 'Kiara' in their enclosure in the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany

  Peter Gercke/dpa via AP

• 11/30 Did you bring the sugar?

  Attendants prepare tea before the opening of the fifth session of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee at the Great Hall of the People (GHOP) in Beijing, China

  Wu Hong/EPA

• 12/30 Yee-hah

  Helena Bonham Carter attends at a Night of Country at The Roundhouse

  Dave Benett

• 13/30 In flight

  Seagulls fly past Elizabeth Tower along the River Thames

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• 14/30 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

• 15/30 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

• 16/30 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

• 17/30 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

• 18/30 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

• 19/30 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

• 20/30 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

• 21/30 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

• 22/30 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

• 23/30 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

• 24/30 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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• 25/30 Carnivallllll

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

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• 26/30 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

• 27/30 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

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• 28/30 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

• 29/30 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

• 30/30 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