Balwant Singh, a "Nihang" or Sikh warrior, wearing an 800-metre-long turban, brandishes a "talwar" or sword as he takes part in the Holla Mohalla festival in Anandpur Sahib, in Punjab. Hola Mohalla, or the festival of Nihangs, is celebrated during the Hindu religious festival of Holi, marking the congregation of Sikh devotees from all over the country.
People smear coloured powder on each other during the Holi festival celebrations in Chennai, India
Glenn Knight, 39, unveils Britain's first pet first aid course where owners learn how to perform CPR and mouth-to-mouth on cats and dogs. The training sessions use dummy animals to teach pet owners how to carry out lifesaving techniques on their beloved pets. He formed the business after he was powerless to intervene when his own dog Sasha, a seven-year-old Labrador, died two years ago.
Fireworks are seen above a mountain draped with the Kurdish flag for a celebration of Nowruz in Akra, Iraq. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for "new year", is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring.
A hot air balloon floats past people who are watching the sunrise at the Pyramid of the Sun of Teotihuacan in Mexico during a festival as part of the spring equinox
A bottlenose dolphin leaps for the first time in many months, welcoming spring to Tobermory Bay on the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland
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