Dancers perform a fire dragon dance under a shower of sparks from molten iron during Lantern Festival celebrations in Queshan county, Henan province, ChinaReutersPeople line up with lanterns as they celebrate the Lantern Festival in Dongyang, Zhejiang province, ChinaReutersA firefighter attempts to extinguish a blaze which broke out on piles of reeds at a paper factory in Changde, Hunan province, ChinaReutersA woman crosses a canal during a 'Zombie Walk', part of the Venetian CarnivalReutersParticipants dressed as zombies and soldiers simulate a fight at a 'Zombie Walk', during carnival in VeniceReutersRowers lift their oars in sign of salute at the start of the traditional regatta on the Grand Canal which officially opens the Venice CarnivalGettyA recently constructed wall of flood defences surrounds houses next to the river in Staines-Upon-ThamesGettyLarge waves hit the lighthouse and harbour at high tide at Newhaven in East SussexReutersA ship is frozen in Lake Superior at port in Superior, Wisconsin, US. About 94% of Lake Superior is covered with iceReutersThe sun shines through icicles that have formed on the grates of a fence on the roof of the Empire State Building in New YorkReutersPeople play in the snow at the Quebec Winter Carnival in CanadaReutersFrance's Deborah Anthonioz, Faye Gulini of the US, Austria's Maria Ramberger, France's Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic compete during the women's snowboard cross semi-finals at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic GamesReutersFrance's Jason Lamy Chappuis speeds down the jump during a training session for the large hill ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined individual 10km competition at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic GamesReutersFog shrouds the trees before a delayed start for the men's snowboard cross competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa KhutorReutersFabio Fognini of Italy sprays champagne over David Ferrer of Spain after Ferrer defeated him in their men's singles final at the ATP Buenos Aires OpenReutersA bulldozer removes barricades at the site of recent clashes with riot police in Kiev after Ukrainian anti-government protesters ended the two-month-old occupation of city hallReutersAnti-government protesters leave the city hall in Kiev. Ukrainian authorities have offered to drop all criminal charges against activists as long as municipal buildings are cleared of protesters and some main roads unblockedReuters
