Images of the day

  • Spring has sprung as these frogs settle near frog spawn in a pond in Co Wicklow, Ireland March 9. Photo: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
  • A man pushes his bike past an ice covered a bench on the Neuchatel Lake shores in Yverdon, West of Geneva, Switzerland March 9. Photo: Denis Balibouse/REUTERS
  • Farmers take part in the annual buffalo racing contest to commemorate the arrival of spring in Lahore, Pakistan March 9. Photo: Mohsin Raza/REUTERS
  • Police detain a Tibetan exile during a protest in front of Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India March 9. Dozens of exiled Tibetan protested on Tuesday to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China. Photo: Adnan Abidi/REUTERS
  • A white jade Yubi seal from the Qianlong period inscribed with the characters "Taishanghuangdi", or "Overlord Emperor", is shown at a Sotheby's preview in Hong Kong March 9. The seal is expected to fetch in excess of $6.3 million at an auction on April 8. Photo: Bobby Yip/REUTERS
  • Two men walk past the headquarters of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post AG in Bonn, Germany March 9. Photo: Ina Fassbender/REUTERS
  • Military delegates hold their hats against the wind upon their arrival for the third plenary meeting of China's parliament, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 9. Photo: Christina Hu/REUTERS
  • Carole Thornlergh practices with Ross, a Belgium Shepherd, at the NEC Birmingham England in preparation for DSL Crufts, March 9. Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire
  • An asylum seeker reacts during a demonstration outside the UK Border Agency in Glasgow on March 9, in Glasgow Scotland. Campaigners are calling for an inquiry after a family jumped to their deaths from the 15th floor of the Red Road tower blocks. It has been speculated that the Russian family were possibly facing a deportation order. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
  • Twins Hugh left, and Arthur O'Rahilly from Glasnevin explore the giant's kitchen during a preview of the National Leprechaun Museum in Jervis Street, Dublin, Ireland, March 9. The NLM is a national cultural entertainment centre that will take visitors deeper into Irish and celtic culture to discover what really lies behind the well-known tales of Irish cultural iconography - leprechauns,rainbows and pots of gold. The NLM opens to the public on March 10. Photo: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times
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