Pictures of the day: February 24, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

French firemen try to extinguish burning dustbins as students gather during a demonstration against police brutality, following the alleged rape of Theo, outside the "Lycee Voltaire" secondary school in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

Costumed revellers celebrate during a carnival, Düsseldorf, Germany. PHOTO: AFP

Members of a Palestinian family warm themselves by a fire outside their shelter in the northern Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS

Freshly painted Oscar statues sit in a parking lot outside the Dolby Theatre as preparations continue for the 89th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Benedito, 66, smokes prawns as he checks it on a wood-fired oven in Corumbau village on the coast of Bahia state, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy, who just fled a village controlled by Islamic State fighters cries as he sits with his family inside a bus before heading to the camp at Hammam Ali south of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the fourth phase of the state assembly election in Allahabad, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

US born giant female panda Bao Bao walks at her new home, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Iraqi army launch a rocket towards Islamic State militants during a battle with Islamic State militants near Ghozlani military complex, south of Mosul, Iraq . PHOTO: REUTERS

The new German electronic passport is pictured under an ultraviolet light during its presentation to the media in Berlin, Germany. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Palestinian Bedouin school girl walks at her school in the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors walking through the Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as the Mukden Palace, after a snowfall in Shenyang, in China's northeast Liaoning province. PHOTO: AFP

Saint-Etienne's supporters hold black plastic bags during the UEFA Europa League football match between AS Saint-Etienne and Manchester United, at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, central France. PHOTO: AFP