Pictures of the day: March 1, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's tallest and most active volcano, spews lava as it erupts on the southern island of Sicily, Italy. PHOTO: REUTERS

Small dams and a dried-up lake can be seen next to a dirt road in outback Queensland, Australia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Revellers from Portela samba school perform during the second night of the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

A pro-settlement activist climbs onto a rooftop of a house to resist evacuation of some houses in the settlement of Ofra in the occupied West Bank, during an operation by Israeli forces to evict the houses. PHOTO: REUTERS

An English Bulldog plays with its owner during a parade where more than 900 English Bulldog participate to set the Guinness World Records for the largest Bulldog walk in Mexico City, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS

People go for a walk along the Causeway Coastal route in Ballintoy, Northern Ireland. PHOTO: REUTERS

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. PHOTO: REUTERS

A couple dressed as clowns stands near the beach during the Carnival Clown's Parade at Sesimbra village. PHOTO: AFP

Indian passengers hang onto a train as it departs from a station on the outskirts of New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP

A man rides his bicycle at sunset in San Marcos Lempa, 84 km from San Salvador. PHOTO: AFP

An Indian pedestrian carries a child as she walks past horses which are reflected in a puddle of water following heavy rains in the northern hill station of Shimla. PHOTO: AFP

Emirati men walk across the dunes in the Rimah desert, west of Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates. PHOTO: AFP

Seagulls fly over the Bosphorus river while traffic has stopped due to the fog in Istanbul. PHOTO: AFP