21 February 2012Last updated at 12:16

Day in pictures: 21 February 2012

Nicolas Sarkozy (right) speaks with butchers at a cafe as he visits the Rungis wholesale market near Paris

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is back on the campaign trail as he begins his bid for re-election, here meeting butchers at a cafe in Paris.

Revellers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school participate in the second night of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome.

Manitoba's Jennifer Jones (centre) watches her shot as Jill Officer (left) and Dawn Askin sweep her rock during their game against Newfoundland/Labrador at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts curling championship in Red Deer, Alberta.

Demonstrators march towards the gates of San Quentin Prison during an Occupy the Prisons protest in California.

Models on the catwalk during the McQ Alexander McQueen show at London Fashion Week in the Old Sorting Office in central London.

People take part in the carnival Los Indianos in Santa Cruz de la Palma

People throw talcum powder at one another as they take part in the carnival Los Indianos on the Spanish Canary island of La Palma.

Afghan youths throw stones towards US soldiers standing at the gate of Bagram airbase

Rumours that a Koran had been burnt led to a protest outside the US airbase at Bagram, about 60km (40 miles) north of Kabul. The US commander of Nato troops in Afghanistan issued an apology over the reports that foreign troops had "improperly disposed" of copies of the Koran.

A woman collapses outside a morgue in Tegucigalpa

A woman collapses as relatives of the hundreds of inmates who died in a prison fire in Honduras last week force their way into a morgue to demand the remains of their loved ones.

Bernard Fibicher, director of the Fine-Arts Museum in Lausanne, unveils a Paul Klee painting entitled Am Nil (By the Nile) which has been donated to the museum by an anonymous collector.

The Duchess of Cambridge speaks to well-wishers as she arrives at Rose Hill Primary School in Oxford. Catherine is the patron of Oxford-based charity The Art Room, which uses art to help children with issues such as low self-esteem and Asperger's syndrome.

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Day in pictures: 21 February 2012

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