LARGER THAN LIFE:  A worker puts the final touches to giant figures depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, during preparations for a carnival parade in Nice, France. (Lionel Cironneau, AFP)

UNITED:   In Dharmsala, India, exiled Tibetans take part in a vigil to remember those who've self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule over their homeland. (Angus McDonald, AP)

FENCED OFF:  Greek Civil Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis checks part of a border fence aimed at stemming illegal immigration, in the village of Kastanies, northern Greece. (Nikolas Giakoumidis, AP)

PEACE:  Women shout slogans as Syrians living in Turkey stage a protest outside the Syrian consulate to condemn the latest killings by Syrian regime in Syria. (AP)

DANGEROUS:  An oil recovery expert during preparations to work on the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. (Pier Paolo Cito, AP)

DESTRUCTIVE:  A fire in Hout Bay raced through the reeds in the valley, threatening a school and some houses. (Rachel Naomi Fenner, News24 user)

FIRST-HAND:   ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe holds a post-NEC meeting news conference in Johannesburg, where he said Julius Malema's suspension has not taken effect yet. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

DOUBLE:   A fire rages in Hout Bay, just outside Cape Town. The Western Cape has been hit by a heat wave for a third straight day. (@scabanga100 via Twitter)

RUNNING AWAY:  An Egyptian woman runs away after being caught between riot police and stone-throwers during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt. (Muhammed Muheisen, AP)

TERRIFIED:  A Pakistani woman cries at the site of a building which collapsed in Lahore. The three-storey factory illegally set up in a residential area collapsed after several gas cylinders inside exploded. (KM Chaudary, AP)

FROSTY:  The sun reflects off the ice silhouetting a lone man, moored boats and a bridge over Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Peter Dejong, AP)

SMILE:   Former prime minister and presidential candidate Idrissa Seck walks during a joint opposition rally to kick-off the start of presidential election campaigning, in Dakar, Senegal. (Gabriela Barnuevo, AP)