Best photographs of the day

Cold cattle and Māori canoes – Tuesday's best photos

1. Hualien, Taiwan
   A damaged building after a magnitude 6 earthquake hit. reports said several buildings were damaged and at least two persons were killed and some 100 were injured during the quake.
   

2. Schierke, Germany
   The Harzer Schmalspurbahn train (Harz narrow gauge train) making its way through the snowy landscape at the Brocken mountain near Schierke in the Harz region.
   

3. London, England
   Chelsea pensioners signal at a bus stop after watching the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery stage a 41-Gun Royal Salute to celebrate the 66th anniversary of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne.
   

4. Sydney, Australia
   A Mercedes SUV lies among gravestones at a cemetery in South Coogee after crashing through a wall when its driver failed to take a corner
   

5. Strasbourg, France
   The Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt (seated) is the target of a joking Jean-Claude Juncker at the European parliament
   

6. Waitangi, New Zealand
   A fleet of waka make their way around Te Ti Bay. The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of a treaty that granted the Māori people the rights of British citizens and ownership of their lands
   

7. Donghae, South Korea
   A protester tears a picture of Kim Jong-un as he demonstrates against the arrival of a ferry carrying North Korea’s Samjiyon art troupe at Mukho port
   

8. Durham, England
   Highland cattle during a blizzard
   

9. Berlin, Germany
   Singer Alissa White-Gluz of the Swedish band Arch Enemy performs on stage during a concert at the Huxleys
   

10. Versailles, France
    People walk through the snow-covered Gardens of the Palace of Versailles
    

11. Egham, England
    A student performs a speech originally delivered by the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst during a recreation of a protest march through the town centre
    

12. Damascus, Syria
    Civil defence team members and civilians rescue a wounded man from debris after an airstrike
    

13. Mainz, Germany
    A papier-mache caricature of Donald Trump during preparations for the Rose Monday carnival parade
    

14. London, England
    A cat belonging to Julian Assange sits behind a window at the Ecuadorian embassy