Photos of the Day: Confronting Police Officers and Carrying a Sailfish

Harbin, China

Visitors look at a 115ft x 330ft snow sculpture at the International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin city. The annual winter event runs for three months
Photograph: Wu Hong/EPA

La Paz, Bolivia

A medical student offers a flower to a police officer in riot gear during a protest against a law that penalises medical malpractice. After 43 days of protests, President Evo Morales has asked Congress to revoke the article and doctors to suspend the strike
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images