World in Pictures, February 8, 2013: Carnival in Switzerland, Bruce Willis in London and Norman the scooter dog (GALLERY)

Feb 8 2013 By Cheryl Mullin

TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of a carnival reveller enjoying a parade in Lucerne, Switzerland; Bruce Willis at the UK premier of A Good Day to Die Hard and Norman the Scooter Dog riding his tricycle on a rooftop basketball court overlooking the Hudson River in New York.

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A carnival reveller enjoys a parade in Lucerne, Switzerland
Bruce Willis poses for press photographers at the UK premiere of A Good Day To Die Hard, at the Empire Leicester Square in central London
Norman the Scooter Dog rides his tricycle on a rooftop basketball court overlooking the Hudson River in New York
A volunteer watches fireworks during a ceremony to mark a one year to the start of 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia
A Hindu holy man of the Juna Akhara sect shivers after a dip in the Ganges River during a ritual that is believed to rid the men of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as a "Naga" or naked holy men in Allahabad, India
Tugs take the Forward Island, or what engineers call Upper Block 07, of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth through Portsmouth harbour entrance as it begins its journey to Rosyth to be married to the rest of the vessel
Visitors stroll near the trees decorated with red lanterns ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations at Ditan Park in Beijing
A Christies employee looks at Antony Gormley's 'Feeling Material XIV' estimated to be worth between £300,000 and £400,000 and is part of the auction house's Post War and Contemporary Week
Yule Log, a grey seal at Gweek Seal Sanctuary, who has been put on a diet after coming close to the maximum weight for his species. Keepers admitted giving in to his big pleading eyes