World in Pictures, March 11, 2013: Snow returns to the UK, comet over Australia and Crufts Best in Show (GALLERY)

Mar 11 2013 By Cheryl Mullin

TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of a man walking his dog in Tynemouth after more overnight snow; the comet PANSTARRS as seen from Mount Dale, Western Australia and Jilly the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen and her owner Gavin Robertson after winning Best in Show at Crufts 2013.

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A man walks his dog in Tynemouth after more overnight snow
The comet PANSTARRS as seen from Mount Dale, Western Australia. The comet may get lost in the sun's glare as it passes close to the star, but should return and be visible to the naked eye by March 12
A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen named Jilly, with owner Gavin Robertson from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, after winning Best in Show at Crufts 2013
Turner-Prize winning artist Simon Starling's new film installation, Phantom Ride, commissioned by Tate Britain which shows images of artworks that have been shown at the Tate in the past
The Northern Lights are visible at Porsanger Garrison, as troops take part in Exercise Hairspring 2013, which focuses on cold weather survival and warfare training for Royal Marines Commando Reservists in the mountains range near to Porsanger Garrison near Lakselv, Norway
An early-morning fire at an apartment building in Backnang, a town near Stuttgart in Germany left seven people dead, six of them children. Authorities said investigation is focusing on a heater in a second-floor apartment
A South Korean protester outside the US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, holds a placard with a map of Korean peninsular during a rally denouncing the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States
A Pakistani Christian woman weeps after visiting her home which was damaged by an angry Muslim mob in Lahore, Pakistan
Horses from Willie Mullins' stable on the gallops at Cheltenham Racecourse ahead of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival which starts tomorrow