Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 5

A visitor walks through an ice sculpture, created by covering ice on pine trees, at Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival in Chitose, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido February 4, 2011. The ice sculpture festival, in which creations are created by spraying water pumped from Lake Shikotsu, is held until February 13. [Photo/Agencies]