IN PICS: Obama's Guinness to smiling pig heads, more

Presenting some of the best PHOTOGRAPHS from around the globe in the last 24 hours.

President Barack Obama (C) gives a thumbs-up as he celebrates St Patrick's Day with a pint of Guinness during a stop at the Dubliner Irish pub in Washington.

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A butcher shows his support for the French rugby team by sticking messages on pigs' heads before the team's Six Nations rugby union match against Wales in Cardiff March 17, 2012. The messages read "Go Blues" (L) and "Good luck" (R).

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A bodyguard trainee steps on the stomachs of other trainees during a training session in Sanya, Hainan province.

All trainees will have to undergo 10 months of training to develop sufficient skills to serve their clients, according to Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Ltd Co. The company will then offer the best trainee a chance to attend further study at the International Security Academy in Israel.

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures peeks from the balcony at Miraflores Palace in Caracas.

Chavez flew home on Friday after cancer surgery in Cuba, vowing to conquer the illness and win an October presidential election despite the need for radiation treatment.

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A security guard runs through snow as another walks along a path after a heavy snowfall overnight in Beijing.

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Sostis, a 60 year-old former sailor and the only human inhabitant of the volcanic islet of Palaia Kameni located in the caldera of Santorini, enters the Saint Nicolas church.

Initial data shows pre-bookings for the high summer season from Germany, which accounts for about 14 percent of Greece's total number of visitors, are down 20-30 percent.

The drop in pre-bookings from Britain, Italy and the United States is expected to be smaller but still in the double-digit range.

Greece's economy is in recession for a fifth consecutive year and is seen contracting by 4.3 per cent this year as the government imposes austerity measures in exchange for financial aid from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. 

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An anti-government protester prepares to throw back a tear-gas cannister at riot police during clashes in the village of Bilad al-Qadeem south of Manama.

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A Syrian refugee boy enters his tent at Reyhanli refugee camp in Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian border.

Over the past few weeks, the number of Syrians crossing has increased dramatically with an average of 200 to 300 now coming into Turkey every day. This week 1,000 crossed in just 24 hours, the highest number since the first wave of refugees last summer.

Around 15,000 registered Syrian refugees now live in tented camps inside Turkey, making up almost half of the 34,000 people the United Nations estimates to have fled Syria since the start of the conflict a year ago.

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A marching band casts shadows on the road during the 251st annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York.

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St Patrick's Day coat pins adorn the jacket of Dennis Dunn of New York as he watches the 251st annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York.

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