Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

At the foot of an active volcano in northern Japan, shouts ring out, competitors size each other up and snowballs whistle through the air in a very serious game of "yukigassen" -- a sport with Olympic dreams. Yukigassen, essentially a snowball fight, first became a sport in Sobetsu 37 years ago and has since spread to 13 countries, including Russia, Finland and Australia. "We say it's the oldest winter sport in human history," says Yuji Ano, president of the organising committee for the Sobetsu tournament.

Timothee Chalamet lookalikes compete at the Arlequin Cinema in Paris to determine who most resembles the French-American actor. The event is organised to celebrate the release of film 'Marty Supreme', in which Chalamet stars.

Footage released by Ecuador's environment ministry shows park rangers releasing giant tortoises. More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador's famed Galapagos archipelago where they disappeared more than a century ago.

A steady stream of pilgrims passes through the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi to see the saint’s remains, placed on public display to mark the 800th anniversary of his death. Nearly 400,000 visitors reserve time slots to view the 13th-century skeleton until March 22.

Lion and dragon dancers perform on the Great Wall of China, in Badaling, to entertain visitors who have come to enjoy the illuminated monument during the Year of the Horse celebrations.