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Photos from around the world: 3-9 March 2012

Canada is facing a national shortage of injectable drugs in the wake of a fire that halted production at a major supply firm, experts say.

Spanish unions call for a general strike on 29 March to protest against changes to labour laws which make it easier to fire staff.

Stewart Milne Group announces it is in talks to sell off its commercial construction division.

A female torso found in a canal in London is that of missing former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie, police confirm.

Pakistan appoints Zaheerul Islam as the new head of intelligence to replace the retiring chief of its powerful spy agency, after a tumultuous year.

Antisec hackers attack a website that sells products to US law enforcers, linking the action to the arrest of one of their members.

Twelve Palestinians, including the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, are now known to have died in Israeli air strikes in Gaza.

Warren Gatland admits he would "hate to see the reaction in Wales" if his Grand Slam chasers lose to Italy in the Six Nations.

UN aid chief Valerie Amos says "limited progress" has been made to get aid access to the worst-hit parts of Syria, but she wants to see much more.

Carnival loses $139m in the first quarter and says profits could be wiped out this year due to the Costa Concordia sinking.

The founder of food chain Iceland successfully leads a £1.55bn management buy-out of the company.

Researchers from the University of Miami, Florida have completed the first satellite-tagging study to find out how ecotourism impacts on tiger sharks.

Local people and tourists in Arraial do Cabo, in Rio de Janeiro state, helped a pod of 30 dolphins swim back out to sea after they became beached. Mark Simmonds, International Head of Science at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, says dolphins should not be grabbed by the tail as this can cause them damage.

All five relegation-threatened Premier League teams scrap it out this weekend as two seek to avoid the drop in May.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy wants manager Harry Redknapp to stay, despite his being linked with the England vacancy.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the club is not planning to sell Robin van Persie, even if Lukas Podolski signs for them.

An 18-year-old man who broke the jaw of a Malaysian student during the London riots is jailed for seven years.

Norway will ban TV cameras from key parts of the trial of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, including statements by him and witnesses.

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns he will not countenance a long delay in attacking Iran's nuclear sites.