Photos of the Day

Gun-rights activist Clint McQueen and his son, Chance, carry their rifles as they gather with others at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah during a "National Day of Resistance" rally. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

A Swedish hockey fan shows off a puck she got at the men's hockey game between Sweden and Finland at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb. 21. (Hans Deryk/Reuters)

Giraffe Magoma, born two weeks ago, and his mother, Koobi, stand in their enclosure in the Cologne zoo. (Hermann J. Knippertz/AP )

An employee displays a green water dragon at the 'Frankfurt Animal Lounge' at the airport in Frankfurt. Some 300 reptiles were received from Vietnam at the lounge which is run by Lufthansa Cargo. The animals, which undergo quarantine in their country of origin, are checked for health and correct documentation before being moved on after a few hours. (Alex Domanski/Reuters)

A member of the honor guard stands at attention during a welcome ceremony for Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at Cuban Independence hero Jose Marti memorial in Havana, Cuba. Medvedev is on a two-day working visit to Cuba. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters)

A reveller dressed as 'Peliqueiros' adjusts his headgear during a carnival in Spain's northwestern village of Laza. 'Peliqueiros', or ancient tax collectors, pursued villagers through the streets ringing their cowbells and hitting villagers with their sticks. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)

A one week old baby Asian elephant is seen next to its mother in the Budapest zoo. The baby does not have a name yet and will be on display at the zoo from the weekend. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)

A child reacts to the camera while sitting in a wheelbarrow near her family house on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan. (Naseer Ahmed/Reuters)

Eddie, a sea otter at the Oregon Zoo, plays basketball in his training pool in Portland, Oregon. (Michael Durham/Oregon Zoo/Reuters)

Russian Alexander Tretyakov hits the padding at the end of his second heat in the Men's Skeleton during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, on Feb. 18. (Jim Young/Reuters)