Photos of the Day

An employee stands near sculptures, one of them depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l.), at a factory near Kfar Saba that manufactures floats for the annual Purim parade in Holon, Israel. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

A young monk in Bangkok, Thailand, plays with the pigeons at Sanam Luang on Thursday. Bangkok authorities have closed the parade grounds near the Royal Palace for renovations and plan to capture and relocate the park's piegons. (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

During Friday prayers in Tehrir Square, prayers are raised to those who lost their lives to the violence. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor)

A postal service employee prepares to cancel the Rosa Parks' 100th birthday commemorative postage stamp at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Mich. The museum held a 12-hour celebration of the 100th anniversary of Parks’ birth. (Carlos Osorio/AP)

Designer Alexander van de Rostyne kisses his new and first 4-channel indoor toy helicopter from Silverlit during a press preview for the 61th International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, on Wednesday. More than 2,700 exhibitors from over 60 countries worldwide will present their new toy products from Feb. 4-9. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters)

A model presents a creation by Pilar Vera during the International Flamenco Fashion Show SIMOF in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain. The show will run until Feb. 6. (Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)

People walk through the the Canary Wharf business district in London. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds the head of a mannequin up to a hole in a wall of a Syrian Army base to attract and locate a sniper during heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighbourhood of Damascus. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Women runners, including eventual winner Melissa Moon (front row c.), of Wellington, New Zealand, start the 33rd Annual Empire State Building Run-up in New York City on Tuesday. (Richard Drew/AP)

A Peking Opera artist performs at a temple fair to celebrate the lunar New Year in Beijing. The Chinese lunar New Year begins on Feb. 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Grace Liang/Reuters)