Austria's Michael Walchhofer reaches the finish area as he wins an alpine ski World Cup men's downhill race, in Bormio, Italy. Armando Trovati/AP
A commander watches as recruits of paramilitary police run in a circle during a training at a military base in Hami, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Reuters
Bald eagle 'Sherkan', the mascot of Swiss ice hockey club HC Geneve Servette is pictured at the Spengler Cup tournament in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. HC Geneve Servette will play the team of Spartak Moscow later on Wednesday. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
Car tracks are seen on a snow-covered country lane outside the village of Manschnow near the Polish border. The picture was taken with a slow shutter from within a moving vehicle. Thomas Peter /Reuters
People queue with empty bottles to collect water, as tens of thousands of homes and businesses are affected by severe water shortages caused by broken pipes, outside Avoniel leisure center in east Belfast, Northern Ireland. Frustration and fear of disease mounted in Northern Ireland Wednesday as tens of thousands of people coped with a severe water shortage after much of the supply drained away through broken pipes following a deep freeze and a sudden thaw. Paul Faith/AP
Children play next to mustard fields at Sauraha, about 170 km (105 miles) south of Kathmandu. Gopal Chitrakar/Reuters
An Indonesian supporter pours powder over his head during the final match of AFF Suzuki Cup soccer between Indonesia and Malaysia at Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. Irwin Fedriansyah/AP
Images of Herve Ghesquiere (r.) and Stephane Taponier (l.), two journalists from France 3 television who are held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, are projected on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to mark the first anniversary of their captivity. The two were captured on December 29 last year in Kapisa province, northeast of the capital Kabul, along with their Afghan driver and translator. French authorities have received a video recording showing that the two are alive. Benoit Tessier/Reuters
A resident takes pictures with his cell phone of bullet shells after an ambush on a police vehicle in Cuernavaca, Mexico. According to local media, hitmen ambushed the car with two city police officers, killing one and injuring the other. Neighbors helped to get the two officers out of the car after the police car and a stolen vehicle were set ablaze by the hitmen. Margarito Perez/Reuters
Two four-month-old crocodiles are held by zookeepers before they are weighed during an animal stocktaking at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany. Christian Charisius/Reuters
Shamans perform a ritual for good luck in 2011 as they hold up an image of President Barack Obama in Lima, Peru. Karel Navarro/AP
A member of Hamas' security forces sprays water onto other members during a drill in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem/Reuters
Sledders slide down a hill during the winter weather at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, N.Y. David Duprey/AP
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks at a news conference with city and state fire officials regarding an abandoned warehouse fire Tuesday that killed eight people in New Orleans. Left partially visible, is New Orleans Fire Superintendent Charles Parent, and right is State Fire Marshall H. Butch Browning. Gerald Herbert/AP
A Siberian Husky is pictured during a race, with the air temperature at about -31 degrees Celcius (-23 degrees Fahrenheit), on the bank of the Mana river some 35 km (22 miles) southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A group of people, celebrating the upcoming New Year holiday, took part in a sled dog race featuring Siberian Huskies. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
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In an effort to expand economic cooperation and resolve a border dispute, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday, his first trip abroad since taking office in March.
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