Outside the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., people stand at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the January 8 shooting that left six dead and wounded US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Eric Thayer/Reuters
A woman stands inside the destroyed cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after attending a mass. Haitians mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that flattened much of the capital. Hopes that a better nation could rise from the rubble have given way to a crushing sense of bitterness and despair. Jorge Silva/Reuters
Detail of the right eye of Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century masterpiece the 'Mona Lisa' painting: Italian researcher Silvano Vinceti, president of the Italian National Committee for Historical, Cultural and Environment Heritage, claims he has found the letter 'S' in the woman's left eye, the letter 'L' in her right eye, and the number '72' under the arched bridge in the backdrop of Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting. Courtesy Italian National Committee for Historical, Cultural and Environment Heritage
Palestinian men ride horses at sunset on the beach in Gaza City, Gaza. Mohammed Salem/Reuters
Michael May, in a gorilla suit, holds the hand of his daughter, Sienna, as they walk up a hill to sled in New York's Central Park. Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters
Paramilitary recruits practice goose stepping led by their monitor during training at an army base in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. The Chinese character in the background says 'Strict.' Reuters
The statue of Queensland's famous former Rugby League star Wally Lewis wears water wings, scuba mask and snorkel outside Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. The stadium flooded as the rising Brisbane River hit the inner-city. Brad Marsellos/AP
Chinese soccer fans cheer for their team before their AFC Asian Cup group A soccer match against Qatar in Doha, Qatar. Hassan Ammar/AP
An eagle flies above the water after catching a fish in a river in Srinagar, Kashmir. Danish Ismail/Reuters
A man rides his bicycle near a replica of the Eiffel Tower during heavy fog on a cold morning in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. Ajay Verma/Reuters
A Malayan tiger sits in a pond at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
Rebecca Kadi Loburang Dinduch, 115, believed to be the oldest south Sudanese, leaves a polling station after casting her vote in Juba, Sudan. Dinduch said this referendum period was the best time in south Sudan's history she had lived through. More than 60 percent of voters have already taken part in south Sudan's independence referendum, ensuring the result of the vote will be valid, a senior southern official said. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
A worker carries onions at a vegetable market in New Delhi. Prices for onions, a diet staple in South Asia, have nearly doubled in recent weeks after unseasonable rains damaged the onion and garlic crops in the western state of Maharashtra. Gurinder Osan/AP
Children play trumpets to welcome delegates during the opening ceremony of the 11th Party Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam's ruling communists opened an eight-day party congress today with a candid admission that the fast-growing economy has become unstable. Delegates began the process of reshuffling leaders and charting new policies. Kham/Reuters
A woman wipes the tears from her eyes during a protest rally in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia. Dozens of refugees from Georgia's breakaway regions, who have lived in Tbilisi for many years, gathered to protest the government's decision to resettle them outside the capital. David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
A reflection of local residents talking is seen in a flooded street in Brisbane, Australia. Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Germany's Michael Greis competes during the men's 20 km individual biathlon World Cup event in Ruhpolding, Germany. Michael Dalder/Reuters
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Saudi woman scales Everest with group of 64 climbers Saturday. Raha Moharrak, a 25-year old graphic designer, is the first Saudi woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain.
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