An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
A firefighter looks at thick smoke billowing from a ferry that caught fire off the island of Java, in Banten Province, Indonesia. The crowded ferry caught fire early Friday, sending panicked passengers jumping into the sea, officials said. AP
Volcanic lightning or a dirty thunderstorm is seen above Shinmoedake peak as it erupts. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swath of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday. One of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call for an evacuation of all residents within 1.2 miles of the volcano. Minami-Nippon Shimbun//Reuters
Immigrants sleep in a private building rented by pro-migrant campaigners in Athens. More than 200 immigrants on a hunger strike ended a five-day occupation of Athens University's Law School following a tense standoff with police that underscored the country's ongoing illegal immigration crisis. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
A member of Murga, a Uruguayan musical theater group, takes part in the annual Uruguay carnival parade along 18 de Julio Avenue in Montevideo. Andres Stapff/Reuters
Cuban soldiers hold torches as thousands of members from the Cuban Communist Youth Union (UJC) and student organizations participate in a march in celebration of the 158th birth anniversary of Cuba's independence hero Jose Marti, at Havana University. Desmond Boylan/Reuters
South Korean marines attend winter military training during a photo call in Pyeongchang, about 100 miles east of Seoul. Yoo Hyung-jae/Yonhap/Reuters
Kashmiri Muslim women offer special prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, commonly known as Sultan-Ul-Arifeen, during the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration, in Srinagar, India. Dar Yasin/AP
A man walks past a giant lantern decoration, ahead of the Chinese lunar New Year, on a street in Beijing. The 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
An image of a painting by Chilean painter Roberto Matta is projected on the facade of the Chilean Navy building during the opening of the national festival of arts in Valparaiso City, 85 miles northwest of Santiago on Jan. 27. The images of paintings by Matta (1911-2002) were projected to mark his centenary this year. Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters
Italy's Hans Peter Fischnaller (l.) and Patrick Schwienbacher speed down the track during a practice session at the luge world championships in Cesana Pariol, northern Italy. Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
A worker makes bean curd at a factory in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia. Heri Juanda/AP
A greater spotted woodpecker is seen on a tree in a botanical garden in Minsk, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
A judge poses with the staff before the inauguration of the judicial year at the appeals court in Rome. Max Rossi /Reuters
Buddhist monks join supporters of the yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy as they listen to a speech from the stage during a rally near the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai 'yellow shirt' demonstrators returned to Bangkok's streets, threatening a prolonged protest if the government failed to revoke an agreement with Cambodia aimed at solving a long-running border dispute. Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Orangutan baby Duran plays in its enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, Germany. Duran, born on Jan. 30, 2010, celebrated its first birthday. Matthias Rietschel/AP
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