Farmers block railway tracks during a protest in Karchana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Hundreds of stone-hurling farmers protested against the takeover of their land for two proposed power plants. Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
Norway's Tora Berger competes during the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint race at the Biathlon World Cup at a ski resort in Anterselva, Italy. Berger won the race ahead of Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina and Olga Zaitseva of Russia. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Ecuadorean bullfighters protest outside the Monumental bullfighting ring in Quito. President Rafael Correa's government proposed a referendum call to ban bullfighting in Ecuador. Guillermo Granja/Reuters
A Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle launches from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Thursday. The largest rocket ever to launch from the west coast of the US carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The photograph was shot from the ocean looking back at the launch pad. Chris Ghormley/USAF/Reuters
A Thai boy gathers with others to offer prayers at Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok for good health for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and to honor his recent birthday. King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the longest reigning monarch in the world. David Longstreath/AP
Maria Sharapova of Russia hits a return to Julia Goerges of Germany during their match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
A Continental Airlines jet takes off from Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport as the moon sets at dawn. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Protesters stand atop a police vehicle in front of the Prime Minister's office during a demonstration in downtown Tunis, Tunisia, to begin three days of mourning for the dozens of people killed during the overthrow of president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Newlyweds Sergiy and Irina kiss as they cross the Bridge of Love in Kiev, Ukraine. Loving couples express their feelings by putting padlocks and ribbons on the railings. Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Newly-recruited soldiers of the People's Liberation Army take part in a training session in Yichun, northeast of Beijing. Some 150 newly recruited soldiers participated in the training session. Wang Zhifu/Xinhua/AP
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (l.) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their meeting in Moscow's Kremlin. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool/AP
Afghan horsemen compete for a headless goat carcass during a traditional game of Buzkashi in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ahmad Massoud/AP
Diego Penaloza, from Mexico City, catches snowflakes on his tongue during a visit to Times Square, in New York. The area is expected to get up to 6 inches of snow. Mark Lennihan/AP
Christian Niccum (l.) and Jayson Terdiman of the US start in the ice channel during the doubles luge World Cup qualification sprint race in Altenberg, Germa. They placed 4th. Jens Meyer/AP
An Afghan asylum seeker holding a child stands in front of riot policemen during a demonstration outside the Greek parliament in Athens. An estimated half a million illegal immigrants and asylum seekers live in Greece. John Kolesidis/Reuters
Models pose during Dutch fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck's men's fall-winter 2011/2012 fashion collection presented in Paris. Jacques Brinon/AP
Pakistani protesters raise their hands during a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to protest against any attempt to modify the blasphemy law that stipulates death for those insulting Islam. Islamic extremists rallied in support of Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani governor, and protested Pope Benedict XVI for urging the scrapping of blasphemy laws. B.K.Bangash/AP
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