Rebel fighters run for cover in front of a burning gas storage terminal during a battle on the road between Ras Lanuf and Bin Jawad, Libya. The rebel movement in their east Libya headquarters of Benghazi said their forces moved back into the hard-fought-over town of Bin Jawad, but some fighters said its fate was not clear. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery ended its career as the world's most-flown spaceship today, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece. Gary Rothstein/AP
Mardi Gras reveler Mike Turpin, whose night still isn't over, reacts as a front loader collects beads and other debris left behind by revelers on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Ash Wednesday marks the end of Mardi Gras festivities and the beginning of the Lenten season for Catholics. Patrick Semansky/AP
Alberta skip Kevin Martin throws a rock against Saskatchewan during the 12th draw at the Brier curling championships in London, Ontario, Canada. Mark Blinch/Reuters
Immigrants react after the end of their hunger strike in central Athens. About 250 immigrants in Greece ended their six-week hunger strike today after reaching a compromise with the government, who granted the mostly North African hunger strikers temporary residence permits, supporters for the protest said. Petros Giannakouris/AP
An Egyptian Christian shouts in front of the Egyptian Television building in Cairo. Thirteen people were killed in violence between Egyptian Christians and Muslims, the health ministry said today, as sectarian tensions that appeared to evaporate in the country's revolution resurfaced. The violence in Cairo on Tuesday night was the worst outbreak of sectarian strife since President Hosni Mubarak was swept from power on February 11 by a mass uprising characterised by solidarity between Christians and Muslims. Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters
A military officer inspects the honor guard before a ceremony to welcome Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kham/Reuters
Italy's Michele Benedetti performs during the men's 1m springboard preliminary competition at the European Diving Championship in Turin, Italy. Massimo Pinca/AP
Police detain a Tibetan exile during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. Dozens of exiled Tibetans protested to mark the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China. Vijay Mathur/Reuters
A seminarian uses ash to mark a cross on the forehead of a believer during Ash Wednesday in front of the Catholic church in Paranaque City, metro Manila. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
Skiers crowd a slope next to a green meadow in the Lofer skiing resort in the Austrian province of Salzburg. Meteorologists predict warm temperatures for the upcoming days throughout the country. Kerstin Joensson/AP
Alleged Pakistani militants belonging to the Taliban are confined in a police lock up in Karachi, Pakistan. Police said that four Taliban militants believed to be planning attacks in Karachi were arrested after a tip-off and a shootout. Police recovered suicide jackets, assault rifles and other weapons during the late Tuesday encounter. Fareed Khan/AP
Supporters of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) clean a poster of the party president Dr. Kizza Besigye in Uganda's capital Kampala. Supporters of opposition parties demonstrated against the recently-concluded elections, which they claim was rigged by President Yoweri Museveni, and called for Ugandans to take the streets with Egyptian- and Tunisian-style protests to oust the current regime. Museveni won the election with 68 percent of the vote, while long-time rival Dr. Kizza Besigye got 26 percent. Stephen Wandera/AP
Indian prisoners cheer as they watch the ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and the Netherlands on television at the Ahmedabad Central Jail in Ahmadabad, India. Ajit Solanki/AP
A Chinese hostess pulls a curtain to let delegates walk in during a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Andy Wong/AP
Gold medalist Helena Ekholm of Sweden uses a reindeer sleigh to arrive at the medal ceremony after the women's 15 km individual race at the IBU Biathlon World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
Bangladeshi migrant workers wait to receive their passports at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir, Tunisia, after fleeing unrest in Libya. The workers will be evacuated by airlift at Djerba airport. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
City crews remove snow from the bike path around West Lake Winona, Winona, Minn. A fresh blanket of snow covered the area overnight. Andrew Link/Winona Daily News/AP
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