Heavy snow falls on rubble and rescue workers at a devastated factory area hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northern Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
A man holds a Latvian national flag during a procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen SS unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga. The Legionnaires are being commemorated for fighting against the Soviet occupation of Latvia but the Nazi connection has caused great controversy abroad, particularly in Russia. About 1,000 people participated in the event, according to local media. Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Amanda from Somalia, who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, waits to vaccinate her baby in a UNICEF clinic in a refugee camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia. More than 250,000 migrant workers have left Libya for neighboring countries, primarily Tunisia and Egypt, in the past three weeks. Emilio Morenatti/AP
Keo-co, a 6-week-old orange monkey, is seen behind his aunt Meili at Taronga zoo in Sydney, Australia. Keo-co, born on January 30, is the first orange leaf-eating monkey in the zoo to be raised by two adult females who share mothering duties. Daniel Munoz/Reuters
A Bahraini woman reacts as young men wait in the streets behind her for government forces they expect will roll into their Shiite Muslim village of Dumistan, Bahrain, southwest of the capital of Manama. Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armored vehicles to drive out hundreds of antigovernment protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom. Hasan Jamali/AP
Lindsey Vonn of the US takes a curve during the downhill race at the Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Christian Hartmann/Reuters
A girl receives radiation exposure scanning in Koriyama, northern Japan, after last week's earthquake and tsunami. Koichi Nakamura/The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP
Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex watch as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to transport humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies from the ship USNS Matthew Perry in the Philippine Sea south of Japan. The Essex is heading to Japan to provide disaster relief following the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami. Casey H. Kyhl/US Navy/Reuters
The widow of a liquidator wipes tears during a rally to protest against Ukrainian authorities' initiative to cut social benefits for 'liquidators,' emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, near the government's headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine. Gleb Garanich/Reuters
People smeared with coloured powder celebrate Holi, also known as the festival of colours, at a university in Calcutta, India. The traditional event heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
An elderly man shouts antigovernment slogans while pointing at a poster that depicts Romanian President Traian Basescu, (l.), and former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu during a protest outside the Romanian parliament building in Bucharest. Organizers expect tens of thousands to gather as the government faces a no confidence vote in parliament. The poster reads: Basescu you should follow Ceausescu. Vadim Ghirda/AP
A Russian space agency rescue helicopter flies near the Soyuz capsule with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri, and US astronaut Scott Kelly on board shortly after its landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan. The men landed safely in the snowy expanses of central Kazakhstan after spending five months on the International Space Station. Dmitry Kostyukov/AP
A journalist is taken away by Gulf Cooperation Council forces, which moved into Pearl Square to evacuate antigovernment protesters, in Manama, Bahrain. Bahraini tanks and armored personnel carriers moved towards Budaya Street in the capital minutes before a protest rally was expected to start there, witnesses said. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
A woman in Seoul, Korea, walks away from a message wall after writing a note to the victims of last week's earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Truth Leem/Reuters
A young boy tries for a hit during a game of cricket in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh, with India and Sri Lanka, are co-hosting the Cricket World Cup. Themba Hadebe/AP
Antigovernment protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. Witnesses said government supporters wielding sticks, knives, and guns attacked opposition protesters camped out at a main square in a southern Yemeni port, injuring hundreds. Police intervened to separate the sides but fired tear gas mostly at the protesters. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
A 6-day-old female chimpanzee clings to her mother, Uschi, at the Bratislava Zoo in Slovakia. The young chimpanzee is the first chimpanzee born in the zoo since 1990. Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters
A Tunisian migrant searches for clothes to wear among fishing boats used by migrants from North Africa to reach the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. The recent upheavals in Tunisia and Libya have brought a new flow of arrivals to Europe's southernmost outpost with several thousand, mainly young men, making the often-hazardous voyage in small, overcrowded boats. Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children dressed in costumes walk through the religious Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem ahead of the upcoming Purim holiday. The Jewish holiday of Purim celebrates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Scroll of Esther. Sebastian Scheiner/AP
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