An Indian Border Security Force officer stands at attention during the final dress rehearsal for the Beating Retreat ceremony on Raisina Hill near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India. The official ceremony on January 29th marks the end of Republic Day festivities. Kevin Frayer/AP
People light incense to pray for wealth and fortune on the fifth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Dongyue Temple in Beijing. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Jason Lee/Reuters
A member of Aquabatix greets visitors as she performs as a mermaid at Turkuazoo in Istanbul. British underwater group Aquabatix is in Istanbul for a three-day tour to perform their 'Mermaid Love Story' show at Turkey's first giant aquarium, Turkuazoo. Murad Sezer/Reuters
US President Barack Obama greets students after delivering remarks on college affordability at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Jason Reed/Reuters
Workers ride their motorcycles as they rally and block the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road in Bekasi, Indonesia's West Java province. The workers staged a rally and blocked the toll road to protest the ruling of the Bandung State Administrative Court (PTUN) in a case raised by the Indonesian Employers Association's (Apindo), that revokes the minimum wage set by the local administration. Beawiharta/Reuters
Egyptian protestor Khalid Ali, his face painted in the colors of his national flag, attends a rally to mark the first anniversary of the 'Friday of Rage,' in Tahrir Square, in Cairo. Some 10,000 Egyptian protesters converged in Tahrir Square to mark the anniversary, a key day in the popular uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Ultra-orthodox Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City. Bernat Armangue/AP
A group out of some 1100 athletes compete in the 124 mile speed skating race early in the morning in Techendorf in Austria's southern Carinthia province. Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
A penguin dives in a pool in the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany. Michael Probst/AP
Denmark's Prince Joachim and French-born princess Marie showed off their newborn princess for the first time to the public at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. The baby was born Tuesday morning and weighed 6.45 pounds and measures 19.6 inches. The newborn is the couple's second child and is 10th in line to Denmark's throne. Joachim Adrian/AP
A performer from Cirque Du Soleil takes part in a dress rehearsal of the show 'Zarkana' in Moscow's Kremlin Palace. The Russian capital will be the second city after New York to see Zarkana, with the first performance in the Kremlin on February 4. Anton Golubev/Reuters
Devotees pour water on a man portraying the deity Madhavnarayan in Panauti near Kathmandu. The month-long festival dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani, involves the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by them in many Hindu households. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
A boy plays on the beach, in front of the Freedom Tower in Bata. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers outside the Shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Naqashbandi in Srinagar, India. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims congregated at the shrine on the death anniversary of the saint and offered prayers in a three-day festival. Dar Yasin/AP
A man smells a flower during the Holocaust remembrance memorial in Chisinau, Moldova. The remembrance day marks the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps 67 years ago. John McConnico/AP
A dog sits near its owner at the Termini railway station in Rome. Italian rail workers went on strike against government measures aimed at opening up public services, including trains and buses, and professions to more competition. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
A visitor looks at an installation at the exhibition 'db' of Japanese artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda in the National Gallery in Berlin. Maja Hitij/AP
A woman grieves near an eternal flame at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery in St.Petersburg, Russia, as she marks the 68th anniversary of the battle that broke the Siege of Leningrad. The Nazi German and Finnish siege and blockade of Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg, was broken on Jan. 18, 1943 but finally lifted Jan. 27, 1944. More than 1 million people perished during the 900-day siege. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo is visited by Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he undergoes medical examinations in a hospital in Sao Paulo. Both Lugo and Lula are undergoing treatment for cancer. Ricardo Stuckert-Instituto Lula/Reuters
Supporters of Pakistani pro-Taliban religious party Jamiat Ulema Islam wave their party flags during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan. A pro-Taliban Islamist party has shown its strength by holding a large rally in southern Pakistan ahead of parliamentary elections, which are expected later this year. Shakil Adil/AP
A firefighter stands in the rubble of a building that collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The building collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least 9 people and at least 16 are still missing. Victor R. Caivano/AP
A white rose is placed on barbed wire at the museum of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau marking the 67th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops and to remember the victims of the Holocaust, in Auschwitz Birkenau. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
A member of the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, (l.), acts as a soldier during a 'refugee run' where business people and politicans attending the World Economic Forum, WEF, slip into the role of people fleeing conflicts and persecution in Davos, Switzerland. Actors play the role of soldiers demanding valuables from the refugees, who also have to brave a minefield and barter their belongings for food. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
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South Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian 'tiger economies,' is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous – so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the North.
For months the young emperor to the north has been threatening to turn this thriving metropolis into a "sea of fire." But it's not easy to ruffle the jaunty vibe of 75-year-old Kim Chong-shik as he strolls among young couples and shoppers along the boutiques of the Gangnam District.
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