An Indian student with his face painted participates in a march for peace and communal harmony to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in Mumbai, India. Rajanish Kakade/AP
Meerkats huddle together as it rains at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. Sakchai Lalit/AP
A boy controls a soccer ball on the streets of Gabon's capital Libreville. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Joyful Iranian Zoroastrian young people join hands and clap, as they celebrate their ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival, outside the capital Tehran, Iran, after setting a giant bonfire. Sadeh, celebrates the discovery of fire and its ability to banish the cold and dark, and it is held in the frigid depths of winter. Vahid Salemi/AP
A Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, takes a dip at Sangam, confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus bathe at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
A worker holding flares blocks a road outside Brussels' Midi-Zuid train station during a nationwide strike. Belgium's first general strike in almost two decades brought the country to a partial halt in an anti-austerity protest aimed at the government and EU leaders meeting in Brussels. Yves Herman/Reuters
Roses are seen packed before being shipped to the US ahead of Valentine's Day, the biggest holiday of the year for fresh-cut flower sales at the Mongibello flower company in Chia, north of Bogota, Colombia. According to statistics from the Society of American Florists more than 80 percent of the roses bought in the US for this holiday come mainly from Colombia and Ecuador. Fernando Vergara/AP
A group of Angola fans sits in near-empty stands ahead of the start of the African Cup of Nations Group B match between Angola and Ivory Coast, at Malabo Stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
A silhouetted woman runs between two River Runner statues on the Riverwalk along the north bank as the sun comes up in downtown Jacksonville, Fla. Kelly Jordan/The Florida Times-Union/AP
At the end of a cold and sunny winter day the sun sets over Berlin. Markus Schreiber/AP
Male orangutan, Duran, sits in its compound at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. Duran is celebrating his second birthday. Norbert Millauer/AP
Indian voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station near the India-Pakistan border for the Punjab State Assembly elections in the village of Bachiwind, some 25 miles from Amritsar, India. More than 20 million people in two northern states went to the polls in key elections expected to reflect on the popularity of India's ruling Congress party. Altaf Qadri/AP
Bahraini antigovernment protesters, one wearing a national flag, gesture toward riot police during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain. Clashes erupted after a mourning procession marking three days since the death of a youth in police custody. Hasan Jamali/AP
A Tibetan refugee participates in a candlelight vigil honoring Tibetans killed by Chinese security forces last week, at Dharmsala, India. Three Tibetans have been confirmed killed in three separate incidents in ethnic Tibetan areas of Sichuan province, although Tibetan exile organizations claim the number is higher. Angus McDonald/AP
People say the Pledge of Allegiance before US Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's rally in Jacksonville, Florida. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
An immigrant pushes an empty shopping trolley past graffiti in a poor neighborhood of Athens. Poverty has visibly increased on the streets of the capital of four million, where people huddle in sleeping bags in empty alleys and can be seen rummaging through garbage cans for food or scraps of metal or glass to sell. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
A young man stands weeping near a wall damaged by shrapnel from a bomb attack in Peshawar. Residents standing nearby said the young man had lost his father in the bombing. Three people were killed and eight others wounded in a suspected suicide bombing at a house in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police officials said. Fayaz Aziz/Reuters
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lights a candle as he visits the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery in the town of Tikhvin, about from 106 miles east of St. Petersburg, Russia. Putin, who is running for the Russian presidency called for the country's economic diversification away from oil and gas to high-tech products to ensure future prosperity. Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/AP
Zeta, one of triplet sister South China Tiger Cubs, looks on at the Laohu Valley Reserve near Philippolis, of Bloemfontein. The 'Save China's Tigers' is a breeding project, where cubs are born under natural conditions without human help and the tigers are taught to survive in the wild. Only about 76 South China Tigers exist in captivity and some believe that fewer than 30 survive in the wild, according to the organization. Reuters
Dancers practice during a training session during the 40th Prix de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Prix de Lausanne (40th International Ballet Competition) is an internationally recognized competition for young dancers. Jean-Christophe Bott/AP
An Orthodox Christian cathedral in winter landscape in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry said 18 people died of hypothermia and nearly 500 people sought medical help for frostbites and hypothermia in just three days last week. Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Occupy DC demonstrators sing in McPherson Square in Washington. Defiant anti-Wall Street protesters in Washington vowed to dig in as a police midday deadline for them to remove their belongings from two camps within sight of the White House passed without incident. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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