

An Indian Rajasthani woman peers out from her veil as she waits for a train to return home after attending the Maha Kumbh festival, at a railway station in Allahabad, India. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
Australia's Rodney Faggotter rides his Yamaha during the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from La Rioja to Fiambala in Argentina. Jacky Naegelen/Reuters
Indians shout slogans facing a police barricade during a protest against the alleged inaction by the Indian government in a gang rape of a 23-years old student in a bus a month ago in New Delhi, India. Rapes have become front-page news nearly every day across the country, with demands that police do more to protect women and that the courts treat sexual violence seriously. Altaf Qadri/AP
A woman walks near a merry-go-round at Rossio square in Lisbon, Portugal. Rafael Marchante/Reuters
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith ties his shoes as he gets ready for a practice at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md. The Ravens are scheduled to face the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship on Sunday. Patrick Semansky/AP
Diana Rakipi, a Burrnesha or sworn virgin, is pictured at her apartment in Durres January 10, 2013. Burrnesha are Albanian women who took a vow of chastity in return for the right to live as men in traditional, strongly patriarchal communities where women were typically treated as property. Rakipi, 59, one of the few remaining Burrnesha, said she became a sworn virgin at seventeen because she always felt like a boy. Arben Celi/Reuters
Maria Alyokhina, a member of the female punk band 'Pussy Riot,' looks out from a defendants' box during a court hearing in Berezniki in Perm region, near the Ural mountains. According to local media, the Berezniki City Court is expected to hear her motion to postpone carrying out the rest of her sentence because of her young child at home. Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
A Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) eats after a medical examination at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna. The female Red Panda got a medical ultrasonic examination to control if it is pregnant. Herwig Prammer/Reuters
Two train drivers shake hands from their train windows after stopping at Gara de Nord railway station during a two-hour protest by railway workers over delayed salary payments in Bucharest, Romania. Bogdan Cristel/Reuters
Models present a creation by Frida Weyer at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013 in Berlin. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
A statue's head is seen on the Alexandre III Bridge which crosses the River Seine near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
A Kashmiri Muslim man offers prayers outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Khawaja Naqashband on his death anniversary in Srinagar. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, who believe in Sufism, thronged to the shrine of the saint on his 349th anniversary of his death and offered special prayers. Danish Ismail/Reuters
An Afghan midwife attends her graduation ceremony at the governor's house, in Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Over 52, midwives graduated after receiving 2 year of training in Jalalabad. Rahmat Gul/AP
A girl uses a swim ring to wade through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. Achmad Ibrahim/AP
A doctor speaks on his cell phone as he walks past graffiti on a wall along a street in Mexico City, January 15, 2013. Edgard Garrido/Reuters
Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia casts a shadow as he serves to Kevin Anderson of South Africa during their men's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Rubber fenders are reflected in the water as the early morning sunlight bounces off a ship's hull in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Temperatures in the center of the country went down to about -11 degrees Celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit). Peter Dejong/AP