

A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. Chelyabinsk.ru/AP
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard on a road during a curfew in Srinagar, India. Authorities have re-introduced a strict curfew across most of Indian-controlled Kashmir ahead of Friday prayers, as residents in the region simmer with anger over the secret execution of a Kashmiri man in the capital. Mukhtar Khan/AP
Children walk on the Askia mausoleum, built in 1495 in Gao, northern Mali, one week after a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed himself attempting to blow up an army checkpoint at the entrance of the town. Jerome Delay/AP
Magnetic loops on the sun are seen in this image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on July 19, 2012 and released February 15, 2013. A series of loops such as this is known as a flux rope, and these lie at the heart of eruptions on the sun known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs.) SDO/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA/Reuters
Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian demonstrators held a rally in support of a prisoner observing an intermittent hunger strike to protest his incarceration. Majdi Mohammed/AP
Oscar Pistorius (c.) is led from the Boschkop police station east of Pretoria, en route to court. He arrived at a courthouse for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. AP
A woman stands by her doorway during the early morning in the Kibera slums in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Noor Khamis/Reuters
The long time exposed photo taken through a safety fence shows an unidentified skier during the first run of the men's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria. Matthias Schrader/AP
A model presents a Muslim fashion creation by Oky Wong during Indonesia Fashion Week in Jakarta, Indonesia. Around 200 Indonesian fashion designers will participate in the four-day event which ends on February 17. Beawiharta/Reuters
Sadhvis, or Hindu ascetic women, gather on the banks of the river Ganges before taking the holy dip during the third 'Shahi Snan' (grand bath) at the ongoing 'Kumbh Mela' or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
A visitor touches a pattern made with lemons and oranges during the 80th Lemon festival in Menton, France. Some 145 metric tons of lemons and oranges are used to make displays during the 80th festival, which is themed 'Around The World In 80 Days,' and runs from February 16 through March 6. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Young North Korean synchronized swimmers perform at an exhibition event in Pyongyang. David Guttenfelder/AP
A priest applies tilak, vermilion powder mixed with rice, on a girl's forehead outside a Hindu temple meant for Goddess Saraswati to mark Saraswati puja festival, in Katmandu, Nepal. Students show their respect to the goddess of knowledge and learning and are given their first writing and reading lessons. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
San Francisco Sheriff's Captain Kevin Paulson (c.) and Eliana Lopez, wife of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi (r.), cheer with a group of inmates after dancing together in opposition of violence against women in a One Billion Rising event at the San Francisco County Jail #5 on Valentine's Day. Stephen Lam/Reuters
Sand sculptures are on display at Frankston Foreshore, about 28 miles from Melbourne, Australia. Andrew Brownbill/AP