

The sun rises in Seaside Heights, N.J., behind the Jet Star Roller Coaster which has been sitting in the ocean after part of the Funtown Pier was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy. The private owners of the amusement pier that collapsed in Seaside Heightsare working with insurers to devise a plan to dismantle the ride and get it out of the ocean. Mel Evans/AP
Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank town of Saeer, near Hebron. Bernat Armangue/AP
Commuters board a train painted with murals promoting peace after the coming elections in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Members of the Kibera Hamlet painted graffiti promoting peace and harmony on the commuter train passing through Kibera slum, ahead of the March 4 general elections. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok on Makha Bucha Day. Makha Bucha Day honours Buddha and his teachings, and falls on the full moon day of the third lunar month. Kerek Wongsa/Reuters
A woman looks her mobile phone as she walks past a Samsung stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The GSMA Mobile World Congress, representing the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, will take place from February 25 to 28 in Barcelona. Albert Gea/Reuters
A Nepalese Hindu devotee prays before taking a holy dip in the Hanumante River on the last day of the month-long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. During the festival, unmarried Hindu women pray to meet and marry a good husband while the married women pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a day-long fast. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
A musician from a Carnival band, waits during a naval battle of flowers, in the harbour of Villefranche sur Mer, southeastern France. Lionel Cironneau/AP
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team leader Willie Anderson (l.) walks on the snow with other team members during a training day in the Cairngorm mountains near Aviemore, Scotland, February 24. The team, in its 50th year, is comprised of 43 volunteers and broadly covers the area of the Cairngorms National Park. David Moir/Reuters
Two Great White Pelicans clean their plumage in their enclosure in the Frankfurt Zoo. Nicolas Armer/dpa/AP
Ultra Orthodox Jewish girls and boys dressed in costumes pose as a woman, not seen, takes their picture during the Purim festival in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim. Sebastian Scheiner/AP
A Hindu priest washes his face with sea water during a religious ceremony called Melasti on Ngobaran Beach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Melasti is performed a week ahead of Balinese Hindu's Day of Silence to purify the universe from bad influences, bad deeds and bad thoughts. Gembong Nusantara/AP
Worshippers attend the first mass of Bulgaria's new Orthodox patriarch Neofit (not seen) in Alexander Nevski cathedral in SofiaBulgaria. Neofit was enthroned in a mass in Sofia that leaves the soft-spoken theologian the task of restoring the reputation of a church hurt by links to businessmen and communist secret police. Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
A cross necklace is seen at the back of a lifeguard before the annual Paso del Hombre endurance challenge at La Libertad port in El Salvador. About 370 male and female lifeguard volunteers swam for four to five hours continuously during the 49th edition of the event. Ulises Rodriguez/Reuters
Cattle stand in blizzard conditions in Lubbock, Texas. State troopers are unable to respond to calls for assistance and National Guard units are mobilizing as a winter storm blankets the central Plains with a foot of snow in some places. Zach Long/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal/AP
Indian Hindu devotees cross the bridge across the river Yamuna at sunset on 'Maghi Purnima', considered an auspicious bathing day, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP