1A protester throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police during clashes in Cheraga, on the outskirts of Algiers in Algeria. Anger erupted after a local man was stabbed to death. (Reuters)

2Laborers remove kites tangled up in electric power cables after the end of the kite flying season in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. (Reuters)

3Reed sprouts are covered with thick ice at lake Zwischenahner Meer ind Bad Zwischenahn, northern Germany. After a period of relatively mild weather a cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe. (AP)

4Men dressed in sheepskin costumes for a carnival celebration walk on the way to the Pyrenees village of Ituren, northern Spain. The tradition is to march through the village every year in a ritual to purify the harvest land from evil spirits and to welcome the coming Spring. (AP)

5Gabon's artist Pierre Philippe Ekouaga paints a mural on a wall, representing the Panthers of Gabon, nickname of the national soccer team, in Libreville, Gabon, during the African Cup of Nations. (AP)

6South Korean boy group ZE:A, also known as Children of the Empire, perform during the MBC Music Festival in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

1Two commuters walk in an empty hall of Belgium's second busiest train station in Ghent. Belgium's three main unions are joining hands in a 24-hour strike to protest national budgetary measures that have in part been imposed on Belgium by the European Union. (AP)

2Rawalpindi's busiest road is reflected in mirrors displayed for sale at an automotive accessories shop in the old city. (AP)

3An immigrant pushes an empty shopping trolley past graffiti in a poor Athens neighborhood. Poverty has visibly increased on the streets of the Greek capital with a population of four million people. (Reuters)

4An 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. (AP)

5Meerkats huddle together as it rains at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

1Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the trophy after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in their men's singles final match at the Australian Open Tennis tournament in Melbourne. (Reuters)

2Underprivileged Indian children dressed in costume to look like the late Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus before attempting a world record in Kolkata. (AP)

3A pedestrian walks past a firecrackers formation in front of a newly opened store in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Reuters)

4A car decorated of white balloons on Moscow's Garden Ring road during a protest in Moscow, Russia. Hundreds of cars flying white ribbons or white balloons are driving around Garden Ring to show support for a protest movement against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (AP)

5A competitor in fancy dress jumps into water during the Tough Guy event in Perton, central England. (Reuters)

6Greenpeace activists set fire to the chemical sign of carbon dioxide that is mounted on a boat on Templin to protest against the local state premier's energy policies in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany, near the venue of a party leaders' meeting of the Social Democratic Party. (Reuters)

7Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to supporters at Yae Phyu village in Dawei township. Aung San Suu Kyi called for changes to the military-drafted constitution in her first political trip since ending a boycott of the country's political system last year and announcing plans to run for parliament. (Reuters)

8Competitors make their way during the Marcialonga cross-country ski event, in Cavalese, Italy. (AP)

9The main dragon lantern is lightened up during a rehearsal of the 2012 Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

1Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is escorted to safety by body guards and police through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark country's national day in Canberra. (AP)

2Indian Border Security Force soldiers ride camels during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (AP)

3An honor guard before the welcoming ceremony for Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (AP)

4Rescue workers carry the body of a victim after a building collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

5Lawmakers from the leftist Palikot's Movement cover their faces with masks as they protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, during a parliament session, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP)

6This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)

7A snow-covered house stands near the village of Destne v Orlickych horach, Czech Republic. (AP)

1Egyptians carry an obelisk with the names of people, who died during the 18-day uprising a year ago in Cairo's Tahrir Square, to mark the first anniversary of the popular uprising. (AP)

2Greeks struggle as they wait to receive free onions and other vegetables offered by farmers in Syntagma Square. Farmers from the Thebes and Viotia district north of Athens handed out tons of agricultural products to protest media reports that waste from local industries has polluted their crops with hexavalent chromium, making it dangerous for consumption. (Reuters)

3A prisoner on a hunger strike has his mouth sewn with a wire at a prison in Bishkek. More than 1,000 inmates throughout Kyrgyzstan have taken part in protests in what local media reported as a response to authorities cutting privileges for criminal offenders with prominence. (Reuters)

4An old MK II model Jaguar car is on display, hanging from the outer wall of a parking lot building, as part of its decoration, in Bordeaux, eastern France. (AFP)

5A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. (Reuters/NASA)

6The aurora borealis near the city of Tromsoe in northern Norway (Reuters)

7An African guineafowl in the sun at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP)

1Supporters of United Progressive Alliance Chairperson and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi wave as her helicopter hovers above a Congress election campaign rally in Gurdaspur, India. (AFP)

2Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Thousands watched the fireworks display on the second day of Chinese New Year to usher in the Year of the Dragon. (AFP)

3Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructs a trainee during a judo demonstration at a regional judo center in the city of Kemerovo. (Reuters)

4Oil recovery experts climb onto the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. (AP)

5German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she strokes the golden goose given to her by Carnival Prince Frank I. and Princess Petra I of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at the Chancellery in Berlin. (AFP)

6Japanese wild monkeys enjoy an open-air hot spring at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park, at Yamanouchi town near Shigakogen ski resort, in Nagano prefecture. (AFP)

7Colorful flowers are planted in traditional wooden clogs from the Netherlands at the International trade fair for plants in the city of Essen, Germany. (AP)

1A demonstrator holds Egyptian flags during a protest against the newly elected lawmakers in front of Egypt's parliament in Cairo. (Reuters)

2Thousands of people visit a lantern festival to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Dragon in Shanghai, China. (AFP)

3Devotees take a holy bath at the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Reuters)

4A wave breaks over what remains of the Maltese-registered cargo ship the TK Bremen on the Kerminihy beach in Erdeven, France. (Reuters)

5The snow-covered church of the village of Jenisberg near the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, Switzerland. (Reuters)

6Models present creations by French designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2012 fashion show in Paris, France. (Reuters)

1Hindu devotees cross a newly constructed temporary bridge at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, in Allahabad, India. (AP)

2Actors wearing traditional costumes march through a small door as they prepare to take part in an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, during the opening of the temple fair at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, China. (Reuters)

3Hundreds of supporters of different religious and political parties take part in an anti-US and Indian rally organized by the Difa-e-Pakistan Council in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Reuters)

4Police walk past a barrier set on fire by residents of the Pinheirinho slum, who are resisting police arrival to evict them by court order, in Sao Jose dos Campos, 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Reuters)

5French soldiers carry the coffins of comrades during a ceremony on the runway of Kabul Airport after four French troops were shot dead by a man wearing an Afghan uniform at Gwam base, in eastern Afghanistan. (AFP)

6A canopy of lights shines over newly fallen snow in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston, January 21, 2012. (AP)

7A pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), born in captivity ten days ago, is seen at the zoo in Cali, Columbia January 21, 2012. (Reuters)

8Models present a creation by Netherlands' fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck during his Men's fall-winter 2012/2013 fashion collection presented in Paris, France, January 21, 2012. (AP)

9An Ivory Coast fan, wearing a mask in the colors of the Ivory Coast national flag, cheers in a street in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. (Reuters)