- A boy looked out the window of a Pinga, Congo, home Thursday. Rwandan forces have advanced into positions previously held by Rwandan Hutu rebels. Rwanda has agreed to hunt down the rebels in a joint operation with the Congo. (Lionel Healing/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Workers walked inside a National Food Authority warehouse Thursday where imported rice is stored, repacked and sold at subsidized prices in Taguig, Philippines. Manila’s deal to secure the bulk of its rice supplies at one time from Hanoi is likely to usher in a period of plentiful supplies and price stability. (John Javellana/Reuters)
Starlia Dawson, widow of Army Sgt. Ezra Dawson, wept during his funeral Thursday at Virginia’s Arlington National Cemetery. Sgt. Dawson was killed last month in Afghanistan in an accidental Chinook helicopter crash. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)
Pakistanis marked Kashmir Day in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday. Pakistan observes the day in support of Indian Kashmiris’ struggle for independence in India. (K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press)
Iraqis watched preliminary provincial-election results on television Thursday in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his Coalition of the State Law colleagues swept to victory, dealing Shiite religious parties a crushing blow. (Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)
Law enforcement officers saluted as the flag-draped casket of Middletown Township, Pa., police officer Christopher Jones was taken from a cathedral Thursday. Mr. Jones was killed Jan. 29 while making a traffic stop. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press)
Berlinale Film Festival jury member and actress Tilda Swinton posed as she arrived for the screening of “The International” Thursday in Berlin. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)
A man looked for fish at Dojran Lake, near Skopje, Macedonia, Thursday. The lake survived an ecological disaster after a drought and excessive use of its water. (Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)
Italy’s Luna Rossa sailed against Oracle, a U.S. boat, in the second round of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday. (Brendon O’Hagan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
College students from schools in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, got fired up Thursday at a rally to launch their job hunts. More than 1,000 job seekers gathered for the Tokyo event amid the global economic slump, which has pushed Japan’s unemployment rate to a three-year high. (Koji Sasahara/Associated Press)
Thousands of job seekers crowded stalls Thursday at a Beijing job fair — the first since Chinese New Year celebrations. China’s economy is suffering from a decline in global demand for the country’s textiles, toys and other products. (Greg Baker/Associated Press)
A farmer carried pails of water from a partially dried-up pond on the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi Province, China, Thursday. China has declared an emergency over a drought that could devastate farmers’ crops and incomes. The absence of rain or snow since November affected 43% of winter-wheat sources, the China Daily newspaper reported. (Reuters)
Doug Oldiges used an ax to break ice around his horse, Pencil, as firefighters and Northern Kentucky Large Animal Rescue Team members arrived at a frozen pond in Melbourne, Ky., Wednesday. (Patrick Reddy/The Cincinnati Enquirer via Associated Press)
A couple waited for more commuters to board a makeshift passenger trolley that will be pushed manually down a rail track in Bicutan, Philippines, Thursday. (John Javellana/Reuters)
A woman walked in a snow maze Thursday at the 60th Sapporo, Japan, Snow Festival. According to some estimates, millions of people visit the festival each year to see the sculptures and creations. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
NASA released an image Thursday of spiral galaxy NGC 4921 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture was created from 80 separate pictures. Hubble operators are letting the public vote online until March 1 on where to point the telescope next. (Associated Press/NASA/JPL)
A pilgrim lay on the ground Thursday in front of the Gomar Gompa temple in China’s Qinghai Province. The woman was celebrating Monlam, or the “Great Prayer Festival.” The Buddhist religious festival was established in 1409. (Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Russian police arrested a Greenpeace environmental activist dressed as a green garbage bin Thursday outside a Moscow presidential administration office. Activists presented 100,000 signatures to halt construction of waste-burning projects in favor of recycling. (Alexey Sazonov/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A tomato vendor took a nap at a Dhaka, Bangladesh, market Thursday. (Pavel Rahman/Associated Press)
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An African National Congress supporter sang while holding a wooden replica of an AK-47 as party leader Jacob Zuma spoke outside a Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, court Wednesday. The court set Mr. Zuma’s corruption trial for Aug. 25, after upcoming elections in which he’s a presidential front-runner. (Themba Hadebe/Associated Press)
A disabled Somali child crawled at a refugee camp near Dadaab, Kenya, Wednesday. The growing flow of Somalis fleeing conflict at home has led to overcrowding at camps in neighboring Kenya. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)
A bookbinder used a drill to bore holes in paper in preparation for binding at the al Mutanabi Street book market Wednesday in Baghdad. The storied book market was devastated by a deadly March 2007 bombing, but reopened. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
A sign displayed Wednesday outside London’s Little Bay Restaurant explained the cost to eat there. The eatery is inviting customers to pay as little or as much as they think the food and service are worth. Drinks are excluded from the deal. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
About 100 Bulgarian dairy farmers blocked a key border crossing over the Danube River to Romania Wednesday in a protest against low milk prices. The farmers, who clashed with police, allowed cars and buses to pass, but blocked freight traffic. (Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A woman toured the “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda” exhibit Wednesday at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. (Jim Young/Reuters)
Flowers were placed at the scene of a wrecked car amid destroyed Gaza City buildings Wednesday. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said the Palestinian Authority will deliver $600 million from Western donors to help residents rebuild after Israel’s deadly offensive, which cost Gaza an estimated $1.9 billion. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)
A United Steelworkers union member listened Wednesday in Washington during a hearing before the House Steel Caucus that sought to determine the state of the industry. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Liberty Tax Services employee Shannon Philbrick dressed as the Statue of Liberty and waved at drivers in Westminster, Colo., Wednesday. Taxes are due April 15. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
A woman walked her dog on the frozen Gulf of Finland at sunset outside Saint Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)
Switzerland’s Didier Cuche celebrated after winning the men’s Super-G competition of the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Val d’Isere, France, Wednesday. (DPA/Landov)
Lindsey Oil Refinery workers protested again Wednesday in North Lincolnshire, England, as their union reps held talks with the refinery. Workers staged walkouts last week over the use of foreign workers at refineries across the country as Britain faces a rapid rise in unemployment. (Press Association Photos/Landov)
Chinese Lunar New Year travelers stood in line Wednesday at one of Beijing’s main train stations. An estimated 20 million of China’s migrant workers have returned home after losing their jobs. A government document warned 2009 will be “possibly the toughest year.” (United Press Association/Landov)
Workers returned to their jobs Wednesday, after two days of widespread disruption caused by snowfall in London. The Federation of Small Businesses said one in five workers did not make it to the job on Monday, costing employers up to $1.7 billion. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Firefighters extinguished flames at Holy Name Cathedral, a 134-year-old Chicago landmark and the seat of Cardinal Francis George, Wednesday. The fire shot through the church’s roof. No injuries were reported. (Michael Tercha/The Chicago Tribune via Associated Press)
Rohingyas, a Muslim minority, were treated Wednesday in Idi Rayeuk, Indonesia. Authorities rescued the all-male group of 198 — who had not eaten for a week and whose ranks included a 13-year-old — off the coast. The Rohingyas fled Myanmar for Thailand, and the Thai army has admitted to towing hundreds of the Rohingyas back out to sea and setting them adrift, but insisted that food and water were provided. (Tarmizy Harva/Reuters)
A woman trudged through snow in Aviemore, Scotland, Wednesday. The storm that hit London is now affecting large areas of Scotland. (Peter Morrison/Associated Press)
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers kept watch Wednesday as trucks bound for neighboring Afghanistan passed through the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, a day after militants blew up a major bridge crossing. (Qazi Tariq/Associated Press)
A worker held a jackhammer as he worked at a Shestaki, Siberia, coal mine Wednesday. (Yuri Yuriev/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
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Mine workers worked underground Tuesday in Modderfontein, South Africa, near Johannesburg. Mining company Aflease Gold plans to produce 500,000 ounces of the precious metal per year in five years based on the company’s current assets. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)
Police officers escorted a man Tuesday in Barcelona. Spanish police arrested 11 people in Barcelona and Valencia suspected of forging documents for al Qaeda. (Albert Gea/Reuters)
Residents crossed a river after a Khyber Pass bridge was destroyed Tuesday by Islamic militants in Pakistan, subsequently cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon plans to send 30,000 more American forces to Afghanistan this year. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press)
A man arranged eggs for hatching at an incubating farm outside Hanoi Tuesday. Vietnam’s capital city has banned the use of motorcycles and bicycles to transport live poultry as part of efforts to protect the city from a bird-flu outbreak. (Kham/Reuters)
People waited in line Tuesday around 6 a.m. for a free Denny’s Grand-Slam breakfast wrap in Irvine, Calif. The restaurant chain gave away the breakfast wraps until 2 p.m. to reacquaint customers with the restaurant. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via Associated Press)
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark leapt into a crowd during a Super Bowl victory parade Tuesday in Pittsburgh. The Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 Sunday in Tampa, Fla. (Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette via Associated Press)
A young Crete, Greece, farmer hurled a large piece of wood in the direction of riot police during violent clashes in Piraeus, Greece, Tuesday. Farmers are protesting low produce prices. Police responded with tear gas. (Orestis Panagiotou/European Pressphoto Agency)
Hindu devotees dried their clothes Tuesday in Allahabad, India, after taking a dip at Sangam — the point where the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers meet — during the Hindu religious festival of Magh Mela. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)
Iran’s Fars News Agency released a picture Tuesday that claims to show a satellite being launched Monday. The U.S. military said it detected a missile launch, but could not confirm whether a satellite was present. The space program has troubled the international community with concerns that the satellite technology could be used to deliver warheads. (Fars News Agency/Associated Press)
A Thai woman looked out a Bangkok city bus window Tuesday. The bus advertised instant noodles, a popular dish in parts of Asia. (David Longstreath/Associated Press)
Race horses exercised at the snow-covered Yorkshire Moors park near Middleham, England, Tuesday. A snowstorm caused traffic tie-ups and flight delays throughout Britain Monday. (John Giles/PA/Associated Press)
Australian officials released a picture Tuesday of a passenger who was caught with live pigeons, two bird eggs and other undeclared items stuffed into his clothing at Australia’s Melbourne International Airport. The man was coming from Dubai. (Australian Customs/Reuters)
Members of South Korea’s navy commando team used rubber dinghies to sail over choppy waters off the coast of Donghae, South Korea, Tuesday. The drill was part of a military exercise. (Won Dai-Yeon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
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February 2, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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Groundhog handler John Griffiths held Punxsutawney Phil up for a look at his fans on Monday, Groundhog Day. Phil saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter. (Jason Cohn/Reuters)
More than 1,000 people stood in line — some since Saturday — at the Miami government administration building Monday to apply for one of the 35 available firefighter positions. The city planned to only accept 750 applications. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
On Monday, people surveyed cars damaged by a tornado that tore through Malaga, Spain, Sunday.
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A boy wearing a poster of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei posed during an anti-Israel rally Monday at Iran’s University of Tehran. Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal spoke at the event, where he thanked Iran for its support during Israel’s 22-day offensive. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)
British soldiers worked out Monday at a makeshift gym south of Basra, Iraq. British forces are looking to leave Iraq later this year. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
A clay-pot maker drank some tea while taking a break in the Dharavi slum of Mumbai on Monday. The slum is Asia’s largest, spanning more than 535 acres and is situated in the heart of India’s financial capital. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
A model posed for photographers during auditions for an upcoming fashion week as a worker cleaned a window at a Mumbai hotel Monday. Models from various countries auditioned for India’s Lakme Fashion Week, which is held in March. (Arko Datta/Reuters)
Activists carried humanitarian supplies Monday onboard a boat bound for the Gaza Strip to break Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian territory. Lebanese authorities prevented the boat from leaving Tripoli, Lebanon, citing problems with the boat’s registration papers. (Ramzi Haidar/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Opposition supporters rallied in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Monday to call for President Marc Ravalomanana’s ouster in the wake of violent antigovernment protests that left dozens dead. Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina, who is also a mayor, accused the president of misspending funds. (Njuwa Maina/Reuters)
An Israeli worker loaded ballot boxes Monday into a delivery truck near Shoham, Israel, in preparation for Feb. 10 elections. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni pledged Monday to keep hitting Hamas as long as it attacks Israel. Her rival for the prime minister spot, Benjamin Netanyahu, has called for Israel to oust Hamas from power in Gaza. (Dan Balilty/Associated Press)
Priests listened as Pope Benedict XVI led Mass Monday in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
Commuters walked over Westminster Bridge in London Monday. The worst snowstorm in 18 years to hit the area caused hundreds of flight cancellations and virtually halted public transportation. (Joel Ryan/Associated Press)
Italian designer Lorenzo Riva, left, basked in audience applause with model Miriam Leone at his side at the end of his Rome Fashion Week Haute Couture spring/summer 2009 show. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)
Visitors looked at huge ice sculptures at Chitose-Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival in Chitose, Japan, Monday. The ice sculptures, which attract thousands each year, will be on display until Feb. 15. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
Retired guide dog Rick rested Monday at a home for dogs in Sapporo, Japan. Rick, 16, is immobile. Most guide dogs older than 12 are retired from service due to their declining physical strength. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
A whaling protester threw a bottle full of rotten butter at the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 1 in the Antarctic Ocean Monday. The whalers allegedly used a water cannon to blast the protesters. (Adam Lau/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society via Associated Press)
Riot police in Greece fired tear gas at potato-throwing farmers to prevent them from driving their tractors to Athens; at least two people were injured. The farmers have been protesting for two weeks over low prices for their products. They are seeking government help. (Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press)
Hindu devotees from Bihar state performed rituals Monday in Allahabad, India, during the annual month-long Hindu religious festival of Magh Mela. People bathe at Sangam — the location where the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers meet — to wash away their sins. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)
A Tibetan monk walked by a giant sacred cloth painting Monday. The painting will be displayed on a hill outside a monastery in Tongren for Monlam, a prayer festival. (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)
January 29, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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A snow kiter slides down a mountain in western Germany, Thursday. (Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images)
Muslims performed afternoon prayers ahead of Bishwa Ijtema in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday. The three-day Muslim event, which begins Friday, focuses on meditation and prayer. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)
A model showed off a creation from Inmaculada Torres during the International Flamenco Fashion Show Thursday in Seville, Spain. (Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)
More than 6,000 National Congress for the Defence of the People fighters took part in a ceremony Thursday in North Kivu, Congo, to integrate their units into the Congolese army as a sign of peace. An official said about 2 million people displaced by the fighting will be able to return home. (Walter Astrada/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
ArcelorMittal steelworkers demonstrated Thursday in Marseille, France. Unions have called on public and private-sector workers to go on strike to prompt the government to better protect jobs and salaries. As many as 1.5 million people marched nationwide Thursday. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)
Maxim Bulash, of Belarus, jumped during a ski freestyle at the FIS Europe Cup competition in Raubichi, Belarus, Thursday. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
Palestinian students studied Thursday in a Gaza Strip classroom that was damaged in an Israeli airstrike earlier in the month. President Barack Obama’s Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, sought to strengthen a Hamas-Israel cease-fire. Even as Hamas leaders indicated they were willing to negotiate a long-term truce with Israel, militants launched a rocket into Israel Thursday. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)
South African Ernie Els teed off during the first day of the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament Thursday. Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, 19, shot an eight-under-par 64 to seize the lead. Fog delayed the first round by almost three hours. (Marwan Naamani/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
People sat in tents at a Belem, Brazil, campsite Thursday during the World Social Forum. The annual event is meant to protest the World Economic Forum, which is being held in Davos, Switzerland, and to highlight the environment. The presidents of Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Venezuela were expected to join the protest. (Andre Penner/Associated Press)
January 28, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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Pfc. Jeremy Tomlinson, who was wounded a year ago in Iraq, waited with fellow soldiers to greet returning comrades Wednesday in Ft. Carson, Colo. About 3,800 soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team are coming home after their 15-month tour of duty in Iraq.(John Moore/Getty Images)
A protester hung from the logo of the Swiss bank UBS in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday during a demonstration against the Davos World Economic Forum annual meeting.(Michael Buholzer/Reuters)
Children who have been displaced by violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo played Wednesday in their camp in Kibati, north of Goma. The United Nations refugee agency said that it was bracing itself for an estimated 30,000 displaced people fleeing to camps near Goma after fresh fighting.(Walter Astrada/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Boys watched a bus that, according to local residents, was set on fire by drug traffickers after a police operation in the Mangueira slum in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday. According to local news reports, two people were killed in the clash between police and drug dealers.(Ricardo Moraes/Associated Press)
Employees of Fiat and Alfa-Romeo marched in Rome Wednesday to demonstrate in front of the Palazzo Chigi, where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was holding a meeting on the challenges facing the car industry. Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne said Italy’s auto sector could shed 60,000 jobs unless the state comes to the rescue.(Christophe Simon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A woman shouted slogans against the government during a protest in Lima, Peru, Wednesday. Hundreds of unemployed Peruvians marched to protest against the government of President Alan Garcia.(Mariana Bazo/Reuters)
A Palestinian whose house was destroyed during Israel’s offensive showed money distributed by Hamas in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday. Hamas has started handing out cash to some families who lost homes in Israel’s 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip, but the amounts have so far fallen far short of what was promised by the group.(Suhaib Salem/Reuters)
Falconer Wolfgang Schoeler held Harris Hawk Hermann Wednesday in Dortmund, Germany, to promote the “Jagd und Hund” (Hunting and Hounds) fair. From Feb. 3 to 8, more than 640 exhibitors will present the latest trends around hunting and fishing.(Philipp Guelland/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier appeared at the end of his Spring-Summer Haute Couture 2009 fashion show in Paris Wednesday.(Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)
Civilians, firefighters and police ran away from a fire after hearing a loud explosion inside at a supermarket in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday. A crowd had gathered at the site and was helping to hold water hoses as firefighters tried to control the raging fire. (Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
The Truckenthal bridge was blasted in Truckenthal, Germany, Wednesday. A defect during the construction caused the bridge arch to sink in April 2008. (Stefan Thomas/European Pressphoto Agency)
A squatter stood on the roof of one of the Mayfair mansions on Park Lane in London Wednesday. A group of squatters who took over the two mansions in one of London’s most prestigious neighborhoods are due to be evicted today after the owners were granted a court order. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
The roof of the Rod Laver Arena was closed due to extreme heat conditions during the Australian Open women’s quarterfinal match between Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Ms. Williams went on to win the match. (PA Photos /Landov)
A rainbow colored the sky over truck drivers blocked by farmers near the Promachonas border crossing to Bulgaria in northern Greece Wednesday. Greek farmers blocked roads for a tenth day, pressuring the Greek government for higher subsidies and tax rebates to compensate for the economic slump. (Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters)
Rick Lucas of the Dayton Department of Public Works prepared to move a resident’s car after an ice-coated tree branch fell across Fourth Avenue near Dayton Street Wednesday morning in Cincinnati. The tree knocked down phone lines; no one was injured. (Gary Landers/The Enquirer/Associated Press)
A Palestinian man walked past a dead cow in eastern Jebaliya, northern Gaza strip, Wednesday. President Obama’s new Mideast envoy met with leaders in the region as Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza smuggling tunnels in retaliation for a Palestinian bombing that killed a soldier. (Anja Niedringhaus/Associated Press)
Rival factions argued in front of television cameras during the launch of proposals from a Catholic-Protestant commission to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s troubles, at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday. (Peter Morrison/Associated Press)
Iraqi soldiers displayed their ink-stained fingers after casting their votes in the country’s provincial elections in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday. The polls opened Wednesday for members of the Iraqi security forces, detainees and hospital patients. General voting is scheduled for Saturday. (Alaa al-Marjani/Associated Press)
University students participated in a torch march in celebration of the 156th birthday of Cuba’s independence hero Jose Marti in Havana Wednesday. (Enrique De La Osa/Reuters)
January 27, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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Palestinian girl Nada Mohammed Daher, 2, was rushed by her father to a Gaza City hostpial Tuesday. Nada’s father took her back to the hospital because wounds from her broken arm suffered in Israel’s 22-day offensive failed to heal. (Anja Niedringhaus/Associated Press)
An indigenous person shot video at the SOS Amazon event Tuesday in Belem, Brazil. The event is meant to bring attention to saving the Amazon forest. (Vanderlei Almeida/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Police officers arrested the man who allegedly hijacked a bus with 39 riders Tuesday in Sofia, Bulgaria. The driver and passengers were unharmed. Police said the man was demanding police prosecute someone he blamed for a traffic accident that caused his pregnant girlfriend to lose their baby. (Associated Press)
A Delta Airlines employee de-iced a jet before it took off at Lambert St. Louis International Airport Tuesday in St. Louis. Snow, freezing rain and sleet battered much of Missouri, causing car accidents and power outages. (Jeff Roberson/Associated Press)
A farmer gathered corn on his Kwale, Kenya, farm Tuesday. Kenya has scrapped import duty on maize to alleviate food shortages after a drought cut production, the finance minister said Tuesday. (Joseph Okanga/Reuters)
Firefighters looked at one of 25 burnt corpses found amid debris Tuesday at an Antananarivo, Madagascar, store. Looters set the mall ablaze. Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana on Tuesday urged national unity and talks with his main political rival a day after protests called by his opponent turned violent. (Richard Bouhet/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Arizona Cardinals chairman and owner Bill Bidwell waited for his team to gather for a photo during media day for Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
A Saint Johnsbury, Vt., police sergeant looked through a shot-out police car window. John M. Davis, 48, of New Britain, Conn., is being being investigated in a series of shootings that targeted churches, homes and police property. (Toby Talbot/Associated Press)
A young girl jumped over a pool of water after she was turned away from school in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday. The Zimbabwean government deferred the opening of schools by two weeks following a teachers’ strike. The Zimbabwean Teachers Association said their members would not report for work as the government refused to pay their salaries in foreign currency. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/Associated Press)
A railway station flooded in Zaramillo, Spain, Tuesday. Heavy rain caused river levels to rise across northern Spain. Violent storms killed 25 people and left hundreds of thousands without electricity across southern Europe. (Alfredo Aldai/European Pressphoto Agency)
Piotr Cywinski, director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, laid a wreath at the crematorium furnace during ceremonies marking the 64th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday. The Red Army liberated ‘Auschwitz’ concentration camp on Jan. 27, 1945. (Jacek Bednarczyk/European Pressphoto Agency)
A cleaner prepared the rarely seen Minton tiled floor of the of the grand St. George’s Hall Tuesday in Liverpool, England. The exquisite floor, which is usually covered for protection, has been unveiled to allow the public a glimpse of the 30,000 handmade mosaic tiles. The Minton covering was laid in 1852, and depicts dolphins, tritons and sea nymphs. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
An Iraqi soldier stood next to campaign posters Tuesday in Baghdad. Iraqis are preparing for provincial elections which are scheduled to take place Jan. 31. Millions of Iraqis are expected to go to the polls Saturday to elect 440 candidates to fill provincial council seats. (Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)
Venus Williams, left, returns a ball as Serena Williams runs in to support her during the women’s doubles quarterfinal at the Australian Open. The Williams sisters won their match. (PA Photos/Landov)
A jockey was handed a bottle of water as he competed with his horse in the 120 km Al-Khalediah Endurance Ride Tuesday in Tebrak, Saudi Arabia, 69 miles east of capital Riyadh. (Hassan Ammar/Associated Press)
Storms have devastated the huge Landes forest in Moustey, France, where thousands of timber businesses are based. At left, an aerial view of the damage. Millions of people in southwest France and northern Spain struggled Tuesday with destroyed roofs, fallen trees, power cuts and phone outages in the aftermath of a storm that killed 15 people. (Regis Duvignau/Reuters)
The sun set on Brighton Beach as a heat wave hit Melbourne, Australia. Tuesday’s temperature was estimated to hit 38 degrees Celsius. or around 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Melbourne hasn’t had four consecutive days above 104 degrees Fahrenheit since 1908. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
January 26, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, bottom left, attended the funeral of Avraham Ravitz, an ultra-Orthodox member of Knesset Monday in Jerusalem. Mr. Ravitz, an influential lawmaker who served in the Israeli parliament for 20 years, died Sunday night at age 75.(Amos BenGershom/GPO via Getty Images)
Iceland Prime Minister Geir Haarde spoke to media in the capital, Reykjavik, Monday. Mr. Haarde said he would hand in his resignation to the president later Monday as his coalition government fell apart amid protests over its role in the country’s economic collapse.(Ints Kalnins/Reuters)
An Iraqi man reacted during a rally for candidates in the upcoming provincial elections in the Shiite city of Kufa, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Monday. Iraq’s provincial elections are scheduled for Jan. 31, 2009.(Alaa al-Marjani/Associated Press)
Italian policeman arrested a protester during a demonstration by would-be immigrants in Massa, Italy, Monday. Some 50 illegal immigrants, part of a group of 104 who arrived from the island of Lampedusa in August 2008, protested to request work permits.(Fabio Muzzi/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian students studied in the yard of al-Fadilah Islamic school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Monday. The school was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike during Israel’s 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip.(Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
Pope Benedict XVI watched as a Catholic youth released a white dove, a symbol of peace, from his apartment overlooking St. Peter’s Square during his Sunday blessing in Vatican City.(L’Osservatore Romano/ Vatican Pool via Getty Images)
A Chinese honor guard stood during a fireworks display celebrating the Chinese New Year in New York’s Chinatown district Monday. Chinese around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year of the Ox on Monday.(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
An Afghan asylum seeker washed his hands just before a daily midday food distribution service near the harbor of Calais in northern France Monday. Eric Besson, the newly-appointed Immigration Minister, will visit Calais Tuesday.(Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
A woman stood in front of flowers placed at the entrance of a day care in Dendermonde, Belgium, Monday. The man charged with murdering two infants and a woman in a frenzied knife attack at the child care center last week is suspected of killing a 73-year-old woman a week before, prosecutors said Monday.(Francois Lenoir/Reuters)
The alpine ski resort of Davos, Switzerland, was pictured through barbed wire Monday. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum takes place from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 in Davos, and will be attended by top politicians, monetary policy makers and senior business executives.(Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
A suspected cholera patient was pushed on a wheelbarrow to Mabvuku Polyclinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday. Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic could top 60,000 cases next week, U.N. figures showed Friday, the biggest outbreak in Africa in over a decade.(Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)
The moon cast a shadow on the sun, blocking it in a partial solar eclipse, as the sun set Monday, in Manila, Philippines.(Aaron Favila/Associated Press)
A helicopter airlifted the cross from the summit of Germany’s highest mountain, the 2,962-meter Zugspitze, in southern Germany, Monday. The 16- year-old cross was lowered to the base of the mountain, from where it was taken for restoration.(Christof Stache/Associated Press)
A screengrab taken from TV footage showed a car, left, lodged in the roof of a church following an accident in Saxony, Germany, Monday. The 23-year-old driver was traveling too fast when he took off from a raised meadow, flew 30 meters and crashed into the roof of a church seven meters above the ground, a police spokesman said.(Reuters/Reuters TV)
Larisa Baburova paid last respects to her daughter, Anastasia Baburova, a reporter from Politkovskaya’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper, seen in framed photo. Ms. Baburova was shot by an assassin on a street near the Kremlin, along with human-rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov. Rights activists have compared the murder of Mr. Markelov to the 2006 slaying of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya.(Associated Press)
Hindu devotees offered prayers to the Sun god on Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, the third and the most auspicious date of bathing during the annual monthlong Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, Monday.(Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)
Indian soldiers marched during the Republic Day celebration parade in New Delhi, Monday. January 26 marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution in 1950.(Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency)
Participants walked in the Congress center at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Monday. More than 2,500 heads of state and government, ministers, captains of industry and leaders of churches and pressure groups will make the annual pilgrimage this week to the top of a Swiss mountain to debate challenges facing the world.(Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A visitor looked at a Porsche 356/2 Coupe car in the newly-built Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, Monday. More than 80 cars and their history will be on display in the museum, which opens Jan. 31.(Michaela Rehle/Reuters)
A worker, left, arranged flames of burning joss sticks as people prayed at a temple to celebrate Chinese New Year Monday in Shanghai. Millions of Chinese across the country celebrated the beginning of the Year of the Ox.(Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press)
January 23, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) smiled at her son, Theodore, during a news conference Friday in New York to announce her as Gov. David Paterson’s choice to fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s vacated Senate seat. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
An operator spoke on a phone in the control room of a Kozloduy, Bulgaria, power plant Friday. Lawmakers want permission from the European Union to relaunch two Soviet-era nuclear reactors. According to officials, Bulgarian businesses lost $129 million when Russia suspended natural-gas supplies. (Petar Petrov/Associated Press)
People were pictured in Nehru Nagar, a Mumbai slum where part of the Oscar-nominated picture “Slumdog Millionaire” was filmed. The local cinema has no plans to screen the movie. (Gautam Singh/Associated Press)
Sweden’s Henrik Stenson played on the second day of the Qatar Masters Friday at the Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, not pictured, took a three-stroke lead for the second day. Mr. Stenson came in 11th. (Karim Jaafar/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Tribesmen reached for crackers being distributed by Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamic political party, after a demonstration Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan. They demanded an end to Pakistan’s military operations and U.S. missile attacks against the Taliban on the border. (Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)
A grieving friend of slain Russian journalist Anastasia Baburova attended her wake Friday in Moscow. Ms. Baburova, an intern reporter for opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and human-rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov were gunned down Jan. 19. (Alexey Sazonov/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Members of an Army honor guard held folded American flags to be presented to the next of kin of Army Spc. Joseph M. Hernandez, 24, Friday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Mr. Hernandez, of Indiana, died Jan. 9 of wounds from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press)
Members of the Dundee Diehards performed a drill Thursday at the site of the Isandlwana battle near Dundee, South Africa. The group performed in replica uniforms and used original weapons from the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. (John Robinson/European Pressphoto Agency)
A Palestinian family sat next to the last wall of their destroyed house in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Friday. A Hamas delegation crossed into Egypt Friday for talks to shore up a cease-fire with Israel that ended a deadly 22-day assault. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)
Men walked in a Minsk, Belarus, park Friday. The temperature hovered around 36 degrees Fahrenheit. (Sergei Grits/Associated Press)
Rangers tried to keep seven stranded whales alive Friday off Tasmania, Australia’s, coast. A crew poured water on the whales, the only survivors out of 45 that were beached Thursday. Wildlife officials hoped to return the mammals to sea at high tide. (European Pressphoto Agency/National Parks and Wildlife Service)
Daredevil motorcycle riders performed Friday in New Delhi during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade. India will celebrate its 59th year as a republic on Monday. (B. Mathur/Reuters)
A man burned offerings Friday in Beichuan, China, to his deceased mother — who was killed last May in the Sichuan earthquake — ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Year of the Ox starts Jan. 26. (Paul Zhang/Reuters)
Two people held a child with an identification number on his forehead next to the site of a stabbing at a day care in Dendermonde, Belgium, Friday. A man killed two children and an employee. The suspect also slashed 10 kids before leaving on his bicycle. The unidentified attacker was arrested at a grocery store. “An act of great brutality has happened here against our weakest citizens,” said Mayor Buyse Piet. (Alain Sprimont/Associated Press)
A visitor took a photo of a polar bear named Wilbaer at the Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday. Wilbaer was born in December 2007. (Nigel Treblin/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Travelers took escalators on their way to catch trains at the Beijing West Railway Station Friday. Trains were packed as millions headed home to celebrate the Chinese New Year. (Diego Azubel/European Pressphoto Agency)
A golden eagle swooped down on a rabbit during a traditional hunting contest near Karkaralinsk, Kazakhstan, Friday. Hunters from all over the country arrived for the annual competition of “sayat,” or “hunting with golden eagles.” (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)
January 22, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht, 25, was put in an induced coma Thursday after crashing in downhill training on the Streif course in Kitzbuehel, Austria — one of the most dangerous on the World Cup circuit. Mr. Albrecht, who flew through the air for about 40 yards, suffered a lung contusion and brain swelling. (Calle Toernstroem/Reuters)
Employees welcomed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the U.S. Department of State building Thursday in Washington. The Senate confirmed Mrs. Clinton Wednesday. (Kevin Wolf/Associated Press)
Wood from the Russian ship “Sinegorsk” washed ashore Thursday in Kent, England. Crew members on the ship, which was bound for Alexandria, Egypt, reported the lost lumber to officials. (Leon Neal/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
As the sun rose Thursday, a warm glow touched ice-covered tree branches in Apopka, Fla. Homeless shelters filled in the Sunshine State as chilly weather set in. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via Associated Press)
A father and son were pictured in Tongo, Congo, Thursday. The Rwanda and the Congo governments have joined forces against rebels. U.N. peacekeepers demanded a role in the operation, saying they fear for civilians’ safety otherwise. (Lionel Healing/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A woman and man walked past burning trash as protesters clashed with police Thursday in Athens. Officers fired tear gas to dispel youths, who were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails over unemployment. Youth unemployment stands at 21.2% for the 15-24 age group. (Petros Giannakouris/Associated Press)
Farmers sat next to a tractor during a blockade of the main motorway linking Athens to northern Greece near Volos, Greece, Thursday. The farmers, who protested for a fourth day, are demanding funds to offset falling agricultural prices. (Vasilis Ikonomou/Reuters)
Protesters clashed with police Thursday in Reykjavik, Iceland, behind the parliament building. Demonstrators, upset over the handling of the country’s financial crisis, want officials to step down. Some officers were hospitalized after being hit by rocks; police responded with tear gas. (Thorvaldur Kristmundsson/Associated Press)
Relatives of unemployed diamond workers protested in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday. The recession has hit the diamond industry, with several business people committing suicide, according to local reports. (Amit Dave/Reuters)
Chef Gaetano Esposito’s pizza in the form of President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, was on display Thursday in Naples, Italy. Meanwhile, Mr. Obama moved Thursday to close Guantanamo. (Ciro Messere-Agnfoto/Reuters)
A truck passed by an Adopt-A-Highway sign in Springfield, Mo., Thursday. A neo-Nazi group recently volunteered to clean up a roadway. The group is taking advantage of a 2005 Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Ku Klux Klan to volunteer and have its name added to similar highway signs. (Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press)
A Pakistani man held two sheep while riding on the back of a motorcycle on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday. (Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)
A man smoked a cigarette Thursday as he rested with his son at a Gaza City school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees. The U.N. urged Israel to reopen Gaza crossings following its withdrawal Wednesday. (Olivier Laban-Mattei/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Actor Forest Whitaker, left, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced nominations for the 81st Academy Awards Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” led with 13 nominations. The Oscars will be held Feb. 22 at Los Angeles’s Kodak Theatre. (UPI Photo/Landov)
Morgan Tsvangirai gave a young cholera patient a cup of clean water while visiting the Budiriro Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday. The cholera death toll in Zimbabwe has soared to more than 2,700, according to the World Health Organization. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/Associated Press)
Activists from the Socialist Unity Centre of India scuffled with police Thursday in Kolkata, India, during a strike to protest fuel and commodities price hikes in eastern India. People in the three states of Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa participated. (Jayanta Shaw/Reuters)
A Palestinian worked Thursday to repair a smuggling tunnel between Rafah, Gaza Strip, and Egypt. Hundreds of smugglers tried to repair dozens of tunnels damaged during Israel’s 22-day offensive. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
Surfers walked past a tractor-trailer in Pismo Beach, Calif., Wednesday. The truck fell off a cliff and onto the beach below after the driver lost control of the vehicle. No one was hurt. (Joe Johnston/The Tribune via Associated Press)
A group of people wore masks of President Barack Obama as they watched an Australian Open tennis match Thursday in Melbourne, Australia. (Mick Tsikas/Reuters
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