February 01, 2014
1 Medical personnel look for survivors following a reported airstrike on the Tariq al-Bab district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
2 Residents take cover behind Thai soldiers who were sent in to rescue people following clashes between anti- and pro-government groups at a major intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, on the eve of nationwide snap elections. At least seven people are reported wounded, including an American photojournalist.
3 French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany.
4 A villager runs as Mount Sinabung erupts at Sigarang-Garang village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province.
5 Fans try to get closer look at Spanish actor Antonio Banderas and French actress Juliette Binoche, in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 31, 2014. Banderas and Binoche are starring in a film that dramatizes the cave-in at a mine in Chile's Atacama desert and the globally televised rescue of the miners that mesmerized millions across the globe.
6 A folk artist on stilts performs at a temple fair celebrating the traditional Chinese Spring Festival on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Dongyue Temple, in Beijing.
7 Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong to celebrate the Year of the Horse.
8 Village headman Jo Kyu-sang, 92, takes video during Lunar New Year celebration at Gangneung, South Korea.
9 Bikers take part in the "Caravana del Zorro" (Caravan of the Fox), from Constitution Square in Guatemala City to Esquipulas, 220 km eastward. Some 35,000 motorcyclists marched in a pilgrimage to the Cristo Negro (Black Christ) Basilica, a 53-year-old tradition that was declared a Nation Heritage event.
10 A Colombian grower selects flowers in a farm in Facatativa for export before Valentine's Day, Jan. 31, 2014.
11 Olympic rings are displayed in Paris, France, with images against restriction of speech and freedom of information, repression of demonstrations, discrimination due to sexual orientation and migrant's exploitation, as part of a protest by human rights organizations a week before of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
12 A volunteer rides his snowboard along the practice slope for the alpine ski course of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
February 03, 2014
1 A woman runs for cover as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic. In what a French soldier on the scene described as the heaviest exchange of fire he'd seen since early December 2013, Muslim militias engaged Burundi troops who returned fire.
2 Damage is seen after an earthquake at Lixouri port on the island of Kefalonia, western Greece. The quake with a preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the island of before dawn, sending scared residents into the streets just over a week after a similar quake damaged hundreds of buildings.
3 The Olympic rings are cast in shadow as the sun sets behind the Bolshoy Ice Palace as preparations continue at Olympic Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
4 Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flows during an eruption as seen from Payung village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The rumbling volcano unleashed fresh clouds of searing gas, killing more than a dozen people.
5 African asylum seekers, who entered Israel illegally via Egypt, take part in a protest in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv. The migrants, primarily from Eritrea and Sudan, are calling for help in the face of Israel's refusal to grant them refugee status and its detention without trial of hundreds of asylum seekers.
6 Pedestrians trudge through dirty snow and slush as they pass through Union Square in New York. Another winter storm bears down on the eastern U.S., only a day after temperatures soared into the 50s (F).
7 People, one with a Ukrainian flag, attend a political speech on a stage set in Kyiv's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest.
8 Ice covers the trees in Postojna, Slovenia.
9 A memorial for movie actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is displayed in front of his apartment building in New York. The award-winning actor was found dead in his New York City apartment Sunday of an apparent drug overdose, according to a police department source.
10 This image of Saturn, taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Nov. 23, 2013 and released Monday, was taken using a spectral filter that preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers) from Saturn. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
11 Iranian youths play with snow at Tochal mountain, just north of Tehran. The heaviest snowstorm in five decades has blanketed provinces in northern Iran, cutting power supplies and trapping villagers, Iranian media reported.
12 Believer Benito Martinez (C), dressed as a "devil" wearing a mask, walks around in Almonacid del Marquesado, in central Spain, during the "Endiablada" traditional festival. The traditional festival honors San Blas (Saint Blaise).
13 An employee at Tate Britain in Central London poses for a photograph next to Richard Deacon's "After" during a press preview of the sculptor's major exhibition. Deacon's work will be on display from Feb. 5 to April 27.
14 Sunlight shines through hanging incense coils at the Tin Hau Temple in the Yau Ma Tei area of Hong Kong on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year holiday.
February 04, 2014
1 Snowboarder Sven Thorgren of Sweden trains on the slopestyle snowboard course during practice for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor, Russia.
2 A boy looks through the window of the Saraswati temple, its walls filled with writings, during the Shreepanchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Children are given their first writing and reading lessons at the temple during this festival in the belief that the goddess of education, Saraswati, will help them excel in education.
3 Sri Lankan military personnel march during the country's 66th Independence Day celebrations in the central town of Kegalle, about 40 kms from the capital Colombo.
4 A woman walks past a street mural in New York.
5 Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, perform prayers while sitting inside circles of burning "Upale" - dried cow dung cakes - on the banks of the Ganges River during the Magh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
6 Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, takes a picture with his mobile phone as his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif watches him during their news briefing in Tehran, Iran.
7 Supporters attend a symbolic same-sex marriage outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland votedy to allow same-sex marriages, becoming the 17th country to give the green light to gay marriages and paving the way for the first wedding ceremonies later this year.
8 Ethnic Yi women are seen on their way to a dragon worship ceremony in Shiping county, Yunnan province. The dragon worship ceremony is held every 12 years to pray for good fortune and harvest.
9 A detailed view of a glass sculpture 'Blue Chill Seaform Set with Marigold Lip Wraps' by U.S. artist Dale Chihuly, is on display during the launch of an exhibition of his work 'Dale Chihuly: Beyond the Object' at the Halcyon Gallery in London.
10 Members of the National Security Force practice crowd control during training to provide security at the 2014 World Cup, in Brasilia, Brazil. The World Cup will be held in 12 cities in Brazil in June.
11 Snow falls on the statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in the borough of Manhattan in New York, Feb. 3, 2014.
February 05, 2014
1 A worker cuts ice-covered branches with a chainsaw in Postojna, Slovenia. Cars stood entombed in a crystal-like casing near the deserted railway station in Postojna.
2 Flowers and a portrait of a victim, killed during the eruption of Mt. Sinabung volcano, are left by relatives on a hill in Karo district with the volcano in the background. The volcanic eruption killed 15 people in a weekend and hot ash and rocks shot high into the air again on February 3, halting a search for any more victims.
3 A Pakistani child waves a flag of the fundamentalist Islamic political party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) during the Kashmir Solidarity Day rally in Karachi. Hundreds of people rallied across Pakistan to denounce Indian rule in Kashmir, the disputed Muslim-majority Himalayan state divided between India and Pakistan.
4 Newhaven Lighthouse is battered by waves during stormy weather on the southern coast of England. More than 8,000 homes were without power in southwest England after fresh storms battered the region, sending huge waves crashing onto the coastline and damaging sea defenses.
5 Schoolchildren attend a class while sitting near photographs of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez and Cuba's former President Fidel Castro at the Hugo Chavez Frias primary school in Havana. Different activities will be held in Cuba and in other countries during February and early March as a tribute to Chavez who died March 5, 2013.
6 Speedskaters from Russia train at the Adler Arena Skating Center prior to the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
7 Supporters of a far-right Ukrainian party Svoboda march along the street near Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest in Kyiv, Ukraine.
8 Commuters wait for their bus in blowing snow in Chicago, Illinois. Heavy, blowing snow is moving across much of Illinois as the state gets pelted by the latest round of winter weather.
9 An anti-government protester with his face painted attends a gathering in Bangkok, Thailand.
10 Former England soccer star David Beckham holds a soccer ball at a Miami news conference where he announced he will exercise his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion team in Miami, Florida.
11 Canada's Sarah Reid speeds down the track during an unofficial women skeleton progressive training at the Sanki sliding center in Rosa Khutor, a venue for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics near Sochi, Russia.
12 Visitors look at ice sculptures during the 65th annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Japan. The week-long festival started with a total of 198 snow statues on display and expects to attract around two million visitors.
February 06, 2014
1 Ellie, a horticulturist at Kew, stands on a ladder as she makes final adjustments during a media preview of an Orchid festival at Kew Botanical Gardens in London. The exhibition is open to the public from Feb. 8 to March 9, and it includes a new new Phalaenopsis hybrid 'Diamond Sky' that has not been seen before.
2 Protesters shout slogans against Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during a demonstration in Ankara.
3 An anti-government protester checks messages from her mobile phone at a rally site in Bangkok, Thailand.
4 Miners of Harmony Gold's Doornkop mine gather to mourn their colleagues who died in a mining accident in Doornkop, southwest of Johannesburg. Eight mineworkers trapped in an underground fire were found dead after overnight searches in one of South Africa's worst mine accidents since 2009.
5 People take a gas stove out of a damaged building following air strikes in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, as the heavy casualty toll from the strikes has sparked a mass exodus.
6 People look the Spanish cargo ship "Luno" that slammed into a jetty in the choppy Atlantic Ocean waters and broke in two, off Anglet, southwestern France. The ship had been heading to a nearby port when its engine failed and the rough waves carried it into the jetty.
7 People wearing Guy Fawkes masks hold pictures of pro-presidential Regions' Party parliament members during a symbolic funeral in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine. Several thousand opposition protesters marched to pressure members of parliament to change the constitution so that the presidency's powers can be curbed.
8 A view of the Grenoble-Bastille cable car with the city of Grenoble, France, in the background. Téléphérique de Grenoble Bastille, also affectionately known as "Les bulles" (the bubbles), was inaugurated on Sept. 29, 1934.
9 Armin Zoeggeler of Italy has his feet and the track reflected in his helmet as he starts a run during a training session for the men's singles luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
10 A mother and her child feed birds in the Belarus capital, Minsk.
11 A pigeon eyes a piece of bread outside the Greek Parliament, as anti-austerity protesters hold up banners in Athens, Greece.
12 Chinese visitors enjoy sledding and skating on the partially frozen Houhai Lake during the Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing.
13 China's Ning Qin competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Moguls qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia.
14 A Nepalese man sits beside intricately-carved windows and doors at the Bhaktapur Durbar Square area in Bhaktapur, some 12 kilometers southeast of Kathmandu. Bhaktapur, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was once the capital of Nepal during the great Malla Kingdom until the second half of the 15th century.
February 07, 2014
1 Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
2 Performers dance during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
3 Switzerland's Simon Ammann soars through the air during the men's ski jumping individual normal hill training event of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Rosa Khutor, Russia.
4 An Afghan child warms herself near a traditional "sandali" stove at her family's home in Herat.
5 PK12 Chadian troops escort thousands of Muslim residents from Bangui and Mbaiki, fleeing the Central African Republic's capital Bangui in a mass exodus using cars, pickups, trucks, lorries and motorcycles. Tit-for-tat violence killed more than 1,000 people in Bangui alone in December.
6 A combination picture shows musicians from the Vegetable Orchestra posing with their instruments which are made from vegetables, in Haguenau, eastern France.
7 Protesters splash police officers with red paint as demonstrators gather in Pristina to demand the resignation of the dean and a number of teaching staff of Pristina University, Kosovo. Five policemen and about a dozen students were injured when anti-riot police used pepper spray and batons to disperse protesters who have been peacefully blocking the rectorate of Pristina University for seven days.
8 Student-participants from Asian countries prepare to race their hand-made fuel-efficient vehicles during the competition dubbed Shell Eco-Marathon (SEM) Asia in Manila, Philippines. Organizers said the race has attracted 109 students from 15 countries in Asia and the Middle East and is aimed to " showcase their innovations in sustainable mobility."
9 Two men walk along an alley of plane trees in Frankfurt, Germany.
10 Rescuers secure houses in the center of Quimperle, western France, which has been flooded by the Laita river. Floods caused by heavy rains left the streets of some coastal towns underwater.
11 Oliver Dickens, 9, looks at the newly installed statue of his late great, great, great grandfather British writer Charles Dickens at Guildhall Square in Portsmouth.
12 Fans have fun during the New Zealand rugby Sevens in Wellington.
13 Seagulls fly over boats in the Rangoon river in Rangoon, Burma.
February 08, 2014
1 Two chocolate heads are seen in a pile of chocolate at the Brussels Chocolate Festival, Belgium.
2 United States' Sage Kotsenburg celebrates after winning the men's snowboard slopestyle final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
3 Debris and trees covered with dust after volcanic eruptions from Mount Sinabung at the abandoned village Kutarayat in Karo, Indonesia. More than 30,000 people have been displaced and as many as 16 people have been killed as Mount Sinabung continues spewing smoke and hot ash.
4 A protester, with a taped mouth, stands with a sign during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, against the detainment of Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt.
5 Hundreds of Taiwanese release lanterns in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, in hopes of good fortune and prosperity in the Chinese New Year before the traditional Lantern Festival. The festival falls on Feb. 14.
6 Firefighters attempt to put out a fire in a slum at Modhubagh in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A child was burnt alive and hundreds of shanties were gutted during the fire that originated from a cooking oven in the slum, firefighters said.
7 Cast member Matt Damon prepares to sign autographs during the 64th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.
8 A dog is pictured during the 2014 New York Pet Fashion Show, Feb. 7, 2014.
9 Models wear netting on their heads to protect their makeup before the Nonoo 2014 Fall/Winter collection presentation during New York Fashion Week, Feb. 7, 2014.
10 Flowers are covered with snow in Tokyo. The Japan Meteorological Agency said wide areas of Japan will be hit by snowfall, with a rapidly developing low-pressure front heading northeast along the south side of the Honshu main island.
11 Natalia Popova of Ukraine competes during the figure skating team ladies short program at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
12 Canada's Sarah Reid speeds down the track during a women's skeleton training session at the Sanki sliding center in Rosa Khutor, a venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics, near Sochi, Russia.
February 09, 2014
1 Lightning strikes behind the Port of Buceo during a thunderstorm early on Sunday morning in Montevideo, Uruguay.
2 Two women mourn the death of two relatives killed in the 5th district, one the of the city's central neighborhoods, in Bangui, Central African Republic. The International Criminal Court in the Hague said on February 7 it had opened an initial probe into war crimes in CAR.
3 Villagers, who were affected by volcanic ash from the Mt. Sinabung eruption, form a long line to pick up donations in Batu Karang, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The rumbling volcano in western Indonesia continues unleashing fresh clouds of searing gas.
4 Limonov Egor Dmitrievich wears face paint in the colors of the Russian flag at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
5 Performers take part in a dragon dance during a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
6 A man walks at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district.
7 Men's Pro Open riders compete in the Canadian Snowcross Racing Association's (CSRA) Kawartha Cup in Lindsay, Ontario. The snowmobile event is part of CSRA's professional circuit of racing in Ontario and Quebec.
8 Actor Shia LaBeouf poses for photographers, with a paper bag over his head that says 'I am not famous anymore,' on the red carpet for the film "Nymphomaniac" at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin.
9 A South Korea Air Force aerobatic team, Black Eagles, flies in formation during a media preview ahead of Singapore's Airshow. Asia's top aerospace and defense show opens on February 11.
10 Shoes designed by Manolo Blahnik are displayed during the Fall 2014 collection at New York Fashion Week.
11 Rion, a Bedlington Terrier, waits to check in with his owners at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Dogs are arriving for the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show that starts on Monday.
12 People throw colored powder in the air at the Color Run in Sydney, Australia. The event is a 5-km (3.1-mile) fun run where participants are covered with bright-colored powder at each check station and is less about speed and more about enjoying a day with friends and family.
February 10, 2014
1 A diver feeds a ray with heart-shaped squid meat dyed red at the Sunshrine Aquarium in Tokyo as a feature for Valentine's Day.
2 Elementary school pupils use doormats as improvised protective headgear during an earthquake drill in Paranaque city, metro Manila. The drill aims to educate students and school staff on how to properly respond during high-intensity earthquakes.
3 Buddhist devotees wait to offer gold to the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda, also known as the Golden Rock Pagoda, in Mon State, Burma, photo made available Feb. 10, 2014.
4 Men's normal hill ski jumping gold medalist Poland's Kamil Stoch, jumps on the podium as silver medalist Slovenia's Peter Prevc, and bronze medalist Norway's Anders Bardal, applaud during their medal ceremony at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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6 Rough waves lash a lighthouse and a pier at Douro's river mouth in Porto, Portugal.
7 Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest, against Uganda's increasingly tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi.
8 An actor performs at the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
February 11, 2014
1 An African asylum seeker, who entered Israel illegally via Egypt, uses handcuffs and raises up his hands painted in black and white during a protest in front of the Israeli Interior Ministry in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv after several days of mass protests against Israel's immigration policies.
2 A man sits in a boat pulled by another man through a flooded street, in the center of the village of Datchet, England. The River Thames has burst its banks after reaching its highest level in years, flooding riverside towns upstream of London.
3 Canada's Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers compete during the Figure Skating Pairs Short Program at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
4 Canada's Sarah Reid starts in a women's skeleton training session during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games at the Sanki Sliding Center in Rosa Khutor in Russia.
5 The Water fountain (Jet d'eau) is seen in front the Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland.
6 A Komondorak in the judging ring at Pier 92 and 94 Madison Square Garden in New York City on the second day of competition at the 138th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
7 A man rides a bicycle as the sun sets on the Mediterranean coast of Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 10, 2014.
8 Nepalese Hindu devotees dressed as the Hindu god Madhav Narayan look on during the Madhav Narayan festival in Thecho in Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Married and unmarried women in the Himalayan nation are marking the month-long fast of the Narayan festival in the hope of a prosperous life and conjugal happiness.
February 12, 2014
1 A gondola used to transport people to the biathlon and cross country skiing venues is silhouetted against the rising moon in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
2 A Rufous Treepie bird (Dendrocitta Vagabunda) flies among Simolu flowers in a tree on the outskirts of Guwahati, India.
3 A priest speaks through a megaphone to riot police and anti-government protesters at the site of recent clashes in Kyiv, Ukraine.
4 Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah looks into the heads-up display of a Republic of Singapore Air Force Lockheed F16-D Fighting Falcon at the Singapore Airshow.
5 F16 jets of the Singapore Air Force aerobatics team the Black Knights perform a maneuver during the Singapore Airshow.
6 Women walk near the site of an attack on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. Militants killed several members of an anti-Taliban militia in country's northwestern city, police said.
7 Commuters stand on the door of a passenger train as milk containers hang on the windows in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
8 The Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), in the grasp of the Kibo laboratory robotic arm, is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member on the International Space Station as it deploys a set of NanoRacks CubeSats.
9 Couples from around the world participate in a mass wedding ceremony at the CheongShim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea. Some 2,500 South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church's mass wedding arranged by Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church.
10 The dome displays impressions of the universe during the presentation of the new show 'Journey to a Billion Suns', produced in cooperation with the European Space Agency ESA and planetariums in the world, in the Zeiss Planetarium in Jena, central Germany.
11 One of the two one-year-old albino alligators is seen in a vivarium at the Tropical aquarium in Paris, France. The two alligators are the result of a captive breeding program which protects endangered species and will be presented to the public in a vivarium.
12 A production staff member places position markers representing guests ahead of the BAFTA awards at the Royal Opera House in central London. The BAFTA film awards will take place on Feb. 16, 2014.
13 Large waves crash over Church Rock as hurricane force winds reach the coastline at Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain.
14 A flock of migrating starlings fly before landing to sleep during the sunset near the southern Israeli village of Tidhar, in the northern Israeli Negev desert.
February 13, 2014
1 A street vendor prepares herbal juice for sale in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2 A long line of travelers winds around the atrium at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport when operations return after the effects of a major winter storm halted flights for three days in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
3 Passerby Leo Cruz helps push a car from the frozen roadside in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. The owner abandoned the car overnight during the winter storm.
4 A woman packs a bouquet of 99 roses for the upcoming Valentine's Day at a market in Beijing, China.
5 Riot police use tear gas and water canon to disperse protesters as they try to march to the parliament during a protest against Turkey's ruling AK Party and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
6 In this image made with a multiple exposure, Finland's Antti Ollila competes in the men's ski slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
7 A girl sticks out her tongue during a snowfall on a street in Hefei, Anhui province, China.
8 A demonstrator jumps on a shield wall formed by riot police during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Feb. 12, 2014.
9 Herdsmen take part in a horse race during a local snow festival in Altay, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.
February 14, 2014
1 Rebel fighters walk in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State, South Sudan.
2 A man holds a smoke bomb as anti-government protesters take part in a protest rally in front of the Prosecutor General building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Protesters armed with shields and clubs demanded the government stop prosecuting cases against anti-government activists involved in clashes with police.
3 A combination picture shows (top row L-R) Belarus' Hanna Huskova, Australia's Laura Peel, China's Zhang Xin, (bottom row L-R) Russia's Alexandra Orlova, Ukraine's Anastasiya Novosad, Australia's Lydia Lassila crashing during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor, Russia.
4 The moon rises over the mountains behind the public entrance to the Olympic Park at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
5 Slippers prepare the course ahead of the slalom portion of the men's supercombined at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
6 Men wearing pig masks carry their girlfriends on their backs as they run to be selected as finalists during a kissing contest held in celebration of Valentine's Day at the Happy Valley amusement park in Beijing, China. About 100 couples competed in the contest and an iPhone 5S was presented to the winning couple.
7 A resident twirls a can with holes filled with burning wood chips and straw to celebrate the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, in Yongin, South Korea.
8 Groom Tanapatpurin Samangnitit and his bride Sunantaluk Kongkoon, lie in a coffin during a wedding ceremony at Wat Takien temple in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. Seven couples laid in the pink coffin during the wedding ceremony organized by the Buddhist temple on Valentine's Day. Couples believe laying briefly in the coffin will get rid of bad luck and usher happiness into their lives.
9 Protesters take part in a demonstration against Russia's 'anti-gay' laws outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in London.
10 Children from the Esse Ejja ethnic group are seen after the flooding in Rurrenabaque, some 286 km (178 miles) of Trinidad in Bolivia, Feb. 13, 2014. Floodwaters continue to sweep across the country and authorities work to rush food and aid to victims, according to local media.
11 Rescue and fire personnel assist on the scene of a 100-car chain reaction pileup accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike eastbound in Feasterville. Icy weather conditions contributed to the accident. It is expected to take hours to remove all of the debris from the massive crash scene, which stretches for miles.
12 A motorist opens a car door before digging out in Albany, New York. Schools are closed across a swath of eastern New York from the mid-Hudson Valley to the Albany area as the region starts to dig out from 12 to 20 inches of snow dumped by the latest winter storm.
13 A boy holds his baby sister, who survived what activists say was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Masaken Hanano in Aleppo.
14 An Afghan refugee girl presents a stuffed toy with a heart-shaped ribbon to her friend on Valentine's Day in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
15 A woman picks a paper panda during a press conference at the Taipei City Zoao, Taiwan. One hundred paper pandas are on display as part of celebrations to mark the zoo's 100th anniversary which will fall on Oct. 31, 2014.
16 Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok on Makha Bucha Day. Makha Bucha Day honors Buddha and his teachings, and falls on the full moon day of the third lunar month.
17 Roses are placed on the Pont des Arts over the River Seine as part on a publicity campaign on Valentine's Day in Paris, France.
18 The Google logo is spelled out in heliostats (mirrors that track the sun and reflect the sunlight onto a central receiving point) during a tour of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border, USA. The project, a partnership of NRG, BrightSource, Google and Bechtel, is the world's largest solar thermal facility and uses 347,000 sun-facing mirrors to produce 392 megawatts of electricity, enough energy to power more than 140,000 homes.
February 15, 2014
1 Slovenia's players celebrate at the end of the Men's Ice Hockey Group A match Slovakia vs Slovenia at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. Slovenia won 1-3.
2 Soldiers and rescuers carry a woman to a truck following the eruption of Mount Kelud, in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
3 A passenger eats snow to quell thirst and hunger after a bus stalled on Bhimdatta Pant Highway during heavy snowfall in the far western region of Nepal, around 800 km (497 miles) from Kathmandu.
4 Afghan labors work at a charcoal shop on the outskirts of Kabul.
5 Interior Ministry members detain a man during a protest rally held by opposition activists and members of the Other Russia movement in St. Petersburg. Demonstrators demanded an abolishment of the results of the privatization of the state property and primary resources which took place in the 1990s and protested against plans by authorities for further privatization, according to organizers.
6 Boys are silhouetted against the setting sun while playing cricket in Karachi, Pakistan.
7 Montenegro police officers guard a government building during a protest in Podgorica. The demonstrators demanded the resignation of the government of long-standing Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. They accuse his government of rampant corruption, unemployment and economic mismanagement.
8 Large waves hit the lighthouse and harbor at Newhaven in Sussex, southern England. Britain was hit by a third storm in a week causing damage and compounding the record levels of floodwaters in the south and west of the country.
9 A Coton de Tulear dog is blown by strong winds on the beach in Lyme Regis, southern England, Feb. 14, 2014.
10 Honor guards stand near a monument in Minsk, Belarus, commemorating the Soviet victims of the war in Afghanistan, along with many former Soviet states, marked the 25th anniversary of the Soviet troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan where they fought for more than nine years.
11 A commercial airliner's schlieren can be seen while crossing the full moon, or Hunger Moon, over Whittier, California, on its final approach to LAX, Feb. 14, 2014.
12 Models display Autumn/Winter designs by Martin Lamothe during Madrid's Fashion Week, Spain.
13 Fireworks from the Philippines light up the sky at the opening of the 5th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila. The fireworks display, which will run for six consecutive weekends, features 11 countries, including Australia, China, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, the United States and the host country Philippines.
14 People try to get a view of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives for a tour of the Foton Cummins Engine plant in Beijing, China.
February 17, 2014
1 Secretary of State John Kerry takes a selfie with a group of students before delivering a speech on climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 16, 2014.
2 Farmers wearing face masks protest outside the temporary office of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok.
3 Russia's Ilya Burov crashes after landing during men's freestyle skiing aerials qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
4 A firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire which broke out on piles of reed at a paper factory in Changde, Hunan province, China, Feb. 16, 2014.
5 A Thai anti-government protester (R) stands next to soldiers during a protest against the government's repeatedly delayed payments for rice submitted to the pledging scheme at the government's temporary office in Bangkok.
6 A suspected illegal miner talks to emergency personnel after emerging from an abandoned gold shaft in Benoni, east of Johannesburg.
7 A villager walks near houses covered by ash from the eruption of Mount Kelud at Ngantang village in Malang, Indonesia's East Java province, Feb. 16, 2014.
8 Tourists sunbathe on the beach in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat, one of Israel's most popular holiday spots.
9 A young spectator has the Russian flag painted on the cheeks at the men's snowboard cross competition venue. The competitons were cancelled due to the lack of visibility at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
10 Performers from a Chinese ballet company, Zhang Yashu (top), Tang Chenglong and Mi Xia (R), perform during a photo shoot in front of Australian iconic landmarks, the Opera House (L) and the Harbour Bridge, in Sydney, Australia.
11 Picture released by the official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Iranian women and a girl holding up portraits of him during a meeting in Tehran.
February 18, 2014
1 Burnt bushes smolder after a fire in Taman Bukit Melawati park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2 Interior Ministry members are on fire, caused by molotov cocktails hurled by anti-government protesters, as they stand guard during clashes in Kyiv. Several thousand anti-government protesters clashed with police near Ukraine's parliament, torching vehicles and hurling stones in the worst violence to rock the capital in more than three weeks.
3 Charity workers push an injured Thai policeman on a stretcher after an explosion during a clash between policemen and anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Thailand.
4 Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah listen to his speech during a campaign rally in Jalalabad.
5 A woman sits on a bench on a flooded Thames riverside path in Staines, southern England, Feb. 17, 2014. Tens of thousands have been left without power, others evacuated from their homes after the wettest January on record pushed river banks to breaking point.
6 Artificially dyed chicks on sale at a market in Chumphuang market, northeast Thailand. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand/VOA reader)
7 Models display Autumn/Winter designs by Carlos Diez during Madrid Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 17, 2014.
8 Cyclists ride through the desert during the first stage of the Tour of Oman, 168.5 km from al-Suwaiq Fort to al-Naseem Park in the North Batna province, north of the capital Muscat.
9 A mother Blotched Blue-Tongue lizard smells a strawberry during the first time display of its seven babies at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo, Australia.
10 Spectators look on in the snow during the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor in Russia.
February 19, 2014
1 Andorra's Joan Verdu Sanchez crashes during the first run of the men's alpine skiing giant slalom event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Russia.
2 The moon is seen above the mountains in Rosa Khutor during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
3 Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, left, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second from left, along with officials get ready to receive Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India.
4 A Lebanese man helps an injured woman, as they pass the site of an explosion, near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon. The bombing in a Shi'ite district in southern Beirut killed at least six people, Lebanese official news service said.
5 Anti-government protesters use a sling to fire objects towards Interior Ministry members and riot police in central Kyiv. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych accused pro-European opposition leaders of trying to seize power by force after at least 26 people died in the worst violence since the former Soviet republic gained independence.
6 Traditional dancers gather at the airport before the arrival of Moroccan King Mohammed VI in Bamako, Mali, Feb. 18, 2014.
7 An anti-government protester stands near Thai soldiers guarding the Defence Ministry compound, which is serving as a temporary office for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, in north Bangkok,
8 Children drag water containers as it snows in Kabul, Afghanistan.
9 A gust of wind blows Pope Francis's mantle as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican.
10 A Cossack militiaman attacks Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and a photographer as she and fellow members of the punk group Pussy Riot stage a protest performance in Sochi, Russia.
11 Britain's Prince Charles wears a traditional Saudi outfit as he attends the traditional Saudi dancing best known as 'Arda', performed during Janadriya culture festival at Der'iya in Riyadh, Feb. 18, 2014.
12 Rich Lukasik hits practice golf shots in the snow in Cream Ridge, New Jersey, USA.
February 20, 2014
1 A 200-meter-high chimney, built from about 7,000 tons of concrete, bricks and steel, is brought down in a controlled explosion at Port Kembla, south of Sydney, Australia. Nearly 1,000 explosive charges were placed around the copper stack, which broke into at least two pieces just before hitting the ground as thousands of people gathered to watch the explosion.
2 Protesters burn as they stand behind burning barricades during clashes with police in Kyiv. Ukraine's embattled leader announced a "truce" with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation.
3 A Somali woman carries her belongings as she flees from the Heliwa district in the north of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia. Residents in Mogadishu said that hundreds of families were fleeing the capital after a spike in the number of clashes between militants and pro-government troops.
4 Egypt Al-Ahly fans chant slogans in support of their team ahead of the African Super Cup final football match against Tunisia's Club Sportif Sfaxien in Cairo.
5 Residents collect water from a water tank in Balakong, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Residents in some areas of Klang Valley faced water shortage caused by dams running low on water due to dry weather, according to local sources.
6 A fan is stuck by a jumping cholla cactus on the 15th hole during the first round of the World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play Championship at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, USA, Feb. 19, 2014. (Credit: Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports)
7 This is the first map of radioactivity in a supernova remnant, the blown-out bits and pieces of a massive star that exploded. The blue color shows radioactive material mapped in high-energy X-rays using NuSTAR. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/SAO)
8 South Korea's Kim Hae-jin competes during the free skating program at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia.
9 The car driven by Parker Kligerman (30) goes over cars driven by Paul Menard (27) and Ryan Truex (83) as Trevor Bayne (21) drives past during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, Feb. 19, 2014.
10 A fan of the U.S. dressed in a costume in the colors of the national flag gestures ahead of the women's ice hockey gold medal game against Canada at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia.
February 21, 2014
1 The red arc in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is a giant shock wave, created by a speeding star known as Kappa Cassiopeiae. It is a massive, hot supergiant moving at around 2.5 million mph relative to its neighbors (1,100 kilometers per second). But what really makes the star stand out is the surrounding, streaky red glow of material called a bow shock, in its path. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
2 Footprints of a Cabypara are seen on the cracked grounds of the Jaguari dam in Joanopollis, 136 km (77 miles) from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
3 Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych shakes hands with opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko (L) after signing an EU-mediated peace deal, aiming to end a violent standoff that has left dozens dead and opening the way for an early presidential election this year, at the presidential headquarters in Kyiv.
4 A view of the Delta IV rocket streaking across the sky after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is seen from Port Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 20, 2014.
5 A cat is seen at Kennedy Park in Miraflores district, in Lima, Peru. A colony of about 200 cats live in the park.
6 Martin Truex Jr. (78) drives his burning car across the grass after a crash during the second of two NASCAR Sprint Cup series qualifying auto races at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, Feb. 20, 2014.
7 Ice cover on the Great Lakes is seen in a NASA image taken by the GOES-East satellite on Feb. 19, 2014.
8 Canada's winner Marielle Thompson, second-placed compatriot Kelsey Serwa, and Sweden's third-placed Anna Holmlund (L-R) jump on the podium after the women's freestyle skicross finals at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in in Rosa Khutor, Russia.
9 Local residents look at the paper pandas designed by French artist Paulo Grangeon, during an exhibition called "Pandas on Tour" in Taipei, Taiwan.
10 A costumed reveller poses near Saint Mark's square during the carnival titled " Wonder and Fantasy Nature", in Venice, Italy.
February 22, 2014
1 In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, top center, leads a consistory inside the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI joined Pope Francis at a ceremony creating the cardinals who will elect their successor in an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future.
2 Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is greeted by supporters shortly after being freed from prison in Kharkiv. Tymoshenko said she will run for president in May.
3 People express their joy in front of the main building of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's residency near Kyiv. Ukraine's parliament voted to dismiss President Viktor Yanukovych and called for early presidential elections on May 25, but the embattled leader said he would not resign or leave the country.
4 Adi tribal women from Arunachal Pradesh in their traditional attire listen to the speech of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a public rally in Pasighat, in east Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh state.
5 Opposition supporters march to protest against Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela.
6 A fighter from the Christian "anti-balaka" militia holds a machete in his mouth at the headquarters in the northern Bangui suburb of Boeing, Central African Republic.
7 Paint covers the shields of French CRS riot police during clashes with protesters in Nantes, western France, to demonstrate against the construction of a new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) away.
8 Tourists and visitors queue outside the temple of Abu Simbel at the upper reaches of the Nile in Aswan, around 1264 km (785 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, to see the dawn light up the temple's inner sanctum, marking the anniversary of Pharoah Ramses II's coronation.
9 A man wearing a mask amid the heavy haze in Beijing, China. The country's capital, under fire to take effective measures against air pollution, raised its four-tiered alert system to "orange" for the first time, as heavy smog was forecast to roll into the city over the next three days.
10 Models wear creations of Roberto Cavalli women's Fall-Winter 2014-15 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, Italy.
11 Arrested Kashmiri state government employees shout anti-government slogans while crammed inside a police truck in Srinagar. Indian police detained dozens of government employees as they tried to stage a protest march demanding the regularisation of contractual jobs and an increase in salary.
12 A Chinese workers moves amongst some of 5,000 clay pots containing fermenting chilli peppers used to make spicy hotpot, which is a famous local dish in Choongqing.
February 24, 2014
1 A mourner is seen through a barricade in Kyiv's Independent Square. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, ousted after bloody street protests in which demonstrators were shot by police snipers, is wanted for mass murder, authorities announced on Monday.
2 People pose for a photo with a set of Olympics rings at Olympic Park, a day after the closing ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
3 A couple wearing face masks walk along a street on a hazy afternoon in Beijing, China. China has sent teams of investigators to parts of the country worst hit by air pollution as part of efforts to stop the heavy smog engulfing about 15 percent of the country, including Beijing.
4 A woman poses for a photo at the base of the Soviet Army monument in Sofia, Bulgaria, parts of which have been painted in the colors of the Ukranian flag by an unknown person, Feb. 23, 2014.
5 Performers recreate the fifth Olympic ring that didn't open in the opening ceremony during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 23, 2014.
6 A Formosan Black Bear and paper pandas are positioned during an exhibition called "Pandas on Tour" near the 101 building in Tainan, Taiwan. Some 1,600 paper-made pandas are on display, designed by French artist Paulo Grangeon.
7 People arrive in Kyiv's Independent Square, Ukraine, past a makeshift memorial for those killed in recent violence.
8 Models present creations from the DSquared2 Autumn/Winter 2014 collection during Milan Fashion Week, Italy.
9 Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signs an anti-homosexual bill into law at the state house in Entebbe, 36 km (22 miles) south west of capital Kampala.
10 A participant dressed up as a leopard posed for a photo in the annual 3.5-km Undie Run held in the Olympic Forest Park in smog-covered Beijing, China, Feb. 23, 2014.
February 25, 2014
1 Afghan refugee boys play in a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
2 South Koreans hold their North Korean relatives' hands after the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain in North Korea.
3 An anti-Yanukovych protester cries near a memorial for the people killed in clashes with the police at Kyiv's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest in Ukraine.
4 A man sits on a chair in the house of Ukraine's former prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka in the village of Gorenichy outside Kyiv.
5 Riot police take cover as protesters use fireworks against them during a demonstration against the opening of a new road including a part of the Middle East Technical University campus in Ankara, Turkey.
6 Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Jerusalem's Old City.
7 A member of the honor guard awaits the arrival of Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
8 Photo taken by the Expedition 38 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on January 30, 2014 shows the night view of the Korean Peninsula, and North Korea in the middle is almost completely dark compared to neighboring South Korea (bottom right) and China (top left).
9 Dancers parade during the Nice Carnival in Nice, southeastern France. The theme of this year's carnival, running from Feb. 14 until March 4, 2014, is the "King of Gastronomy".
10 A Cherry-crowned Mangabey cub sits in the arms of its mother and next to the father inside the monkey house at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, Germany.
February 26, 2014
1 A protester walks in front of burning tires as they block a street in Libya's second city of Benghazi after the killings of two policemen. The fatal shootings of the two officers came just a day after the U.N. mission in Libya voiced "deep concern" over the near-daily violence plaguing the North African country, particularly the east.
2 Thai police commandos take a rest during an anti-terrorist exercise at Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand.
3 The cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen outside Giglio harbor, Italy. Captain Francesco Schettino returns to Giglio island for the first time since the shipwreck of the cruise liner in 2012 in which 32 people died. The captain is expected to tour the wreck as part of his ongoing trial.
4 Pope Francis kisses a boy dressed as a pope as he arrives for his general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
5 Luo Jinsha drives his self-made aircraft during a test flight on the outskirts of Shanghai, China. Luo, 28, a migrant worker living in Shanghai, spent around eight months and 40,000 yuan ($6,529) to build the plane to fulfil his dream to fly. Despite failing during the first test flight, Luo said he will not give up hope on improving his plane so as to eventually fly it successfully. The aircraft was able to move quickly on the ground but could not take to the air on second attempt.
6 A model presents a creation of British fashion designer Gareth Pugh's ready-to-wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris, France.
7 A women dressed as Hindu Goddess Kali participates in a procession on the eve of Shivratri festival, in Jammu, India.
8 Dancers parade during the Nice Carnival, southeastern France.
February 27, 2014
1 A pair of boots sit on top of a barricade at Independence Square, the epicenter of current unrest in Kyiv. Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of armed pro-Russia men stormed and seized local government buildings in country's Crimea region and raised a Russian flag over a barricade.
2 Demonstrators use slingshots against National Guard troopers during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in San Cristobal, about 410 miles (660 km) southwest of Caracas.
3 Children play with a suitcase in a IDP camp for the Nuer ethnic group inside the UNMISS compound in Bor, South Sudan. Thousands have been killed and almost 900,000 forced from their homes by more two months of battles between rebel and government forces, backed by troops from neighboring Uganda.
4 A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, cleans his teeth using a twig at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.
5 An Indian Hindu devotee holds a python during a procession for Maha Shivaratri, dedicated to the Hindu god Lord Shiva, in Allahabad, India. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction.
6 People taking part in a protest against poor sanitation run away from a water cannon and stun grenades fired by members of the South African Police Services in Cape Town.
7 Women dressed in costumes for "Weiberfastnacht" (Women's Carnival) celebrate in front of Cologne's Cathedral, Germany.
8 Dancers of the state opera ballet perform during a dress rehearsal for the Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria.
9 Children cool off at a park during a warm day in Singapore. Singapore and Malaysia are grappling with some of the driest weather they have ever seen, forcing the tiny city-state to ramp up supplies of recycled water while its neighbor rations reserves amid disruptions to farming and fisheries.
10 A nominee for Queen of the Carnival of Santa Cruz shows off her outfit under the watchful eyes of the jury in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, Feb. 26, 2014.
11 Members of the Nepalese army demonstrate their skills during the Army Day celebrations, which falls on the same day as the Shivaratri festival, in Kathmandu.
February 28, 2014
1 Trainers direct dolphins performing at a dolphinarium in Pyongyang, North Korea.
2 Girls use a plastic sheet to protect themselves from rain on the banks of River Ganges in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
3 A man rides off with his bicycle outside a train station in Singapore.
4 A boy falls off a paddle board made with plastic bottles during a surfing lesson at a beach in Lima, Peru, Feb. 27, 2014.
5 A worker installs loudspeakers at the venue of a rally organized by India's Samajwadi Party at a parade ground in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
6 Members of the opening committee perform at the Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 27, 2014. The 18 to 24-year-olds spent weeks rehearsing for a performance that lasts just three or four minutes but had a huge audience at home and abroad.
7 Monks dressed as Tibetan Buddhism characters attend a religious ceremony, known as "Da Gui" or beating ghost, to celebrate the upcoming Tibetan New Year which starts on March 1 at Yonghegong Lama Temple, in Beijing.
8 A participant in the competition for the longest ash is dizzied by the smoke of his cigar during the XVI Cuba Cigar festival, in Havana, Feb. 27, 2014.
9 Papier mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are seen displayed outside the Taipei City Hall in Taiwan as part of an exhibition called "Pandas on Tour".
10 A Pakistani horse cart driver transports plastic bottles for recycling in Islamabad.
