A Pakistani reacts while praying
along with others outside their homes as a severe earthquake hits the
area in Jafarabad, 300 kilometers north of Quetta, Pakistan, early
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked area
of southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, shaking many parts of the
country and causing tremors as far away as India and the United Arab
Emirates.
Two Pakistanis, left, read verses
of the Quran while gathering with others outside their homes as a
severe earthquake hits the area in Quetta, Pakistan, early Wednesday,
Jan. 19, 2011. A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked area of
southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, shaking many parts of the
country and causing tremors as far away as India and the United Arab
Emirates.
People of Jafarabad, 300
kilometers north of Quetta, Pakistan praying outside their homes as a
severe earthquake hits the area on Wednesday morning Jan. 19, 2010. A
major 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked area of southwestern Pakistan
early Wednesday, shaking many parts of the country and causing tremors
as far away as India and the United Arab Emirates.
A Pakistani woman comforts a man
who was shocked as a severe earthquake hit the area, in a hospital in
Quetta, Pakistan, early Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. A major 7.2 magnitude
earthquake rocked area of southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday,
shaking many parts of the country and causing tremors as far away as
India and the United Arab Emirates.
Pakistanis gather around a fire
to warm themselves outside their homes as a severe earthquake hit the
area in Quetta, Pakistan, early Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. A major 7.2
magnitude earthquake rocked area of southwestern Pakistan early
Wednesday, shaking many parts of the country and causing tremors as far
away as India and the United Arab Emirates.
Egyptians
gesture as they stand atop an Egyptian army armored vehicle as they
celebrate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds
of anti-government protesters returned Saturday to the streets of
central Cairo, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak and attacking
police just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet and
promised reforms but refused to step down.
Miner Fabio Veloza weeps in front
of the La Preciosa mine in Sardinata, northeastern Colombia, Wednesday,
Jan. 26, 2011. Two relatives of Veloza are among 20 miners feared dead
after an explosion believed to have been caused by a methane gas
buildup rocked the underground coal mine early Wednesday. Methane gas
was also believed to be the cause of an explosion at the mine in 2007
that killed 32 miners.
Indian gay rights supporters are
seen through a flag during the Freedom Mumbai March in Mumbai, India,
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. A landmark court ruling decriminalized
homosexuality on July 2, 2009, marking the gradual acceptance of gays
in the deeply conservative country.
A tug boat sprays water at Laut
Teduh 2 ferry that caught fire off Java island in Serang, Banten
province, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. The crowded ferry caught
fire early Friday sending panicked passengers jumping into the sea,
officials said.
People are silhouetted as the
illuminated Presidential Palace is seen in the background, at the end
of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan.
29, 2011. The ceremony held on Jan. 29 every year marks the end of
Republic Day celebrations. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Angry protesters burn a van
belonging to Al-Jazeera in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon,
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires
and torched a van belonging to Al-Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of
rage" to protest gains by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which
now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next
government.
Suspected Taliban fighters stand
at a police station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan,
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Eleven Taliban fighters were arrested by
Afghan police in a recent operation.
A worker walks by newly-dug
graves that will receive the recently identified remains of Greek
Cypriots who had been listed as missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion
of Cyprus, at Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in the island's
divided capital Nicosia, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. The U.N. chief
Ban Ki-moon emerged from a meeting Wednesday between Greek Cypriot
President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis
Eroglu, expressing optimism over reunification talks that could
determine the outcome of Turkey's troubled bid to join the European
Union. Cyprus was split into a Turkish Cypriot north and a Greek
Cypriot south in 1974.
Egyptian riot police clash with
anti-government activists in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.
Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day
Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests but beefed up
police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and
beatings to disperse demonstrations.
A candle flame is reflected in
the memorial wall holding the engraved names of tens of thousands of
Hungarian Holocaust victims in the Holocaust Memorial Center, housed in
a former synagogue, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011.
United Nations General Assembly dedicated January 27 to the
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the victims of
the Holocaust. In 1945, the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau
in Poland, was liberated by Soviet Red Army on this day.
An Indian Army soldier gives a command on Republic Day
Indian army personnel perform motorcycle stunts on Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India.
Folk dancers from Orissa state pose as a Buddhist monk looks on from their respective tableaus.
Bayonets gleam as Indian policemen march during Republic Day parade.
An Indian officer commands her troupe of the Calcutta Armed Police Force.
Indian Air Force choppers fly over a naval band during Republic Day parade.
A tableau of New Delhi's Lotus temple monument is carried the Republic Day in New Delhi, India,
Indian army soldiers from the Rajput Regiment march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India,
Indian army Brahmos missile launcher passes on a flotilla towards the India Gate on Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India.
Cultural performers from Punjab state.
A girl, part of a cyclist group rallying for environmental
awareness, carries the Indian flag in the backdrop of Presidential
Palace in New Delhi, India.
Indian band members are reflected on a musical instrument.
Indian air force personnel
A Tejas, India's first indigenous combat jet, is displayed during Republic Day parade.
