A homeless man has his lunch at a sports hall in Istanbul, Turkey. The sports hall was set up as a shelter for homeless people due to harsh winter conditions by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality which currently hosts some 300 people. (Reuters)

A Kuwaiti female voter in a wheelchair is approached by campaigners during the 2012 parliamentary elections in front of a polling center in Rumaithiya. (Reuters)

A warm covered pug dog strolls on a street in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Germany faces freezing temperatures coming from Russia down to minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP)

People wait at Ramses metro station in Cairo for the arrival of those wounded during clashes in Port Said stadium. Seventy-four people were killed when supporters clashed at an Egyptian soccer match. (Reuters)

A Chilean student is arrested by riot policemen during a protest against the government of President Sebastian Piñera, in Santiago. (AFP)

Vultures battle for a cow carcass as they feed at a vulture restaurant in Nawalparasi, southwest of Kathmandu. The restaurant, established in 2006 to provide a place where vultures can feed healthily, aims to boost the population of wild vultures which are considered an endangered species in Nepal. (Reuters)

Diadora-Pasta Zara's Giorgia Bronzini (L) of Italy crashes during the second stage of the Tour of Qatar women's cycling race in Al Shimal Corniche, north of Doha. (Reuters)

A bull gores a man as others run during the annual Candlemas celebrations in Tlacotalpan, Mexico, February 1, 2012. A pack of bulls is let loose to rampage through the streets for hours as crowds taunt them as part of the week-long religious celebration. (Reuters)

Cups, containing coffee latte with cinnamon powder representing of presidential candidates Vladimir Putin (C top), Gennady Zyuganov (R top), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (L bottom), Sergei Mironov (R bottom) and Mikhail Prokhorov, at the Kofein cafe in Moscow. The coffee chain offered its visitors to take part in a symbolic presidential election by ordering a cup of coffee displaying their favorite candidates, while showing the results of votes on a screen nearby. (Reuters)

Young men try to overturn a public bus during street clashes with police in Senegal's capital, Dakar. (Reuters)

An unidentified woman throws flour on French Socialist Party candidate for the 2012 presidential elections, Francois Hollande, in Paris. (AP)

A caparisoned elephant during an annual temple festival in the southern Indian city of Kochi. The festival features a colorful procession of decorated elephants and drum concerts. (Reuters)

A child runs past a wave protection dam covered in ice as the waters of the Black Sea are frozen near the shore in Constanta, Romania. The death toll from Eastern Europe's severe cold spell has risen to 79. (AP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Honor guards stand in lines as they waits prior to the welcoming ceremony for Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (AP)

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

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

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

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

Egyptians carry an obelisk with the names of people, who died during the 18-day uprising a year ago in Tahrir Square, to mark the first anniversary of the popular uprising that unseated President Hosni Mubarak for in Cairo. (AP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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