![Supporters of United Progressive Alliance government chairperson and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi wave as her helicopter hovers above a Congress election campaign rally in Gurdaspur, India. (AFP) "India Politics"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/afp_india_politics_24Jan12-878x585.jpg)
Doček Sonje Gandi, predsjednice Kongresne stranke, na predizbornom skupu u Gurdaspuru, u Indiji. (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)](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/afp_hong_kong_new_year_24Jan12-878x585.jpg)
Vatromet drugog dana kineske Nove godine u Honkongu. (AFP)
![Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructs a trainee during a judo demonstration at a regional judo center in the city of Kemerovo. (Reuters) "Russia Putin"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/reuters_putin_judo_24Jan12-878x621.jpg)
Ruski premijer Vladimir Putin na džudo treningu u sportskom centru u Kemerovu. (Reuters)
![Oil recovery experts climb onto the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. (AP) "Italy Cruise Ship"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_italy_cruise_ship_aground_24Jan12-878x585.jpg)
Eksperti za naftu penju se na nasukani italijanski brod “Kosta Konkordija.” (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) "German Merkel"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/afp_germany_politics_carnival_24Jan12-878x1283.jpg)
Njemačka kancelarka Angela Merkel na ceremoniji u Berlinu. (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) "Japan Wild Monkeys"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/afp_japan_wild_monkeys_24Jan12-878x655.jpg)
Japanski majmuni u parku zimovališta Shigakogen u pokrajini Nagano. (AFP)