Afghan boys play volleyball in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AFP)

A shoe hangs in the smashed window of the Nike store in Manchester, northern England after violence flared in British cities and towns Tuesday night. (Reuters)

A priest covers Living Goddess Kumari's ear as the Nepal army fires a gun during the Changu Narayan festival in Kathmandu. The Kumari, a young girl who is a manifestation of a Goddess, is worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal. The Kumari emerges from her temple about 12 times a year for religious occasions. (Reuters)

A woman stands on the snow-covered top of the Zugspitze, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany.  Fog and temperatures below zero degrees prevailed on Germany's highest mountain. (AFP)

A Kashmiri woman removes lotus leaves from the water of Dal Lake in Srinagar, India. Dal Lake is famous for its natural beauty and a popular destination for both Indian and foreign tourists. (AP)

Spc. Christopher Aust, of Harrison, Arkansas, with the U.S. Army's 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, takes a picture of a rainbow at the Transit Center in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, during a layover on the way home from a deployment in Afghanistan. (AP)

Children play on a flooded street in central Bago town, around 100 km north of Rangoon, Burma. Heavy rains caused the Bago River to overflow, flooding towns and forcing evacuation of some 4,000 people to temporary shelters. (Reuters)