![Delegates attend the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 13th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress in Shanghai, China. (AP) "China Politics"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_china_politics_11Jan12-878x585.jpg)
Delegates attend the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 13th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress in Shanghai, China. (AP)
![A mother protects her son as riot police search for stone-throwing residents during a violent demolition in suburban San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines. (AP) "Philippines Demolition"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_philippines_demolition_11Jan12-878x591.jpg)
A mother protects her son as riot police search for stone-throwing residents during a violent demolition in suburban San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines. (AP)
![South Korean Special Warfare Forces members during a winter exercise in an ice water in Pyeongchang. (AP) "South Korea Winter Exercise"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_south_korea_winter_exercise_iced_water_11Jan12-878x585.jpg)
South Korean Special Warfare Forces members during a winter exercise in an ice water in Pyeongchang (AP)
![An Indian child eats mid-day meals organized by Government of Andhra Pradesh at a shanty area of Hyderabad. (AP) "India Child Malnutrition"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_india_child_malnutrition_11Jan12-878x615.jpg)
An Indian child eats mid-day meals organized by Government of Andhra Pradesh at a shanty area of Hyderabad. (AP)
![Thousands of padlocks are fixed by lovers onto a fence on a train bridge over the Rhine in Cologne Germany. (AP) "Germany Lovers Locks"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_germany_lovers_locks_11Jan12-878x420.jpg)
Thousands of padlocks are fixed by lovers onto a fence on a train bridge over the Rhine in Cologne Germany. A German custom says that lovers who fix a lock to the fence and throw the key into the river Rhine will have their love forever locked. (AP)
![Skiers compete during the men's ski cross World Cup event at Alpe d'Huez, French Alps. (AP) "France World Cup Ski Freestyle"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_france_world_cup_ski_11Jan12-878x585.jpg)
Skiers compete during the men's ski cross World Cup event at Alpe d'Huez, French Alps. (AP)
![Cyril Despres, of France, right, and Marc Coma, of Spain, race their KTMs in the 10th stage of the 2012 Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally between Iquique and Arica, Chile. (AP) "Chile Rally Dakar"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/ap_chile_rally_dakar_11Jan12-878x584.jpg)
Cyril Despres, of France, right, and Marc Coma, of Spain, race their KTMs in the 10th stage of the 2012 Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally between Iquique and Arica, Chile. (AP)
![The Milky Way illuminates the sky above the dome of the Danish 1.54-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. (AFP/Handout/European Southern Observatory/Z. Bardon) "Chile Milky Way"](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2012/01/afp_chile_milky_way_11Jan12-878x574.jpg)
The Milky Way illuminates the sky above the dome of the Danish 1.54-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. (AFP/Handout/European Southern Observatory/Z. Bardon)