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A Burkina Faso soccer fan waits for the start of the African Cup of Nations semi-final soccer match at Mbombela Stadium against Ghana in Nelspruit, South Africa, on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/Associated Press)

A Burkina Faso soccer fan waits for the start of the African Cup of Nations semi-final soccer match at Mbombela Stadium against Ghana in Nelspruit, South Africa, on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Themba Hadebe/Associated Press)




An exiled Tibetan monk sets himself on fire at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on February 13, 2013. A Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol in a Kathmandu restaurant and set himself on fire, marking the 100th self-immolation bid in a wave of protests against Chinese rule since 2009. Police in the Nepalese capital told AFP that the exile had burned himself in an eatery near Kathmandu's Boudhanath Stupa, one of the world's holiest Buddhist shrines, terrifying tourists who were having breakfast. (Photo by STR/AFP Photo)

An exiled Tibetan monk sets himself on fire at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on February 13, 2013. A Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol in a Kathmandu restaurant and set himself on fire, marking the 100th self-immolation bid in a wave of protests against Chinese rule since 2009. Police in the Nepalese capital told AFP that the exile had burned himself in an eatery near Kathmandu's Boudhanath Stupa, one of the world's holiest Buddhist shrines, terrifying tourists who were having breakfast. (Photo by STR/AFP Photo)




England's prop Dan Cole (3L) goes head to head with Ireland's lock Donnacha Ryan (2R) during the Six Nations international rugby union match between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on February 10, 2013. England won the game 12-6. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP Photo)

England's prop Dan Cole (3L) goes head to head with Ireland's lock Donnacha Ryan (2R) during the Six Nations international rugby union match between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on February 10, 2013. England won the game 12–6. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP Photo)




Revellers take part in the “Cordao do Bola Preta” traditional carnival band parade along Rio Branco avenue, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 9, 2013. Carnival was under way in Rio on Saturday with millions set to take to the streets for days of rowdy, joyous parades and festivities, bringing the nation to a halt for its annual wild party. Nearly 800,000 Brazilian and foreign tourists were expected join Rio's six million residents in the celebrations, whose climax comes on Sunday and Monday with the city's top samba schools putting on their extravagant processions led by s*xy dancing queens. (Photo by Vanderlei Almeida/AFP Photo)

Revellers take part in the “Cordao do Bola Preta” traditional carnival band parade along Rio Branco avenue, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 9, 2013. Carnival was under way in Rio on Saturday with millions set to take to the streets for days of rowdy, joyous parades and festivities, bringing the nation to a halt for its annual wild party. Nearly 800,000 Brazilian and foreign tourists were expected join Rio's six million residents in the celebrations, whose climax comes on Sunday and Monday with the city's top samba schools putting on their extravagant processions led by s*xy dancing queens. (Photo by Vanderlei Almeida/AFP Photo)




A young boy wears a Momotxorro costume during the Alsasua carnival in the northern Spanish village of Alsasua, in Navarra province, on February 12, 2013. During the traditional Alsasua carnival local residents cover their clothes, arms and face with cow blood and parade in the village. (Photo by Rafa Rivas/AFP Photo)

A young boy wears a Momotxorro costume during the Alsasua carnival in the northern Spanish village of Alsasua, in Navarra province, on February 12, 2013. During the traditional Alsasua carnival local residents cover their clothes, arms and face with cow blood and parade in the village. (Photo by Rafa Rivas/AFP Photo)




A performer passes a snake through his nose and mouth during a show at a fair as part of lunar new year festivities at the Temple of Earth park in Beijing on February 11, 2013. A billion-plus Asians are ushering in the lunar Year of the Snake with a week of festivities. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)

A performer passes a snake through his nose and mouth during a show at a fair as part of lunar new year festivities at the Temple of Earth park in Beijing on February 11, 2013. A billion-plus Asians are ushering in the lunar Year of the Snake with a week of festivities. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)




A reveler performs during the Samba School Group A parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 9, 2013. (Photo by Vanderlei Almeida/AFP Photo)

A reveler performs during the Samba School Group A parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 9, 2013. (Photo by Vanderlei Almeida/AFP Photo)




Visitors watch Mirella Ferraz, known as Brazilian mermaid, as she swims with fish in a giant tank during a show at an aquarium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 10, 2013. (Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP Photo)

Visitors watch Mirella Ferraz, known as Brazilian mermaid, as she swims with fish in a giant tank during a show at an aquarium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 10, 2013. (Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP Photo)




A reveller of Barroca Zona Sul samba school stands atop a float during the last day of the carnival parades at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 12, 2013. Barroca this year is focusing its carnival theme on the history of Jabaquara, an ethnically diverse district that includes Jardim Oriental, a community that is home to many Japanese. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

A reveller of Barroca Zona Sul samba school stands atop a float during the last day of the carnival parades at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 12, 2013. Barroca this year is focusing its carnival theme on the history of Jabaquara, an ethnically diverse district that includes Jardim Oriental, a community that is home to many Japanese. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)




A Syria girl stands at the entrance of a makeshift home set up in the catacombs of the ruins of an ancient building in the ancient Roman city of of Serjilla, in northwestern Syria, on February 11, 2013, after fleeing the fighting between rebel forces and pro-government troops in the town of Kfar Nubul,  in the northwestern province of Idlib. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP Photo)

A Syria girl stands at the entrance of a makeshift home set up in the catacombs of the ruins of an ancient building in the ancient Roman city of of Serjilla, in northwestern Syria, on February 11, 2013, after fleeing the fighting between rebel forces and pro-government troops in the town of Kfar Nubul, in the northwestern province of Idlib. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP Photo)




An Israeli settler sits praying among the rubble of his house that was demolished by Israeli police in the outpost of Maale Rehavam, in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank, on February 13, 2013. The house was built without any authorization outside the larger state-sanctioned settlement. The number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew by 4.7% in 2012, according to figures obtained by AFP from a settler organisation. (Photo by Janos Chiala/AFP Photo)

An Israeli settler sits praying among the rubble of his house that was demolished by Israeli police in the outpost of Maale Rehavam, in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank, on February 13, 2013. The house was built without any authorization outside the larger state-sanctioned settlement. The number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew by 4.7% in 2012, according to figures obtained by AFP from a settler organisation. (Photo by Janos Chiala/AFP Photo)




Syrian rebels fire a rocket towards regime forces stationed at Kwiriss airport in Al-Bab, 30 kilometres from the northeastern Syrian city of Aleppo, on February 14, 2013. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem and opposition National Coalition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib will make separate visits to Moscow for talks in the coming weeks, a top Russian diplomat said. (Photo by Elias Edouard/AFP Photo)

Syrian rebels fire a rocket towards regime forces stationed at Kwiriss airport in Al-Bab, 30 kilometres from the northeastern Syrian city of Aleppo, on February 14, 2013. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem and opposition National Coalition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib will make separate visits to Moscow for talks in the coming weeks, a top Russian diplomat said. (Photo by Elias Edouard/AFP Photo)




Malian soldiers stand guard on February 10, 2013 in the Malian northern city of Gao. Fights between Islamist rebels and Malian soldiers broke out in the center of Gao, recently taken over by the French military to Malian armed Islamist groups, hit by two suicides bombings within two days. (Photo by Pascal Guyot/AFP Photo)

Malian soldiers stand guard on February 10, 2013 in the Malian northern city of Gao. Fights between Islamist rebels and Malian soldiers broke out in the center of Gao, recently taken over by the French military to Malian armed Islamist groups, hit by two suicides bombings within two days. (Photo by Pascal Guyot/AFP Photo)




Anti-riot police hold shields after protestors threw them eggs as US Goodyear Tire & Rubber workers demonstrate in front of the group's headquarters in France, in Rueil-Malmaison, a Paris suburb, on February 12, 2013, at the time of an extraordinary central works council on the plan to shut down Goodyear's plant in Amiens, northern France. “Closing the factory is the only option after five years of unsuccessful negotiations”, said a French-language statement issued on January 31, 2013 by Goodyear Dunlop Tires France, which employs about 3,200 people in the country across four sites. (Photo by Patrick Kovarik/AFP Photo)

Anti-riot police hold shields after protestors threw them eggs as US Goodyear Tire & Rubber workers demonstrate in front of the group's headquarters in France, in Rueil-Malmaison, a Paris suburb, on February 12, 2013, at the time of an extraordinary central works council on the plan to shut down Goodyear's plant in Amiens, northern France. “Closing the factory is the only option after five years of unsuccessful negotiations”, said a French-language statement issued on January 31, 2013 by Goodyear Dunlop Tires France, which employs about 3,200 people in the country across four sites. (Photo by Patrick Kovarik/AFP Photo)




US President Barack Obama plays a learning game while visiting children at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center February 14, 2013 in Decatur, Georgia. Obama is in Georgia to promote economic and educational initiatives he spoke about in this week's State of the Union. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP Photo)

US President Barack Obama plays a learning game while visiting children at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center February 14, 2013 in Decatur, Georgia. Obama is in Georgia to promote economic and educational initiatives he spoke about in this week's State of the Union. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP Photo)




Two girls look for a taxi in the snow in Times Square in New York on February 8, 2013 during a storm affecting the northeast US. The storm was forecast to bring the heaviest snow to the densely-populated northeast corridor so far this winter, threatening power and transport links for tens of millions of people and the major cities of Boston and New York. New York and other regional airports saw more than 4,500 cancellations ahead of what the National Weather Service called “a major winter storm with blizzard conditions” along most of the region's coastline. (Photo by Mehdi Taamallah/AFP Photo)

Two girls look for a taxi in the snow in Times Square in New York on February 8, 2013 during a storm affecting the northeast US. The storm was forecast to bring the heaviest snow to the densely-populated northeast corridor so far this winter, threatening power and transport links for tens of millions of people and the major cities of Boston and New York. New York and other regional airports saw more than 4,500 cancellations ahead of what the National Weather Service called “a major winter storm with blizzard conditions” along most of the region's coastline. (Photo by Mehdi Taamallah/AFP Photo)




Brandon and Natasha Green, of Minneapolis, give each other a smooch after a ceremony during which eleven couples were married in a ceremony at the Mall of America Ice Castle in Bloomington, Minnesota, on February 14, 2013. (Photo by Brian Peterson/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

Brandon and Natasha Green, of Minneapolis, give each other a smooch after a ceremony during which eleven couples were married in a ceremony at the Mall of America Ice Castle in Bloomington, Minnesota, on February 14, 2013. (Photo by Brian Peterson/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)




Slovenia's Tina Maze reacts as she sees Vonn crashing during the women's super-G on February 5, 2013. (Photo by Kerstin Joensson/Associated Press)

Slovenia's Tina Maze reacts as she sees Vonn crashing during the women's super-G on February 5, 2013. (Photo by Kerstin Joensson/Associated Press)




Anti-government protesters participate in a rally in Sitra, Bahrain on February 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. (Photo by Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)

Anti-government protesters participate in a rally in Sitra, Bahrain on February 13, 2013. Clashes erupted in several opposition villages around the kingdom on the eve of the second anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. (Photo by Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)




A man dressed as a pig uses a phone during the start of the street-carnival with its tradition of fools entering the town halls and women cutting off men's ties with scissors on carnival's so called “Old Women's Day” in Cologne, Germany, on February 7, 2013. (Photo by Frank Augstein/Associated Press)

A man dressed as a pig uses a phone during the start of the street-carnival with its tradition of fools entering the town halls and women cutting off men's ties with scissors on carnival's so called “Old Women's Day” in Cologne, Germany, on February 7, 2013. (Photo by Frank Augstein/Associated Press)




Ukrainian AN-24 plane is seen after crash outside an airport  in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Thursday, February 14, 2013. The plane carrying soccer fans headed for a match between Ukraine's Shakhtar and Borussia Dortmund, skidded past the landing strip and overturned, killing five people. The plane was carrying 44 people from the Black Sea port of Odessa. (Photo by Irina Gorbaseva/Associated Press)

Ukrainian AN-24 plane is seen after crash outside an airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Thursday, February 14, 2013. The plane carrying soccer fans headed for a match between Ukraine's Shakhtar and Borussia Dortmund, skidded past the landing strip and overturned, killing five people. The plane was carrying 44 people from the Black Sea port of Odessa. (Photo by Irina Gorbaseva/Associated Press)




A worker puts the finishing touches on a train made with lemons and oranges during the 80th Lemon festival in Menton on February 15, 2013. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press)

A worker puts the finishing touches on a train made with lemons and oranges during the 80th Lemon festival in Menton on February 15, 2013. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press)




A man wearing a carnival mask wades through high water with floating ice in a flooded St. Mark's Square, in Venice, Italy, early Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. The phenomenon of high water, which floods the Venice lagoon, occurs mainly between autumn and spring when tides are reinforced by seasonal winds. The recent snow falls and low temperatures formed ice blocks in the water. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

A man wearing a carnival mask wades through high water with floating ice in a flooded St. Mark's Square, in Venice, Italy, early Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. The phenomenon of high water, which floods the Venice lagoon, occurs mainly between autumn and spring when tides are reinforced by seasonal winds. The recent snow falls and low temperatures formed ice blocks in the water. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)




Participants in the Color Run Las Vegas throw colored powder into the air after participating in the run and walk on February 16, 2013. (Photo by John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Participants in the Color Run Las Vegas throw colored powder into the air after participating in the run and walk on February 16, 2013. (Photo by John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)




The King of the Nice Carnival's float parades during the celebrations in Nice, France on February 16, 2013. The carnival celebrates the theme “King of the 5 continents”. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press)

The King of the Nice Carnival's float parades during the celebrations in Nice, France on February 16, 2013. The carnival celebrates the theme “King of the 5 continents”. (Photo by Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press)




Aleksander and Anna prepare to bathe their two month old son Viktor during an ice swimmer's event in St.Petersburg, Russia, where the temperature is around 27 F (–3 °C),  on February 10, 2013.  (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)

Aleksander and Anna prepare to bathe their two month old son Viktor during an ice swimmer's event in St.Petersburg, Russia, where the temperature is around 27 F (–3 °C), on February 10, 2013. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)




Temple goers burn incense as they pray for health and fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, on February 10, 2013. Millions across China are celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, marked with a week-long Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Andy Wong/Associated Press)

Temple goers burn incense as they pray for health and fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, on February 10, 2013. Millions across China are celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, marked with a week-long Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Andy Wong/Associated Press)




A man carries his sister, who was wounded in a government air strike, in Aleppo, Syria, on February 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood that killed more than10 people, including at least five children. (Photo by Abdullah al-Yassin/Associated Press)

A man carries his sister, who was wounded in a government air strike, in Aleppo, Syria, on February 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood that killed more than10 people, including at least five children. (Photo by Abdullah al-Yassin/Associated Press)




A man weeps as he holds his wife who was killed in a stampede on a railway platform at the main railway station in Allahabad, India, on February 10, 2013. At least ten Hindu pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela were killed and more then thirty were injured during a stampede on an overcrowded staircase. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

A man weeps as he holds his wife who was killed in a stampede on a railway platform at the main railway station in Allahabad, India, on February 10, 2013. At least ten Hindu pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela were killed and more then thirty were injured during a stampede on an overcrowded staircase. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)




San Bernardino County Sheriff's officer Ken Owens searches a home for former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner in Big Bear Lake on February 10, 2013. The hunt for Dorner, suspected in three killings, entered its fourth day, a day after the police chief ordered a review of the disciplinary case that led to the fugitive's firing and new details emerged of the evidence he left behind. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

San Bernardino County Sheriff's officer Ken Owens searches a home for former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner in Big Bear Lake on February 10, 2013. The hunt for Dorner, suspected in three killings, entered its fourth day, a day after the police chief ordered a review of the disciplinary case that led to the fugitive's firing and new details emerged of the evidence he left behind. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)




Dancers of the Pilobolus Dance Theater perform  in Muenster, Germany on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Friso Gentsch/Associated Press)

Dancers of the Pilobolus Dance Theater perform in Muenster, Germany on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Friso Gentsch/Associated Press)




The Thom Browne Fall 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, on February 11, 2013. (Photo by Louis Lanzano/Associated Press)

The Thom Browne Fall 2013 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, on February 11, 2013. (Photo by Louis Lanzano/Associated Press)




Bratislav Stojanovic, a homeless man, holds candles as sits in a tomb where he lives in southern Serbian town of Nis February 9, 2013. Stojanovic, 43, a Nis-born construction worker never had a regular job. He first lived in abandoned houses, but about 15 years ago he settled in the old city cemetery. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reutars)

Bratislav Stojanovic, a homeless man, holds candles as sits in a tomb where he lives in southern Serbian town of Nis February 9, 2013. Stojanovic, 43, a Nis-born construction worker never had a regular job. He first lived in abandoned houses, but about 15 years ago he settled in the old city cemetery. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reutars)




Workers check on electricity pylon situated amid farmlands in Chuzhou, Anhui province, February 5, 2013. A leading think tank of China predicted that China's GDP will grow in 2013 at a rate of 8.4 percent, up by 0.6 percentage points from that of 2012, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Photo by China Daily/Reuters)

Workers check on electricity pylon situated amid farmlands in Chuzhou, Anhui province, February 5, 2013. A leading think tank of China predicted that China's GDP will grow in 2013 at a rate of 8.4 percent, up by 0.6 percentage points from that of 2012, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Photo by China Daily/Reuters)




US actor Robert De Niro shows off his hands after making an imprint in cement during a ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California USA, 04 February 2013.  De Niro, a two time Academy Award winner is currently nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Supporting Actor” for his role in the film Silver Linings Playbook. (Photo by Bret Hartman/EPA)

US actor Robert De Niro shows off his hands after making an imprint in cement during a ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California USA, 04 February 2013. De Niro, a two time Academy Award winner is currently nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Supporting Actor” for his role in the film Silver Linings Playbook. (Photo by Bret Hartman/EPA)




A cyclist rides on a snow-covered cycling path along the banks of the Elbe river in Dresden, Germany, 06 February 2013. Snowfalls in the evening hours of the previous day had covered many regions in Germany with a fresh white coating. (Photo by Arno Burgi/EPA)

A cyclist rides on a snow-covered cycling path along the banks of the Elbe river in Dresden, Germany, 06 February 2013. Snowfalls in the evening hours of the previous day had covered many regions in Germany with a fresh white coating. (Photo by Arno Burgi/EPA)




Palestinian protesters resist arrest by Israeli soldiers as they forcefully remove demonstrators from a new camp set up to protest against Jewish settlements near the West Bank village of Burin on February 2, 2013. An AFP correspondent said the Israeli army used tear gas and violence to remove hundreds of people who had set up four temporary huts and three tents near Burin, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyen/AFP Photo)

Palestinian protesters resist arrest by Israeli soldiers as they forcefully remove demonstrators from a new camp set up to protest against Jewish settlements near the West Bank village of Burin on February 2, 2013. An AFP correspondent said the Israeli army used tear gas and violence to remove hundreds of people who had set up four temporary huts and three tents near Burin, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyen/AFP Photo)




Small planes are snowed in at the closed Bridgeport, Connecticut airport in the aftermath of Nemo, the Blizzard of 2013. (Photo by Craig Ruttle/Associated Press)

Small planes are snowed in at the closed Bridgeport, Connecticut airport in the aftermath of Nemo, the Blizzard of 2013. (Photo by Craig Ruttle/Associated Press)




Dancers perform a fire dragon dance in the shower of molten iron spewing firework-like sparks during a folk art performance to celebrate traditional Chinese Spring Festival at an amusement park in Beijing February 10, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begun on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Dancers perform a fire dragon dance in the shower of molten iron spewing firework-like sparks during a folk art performance to celebrate traditional Chinese Spring Festival at an amusement park in Beijing February 10, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begun on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Brianna Belladonna  performs at Immortal Love Pop-up Experience – Freakshow & Immortalized on February 7, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/AMC)

Brianna Belladonna performs at Immortal Love Pop-up Experience – Freakshow & Immortalized on February 7, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/AMC)




German model Micaela Schaefer wearing a gummy bear bikini poses with a giant gummy bear on the “Boulevard of the Stars” next to a Berlinale poster in Berlin on February 1, 2013. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP Photo)

German model Micaela Schaefer wearing a gummy bear bikini poses with a giant gummy bear on the “Boulevard of the Stars” next to a Berlinale poster in Berlin on February 1, 2013. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP Photo)




Malian people stand by the remain of a suicide bomber who blew himself up the day before in front of a police station in the northern Mali's largest city of Gao, on February 11, 2013. France bombed an Islamist hideout today in Gao, where troops rattled by guerrilla attacks intensified a security lock-down as the French-led campaign against the extremists entered its second month. (Photo by Pascal Guyot/AFP Photo)

Malian people stand by the remain of a suicide bomber who blew himself up the day before in front of a police station in the northern Mali's largest city of Gao, on February 11, 2013. France bombed an Islamist hideout today in Gao, where troops rattled by guerrilla attacks intensified a security lock-down as the French-led campaign against the extremists entered its second month. (Photo by Pascal Guyot/AFP Photo)




Prasit Rangsitwong, left, and Varutton Rangsitwong run away from a giant flower ball as a part of an adventure-themed wedding ceremony in Prachinburi province, Thailand, Wednesday, February 13, 2013, on the eve of Valentine's Day. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)

Prasit Rangsitwong, left, and Varutton Rangsitwong run away from a giant flower ball as a part of an adventure-themed wedding ceremony in Prachinburi province, Thailand, Wednesday, February 13, 2013, on the eve of Valentine's Day. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)




Indian Air Force helicopters cross paths while performing an aerobatic flight on the second day of the Aero India 2013 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India, on February 7, 2013. More than 600 aviation companies along with delegations from 78 countries are participating in the five-day event. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/Associated Press)

Indian Air Force helicopters cross paths while performing an aerobatic flight on the second day of the Aero India 2013 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India, on February 7, 2013. More than 600 aviation companies along with delegations from 78 countries are participating in the five-day event. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/Associated Press)




A woman holds a rosary and prays on Ash Wednesday at Saint Mary's Basilica in Hyderabad, India, on February 13, 2013.(Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./Associated Press)

A woman holds a rosary and prays on Ash Wednesday at Saint Mary's Basilica in Hyderabad, India, on February 13, 2013.(Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./Associated Press)




South Korean Army 155 mm howitzers fire live rounds during an exercise at Fire Training Field in Cheorwon, South Korea, on February 15, 2013. (Photo by Lee Sang-hack/Yonhap)

South Korean Army 155 mm howitzers fire live rounds during an exercise at Fire Training Field in Cheorwon, South Korea, on February 15, 2013. (Photo by Lee Sang-hack/Yonhap)




A student activist puts black scarves on the eyes of Shoparjito Shadhinota, a sculpture that represented all sections of people in Bangladesh's liberation War in 1971, demanding capital punishment for Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami senior leader Abdul Quader Mollah, after a war crimes tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment, in the campus of University of Dhaka February 6, 2013. The war crimes tribunal sentenced Quader Mollah, 64, to life in prison on Tuesday, the second verdict in trials that have reopened wounds about the country's independence war and sparked riots. He was found guilty of charges including murder, rape, torture and arson during Bangladesh's war to break away from Pakistan in 1971. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

A student activist puts black scarves on the eyes of Shoparjito Shadhinota, a sculpture that represented all sections of people in Bangladesh's liberation War in 1971, demanding capital punishment for Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami senior leader Abdul Quader Mollah, after a war crimes tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment, in the campus of University of Dhaka February 6, 2013. The war crimes tribunal sentenced Quader Mollah, 64, to life in prison on Tuesday, the second verdict in trials that have reopened wounds about the country's independence war and sparked riots. He was found guilty of charges including murder, rape, torture and arson during Bangladesh's war to break away from Pakistan in 1971. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)




Men mourn the victims of a ferry that capsized on the banks of the Meghna River on February 8, 2013.The passenger ferry capsized after colliding with another ship on a river dumping as many as 100 people into the water. (Photo by A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)

Men mourn the victims of a ferry that capsized on the banks of the Meghna River on February 8, 2013.The passenger ferry capsized after colliding with another ship on a river dumping as many as 100 people into the water. (Photo by A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)




A woman sits in a street begging for money from motorists in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 4, 2013. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq/Associated Press)

A woman sits in a street begging for money from motorists in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 4, 2013. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq/Associated Press)




Irish Examiner News  Picture 12-02-2013. Conor O'Donoghue getting hit by a wet sponge during Rag week at UCC. Picture Dan Linehan

Irish Examiner News: Conor O'Donoghue getting hit by a wet sponge during Rag week at UCC on February 12, 2013. (Photo by Dan Linehan)




Australian surfer Marti Paradisis rides a wave near Pedra Branca Rock, south of Tasmania in the Southern Ocean in this in this file photograph taken in November 2012 in this picture provided by Big Wave Awards. Paradisis won the “Biggest Wave” section of the Australiasian Big Wave Awards, which included $20,000 prize-money. Picture taken November 2012. (Photo by Andrew Chisholm/Reutars/Big Wave Awards)

Australian surfer Marti Paradisis rides a wave near Pedra Branca Rock, south of Tasmania in the Southern Ocean in this in this file photograph taken in November 2012 in this picture provided by Big Wave Awards. Paradisis won the “Biggest Wave” section of the Australiasian Big Wave Awards, which included $20,000 prize-money. Picture taken November 2012. (Photo by Andrew Chisholm/Reutars/Big Wave Awards)




A Mexican baseball fan, who identified himself as “El Pony de Nogales”, slides at home plate after jumping on to the field in the ninth inning of the game between Mexico and Puerto Rico during the Caribbean Baseball Series in Hermosillo, on February 7, 2013. Mexico won 10–0 and will play for the championship against the Dominican Republic. (Photo by Andres Leighton/Associated Press)

A Mexican baseball fan, who identified himself as “El Pony de Nogales”, slides at home plate after jumping on to the field in the ninth inning of the game between Mexico and Puerto Rico during the Caribbean Baseball Series in Hermosillo, on February 7, 2013. Mexico won 10–0 and will play for the championship against the Dominican Republic. (Photo by Andres Leighton/Associated Press)




A man leaves the water after swimming at Sydney's Coogee beach at sunrise February 14, 2013. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Reuters)

A man leaves the water after swimming at Sydney's Coogee beach at sunrise February 14, 2013. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Reuters)




Naga Sadhus, or Hindu naked holy men, walk in procession after bathing at the confluence of the Hindu holy rivers the Ganges, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, on February 15, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

Naga Sadhus, or Hindu naked holy men, walk in procession after bathing at the confluence of the Hindu holy rivers the Ganges, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, on February 15, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)




Noah Drugmand, a 4-year-old boy, takes part in the parade of Young Gilles of Binche during the carnival event in Binche February 12, 2013. The Binche carnival, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage event, is the biggest and the liveliest annual event in Belgium. Up to 1,000 Gilles parade in the city centre of Binche, wearing a red, yellow and black medieval costume hung with bells and decorated with fluffy lace at the neck, wrists and ankles. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

Noah Drugmand, a 4-year-old boy, takes part in the parade of Young Gilles of Binche during the carnival event in Binche February 12, 2013. The Binche carnival, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage event, is the biggest and the liveliest annual event in Belgium. Up to 1,000 Gilles parade in the city centre of Binche, wearing a red, yellow and black medieval costume hung with bells and decorated with fluffy lace at the neck, wrists and ankles. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)




A derailed train is seen on a station platform after a collision at a railway crossing in Takasago, Hyogo prefecture, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. A commuter train collided with a truck at a railway crossing in southern Japan on Tuesday, injuring more than a dozen people. (Photo by Kyodo News/AP Photo)

A derailed train is seen on a station platform after a collision at a railway crossing in Takasago, Hyogo prefecture, Tuesday, February 12, 2013. A commuter train collided with a truck at a railway crossing in southern Japan on Tuesday, injuring more than a dozen people. (Photo by Kyodo News/AP Photo)




Filipino models and entertainers hold placards reading “Naked Truth: Mali the Elephant Is Suffering” during a photo shoot for a new ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia inside a photo studio in Makati's financial district south of Manila,  Philippines, 05 February 2013, calling for the transfer of Mali from solitary confinement at the Manila Zoo. The supposed worsening condition of Mali, the 38-year-old Sri Lankan elephant, inside city-run zoo prompted the Philippine Congress which handles the House Committee on Natural Resources to approve a resolution supporting the immediate her transfer to Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand. Several non-government organizations commend the House resolution. Various groups, on the other hand, are opposing the transfer, saying it will jeopardize the animal's condition more. Almost a year ago, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III ordered the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to study if Mali is fit to be transferred to a sanctuary. Representatives of BAI, however, are having difficulties in extracting blood samples from the elephant. (Photo by Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA)

Filipino models and entertainers hold placards reading “Naked Truth: Mali the Elephant Is Suffering” during a photo shoot for a new ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia inside a photo studio in Makati's financial district south of Manila, Philippines, 05 February 2013, calling for the transfer of Mali from solitary confinement at the Manila Zoo. The supposed worsening condition of Mali, the 38-year-old Sri Lankan elephant, inside city-run zoo prompted the Philippine Congress which handles the House Committee on Natural Resources to approve a resolution supporting the immediate her transfer to Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand. Several non-government organizations commend the House resolution. Various groups, on the other hand, are opposing the transfer, saying it will jeopardize the animal's condition more. Almost a year ago, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III ordered the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to study if Mali is fit to be transferred to a sanctuary. Representatives of BAI, however, are having difficulties in extracting blood samples from the elephant. (Photo by Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA)




Gale force winds cause waves to smash against the rocks of the harbor in Seaham, England on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/EPA)

Gale force winds cause waves to smash against the rocks of the harbor in Seaham, England on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/EPA)




Judges look out of  their boxes as they watch Denis Kornilov of Russia take his jump during the single competition at the FIS Team Tour World Cup ski jumping in Klingenthal, Germany, on February 13, 2013. (Photo by Jens Meyer/Associated Press)

Judges look out of their boxes as they watch Denis Kornilov of Russia take his jump during the single competition at the FIS Team Tour World Cup ski jumping in Klingenthal, Germany, on February 13, 2013. (Photo by Jens Meyer/Associated Press)




Israeli border police detain a Palestinian man after a group of activists set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus February 2, 2013. Palestinians who set up a makeshift encampment in the occupied West Bank on Saturday clashed with Israeli soldiers and settlers and some light injuries were sustained. (Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)

Israeli border police detain a Palestinian man after a group of activists set up tents and makeshift structures in protest against a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Burin, south of Nablus February 2, 2013. Palestinians who set up a makeshift encampment in the occupied West Bank on Saturday clashed with Israeli soldiers and settlers and some light injuries were sustained. (Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)




Sumaia Abdullah Louqye, 4, (L) looks as the father of Nada Mokbel Louqye, 5, shows the scars on her back, sustained in a 2009 U.S missile attack, in the mountainous village of al-Ma'jalah, in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan February 2, 2013. The two girls are the only survivors among the members of their families that were living in a rural community at the time that it was hit by a U.S. missile strike in December 17, 2009, according to local authorities. Nada's father, who is also the grandfather of Sumaia, was out herding his camels during the attack, and is the only family member left for the two girls. The attack left 41 people, including 21 children and 14 women dead in the highest civilian death toll of any U.S. strike in Yemen to date, according to an Amnesty International report. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

Sumaia Abdullah Louqye, 4, (L) looks as the father of Nada Mokbel Louqye, 5, shows the scars on her back, sustained in a 2009 U.S missile attack, in the mountainous village of al-Ma'jalah, in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan February 2, 2013. The two girls are the only survivors among the members of their families that were living in a rural community at the time that it was hit by a U.S. missile strike in December 17, 2009, according to local authorities. Nada's father, who is also the grandfather of Sumaia, was out herding his camels during the attack, and is the only family member left for the two girls. The attack left 41 people, including 21 children and 14 women dead in the highest civilian death toll of any U.S. strike in Yemen to date, according to an Amnesty International report. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)




Children pour cold water on themselves under the control of fitness coach Margarita Filimonova (R) at local kindergarten number 317, with the air temperature at about minus 23 degrees Celsius (minus 9.4 degrees Fahrenheit), in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, February 5, 2013. The program, which also involves sports training, sauna usage and which has been practiced by the kindergarten for 15 years, improves health and keeps children fit. Children start pouring cold water on themselves outdoors after about three years of training and undergoing medical tests, while the kindergarten is the only one in the region which uses these exercises, according to employees. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Children pour cold water on themselves under the control of fitness coach Margarita Filimonova (R) at local kindergarten number 317, with the air temperature at about minus 23 degrees Celsius (minus 9.4 degrees Fahrenheit), in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, February 5, 2013. The program, which also involves sports training, sauna usage and which has been practiced by the kindergarten for 15 years, improves health and keeps children fit. Children start pouring cold water on themselves outdoors after about three years of training and undergoing medical tests, while the kindergarten is the only one in the region which uses these exercises, according to employees. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)




Children walk on the Askia mausoleum, built in 1495  in Gao, Mali, on February 15, 2013. The European Union on Friday announced fresh aid worth 20 million euros to help restore law and order in Mali as well as the return of basic state services such as education after months of trouble. (Photo by Jerome Delay/Associated Press)

Children walk on the Askia mausoleum, built in 1495 in Gao, Mali, on February 15, 2013. The European Union on Friday announced fresh aid worth 20 million euros to help restore law and order in Mali as well as the return of basic state services such as education after months of trouble. (Photo by Jerome Delay/Associated Press)




Passengers crowd together on a train platform where a stampede took pace a night before in Allahabad, India on February 11, 2013.The death toll from a stampede in a train station rose to 36 where millions of devotees had gathered for a Hindu festival. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

Passengers crowd together on a train platform where a stampede took pace a night before in Allahabad, India on February 11, 2013.The death toll from a stampede in a train station rose to 36 where millions of devotees had gathered for a Hindu festival. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)




Self-portrait of the rover Curiosity, combining dozens of exposures taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, is seen in this February 3, 2013 handout image courtesy of NASA. The rover is positioned at a patch of flat outcrop called “John Klein”, which was selected as the site for the first rock-drilling activities by Curiosity. The rover’s robotic arm is not visible in the mosaic. (Photo by NASA)

Self-portrait of the rover Curiosity, combining dozens of exposures taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, is seen in this February 3, 2013 handout image courtesy of NASA. The rover is positioned at a patch of flat outcrop called “John Klein”, which was selected as the site for the first rock-drilling activities by Curiosity. The rover’s robotic arm is not visible in the mosaic. (Photo by NASA)




A share trader dressed in a carnival costume checks share prices at the stock exchange on Shrove Tuesday in Frankfurt February 12, 2013. Frankfurt's bourse traders follow a long tradition by wearing carnival costumes on Shrove Tuesday. (Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)

A share trader dressed in a carnival costume checks share prices at the stock exchange on Shrove Tuesday in Frankfurt February 12, 2013. Frankfurt's bourse traders follow a long tradition by wearing carnival costumes on Shrove Tuesday. (Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)




A man wearing a mask walks around a tree covered with wooden tablets bearing New Year wishes at the Daguanyuan temple during a Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing February 12, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac.  (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A man wearing a mask walks around a tree covered with wooden tablets bearing New Year wishes at the Daguanyuan temple during a Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing February 12, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




An Ivory Coast supporter shouts from the stands while waiting for the start of their African Cup of Nations quarterfinals match with Nigeria at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, on February 3, 2013. (Photo by Armando Franca/Associated Press)

An Ivory Coast supporter shouts from the stands while waiting for the start of their African Cup of Nations quarterfinals match with Nigeria at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, on February 3, 2013. (Photo by Armando Franca/Associated Press)




Sopon Tapoatong and his bride Chutuma Tapoatong swing out on a rappelling rope as part of an adventure-themed wedding ceremony in Prachinburi province, Thailand, on the eve of Valentine's Day, on February 13, 2013. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/Associated Press)

Sopon Tapoatong and his bride Chutuma Tapoatong swing out on a rappelling rope as part of an adventure-themed wedding ceremony in Prachinburi province, Thailand, on the eve of Valentine's Day, on February 13, 2013. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/Associated Press)




House Speaker Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, looks on as the president speaks on February 12, 2013. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/Bloomberg)

House Speaker Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, looks on as the president speaks on February 12, 2013. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/Bloomberg)




A Pakistani child, whose family was displaced by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistan's Sindh province, sits on a wooden cart outside her family's makeshift home, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, February 8, 2013. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

A Pakistani child, whose family was displaced by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistan's Sindh province, sits on a wooden cart outside her family's makeshift home, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, February 8, 2013. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)




Police detain a protester during a demonstration by students against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, outside the Shri Ram College of Commerce in New Delhi, India, on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/Associated Press)

Police detain a protester during a demonstration by students against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, outside the Shri Ram College of Commerce in New Delhi, India, on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/Associated Press)




New Jersey Devils left wing Patrik Elias of the Czech Republic, eyes the puck before it is dropped on the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, in Newark, New Jersey, on February 7, 2013.The Devils won 4–2. (Photo by Julio Cortez/Associated Press)

New Jersey Devils left wing Patrik Elias of the Czech Republic, eyes the puck before it is dropped on the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, in Newark, New Jersey, on February 7, 2013.The Devils won 4–2. (Photo by Julio Cortez/Associated Press)




A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman sits at the door of an overcrowded passenger train after boarding, at a railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2013. A stampede at a railway station in Allahabad killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river. Twenty-seven of the dead were women, mostly elderly and poor. An eight-year-old girl was also crushed to death. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman sits at the door of an overcrowded passenger train after boarding, at a railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2013. A stampede at a railway station in Allahabad killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river. Twenty-seven of the dead were women, mostly elderly and poor. An eight-year-old girl was also crushed to death. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)




A girl uses a water pump to fill her pot on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, on February 1, 2013. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

A girl uses a water pump to fill her pot on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, on February 1, 2013. (Photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters)




South Korean and U.S. marines participate in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, about 180 km (112 miles) east of Seoul February 7, 2013. North Korea has vowed to conduct more rocket and nuclear tests in response to a U.N. censure for its launch of a long-range missile launch in December. On Tuesday, it vowed “stronger” but unspecified actions in addition to the test. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)

South Korean and U.S. marines participate in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, about 180 km (112 miles) east of Seoul February 7, 2013. North Korea has vowed to conduct more rocket and nuclear tests in response to a U.N. censure for its launch of a long-range missile launch in December. On Tuesday, it vowed “stronger” but unspecified actions in addition to the test. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)




Newly recruited female marines take their lunch with fellow soldiers after undergoing drills inside the marine headquarters in the town of Ternate, Cavite city, south of Manila,  on February 6, 2013. There are an estimated 350 women combatants in the 10,000-member Philippine marines who go through the same rigid physical and mental training as their men counterparts. Since 2006, female marine officers of the Marine Corps have been performing in the field of assault armor, field artillery, airborne and other combat duties, a marine officer said. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

Newly recruited female marines take their lunch with fellow soldiers after undergoing drills inside the marine headquarters in the town of Ternate, Cavite city, south of Manila, on February 6, 2013. There are an estimated 350 women combatants in the 10,000-member Philippine marines who go through the same rigid physical and mental training as their men counterparts. Since 2006, female marine officers of the Marine Corps have been performing in the field of assault armor, field artillery, airborne and other combat duties, a marine officer said. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)




Children wait to take part in a samba parade during the carnival in Sesimbra village  February 10, 2013. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)

Children wait to take part in a samba parade during the carnival in Sesimbra village February 10, 2013. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)




A man smokes next to a torched car near the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 5, 2013. Two cars were set on fire and racist graffiti was sprayed in the village. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press)

A man smokes next to a torched car near the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 5, 2013. Two cars were set on fire and racist graffiti was sprayed in the village. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press)




A visitor view photographs of British war veterans photographed by Canadian rock star Bryan Adams during the opening of his exhibition in Duesseldorf, Germany, on February 1, 2013. (Photo by Martin Meissner/Associated Press)

A visitor view photographs of British war veterans photographed by Canadian rock star Bryan Adams during the opening of his exhibition in Duesseldorf, Germany, on February 1, 2013. (Photo by Martin Meissner/Associated Press)




An activist from the animal rights group AnimaNaturalis holds a placard that reads “Stop! No More Bullfighting!”  as fellow activists lie covered in mock blood during a protest against bullfighting in Mexico City February 3, 2013. (Photo by Tomas Bravo/Reuters)

An activist from the animal rights group AnimaNaturalis holds a placard that reads “Stop! No More Bullfighting!” as fellow activists lie covered in mock blood during a protest against bullfighting in Mexico City February 3, 2013. (Photo by Tomas Bravo/Reuters)




Japanese college students watch cheerleaders perform at a job-hunting rally in Tokyo February 13, 2013. About 1,500 students from vocational schools attended the rally to boost their morale ahead of their job hunt. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Japanese college students watch cheerleaders perform at a job-hunting rally in Tokyo February 13, 2013. About 1,500 students from vocational schools attended the rally to boost their morale ahead of their job hunt. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)




This undated National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) image of the Planetary Nebula Sh2-174, which may suggest a rose to some, was obtained with Mosaic 1 camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. A planetary nebula is created when a low-mass star blows off its outer layers at the end of its life. The core of the star remains and is called a white dwarf. (Photo by T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker/Reuters)

This undated National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) image of the Planetary Nebula Sh2-174, which may suggest a rose to some, was obtained with Mosaic 1 camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. A planetary nebula is created when a low-mass star blows off its outer layers at the end of its life. The core of the star remains and is called a white dwarf. (Photo by T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker/Reuters)




People sleep on their seats on the train from Guangzhou to Changchun to go back home for the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on February 6, 2013. Passengers will log 220 million train rides during the 40-day travel season as they criss-cross the country to celebrate with their families, but just as making the trip home can be laborious – often lasting one or two days – so can simply acquiring a seat on the train, and every year complaints arise about the inefficiency or unfairness of the system, although an initiative allowing travelers to purchase tickets online aims to curb long queuing times. (Photo by China Photo Press)

People sleep on their seats on the train from Guangzhou to Changchun to go back home for the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on February 6, 2013. Passengers will log 220 million train rides during the 40-day travel season as they criss-cross the country to celebrate with their families, but just as making the trip home can be laborious – often lasting one or two days – so can simply acquiring a seat on the train, and every year complaints arise about the inefficiency or unfairness of the system, although an initiative allowing travelers to purchase tickets online aims to curb long queuing times. (Photo by China Photo Press)




Two California Highway Patrol officers check the cargo of a truck leaving the Big Bear Lake area on February 8, during a manhunt for Christopher Dorner, who was suspected of killing three people, including a Corona, Calif., police officer. Dorner later killed a deputy and wounded another before dying in a fire that consumed the cabin he was holed up in. (Photo by Michael Goulding/The Orange County Register via Zuma Press)

Two California Highway Patrol officers check the cargo of a truck leaving the Big Bear Lake area on February 8, during a manhunt for Christopher Dorner, who was suspected of killing three people, including a Corona, Calif., police officer. Dorner later killed a deputy and wounded another before dying in a fire that consumed the cabin he was holed up in. (Photo by Michael Goulding/The Orange County Register via Zuma Press)




A reveller poses for a photo during Jouvert celebrations, or “daybreak celebrations” in the capital city Port of Spain February 11, 2013. Revellers bathe themselves in chocolate, mud, oil and paint as they depict devils, demons, monsters and imps during the celebrations, which marks the start of the two-day Trinidad Carnival street parade. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/Reuters)

A reveller poses for a photo during Jouvert celebrations, or “daybreak celebrations” in the capital city Port of Spain February 11, 2013. Revellers bathe themselves in chocolate, mud, oil and paint as they depict devils, demons, monsters and imps during the celebrations, which marks the start of the two-day Trinidad Carnival street parade. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/Reuters)




Police fire tear gas at protesters demonstrating in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on February 1, 2013. Thousands of protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president marched on his palace, clashing with security forces firing tear gas and water cannons in the eighth day of the country's wave of political violence. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/Associated Press)

Police fire tear gas at protesters demonstrating in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on February 1, 2013. Thousands of protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president marched on his palace, clashing with security forces firing tear gas and water cannons in the eighth day of the country's wave of political violence. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/Associated Press)




A member of a samba group participates in a parade in Bremen, Germany on February 2, 2013. (Photo by Carmen Jaspersen/DPA)

A member of a samba group participates in a parade in Bremen, Germany on February 2, 2013. (Photo by Carmen Jaspersen/DPA)




A man watches as other Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara sect participate in a rituals that are believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God, on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

A man watches as other Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara sect participate in a rituals that are believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God, on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)




A young Naga sadhu or naked Hindu holy man sits with others during an evening prayer at their camp at Sangam for the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, on February 7, 2013. (Photo by Manish Swarup/Associated Press)

A young Naga sadhu or naked Hindu holy man sits with others during an evening prayer at their camp at Sangam for the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, on February 7, 2013. (Photo by Manish Swarup/Associated Press)




Students sit on the street outside Cuba's embassy to demand information about the health of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 14, 2013. The government has not given details about what sort of treatments Chavez is now undergoing in Havana, more than two months after his fourth cancer-related surgery on December 11. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

Students sit on the street outside Cuba's embassy to demand information about the health of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 14, 2013. The government has not given details about what sort of treatments Chavez is now undergoing in Havana, more than two months after his fourth cancer-related surgery on December 11. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)
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