Indian soldiers ride in formation on a motorcycle during the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi. India celebrates its 60th Republic Day with its annual parade. The parade is an opportunity for India to display its military might, progress and cultural diversity. Photo: Daniel Berehulak, Getty Images
Fireworks illuminate the skyline of Guiyang of Guizhou Province during the Chinese New Year celebrations. Hundreds of millions of Chinese geared up to welcome the Year of the Ox, packing temple fairs, setting off fireworks and firecrackers and hurrying to train and bus stations to get home for the traditional holiday. Photo: ChinaFotoPress, Getty Images
Iconic busker 'the Naked Cowboy' rode into Ireland at the weekend in a bid to lift the economic gloom. The guitar-strumming millionaire, also known as Robert Burck, may have turned his modest busking business into a global enterprise but he was still happy to brave the winter weather in a pair of briefs
A 16 foot high sculpture of a polar bear and cub, afloat on a small iceberg on the River Thames, passes in front of Tower Bridge in London. The sculpture was launched to provide a warning to members of parliament of the dangers of climate change and to launch Eden, a new natural history television channel. Photo: Oli Scarff, Getty Images
Palestinians work on repairing old smuggling tunnels that run under the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. After a unilateral cease-fire, residents of Gaza are still suffering from severe food and water shortages caused from Israel's three-week offensive against Hamas. Smugglers are actively working at the tunnels, bringing in food, fuel and other goods. Photo: Abid Katib, Getty Images
Elena Dementieva of Russia visits Melbourne Zoo during day nine of the 2009 Australian Open on January 27, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: Robert Prezioso, Getty Images
Franco-Mexican ten-year-old bullfighter Michelito performs during a bullfight at the bullring in Merida, Yucatan state. Michelito killed six young bulls in a controversial spectacle that child protection and anti-bullfighting campaigners had hoped to stop. Photo: Luis Perez, Getty Images
Sri Lankan soldiers take cover under umbrella's during a heavy downpour in Mullaittivu, the former military headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels. Security forces took control of the area after a year of heavy fighting. Photo: Ishara S. Kodikara
A native videoes the indigenous march 'S.O.S Amazon' staged to bring attention to saving the rainforest, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. Photo: Vanderlei Almeida, Getty Images
Russian policemen arrest a man wearing a costume of a dustbin as he protests against a rubbish-burning plants building in Moscow Photo: Alexey Sazonov, Getty Images
Performing monkeys at Wuhan Zoo in China have been trained to ride bikes. Photo: Getty Images
A man kneels in front of police officers in Paris during riots which followed France's first major strike triggered by the global financial crisis. Photo: Boris Horvat, Getty Images
A model presents a creation by St. Even during the Colombiatex Fashion Show in Medellin, Antioquia Department, Colombia. Photo: Raul Arboleda, Getty Images
- Alex Korolev of Kazakhstan during FIS Ski Jumping World Cup training session at Okurayama Jump Stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Photo: Junko Kimura, Getty Images
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