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The World in a SNAP (15)

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The World in a SNAP (15)

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  1. Bolivian indigenous women joke in Tiwanaku, located about 80 km of La Paz, January 21, 2012. Thousands of indigenous people of Bolivia are in Tiwanaku to commemorate the second year of Bolivian President Evo Morales' government in the new pluri-national state of Bolivia. REUTERS/David Mercado

  2. Participants prepare a 30-foot dragon before marching in the annual Chinese New Year celebration in LowerTown Arts District of Paducah, Ky., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. - John Wright - ASSOCIATED PRESS

  3. JANUARY 28: A participant wears a mask during a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender parade in Mumbai, India. (Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press

  4. A pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), born in captivity ten days ago, is seen at the zoo in Cali, Columbia January 21, 2012. (Reuters)

  5. Models present a creation by Netherlands' fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck during his Men's fall-winter 2012/2013 fashion collection presented in Paris, France, January 21, 2012. (AP)

  6. A canopy of lights shines over newly fallen snow in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston, January 21, 2012. (AP)

  7. Vahid Salemi / AP A snowman in Mellat Park in northern Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 21. Snow forced authorities to close schools in some parts of Tehran and other cities Saturday.

  8. a Fan in game between Botswana and Guinea by the African Nations Cup Themba Hadebe / AP

  9. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters Amateur artists perform a fire show to celebrate the Chinese new year in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Jan. 22.

  10. 2012- Wednesday, 25 January 2012 – Lantern Festival - China

  11. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters - A devotee smiles while speaking with her friends after taking a holy bath in the Bagmati river at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on Jan. 23, 2012.

  12. A Niger fan wearing gazelle horns on his ears reacts during their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match Gabon against Niger at the Stade De L'Amitie in Libreville, Gabon, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Francois Mori - ASSOCIATED PRESS A Burkina Faso supporter during the African Nations Cup soccer match against Angola at Estadio de Malabo "Malabo Stadium", in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, January 22, 2012 (Reuters)

  13. JANUARY 24: Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. (Vincent Yu/Associated Press

  14. Sydney, Australia — Aboriginal dancer Uncle Max of the Yuin nation is seen at the Woggan-ma-gule (meeting of the waters) ceremony as part of Australia Day festivities at the Royal Botanic Gardens. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MICK TSIKAS / EPA

  15. Allahabad, India — A Hindu devotee offers prayers to the Sun god on Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, the third and the most auspicious date of bathing during the annual month long Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, some hoping to wash away sins and others to secure a fine spouse, during the monthlong festival. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press

  16. A Niger fan reacts during their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match Gabon against Niger at Stade De L'Amitie in Libreville, Gabon, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. - Francois Mori - ASSOCIATED PRESS

  17. Jiji Press via AFP - Getty Images - Japanese wild monkeys enjoy an open-air hot spring at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park, at Yamanouchi in Nagano prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012.

  18. A man takes a bath outside his shanty in front of the Indian national flag in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai January 24, 2012. Female workers at Dharavi made a 151ft-long (46m) Indian flag to celebrate India's Republic day, according to organizers. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

  19. The Dragon Dance - Feng Li / Getty Images - Jan. 22, 2012- Beijing, China Chinese folk artists prepare to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.

  20. So Sad !!!! Seal and Heidi Klum have announced that their storybook marriage is coming to the end of the runway.

  21. CHINA, BEIJING - The Beijing Opera is celebrating its new Chinese chronic. REUTERS PHOTO

  22. Female members of parliament, who are also members of the Freedom and Justice Party of the Muslim Brotherhood, attend the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. The parliament elected in Egypt's first legislative vote after Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly a year ago held its inaugural session on Monday, with Islamists dominating the 498-seat chamber that will oversee the drafting of a new constitution. Khaled Elfiqi - ASSOCIATED PRESS

  23. JANUARY 26: Performers wave to the crowd from the float of the Indian state of Goa on Rajpath during the main Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

  24. Beijing — A Chinese performer portraying the emperor is followed by an imperial entourage dressed in brilliant clothing during a re-creation of the Sacrifice to Heaven ritual on the second day of the lunar new year, or Spring Festival, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The elaborate ritual was performed 682 times by 23 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. PHOTOGRAPH BY: DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA

  25. JANUARY 23: A performer breaths fire during a dragon dance performance in celebration of the Chinese New Year at Manila's Chinatown district in the Philippines. This year is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)

  26. A nurse handles quadruplets in Stella Maris hospital in Medan, Indonesia's North Sumatra province January 24, 2012. A male and three other female babies are born to Indonesian couple Sonta Ria Nababan, 39, and Jon Pieter Manik, 38, on Monday. The babies are conceived under the insemination program after a four year wait by the couple, local media reported. REUTERS/Roni Bintang

  27. A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012. (AP Photo/ Jacques Brinon) Jacques Brinon - AP

  28. Bata, Equatorial Guinea — A supporter of the Senegalese national football team watches his team train in Bata on the eve of Wednesday's Africa Cup of Nations match against Equatorial Guinea. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ABDELHAK SENNA / AFP / Getty Images

  29. Agartala, India — A farmer returns home from work at sunset. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sushanta Das / Associated Press

  30. CHINESE NEW YEAR - 18/01/2012 Harbin, China .- Chinese New Year. Beluga whales and their trainers perform a show to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Harbin Polarland theme park in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. XINHUA-NOTIMEX/FOTO/WANG Jianwei / COR / ACE /

  31. A Mayan mask made of jade mosaic is displayed at The Pinacotheque museum, on January 25, 2012 in Paris. These masks, entirely restored by specialists in Mayan archeology, represent the deities' faces. This exhibition will run from January 26 to June 10, 2012. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

  32. Monte Carlo, Monaco — Lion tamer Vladislav Goncharov performs with a lion during the official Award Gala Evening of the 36th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. PHOTOGRAPH BY: GAETAN LUCI / Pool

  33. A woman dressed as Queen Elizabeth II, plays with a Studio Anne Carlton chess set, made to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, at the London Toy Fair, at Olympia, central London. (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

  34. JANUARY 26: Indian paramilitary soldiers march during the main Republic Day parade in New Delhi. India is marking its 62nd Republic Day with military parades across the country. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

  35. An African guineafowl at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

  36. JANUARY 25: Dancers perform for dignitaries during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press

  37. Children in make-up wearing traditional costumes perform during the temple fair at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, on the third day of the Chinese New Year in Beijing January 25, 2012. - Source: Reuters

  38. JANUARY 25: French designer Zahia Dehar acknowledges applause at the end of her underwear collection, in Paris. Dehar made headlines last year when she alleged that top France stars Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema and Sidney Govou had paid thousands of pounds for sex with her when she was just 17. (Thibault Camus/Associated Press)

  39. JANUARY 24: An acrobat of "Rene Cassely family" performs during the awards ceremony for the 36th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival. (Valery Hache/Associated Press

  40. Chinese performers dressed in traditional costumes participate in a cultural dance event on a stage at the Longtan Park's temple fair during the Chinese New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Andy Wong - AP

  41. This image taken by NASA on Sunday night, Jan. 22, 2012, shows a solar flare erupting on the Sun's northeastern hemisphere. Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years is already bombarding Earth with radiation with more to come. The Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado observed a flare Sunday night at 11 p.m. EST. Physicist Doug Biesecker said the biggest concern from the speedy eruption is the radiation, which arrived on Earth an hour later. It will likely continue through Wednesday. It's mostly an issue for astronauts' health and satellite disruptions. It can cause communication problems for airplanes that go over the poles. AP / NASA

  42. 2012- Wednesday, 25 January 2012 – Lantern Festival - China

  43. A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) keeps an eye on the photographer at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

  44. Models wear creations by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012. (AP Photo/ Jacques Brinon) Jacques Brinon - AP

  45. Folk artists perform a fire dragon dance amid molten iron at 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,372 degrees Fahrenheit) during a Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing January 25, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. REUTERS/Jason Lee

  46. Yuan Zi, a male giant panda and Huan Huan, a female giant panda, share their life inside their enclosure at Zoo Parc De Beauval in Beauval, France. A pair of giant pandas which have been loaned to the zoo by China, where they hope the pair will reproduce and help boost the world's dwindling panda population. (Photo credit: Franck Prevel/Getty Images)

  47. a Kayapo boy with traditional body paint and piercing is seen at his home the day before the start of the "Expedicionarios da Saude" (Brazilian Health Expeditions), in the Kikretum community in Sao Felix, northern Brazil, April 21, 2011. Twice a year, volunteer doctors build a mobile hospital to provide clinical and surgical treatments for indigenous tribes and residents from different parts of the Amazon rainforest. Picture taken April 21. (Reuters/Ricardo Moraes

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