Shanghai, China: A woman cleans her home as an aeroplane flies
into Hongqiao international airport
Bodh Gaya, India: Buddhist volunteers pour milk into a vat to
prepare tea for devotees during the Kalachakra festival. Bodh Gaya is believed
to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment
Quillón, Chile: A firefighter tries to control one of many wildfires
devastating the region
Gönnersdorf, Germany: Dark clouds are seen through a rainy window in
Saxony
London, England: Penguins swim during the annual stocktake at London zoo
Walla Walla, US: Two men walk along Bennington lake in Washington state at sunset
Sitra, Bahrain: An anti-regime protester gestures as he faces
riot police during a protest
Harbin, China: A woman bleeds after hitting a patch of ice
during a winter swimming competition in the Songhua river
Cairo, Egypt: An injured protester stands outside the court
where Hosni Mubarak, the ousted president, is standing trial
Kabul, Afghanistan: Local youths play football in the snow
Beijing, China: Passengers queue to buy train tickets outside
a railway station in a scramble to return home for Chinese lunar new year
celebrations on 23 January
Yantai, China: Huaao the giant panda climbs a tree at a zoo
in Shandong province
Mexico City, Mexico: Agents take part in the inauguration of the headquarters of the
investigative police agency