Kiryat Malakhi, Israel: Israelis of Ethiopian origin attend a demonstration against racism
Gaza city, Gaza: Hanan Abu Nada, a Palestinian lawyer, rides her horse at the Al-Furusia riding centre
Beijing, China: A man writes Chinese characters on a footpath using water and a brush
London, UK: British gymnast Daniel Keatings
congratulates his teammate Daniel Purvis after his jump on the vault
during the international gymnastics Olympics test and qualification
event
Delft, The Netherlands: Professors in their academic gowns attend the 170th anniversary celebration of the Dies Natalis
Wuppertal, Germany: Hens at a chicken farm
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: A model displays a design by Acquastudio during the Fashion Rio Winter 2012 at Pier Mauá
Mazar-i-Shraif, Afghanistan: Afghan boys play football at sunset
Noida, India: A worker stands under covered
elephant statues at the Ambedkar Park. India's Election Commission has
ordered the covering up of statues, the symbol of the Bahujan Samaj
Party
Rome, Italy: Members of a circus attend Pope Benedict XVI's general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican
Kathmandu, Nepal: A pigeon sleeping
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Habib, eight, works at
a metal workshop which makes propellers for ships at a shipbuilding
yard next to Buriganga river
Manila, Philippines: A firefighter
carries a ladder while his colleagues douse the flames of a burning
textiles and garments warehouse
Rome, Italy: Members of the Chinese
community in Italy light candles to honour a Chinese man and his
daughter who were murdered in Rome
New Delhi, India: People watch a laser light show on the India Gate Monument
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands: Marjolein Kramer of
the Museum of Nature Fryslan in Friesland prepares 'Astro the
Rocketmouse'. The mouse died from injuries suffered on New Year's Eve
when boys tied it on a rocket and fired it