January 29, 2007

A girl looks through a bus window in the morning hours in Russia's southern city of Stavropol. The temperature there dropped to 15.8 Fahrenheit on Monday.

January 30, 2007

A Junior Up Helly Aa Viking lifts his axe upwards as a longboat burns behind him during the Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, the Shetland Islands, northern Scotland.

January 28, 2007

Prince Charles takes a shot -- and makes it -- during a break in a basketball game at the Harlem Children's Zone, a charter school, in New York.

January 31, 2007

A Star turtle from India rolls on its back along with others being displayed during a Thai Customs press conference in Bangkok, Thailand. About 1,000 of the endangered turtles were confiscated after being discovered in luggage during a routine inspection in southern Thailand.

January 29, 2007

Shi'a Muslims celebrate Ashurah in Kabul. The festival commemorates the day Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, was martyred along with his family members and friends in the Battle of Karbala. Many Shi'ites whip themselves with knives on chains.

January 28, 2007

Masked Palestinian gunmen from Fatah take their position during clashes with Hamas members in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. Rival Palestinian factions have clashed for the past three days, with 25 people reportedly killed and 66 wounded.