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Day in pictures: 31 January 2006
Dancers from the Indian state of Rajasthan perform a traditional dance ahead of the annual Surajkund crafts fair. -
Enthusiasts dress up for the annual Shetland Isles Viking Festival which celebrates the Scottish islands' Norse heritage. -
A Malaysian vendor is surrounded by vegetables at a market in the north-eastern town of Kota Bharu. -
A Romany boy stands outside his home in a Roma settlement in the Serbian capital, Belgrade. -
Female political activists demonstrate against King Gyanendra and municipal elections scheduled to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, next month. -
A man takes a rest against a sign promoting opera singers as part of Chinese New Year celebrations. -
AP - Mon Jan 30, 8:07 AM ET
Painted elephants show their skills during the fourth elephant festival at Kaziranga National Park, 250 kilometers (156 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006. The annual festival is held for attracting tourists, beside creating awareness about the increasing fight for space between man and beast. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) -
AP - Mon Jan 30, 4:45 PM ET
A barn is framed by branches coated with a few inches of fresh wet snow in Jackson, N.H., Monday, Jan. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/The Conway Daily Sun, Jamie Gemmiti) -
Reuters - Sat Jan 28, 2:03 PM ET
A skier practising for the Skiing Slopestyle event is silhouetted against the sun at the 2006 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado January 28, 2006. More than 230 winter action sports athletes, including many Olympic athletes, are competing in four sports: Snowboard, Skiing, Moto X and SnoCross. The rainbow effect was caused by snow crystals in the air. REUTERS/Rick Wilking -
Reuters - Tue Jan 31, 7:29 AM ET
Folk dancers from India's desert state of Rajasthan perform on the eve of a fortnight-long fair at Surajkund in India's northern Haryana state January 31, 2006. Artists from across the country attend the Surajkund fair to perform and sell handicraft items. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore -
Reuters - Tue Jan 31, 2:00 PM ET
A tourist takes a photo with a mobile phone in a room at the Balea Lac Ice Hotel in Fagaras mountains, 300km northwest of Bucharest, January 31, 2006. Tucked away at the end of a remote valley in Romania's highest mountains, the structure is the first ice hotel is Eastern Europe. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel -
Reuters - Tue Jan 31, 4:49 PM ET
The head of a replica Viking galley burns during the Up-Helly-Aa festival on the Shetland Islands, January 31, 2006. The Up-Helly-Aa festival, introduced by men returning from the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, takes place annually on the last Tuesday of January. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty -
AP - Sat Jan 28, 4:39 PM ET
A man with a gorilla mask raises his arms after running into the Chesapeake Bay during the Polar Bear Plunge Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006 at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Md. For a minimum of $50 in pledges, participants take a dip in the Chesapeake Bay to benefit the athletes who train and compete throughout the year in Special Olympics Maryland. (AP Photo/Matthew S. Gunby) -
Reuters - Mon Jan 30, 2:49 PM ET
A bird flies over the Jordanian capital Amman, January 30, 2006. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:15 PM ET
Elephant Festival : A tusker takes part in the 4th Kaziranga Elephant Festival in Kaziranga National Park, about 230 km from Guwahati, the capital city of India's north-eastern state of Assam. (AFP/Biju Boro) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:17 PM ET
Paris parade : A man takes part in a parade to celebrate Chinese New Year which ushers in the Year of the Dog, in Paris. (AFP/Pierre Andrieu) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:19 PM ET
Handball hustle : Spain's Julio Fis (R) is blocked by the Slovakia defence in a European handball chamnpionship tournament match in Basel, Switzerland. (AFP/Frederick Florin) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:20 PM ET
Wreath ceremony : German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Holocaust Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem. (AFP/Menahem Kahana) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:22 PM ET
Not playing around : A protester shouts slogans during a demonstration in Jakarta, against the planned debut of a local edition of men's magazine "Playboy." (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:24 PM ET
Year of the Dog : Brazilian-born artists of Chinese ascendancy wait in the backstage to perform a dance in the eve of the Chinese New Year, which ushers the Year of the Dog, during a parade organized by Chinese immigrants in the traditional oriental neighborhood of Liberdade (Freedom, in Portuguese), in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AFP/Mauricio Lima) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:26 PM ET
Saluting Gandhi : Indian Punjab Police pays homage at a memorial statue of Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation, on the occasion of his 58th death anniversary, 'Martyrs Day' in Amritsar. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:29 PM ET
At the temple : A woman prays at a temple in Beijing on the second day of the Chinese New Year. (AFP/Pater Parks) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:30 PM ET
Joss sticks : A man places joss sticks at a temple in Beijing on the second day of the Chinese New Year. (AFP/Peter Parks) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:31 PM ET
Coils of incense : A woman looks at coils of incense at a temple in Beijing on the second day of the Chinese New Year. (AFP/Peter Parks) -
AFP - Mon Jan 30, 7:32 PM ET
On stilts : Artists perform on stilts as residents look on at a temple in Beijing on the second day of the Chinese New Year. (AFP/Peter Parks)