Today in photos (Feb. 7)

Supporters of striking police demonstrate outside the Bahian state legislature building, where up to 300 police officers and their families are holed up, in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. About one-third of Bahia’s 30,000 police went on strike a week ago and murders in the capital’s metropolitan area immediately spiked, reaching double normal rates before 2,000 troops were sent in Sunday to patrol the city in armored personnel carriers. The striking police officers are demanding pay raises and amnesty for what a judge ruled an illegal work stoppage. (Felipe Dana / Associated Press)

Lampposts are covered in ice in the Adriatic coastal town of Senj, Croatia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans; hundreds - most of them homeless - dead after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius); and authorities now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. (Darko Bandic / Associated Press)

People skate on the frozen Keizersgracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Volunteers poured onto frozen rivers and lakes in the northern Netherlands on Tuesday to shovel away snow that is one of the major hurdles in the way of a grueling speedskating race called Elfstedentocht, or 11 Cities Tour being held for the first time in 15 years. (Margriet Faber / Associated Press)

Karen Handel speaks during an interview in Atlanta Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Handel announced earlier her resignation as vice president for public policy for Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity. (John Bazemore / Associated Press)

Spanish Cyclist Alberto Contador of Spain speaks during a news conference in Pinto on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title and banned for two years after sport’s highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping on Monday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat. (Andres Kudacki / Associated Press)