Today in photos (Feb. 10)
February 10, 2012
Photo gallery: View a gallery of photos from around the world on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
A woman walks across a snow covered square in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Friday Feb. 10,2012. Europe has been battling a deep freeze that started in late January. (Petr Josek / Associated Press)
A Tamil Hindu priest has antiseptic powder on his face after a ceremonial steal rod was removed during a blessing ritual for the festival of Thaipusam outside a temple in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Thaipusam, an annual festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, marks the day when Goddess Parvati presented a weapon to Murugan, her son with Hindu God Shiva, to vanquish a demon army. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)
Kashmiri villagers carry the coffin of Gul Mohammad Dar, a pro-India party worker and a rural body head, during his funeral procession in Hawoormisshipora village, some 65 Kilometers (40 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Police in Indian Kashmir say unidentified gunmen shot dead a political worker and a rural body head of pro-Indian party and wounded another late Thursday night. At least 698 politicians including leaders and workers were killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 1990, according to a 2011 government statistic. (Dar Yasin / Associated Press)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his part in fighting apartheid, listens to a speech by the Dalai Lama during a felicitation event for him in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Hundreds of exiles cheered as the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile felicitated the Archbishop at the Tsuglakhang temple. Tutu is in the country to support the “Girls Not Brides” initiative started in 2011 by “The Elders”, a group of independent global leaders working for peace and human rights, to bring together civil society organizations from across the world working to tackle child marriage in African and South-East Asian countries. (Ashwini Bhatia / Associated Press)
Pakistani police use water cannon to disperse protestors trying to march towards the U.S. Consulate during a rally demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan. Activists of Pakistani social party Pasban took part in rally demanded the release of Siddiqui, who was convicted in Sept. 2010 of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan. (Fareed Khan / Associated Press)
Jerry Sandusky, center, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, at the Centre County Courthouse for a bail conditions hearing Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pa. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)
Women protesters display placards seen through the opening of a police shield during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila Friday Feb. 10, 2012 in the Philippines to protest the alleged shift of focus in U.S. foreign policy from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Asia Pacific under the so-called “Pacific Century.” The protesters assailed the Philippine government for setting up talks with the U.S. counterpart regarding possible increase in deployment of U.S. troops in the country. (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)
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