Tuesday, February 9, 2010

A snowman sits in the middle of a road Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Mountain Home, Ark. Snow fell over northern Ark., Monday, with some area receiving nearly 10 inches. (AP Photo/The Baxter Bulletin, Kevin Pieper) Internationally renowned street performer Chayne Hultgren (a.k.a. 'The Space Cowboy'), re-enacts his 18-sword swallowing attempt for a Guinness World Record in front of the Sydney Opera House on February 8, 2010. The Australian beat his own world record when he simultaneously swallowed 18 swords, each blade measuring 50.8cm by 1.3cm, in the lead-up to this year's International Sword Swallowing Day on February 28. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images) A fisherman lifts a pole containing newly harvested mussels in Bacoor A couple take pictures at the Three white tigers gather in an enclosure at the Singapore zoological garden on February 8, 2010. For the first time to mark the Year of the Tiger, visitors will get the opportunity to go behind the scenes to see how the white tigers are trained using operant conditioning to provide mental and behavioural stimulation for the animals. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Drew Brees: A resident clears snow from the rooftop of his home in Falls Church, Virginia Leogane, Feb. 07/09 - Leogane, Feb. 07/09 - HMCS Athabaskan sailors transfer supplies to the beach in Leogane, Haiti. About 500 Navy sailors were deployed to provide humanitarian aid in Haiti, which includes rebuilding an orphanage and providing supplies to other aid groups operating in the region. Photo By Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail Leogane, Feb. 07/09 - HMCS Athabaskan sailors transfer supplies to the beach in Leogane, Haiti. About 500 Navy sailors were deployed to provide humanitarian aid in Haiti, which includes rebuilding an orphanage and providing supplies to other aid groups operating in the region. Photo By Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail Leogane, Feb. 07/09 - HMCS Athabaskan Lieutenant Sherrie Black hands out treats to children on the beach in Leogane, Haiti. About 500 Navy sailors were deployed to provide humanitarian aid in Haiti, which includes rebuilding an orphanage and providing supplies to other aid groups operating in the region. Photo By Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail Leogane, Feb. 07/09 - HMCS Athabaskan Naval Communicator and Leading Seaman Kathleen Jollimore holds Nixon, an orphan at the Eglize Bonnenoux elle de Jesus Christ Orphanage in Leogane, Haiti. Jollimore said,

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Friday, February 12, 2010

An internally displaced Afghan child smiles as he looks out from a small window of a shanty, in a refugee camp on a cold day in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Melbourne Zoo's new Asian elephant - named Baby for the time being - keeps a close eye on her mother's foot after going on display to the public for the first time on February 10, 2010. Baby is only the second elephant born in Australia and the first one born from successful artificial insemination, and after a 22-month pregnancy she arrived on January 16, 2010. Three weeks later, Baby now weighs 136 kilos. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A U.S. Marine eats a scorpion during a jungle survival exercise with the Thai Navy at a military base in Chon Buri Province

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

A snowman sits in the middle of a road Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Mountain Home, Ark. Snow fell over northern Ark., Monday, with some area receiving nearly 10 inches. (AP Photo/The Baxter Bulletin, Kevin Pieper)

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