Dec. 31, 2011
Bodhgaya, India
Buddhist monks and other devotees wait to welcome the Dalai Lama upon his arrival for the upcoming Kalachakra Buddhist festival in the town of Bodhgaya, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
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Dec. 30, 2011
Dhampus, Nepal
A woman from the indigenous Gurung community combs her hair on her balcony as she prepares to attend a traditional New Year ceremony. Mt. Machapuchre is seen in the background.
Dec. 29, 2011
Kabul, Afghanistan
Children watch as a man holds balloons for sale on the street.
Dec. 28, 2011
Taizhou, China
Workers carry red lanterns out from a workshop as they prepare for the lunar new year celebration.
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Dec. 27, 2011
Islamabad, Pakistan
Supporters of Pakistan's slain leader Benazir Bhutto observe the fourth anniversary of her death.
Dec. 26,2011
London, England
Underground trains are parked during a 24-hour strike by train drivers over public holiday pay.
Dec. 25, 2011
Jammu, India
Devotees gather to offer Christmas prayers at a church.
Dec. 24, 2011
West Littleton, England
Members of the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt ride out on their Christmas Eve meet. Many hunts across the country will be gearing up for their Boxing Day meets, which traditionally are the highest attended of the hunting calendar.
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Dec. 23, 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
A violinist performs on the streets of Prague during the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel.
Marko Drobnjakovic / AP Photo
Dec. 22, 2011
New Delhi, India
An evicted squatter stands on the street near his belongings as they were burned by the police.
Dec. 21, 2011
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
People watch the launch of the Soyuz TMA-03M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station.
Dec. 20, 2011
Washington D.C.
The National Menorah was lit for the first night of Hanukkah on the National Mall.
Dec. 20, 2011
Manila, Philippines
Navy personnel carried an empty coffin that will be transported to flood-stricken cities, along with other relief goods like drinking water and clothes. Nearly a thousand people died in massive flash floods when a tropical storm hit the country last week.
Dec. 19, 2011
York, England
A man prepares for the Christmas Poultry Auction in England.
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Dec. 19, 2011
Pyongyang, North Korea
Hundreds of North Koreans gather to mourn the death of their leader Kim Jong-il.
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Dec. 18, 2011
Kathmandu, Nepal
Activists participate in a torch rally organized by the Nepal Tarun Dal (TD), the youth wing of Nepali Congress Party, as part of a demonstration against the Nepali government and police.
Navesh Chitrakar / Landov
Dec. 17, 2011
Ali Air Base, Iraq
Air Force airmen go to board the last Air Force flight out of Ali Air Base near Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Dec. 16, 2011
Nagpur, India
The Guinness World Records named Jyoti Amge, 18, world's shortest woman measuring 62.8 centimeters (24.7 inches).
Dec. 15 2011
Galicia, Spain
Waves over 26 ft hit the coast of northwestern Spain.
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Dec. 15, 2011
Moscow, Russia
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives for his annual question-and-answer television program. Putin said the results of Russia's parliamentary elections reflected popular opinion but he was pleased by the sight of mass protests of mainly young people.
Dec. 14, 2011
Clarens, South Africa
Members of the United Apostolic Church pray and visit Sangomas, or 'witch doctors', at the divine Fertility Caves deep in the Maloti Mountains near Clarens, South Africa.
Dec. 14, 2011
Kiev, Ukraine
A lawyer for former P.M. Yulia Tymoshenko vaults over a blocked fence to attend an appeal hearing.
Dec. 13, 2011
Lyme Regis, England
Waves break over the seawall behind houses as stormy conditions continue across the United Kingdom.
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Dec. 12, 2011
Long Beach, California
A protester faces riot police during an attempt to shut down West Coast ports.
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Dec. 12, 2011
Kathmandu, Nepal
A group sits around a fire to warm themselves in the cold.
Niranjan Shrestha / AP Photo
Dec. 11, 2011
Islamabad, Pakistan
A Pakistani child waits for customers at his father's fruit stall.
Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
Dec. 10, 2011
Baghdad, Iraq
Street scene near Kahramana Square in Baghdad.
Dec. 10, 2011
Perth, Australia
Competitors head out to sea at the start of the Finn Gold Fleet race during day eight of the ISAF Sailing World Championships.
Dec. 9, 2011
Gaza City, Palestine
A Palestinian girl holds her brother as she looks at a house damaged during an Israeli air strike. Violence across the Israeli-Gaza border escalated with Israeli air strikes killing at least three people and Palestinian militants firing rockets deep into southern Israel.
Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters / Landov
Dec. 8, 2011
St. Petersburg, Russia
Russians take to the street to protest the recent parliamentary elections.
Dmitry Lovetsky / AP Photos
Beijing, China
Dec. 8, 2011
The Russian team trains before the 6th annual FINA Synchronized Swimming World Trophy competition.
Dec. 7, 2011
Nasiriyah, Iraq
U.S. Army soldiers from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, prepare their final convoy to Kuwait.
Dec. 6, 2011
Moscow, Russia
A member of the pro-Kremlin youth movement Stal wears a Darth Vader mask participates in a rally in downtown Moscow.
Dec. 6, 2011
Tehran, Iran
Shiite Muslims beat themselves and participate in the mourning ritual of Ashura at the Karbala mosque to commemorate the killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed in the 7th century.
Nov. 5 , 2011
Paris, France
French President Nicolas Sarkozy rides on a suburban train after a visit to the New Technology and Industry Centre
Dec. 5, 2011
Masur, India
Sonu, a 10-year-old tightrope walker, balances herself on a rope with her feet inside an aluminium tin during a performance in the village of Masur. Sonu travels from village to village with her mother and father, setting up the tightrope to perform for money on the main street. She makes an average of 200 Indian Rupees per day ($3.90), and as much as 400 Indian Rupees ($7.80) on a good day.
Vivek Prakash / Reuters / Landov
Dec. 4, 2011
Liverpool, England
Competitors take part in the annual 5K Santa Dash.
Paul Ellis, AFP / Getty Images
Dec. 3, 2011
Nasiriyah, Iraq
A conference room remains empty at Camp Adder as the Army sends its soldiers home and the base is prepared to be handed back to the Iraqi government.
Dec. 2, 2011
Yangon, Burma
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi embrace after speaking to the press.
Saul Loeb, AFP / Getty Images
Dec 1, 2011
Beijing, China
A patient in the HIV/AIDS ward of Beijing YouAn Hospital.
Dec. 1, 2011
Islamabad, Pakistan
Children watch as Khisrulrahman Ameen, center, cleans the windshield of his rickshaw in a slum on the outskirts of town.
Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
Nov. 30, 2011
Dover, Delaware
The remains of Marine Cpl. Adam J. Buyes return from conflict in Afghanistan.
Jose Luis Magana / AP Photos
Nov. 30, 2011
Xi'an, China
Visitors hike down snow-covered Mt. Huashan in China's Shaanxi province.
Nov. 29, 2011
New Delhi
A pedestrian walks past the newly constructed upside down architectural clubhouse 'Caracella Club.'
Nov. 29, 2011
Cairo, Egypt
Egyptian women cast their votes on the second day of parliamentary elections.
Andre Pain, EPA / Landov
Nov. 28, 2011
Tel Aviv, Israel
A Benetton billboard advertisement in Tel Aviv shows Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu kissing Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas.
Baz Ratner / Reuters
Nov. 28, 2011
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Riot police scuffle with residents protesting their impending eviction. Thousands of families are facing relocation to make way for a Chinese development project.
SAMRANG PRING / Landov
Nov. 27, 2011
Tskhinvali, South Ossetia
South Ossetia held a runoff vote on Sunday in its first presidential election since the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Nov. 27, 2011
Kuusamo, Finland
Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer jumps to second place in the World Cup large-hill ski-jumping event.
LEONHARD FOEGER / Landov
Nov. 26, 2011
New York
Pedestrians walk along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Nov. 26, 2011
Moscow
Artur Gachinski performs during the men's free skate program at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
Nov. 25, 2011
Cairo
Fireworks light up the sky over Egyptian protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo during a mass rally demanding an end to military rule.
Nov. 25, 2011
Mentor, Ohio
Black Friday shoppers duck under the opening door of a Sears store.
Nov. 24, 2011
New York
A giant Sonic the Hedgehog balloon passes spectators on a balcony during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
John Minchillo / AP Photo
Nov. 23, 2011
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Vehicles at a Honda auto factory are submerged in floodwaters at the Rojana industrial district in central Thailand.
Seville, Spain
Nov. 23, 2011
Andalusian horsemen wait with their horses before a competition at the Sicab International P.R.E. Horse Fair.
Nov. 22, 2011
Los Angeles
A 600-foot section of Paseo Del Mar slipped away in the port district of San Pedro.
Nov. 22, 2011
Arkalyk, Kazakhstan
Ground personnel roll the Soyuz TMA-02 space capsule containing the crew members of Expedition 29 shortly after landing. Astronauts Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, and Sergei Volkov had spent more than five months aboard the International Space Station.
Nov. 21, 2011
Cairo
Egyptian protesters run for cover on the third day of clashes with security forces at Tahrir Square.
Khaled Desouki / AFP-Getty Images
Nov. 21, 2011
Faisalabad, Pakistan
A man stretches sheets of fabric after they were hung to dry in a field.
Nov. 20, 2011
Cairo
Protester throws a gas canister toward riot police during clashes in downtown Cairo.
Nov. 20, 2011
Daofu, China
Tibetan Buddhist nuns take a rest from repairing a mountain road.
Carlos Barria / Landov
Ahmedabad , India
Nov. 19, 2011
Tourists stand inside the illuminated Adalaj Stepwell—a five level step-well built in the 15th century—during the World Heritage Week.
Ouidah, Benin
Nov. 19, 2011
A woman attempts to touch Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the West African nation.
Birmingham, England
Nov. 18, 2011
Yasuhiro Ueyama of Japan performs during the men's trampoline team final at the Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships in Birmingham, central England.
Bangkok
Nov. 18, 2011
Residents walk on a makeshift stairway at a flooded area.
Los Angeles
Nov. 17, 2011
Anti–Wall Street protesters demonstrate in the downtown financial district.
Wardak province, Afghanistan
Nov. 17, 2011
An Afghan girl stands next to a U.S. soldier as he takes position during a patrol as part of an overall security and disruption insurgency mission.
Sonepur, India
Nov. 16, 2011
The cattle fair—which has its roots in ancient times when people traded elephants and horses across the Ganges—is one of Asia's largest and lasts for a fortnight.
Chon-Tash, Kyrgyzstan
Nov. 16, 2011
Visitors pray at a newly opened memorial site dedicated to the victims of an April 2010 uprising. More than 80 antigovernment demonstrators were killed during the revolt that ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Nov. 15, 2011
New York
A pedestrian takes a picture of an empty and closed Zuccotti Park after police officers evicted Occupy Wall Street protesters overnight.
Nov. 15, 2011
Sonepur, India
An elephant handler watches as a female elephant named Laxmi reaches for her 13-month old daughter Rani, at the Sonepur Fair.
Nov. 14, 2011
Duisburg, Germany
The sculpture Tiger and Turtle resembles a roller coaster.
Frank Augstein / AP Photos
Nov. 14, 2011
Rangoon, Burma
A man makes earthen pots with help from his family members at their workshop in Twantay.
Khin Maung Win / AP Photo
Nov. 13, 2011
Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Local residents look at the debris of a girls' school after it was bombed by alleged Taliban militants.
Nov. 12, 2011
St. Petersburg, Russia
Hundreds of paper lanterns are launched into the sky as part of a flash mob.
Nov. 12, 2011
Tongguan, China
A girl applies makeup before participating in a Kam Grand Choir performance of the Dong ethnic minority village of Tongguan, in Guizhou province. The Kam Grand is a traditional polyphonic choral performance of the Dong people; the event drew more than 2,000 participants.
Alrewas, United Kingdom
Nov. 11, 2011
Veteran Philip Malins, age 92, takes part in a moment of silence at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Tokyo
Nov. 10, 2011
Japanese businessman watches the Nikkei Stock Average fall 254.64 points.
Everett Kennedy Brown, EPA / Landov
Nov. 10, 2011
Tehran
Members of the Iranian Army academy perform maneuvers during a graduation ceremony.
Nov. 9, 2011
Karachi, Pakistan
Twenty-seven Indian fishermen are detained for venturing into Pakistan's waters.
Nov. 9, 2011
Bangkok
A Thai resident walks on road barriers to cross flooded streets.
Aaron Favila / AP Photo
Nov. 8, 2011
Lalitpur, Nepal
A medium performs the religious dance "Narsingng the last day of the traditional Kartic dance festival at Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur. Observed for eight days, the festival is the longest dance festival in Nepal.
Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters / Landov
Nov. 8, 2011
Monrovia, Liberia
A woman votes in Liberia's presidential election run-off at a polling station in West Point, a slum of Monrovia. Rising tension, a planned opposition boycott and fresh memories of a day of deadly clashes hung over Liberia's election day.
Luc Gnago, Reuters / Landov
Nov 7. 2011
Nanjing, China
A balloon vendor yawns as she waits for customers on her electric bicycle.
Nov. 6, 2011
New York
The leaders of the men's New York City Marathon run through Queens across from the Manhattan skyline. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won with a time of 2:05:06.
Kathy Kmonicek / AP Photo
Nov. 6, 2011
Jiaxing, China
A Chinese laborer collects plastic bottles at a recycling center.
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Nov. 5, 2011
Lahore, Pakistan
A boy takes a break for tea at a bustling livestock market ahead of Eid ul-Adha. The annual Islamic holiday, which falls Nov. 7–8 in Pakistan, is marked by the ritual sacrifice after morning prayers of sheep, goats, cows, and other livestock whose meat is then shared with the poor.
Nov. 5, 2011
Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia
Muslim worshippers gather at sunrise to pray at Mount Arafat during the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
Fayez Nureldine, AFP / Getty Images
Nov. 4, 2011
Gretna, Scotland
Starlings fill the evening sky in Scotland.
Nov. 4, 2011
Kabul
Mohammed Sher, center, sells sheep in an open market in Kabul for Eid-al-Adha, a Muslim holiday beginning Sunday.
Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
Nov. 3, 2011
Moscow
Parade rehearsal for the anniversary of soldiers marching toward the front lines during World War II.
Nov. 3, 2011
Seoul
South Korean demonstrators struggle with riot police in front of the National Assembly during a rally opposing a free trade agreement with the United States.
Nov. 2, 2011
London
Julian Assange faces the press after losing his appeal against extradition from the U.K. to Sweden on sexual assault charges. Read Mike Giglio's interview with libertarian hero Vaughan Smith, who has been housing the WikiLeaks founder in Britain.
Nov. 2, 2011
Kathmandu, Nepal
Hindu worshippers wait for sunrise to offer prayers during the final day of Chhat, a festival that celebrates the Sun God.
Nov. 1, 2011
Jiuquan, China
China bursts into the space race with the unmanned Shenzhou 8. If it docks successfully, the nation will join Russia and the U.S. as the third country to have a permanant space station within the next 10 years.
Oct. 31, 2011
Navotas, Philippines
Two kids scale towering "apartment-style" tombs in a public cemetery for All Saint's Day. Armed with a can of paint, the boys spruce up the graves in preparation for locals who come to offer prayers for the dead.
Oct. 30, 2011
Capriana, Moldova
A farm worker hoists a fallen tree over his shoulder as he tends to a monastery's cornfields. As Europe spirals deeper into debt, life in its poorest country is especially strained.
John McConnico / AP Photo
Oct. 29, 2011
New York
New Yorkers' umbrellas didn't stand a chance against an October storm that took the Northeast by surprise. Three million were left without power and 20 have been reported dead as fall weather took a turn for the worse.
Jessica Rinaldi / Landov
Oct. 29, 2011
London
A snowboarder flies through the air during a 100-meter-long and 32-meter-high snow jump at the FIS Freestyle Snowboarding World Cup hosted by the International Ski Federation.
Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Images
Oct. 28, 2011
Concord, N.H.
Before delivering a giddy speech praising the Granite State, GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry signed paperwork to put him on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential-primary ballot.
Jim Cole / AP Photo
Oct. 28, 2011
Salina, Kansas
Silhouetted against the dawn light, a Buddhist monk walks with the flags of America and Kansas before setting them in front of the local temple.
Tom Dorsey / AP Photo
Oct. 27, 2011
Bangkok
As floodwaters threaten to overtake the Thai capital, a man in a life jacket peacefully floats through his once dry city.
Oct. 26, 2011
Oakland
A protester tags a building as 1,000 march during a peaceful Occupy Oakland protest. The day before, an Iraq War veteran was seriously injured when police fired projectiles at the demonstrators.
Oct. 25, 2011
Ercis, Turkey
There was a happy moment amid the devastation as rescuers dug out a 2-week-old baby girl from the rubble of one of the 2,000 buildings that crumbled under Turkey's deadly magnitude-7.2 earthquake.
Oct. 24, 2011
Bangkok
A Buddhist monk strolls through the streets of Bangkok during the most catastrophic flooding in half a century. Locals have been working tirelessly to build makeshift levees hoping to keep the encroaching water from overtaking the capital.
Oct. 23, 2011
Tunisia
A woman proudly displays her finger after voting in the country's first democratic election since the ouster of a two-decade-long brutal regime.
Oct. 22, 2011
Misrata, Libya
The bodies of Libya's disposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim were displayed in a shopping mall's storage freezer for four days before being buried in an undisclosed location.
Oct. 22 was the first day of our Photo of the Day gallery. See 2012's Photo of the Day gallery.
