A Syrian rebel takes his position as he points his gun during a battle with the Syrian government forces, at Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus, fueling some of the bloodiest fighting of the 10-month-old uprising, as Western diplomats tried to overcome Russia's rejection of a draft U.N. resolution demanding President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power.
'Guizers' with flaming torches are pictured with a Viking Galley in Lerwick, on the Shetland Isles, off the north-east coast of Scotland, during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. Hundreds of costumed guizers carrying torches took to the streets of a Scottish island during the annual Up Helly Aa festival. Originating in the 1880s, the tradition which celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, sees around 900 guizers drag a Viking galley through the streets of Lerwick, led by a horde of 'Vikings'. The festival, that attracts thousands of revelers each year , culminates in the burning of the Viking galley.
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, celebrates his Florida primary election win at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
In this Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 photo, Eric Venner takes shelter under an umbrella as he walks in front of a mural on Holman Street in Houston.
Joshua Palacpac, 14, center, and Gustavo Larrea, 11, right, play into the evening at Charter Oak Park in Manchester, Conn., as the usually mild winter continues in the northeast, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
A cat lays on the snow on January 31, 2012 in Tourzel, centre France, due to the first snow falls of the winter's season in this aera.
A donkey is braying in front of a horse in a snow covered meadow on January 31, 2012 in Prilly near Lausanne. Western of Switzerland woke up in the snow this morning.
A stray dog tries to catch birds on a frozen lake in a park in Bucharest on January 30, 2012. Temperatures plunged to minus 27 degrees Celsius in central Romania, where four people died due to the cold, according to local media.
A dog walks in a park in Bucharest on January 30, 2012. Temperatures plunged to minus 27 degrees Celsius in central Romania, where four people died due to the cold, according to local media.
A man walks with his dog in a park in Bucharest on January 30, 2012. Temperatures plunged to minus 27 degrees Celsius in central Romania, where four people died due to the cold, according to local media.
George Parry, of Fulton, NY and a salesman at Raynor Ford, in Fulton, clears off the snow from a line of cars at the dealership Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. On Monday, the Fulton area was hit with over 30 inches of snow.
A monument for Juwish writer Sholem Aleichem, pen name of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich is covered with snow after heavy snowfalls in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
A man walks as the sun rises behind chimneys of a thermal power station in Sofia on January 31, 2012. Record low temperatures were registered around Bulgaria Tuesday, as the mercury continued to drop, threatening shipping on the Danube and closing hundreds of schools.
Dutch skate on the first real natural ice near Lytse Wielen, in the north of the Netherlands, on January 31, 2012. Weather forecasts announce a week with winter snow and temperatures around freezing.
A girl looks out from a bus window covered with frost on January 30, 2012 as temperatures reached -15 degrees Celcius in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The Ukrainian Health Ministry said 18 people died of hypothermia in the last four days as the country was hit by a severe spell of cold weather. Most of them were homeless who froze to death in the streets or old people who died in their flats or after hospitalization.
A man rides his bike along a levee next to the Ohio River, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, in Newport, Ky. The Cincinnati, Ohio, skyline is visible across the river. Temperatures in the area reached into the 60's.
A Greek athlete swims in a heated open-air swimming pool during cold weather in Athens on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Snowfall and frost were reported in most parts of the country and ferry services have been canceled due to gale-force winds.
The 278 meter (912 feet) long Arganzuela bridge is seen in Madrid, Spain, Friday Dec. 30, 2011, The bridge designed by French architect Dominique Perrault crosses the Manzanares river in the south of the city.
A keeper cares for the sensitive skin of one-year old baby elephant Dinkar at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on January 31, 2012. As temperatures reached around minus eight degrees Celsius, the zoo's Indian elephants are allowed to stay only half an hour outside before they have to turn back in their warm house.
Mark Brandt is seen outside Lucas Oil Field before NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, in Indianapolis.
Michael Hoyson is seen outside Lucas Oil Stadium before NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, in Indianapolis.
A Niger fan gestures during their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match against Morocco at Stade De L'Amitie in Libreville, Gabon, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
Sudan's soccer team players run during a training session at Alip training ground just out side of Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Sudan will play against Zambia in the African Cup of Nations quarterfinal soccer match on Saturday.
Minnesota cheerleader performs against Illinois during an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 in Minneapolis.
Tim McGraw, of PJ's Window Cleaning Company, cleans the windows of the PNC bank Building in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
In this Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, a police officer uses pepper spray on an Occupy Portland protestor at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland Ore., Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.
Jean Richards-Houck makes her way toward Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's bus during his visit to a polling place at Celebration Heritage Hall in Celebration, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
Family members weep over the casket as the body of Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Singer returns to Southern California in what is called a Hero Mission ceremony at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Singer, 23, of Temecula, Calif., died in combat in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 21.
Egyptian protesters carry a man who fell in the crowd during a rally outside the Parliament in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Egypt's newly elected lawmakers took aim at the country's military rulers Tuesday, accusing them of trampling on democratic norms and overstepping their powers by passing laws, including a crucial one regulating presidential elections.
Mayan guides perform a ritual at the site where the Spanish embassy used to be in Guatemala City, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. The gathering marks the 32nd anniversary the Jan. 31, 1980 attack by alleged government agents who burned down the Spanish embassy where Mayan peasants were occupying the embassy in protest. The attack killed 37 people.
A model wears a creation as part of Italian fashion designer Renato Balestra's spring-summer 2012 collection, unveiled in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
A model wears a creation as part of Italian fashion designer Renato Balestra's spring-summer 2012 collection, unveiled in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
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