February 2, 2013

Election officials prepare for the vote in Tripoli June 24, 2014.

Opponents to gay marriage, adoption and procreation assistance wave flags and shout slogans during a demonstration in Marseille, France.

A Palestinian holds a flag on the top of a hill as demontrators set up a new camp to protest against Jewish settlements near the West Bank village of Burin.

Election officials prepare for the vote in Tripoli June 24, 2014.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony as he visits the Mamayev Kurgan (Mamayev Hill) World War II memorial complex in the city of Volgograd.

An air force officer holds Sri Lanka's national flag as the sun sets at Galle Face Green in Colombo.

Cape Verde's Julio Tavares (11) vies for a high ball against Ghana's Isaac Vorsah during their African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2013) quarter-final soccer match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

The mascot (L) of the Regimental Band and Corps Drums of the Royal Welsh regiment is seen before the start of the RBS Six Nations rugby match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardif, Britain.

Debutants dance at the 8th Semper Opera Ball 2013 in Dredsen, eastern Germany.

Groundhog Club Co-handler Ron Ploucha holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will be an early spring during the Groundhog Day ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pennyslvania.

Followers of the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda offer flowers to pay tribute to Yemanja, goddess of the sea, in Rio Vermelho Beach in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.