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  • Mark Kolbe / Getty Images

    Left: Vera Zvonareva of Russia serves in her semifinal match against Kim Clijsters of Belgium during day eleven of the 2011 Australian Open at Melbourne Park, Jan. 27, in Melbourne, Australia. Right: Kim Clijsters of Belgium serves in her semifinal match against Vera Zvonareva of Russia during day eleven of the 2011 Australian Open at Melbourne Park, Jan. 27, in Melbourne, Australia.

    Day 11 of the Australian Open: Zvonareva serving Clijsters, Clijsters serving Zvonareva

    By Elena Grothe

    I like the lighting and lack of lighting in these images. See more action from the Australian Open here.

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  • Heavy rains cause floods in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    By Mish Whalen

    Torrential rainfall submerged streets and cut off electricity in parts of Saudi Arabia's second largest city Jeddah on Wednesday, raising fears of a repeat of floods in 2009 which killed more than 120 people. 

    Reuters

    A man is evacuated by Saudi civil defence forces from a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Jeddah on January 27, 2011.

    Susan Baaghil / Reuters

    Vehicles are seen on a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on January 27, 2011.

  • Maurizio Gambarini / EPA

    Motorcycle stunt champion Chris Pfeffier (L) and model Mai-Lin perform a 'Stoppie-Kiss' trick at the Hamburg Motorcycle Days trade show in Hamburg, Germany, on January 27, 2011.

    'Stoppie-Kiss' at the Hamburg Motorcycle Days show

    By Mish Whalen

    The 17th Hamburg Motorcycle Days takes place from January 28-30 with many exhibitions and shows.

  • Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP - Getty Images

    A general view of the valley and river in Musa Qala in Helmand province in Afghanistan on January 27, 2011. Taliban militants are waging a nine-year insurgency against 140,000 international troops stationed in Afghanistan.

    Overview of Afghanistan province

    By Mish Whalen

    I love all the different things going on in this photo, from the car stuck, to the sheep passing to the cart-man. Nice overview.

  • Ben Curtis / AP

    An angry Egyptian activist shouts at anti-riot policemen blocking the way to a journalists' syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Jan. 26.

    The political and the personal: protesters and police face off in Cairo

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    We are keeping a close eye on the developing situation in Egypt, where Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed El-Baradei is expected to join street protests today.

    I was struck by this picture of a face to face confrontation that occurred during yesterday's demonstration in Cairo. For me, the image is powerful because it brings a clash of ideologies down to a personal level. It also provokes a number of questions in my mind. What was the police officer thinking? Might his sympathies be divided? And could any of his friends or relatives be among the protesters?

  • Gorilla that walks like a man filmed at zoo in UK

    By Mish Whalen

    Ambam, a silverback gorilla, has become an internet sensation after being filmed walking on his hind legs. Ambam was born at Port Lympne’s sister park, Howletts, in 1990. Both parks are dedicated to protecting rare species and are managed by an international conservation charity called The Aspinall Foundation (TAF). TAF are pioneers in the conservation of gorillas both at the Kent Parks and at its gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in Congo and Gabon where it protects over 1 million acres of unique ecosystem. For further information on visiting the gorillas at Port Lympne or if you would like to adopt a gorilla please go to here.

    For more on this story see here.

    Kevin Jenner / Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks

    Ambam, a silverback gorilla, at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, southeast England, has become an internet sensation after being filmed walking on his hind legs.

    Denise Hardy / Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks

    Ambam the gorilla has become an internet star after teaching himself to walk like a human. ITV's Nina Nannar reports. 

  • Thousands march, demand change of government in Yemen

    According to Reuters, thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of Sanaa on Thursday to demand a change of government, inspired by the unrest that has ousted Tunisia's leader and spread to Egypt this week. See images and a link to the full story below.  

    Mohammad Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

    Yemenis attend a protest calling President Ali Abdullah Saleh to quit on January 27 in Sanaa as thousands of Yemenis, apparently inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt, staged a mass demonstration calling on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign after being in power since 1978.

    Reuters

    Protesters march during an anti-government demonstration in Radfan, a district in the southern Yemeni province of Lahej, Jan. 27.

    Full story here.

  • Chinafotopress / Getty Images

    Citizen Ding Yi performs spurting fire from mouth on Jan. 26 in Xiangyang, Hubei Province of China. As the lunar New Year draws near, the Chinese have begun decorating their streets and homes to celebrate what is considered the most important festival of the year.

    Spurting fire in Xiangyang, China

  • Love is in the air - 'hippo style' at the Warsaw Zoo

    By Mish Whalen

    Anelia, a female hippopotamus and her younger companion Hugo, who is 44 years her junior, started to mate recently, feeding hopes for the Warsaw zoo, that they may be expecting it's first baby hippo in many years.

    Tomasz Gzell / EPA

    Hugo, a four-year-old male hippo dives in the pool of the indoor enclosure at the Warsaw Zoo in Poland, January 27, 2011.

    Tomasz Gzell / EPA

    Hugo, a four-year-old male hippo and Aniela, a 48-year-old female (R) are seen at their indoor enclosure at the zoo in Warsaw, Poland, on January 27, 2011.

    Tomasz Gzell / EPA

    Hugo, (in water) a four-year-old male hippo and Aniela, a 48-year-old female are seen at their indoor enclosure at the zoo in Warsaw, Poland, on January 27, 2011.

  • Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorated around the world

    By Mish Whalen

    International Holocaust Remembrance day marks the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, on Jan. 27, 1945.

    Janek Skarzynski / AFP - Getty Images

    Former prisoners stand in front of the monument commemorating victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau, former Nazi death camp during a ceremony marking 66 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex on January 27, 2011 in Oswiecim.

    Markus Schreiber / AP

    Students pass a red rose at the Gleis 17 (Track 17) memorial at the train station Grunewald on the international Holocaust remembrance day in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, on Jan. 27, 2011. From Oct. 1941 until Feb. 1945 the train station was one of the major sites of deportations of Berlin's Jewish community.

    Markus Schreiber / AP

    A man walks along the Gleis 17 (Track 17) memorial with the name of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz at the train station Grunewald on the international Holocaust remembrance day in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, on Jan. 27, 2011.

    Sean Gallup / Getty Images

    A survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camps walk through the grounds of the Auschwitz I memorial and former concentration camp on the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 2011 in Oswiecim, Poland. Auschwitz was the biggest Nazi concentration camp during World War II and is infamous for its gas chambers where hundreds of thousands of Jews and other victims were murdered.

    Menahem Kahana / AFP - Getty Images

    People visit the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on January 27, 2011.

    Oliver Weiken / EPA

    A visitor views the Hall of Names in the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27, 2011.

    Marko Drobnjakovic / AP

    People gather in front of a monument at the site of the World War II Nazi concentration camp of Sajmiste, where some 48,000 Jews, Serbs and Roma perished, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011.

  • Kyodo / Reuters

    An aerial view shows Shinmoedake volcano erupting on Jan. 27. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday, as one of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call for an evacuation of all residents within a 1.2 mile radius of the volcano.

    Jiji Press / AFP - Getty Images

    A handout photo taken and released by the Kirishima city government on Jan. 27 shows smoke rising from Mt. Shinmoedake in the Kirishima mountain range in Kagoshima prefecture, in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. The volcano erupted on Jan. 26.

    Jiji Press / AFP - Getty Images

    A handout photo taken and released by the Kirishima city government on Jan. 27 shows smoke rising from Mt. Shinmoedake.

    Shinmoedake volcano erupts in Japan

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  • Fabrice Coffrini / AFP - Getty Images

    A woman talks on her cell phone next to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 27.

    Mahatma Gandhi in Davos

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    John Cassidy of the New Yorker has an interesting blog post about the annual gathering of the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. I hadn't realised that the delegates paid so much - tickets start at $71,000 - to attend. In Cassidy's opinion, 'The point of Davos is not to learn or think or do deals, but simply to be there - and to be seen to be there.'

  • Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA

    A sequence of photos of Novak Djokovic of Serbia falling over in a game against Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's singles semi-final match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 27.

    Novak Djokovic takes a tumble on the way to the Australian Open final

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    Novak Djokovic has just defeated defending champion Roger Federer in the Australian Open semi-final. Click here for the latest tennis news.

  • Actors dressed in Qing Dynasty costumes prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Actors dressed in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) costumes take part in a rehearsal for the heaven worshipping ceremony to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China on Jan. 27. The Lunar New Year begins on February 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Actors dressed in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) costumes walk for a rehearsal for the heaven worshipping ceremony to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China on Jan. 27.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Actors take part in a rehearsal, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China on Jan. 27.

    Photographer Jason Lee did a good job on this assignment. I especially like the first picture, where he captured a wide range of expressions on the faces in the crowd.

  • It's snowing all over the place

    Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP - Getty Images

    A municipal worker uses a snow blower to remove snow from the roof of Saint-Isaac's cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia on Jan. 26. Temperatures in the city dropped to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Lee Jun-sung / AP

    Half-naked South Korean army soldiers hurl snow during a winter exercise in Anyang, south of Seoul, South Korea on Jan. 27.

    Robert Ghement / EPA

    A man sits outside on a couch while warming himself at a fire after he managed to survive a cold winter night in Bucharest, Romania on Jan. 26. Temperatures fell as low as 3 degrees Fahrenheit overnight Wednesday at the Baneasa meteo station.

    New York may be smashing records for January snowfall, but it's not only the U.S. that is experiencing extreme winter weather. Here are a few pictures from Russia, South Korea and Romania that have moved on the wires in the past 24 hours.

  • South African children send get-well wishes to Nelson Mandela

    Alexander Joe / AFP - Getty Images

    Children from a school in the vicinity of Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, where former President Nelson Mandela was admitted for routine tests, put up signs on Jan. 27 wishing the 92-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner well. South Africa's ruling African National Congress party called for calm after his foundation announced that he was in hospital, but that his health was not in jeopardy.

    AP

    Schoolchildren show a get-well sign from their classroom window at a school adjacent to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Jan. 27.

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    Journalists try to get a view of the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa on Jan. 26. Nelson Mandela was admitted for routine tests and was kept overnight for observation.

    Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized overnight for routine medical tests, reigniting fears over the health of the frail 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon. Full story.

  • Mohamed Abd El-ghany / Reuters

    People, including relatives of Gharib Abdelaziz Abdellatif, attempt to enter the hospital grounds to retrieve his body in the port city in Suez, about 83 miles east of Cairo, Jan. 26. Gharib, 45, died of internal bleeding after police shot him in the stomach on Wednesday, according to medical sources. Police fought with thousands of Egyptians who defied a government ban on Wednesday to protest against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-old rule, firing rubber bullets and tear gas and dragging away demonstrators.

    Thousands defy Egypt's leader in fresh protests

    By Rich Shulman

    Middle East observers predicted the unrest in Tunisia would spread to other countries. It sure didn't take long. Full story.

  • Prosperity and technology threaten the livelihood of washermen of Dhobi Ghat

    By Rich Shulman

    It's kind of sad that this colorful landmark will probably go the way of the horse and buggy.

    Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images

    Washermen clean clothes by hand at Dhobi Ghat in the Indian city of Mumbai on Jan. 20.The tradition goes back centuries but the workers now fear for their livelihoods as India's economy expands, increasing people's disposable income and allowing them to buy appliances like washing machines for their homes.Dhobi Ghat, one of the world's biggest outdoor laundries, is also on prime land in south Mumbai, prompting fears among the washermen that the sprawling complex will be bought by developers to make way for luxury flats, depriving at least 10,000 people a living.

    Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images

    This picture shows a general view of Dhobi Ghat as washermen clean clothes by hand at Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai on Jan. 20.

  • Humboldt penguin Tomas returned to wild by lifeguards

    By Rich Shulman

    The Today Show had a cute video (at the bottom of this post) this morning of a Humbold penguin that was adopted by local police in Lima, Peru. Late today, Reuters moved images of the penguin being transported to a sanctuary by lifeguards.

    Mariana Bazo / Reuters

    A lifeguard releases Tomas, a lost Humboldt penguin, near a penguin colony on San Lorenzo Island Jan. 26. Tomas was rescued by lifeguards on Sunday after losing his way and landing at the beach of Agua Dulce in the Lima district of Chorrillos. Humboldt penguins, poached for meat and sought after as household pets, are considered an endangered species according the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture.

    Mariana Bazo / Reuters

    Tomas, a lost Humboldt penguin, stands in a boat, which will be used to transfer him to a penguin colony on San Lorenzo Island Jan. 26

    Mariana Bazo / Reuters

    A lifeguard holds Tomas, a lost Humboldt penguin, before he is transferred by boat to a penguin colony on San Lorenzo Island Jan. 26

    A little Humboldt penguin turned up in Lima, Peru, after wandering miles away from his beach home. And, as TODAY's Ann Curry reports, a local police squad adopted the creature and made it their mascot.

  • Obama arrives in D.C. from Wisconsin in the midst of a winter storm

    By Carissa Ray

    This might qualify as an "out of the frying pan and into the fire" scenario.

    Carolyn Kaster / AP

    As seen from a motorcade vehicle, a portion of the motorcade carrying President Barack Obama makes its way through snarled traffic and spun out cars on Suitland Parkway on Jan. 26, near Morningside, Md., en route to the White House in Washington.

    Jewel Samad / AFP - Getty Images

    US President Barack Obama's motorcade prepares to leave under a snowfall at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on January 26, 2011 upon his returning from Wisconsin.

  • Fernando Vergara / AP

    Miner Fabio Veloza weeps in front of the La Preciosa mine in Sardinata, northeastern Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 26. Two relatives of Veloza are among 20 miners feared dead after an explosion believed to have been caused by a methane gas buildup rocked the underground coal mine early Wednesday. Methane gas was also believed to be the cause of an explosion at the mine in 2007 that killed 32 miners.

    Officials: 20 killed in Colombia mine blast

    By Rich Shulman

    The faces always tell the story in these mining accidents. Full story.

  • Bolivians petition the U.N. to end cocoa leaf-chewing ban

    Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports: Steeped, chewed, or set alight in a ritual: the coca leaf has been used for millennia in the Andes for medicinal and sacred purposes. The rest of the world, however, sees it as the source plant for the illegal narcotic cocaine.

    Which explains why (as reported by the AP) the U.S. will file a formal objection today to Bolivia’s proposal, according to a senior U.S. government official.

    Juan Karita / AP

    An indigenous woman chews coca leaves outside the U.S. embassy inaugurating the national day of coca leaf-chewing in La Paz, Bolivia, on Jan. 26. Bolivia has petitioned the U.N. to end an international ban on coca leaf-chewing. A mild stimulant, the leaves have deep cultural and religious value in the region. The U.S. will file a formal objection today to Bolivia?s proposal, according to a senior U.S. government official.

    Gaston Brito / Reuters

    A coca grower dries coca leaves during a "Dia Nacional del Pijcheo de hoja de Coca" (National Coca Leaf Chewing Day) rally to promote the chewing of coca leaves and its industrialization in front of the U.S. embassy in La Paz January 26, 2011. Bolivia is the third largest producer of coca leaves in the world, local media reported.

    Juan Karita / AP

    Indigenous gather in front of the U.S. embassy to inaugurate the national day of coca leaf-chewing in La Paz, Bolivia, on Jan. 26.

    Read RNW's full report here.

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