2014-01-11 Photo gallery

Margaret Purdy and Michael Marinaro perform in the pairs short program at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Ottawa January 10, 2014. REUTERS

A man drinks beer behind a metallic replica of a motorcycle in Uyuni where the eighth stage of Dakar Rally 2014 for motorcycles and quads will take place, January 10, 2014. The town of Uyuni will serve as a camp for the riders. REUTERS

Opposition activists clash with riot police as they block police buses near a court in Kiev January 10, 2014. The activists were protesting against a court decision regarding several activists accused of terrorism, local media reported. REUTERS/

Actress Sandra Bullock from the film 'Gravity' arrives at the AFI Awards 2013 honoring excellence in film and television in Beverly Hills, California January 10, 2014. REUTERS

Actor Bradley Cooper (R), from the film 'American Hustle', and director Steven Spielberg arrive at the AFI Awards 2013 honoring excellence in film and television in Beverly Hills, California January 10, 2014. REUTERS

Investigators work at the scene of a January 7 derailment involving a Canadian National Railway (CN) mixed freight train near Plaster Rock, New Brunswick in this image obtained from The Transportation Safety Board of Canada on January 10, 2014. Th...

U.S. Army Sgt. Wade Mitcheltree (R), and about 50 other wounded veterans of wars pedal their way across the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys near Marathon, Florida, January 10, 2014. Mitcheltree lost his forearm and much of his right leg in A...

Ayyappa devotees crowd for 'darshan' at Sannidanam ahead of ‘Makara Vilakku’ in Sabarimala on Friday. PTI Photo 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his officials addressing the public after a chaos during his inaugural 'Janata Darbar' or public hearing at Delhi Secretariat in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav 

Chaos during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's inaugural 'Janata Darbar' or public hearing at Delhi Secretariat in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav 

Diplomat Devyani Khobragade with her father Uttam Khobragade talks to the media at Maharashtra Sadan after her arrival in New Delhi from the US on Friday night. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist 

A soldier of Army’s Bomb Disposal Squad searching for the IED planted by suspected militants along Baramulla-Kupwara highway near Janbazpora in Baramulla district on Saturday. PTI Photo 

Picture of an ostrich clicked by Rajan Kumar in  Singapore.

A view of a wild bird, captured by the lens of Rajan Kumar,  in Singapore.

Picture of Golden Monastery clicked by M.S. Sharada Prasad

A group of theatre artists and theatre lovers hosting (releasing) the mini hot air balloons (Sky lanterns) in the air to during the inauguration of C.G.K Rashtriya Rangothsava organised by Ranganiranthara Samskruthika Sangha at Samsa Auditorium in Ba...

Mussoorie draped in snow after snowfall on Saturday. PTI Photo

Laborers transport a loaded cart on the banks of the River Ganges on a cold day in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Fog and mist continued to affect normal life and vehicular traffic across north Indi...

A Sadhu gestures while walking on a street on a cold evening in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Fog and mist continued to affect normal life and vehicular traffic across north India as temperatures continue to dip, according to new...

Boats stand parked at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati on a cold day in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Fog and mist continued to affect normal life and vehicular traffic across north India...

Thousands of devotees take art in sacred golden chariot procession of Lord Venkateswara on the auspicious occasion of ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ at Tirumala in Tirupati on Saturday. PTI Photo

Sumanta Das, 8, is dressed-up as Lord Shiva by his father to get alms from pilgrims at a make-shift shelter before an annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of 'Makar Sankranti', in Kolkata January 11, 2014. Hindu monks and pilgrims are...

Lord Venkateshwara idol all decorated with colourful flowers on the occasion of 'Vaikuntha Ekadashi' at Lakshmi Venkateshwaraswmy Temple, Ulsoor in Bangalore on Saturday. DH Photo

A woman, wearing traditional attire, covers her face with a veil at Hodko village in Kutch, in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Hodko village is famous for its leather craft and exquisite embroidery styles practiced by the women as part of family...