A snow sculpture takes shape at the Snow Festival in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
Rani the monkey plays with a stray dog in Gurgaon, India. Rani has been raised by Durga Prasad, a cart puller who found her near his house six months ago. (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)
A Shiite Muslim Kashmiri man mourns Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, by flagellating himself during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, India. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is observed with 10 days of mourning for the martyred imam. (Dar Yasin / Associated Press)
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David Beckham, playing for AC Milan, trains at Al Nasr Sports Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)
Lebanese riot police spray water at protesters as they try to approach the U.S. Embassy in northeast Beirut during a demonstration against Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip. (Anwar Amro / AFP/Getty Images)
The city of Harbin, in northeastern China, is decked out for the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
In Finland, the setting sun provides a beautiful backdrop for an island in the Helsinki archipelago. (Oliver Morin / AFP/Getty Images)