Harriet Tubman, GOP primary, same-sex marriage, Giants parade and more in the day in photos

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Feb. 7, 2012

Valery Ross Manokey, 76, left, a great-great-niece and the oldest living descendant of Harriet Tubman, is joined by some of her sisters at the unveiling of a wax likeness of the renowned abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad at Madame Tussauds in Washington. The sisters are, from left, Betty Ross, Delphine Slaughter, Peggy Ross and Barbara Ross Stanley.

Toni L. Sandys / The Washington Post

Feb. 7, 2012

Harriet Tubman Elementary School student Armando Abarca hides his eyes to pretend as though he is walking in the darkness with Harriet Tubman at the unveiling of a wax likeness of the renowned abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad at Madame Tussauds.

Toni L. Sandys / The Washington Post

Feb. 7, 2012

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at a rally in the Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria Campus in Denver. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum defeated Romney, former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.

Marc Piscotty / Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. senator Rick Santorum greets supporters on stage during a primary election night party at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Mo.

Whitney Curtis / Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

Dominick and Linda Zarillo congratulate their son Jeff Zarillo and his partner, Paul Katami, right, at a news conference in Los Angeles after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit declared California's ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8, unconstitutional. The couple were plaintiffs in the case.

David McNew / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Gay marriage advocates cheer outside the 9th Circuit courthouse in San Francisco after news that Proposition 8 was declared unconstitutional.

Beck Diefenbach / Reuters

Feb. 8, 2012

Japanese college students in Tokyo watch a cheerleader at a rally wishing for success in their job search. More than 1,000 students from business schools took part in the rally to boost their morale before their job search.

Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Performers wearing rooster costumes give out good-luck messages to residents during a parade celebrating the Lunar New Year in Wen county of Jiaozuo city, Henan province, China.

China Daily / Reuters

Feb. 6, 2012

Ethan Holzer practices capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, on the intermural field at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash.

Philip A. Dwyer / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

John Lowe balances on a slackline of nylon webbing anchored between trees in Golden Gardens park in Seattle.

Elaine Thompson / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

Bryce Beblavi leaps above a slackline of nylon webbing anchored between posts and in view of the Olympic Mountains in Golden Gardens park in Seattle.

Elaine Thompson / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

Public-sector workers take part in a march against proposed cuts by Madrid's regional government in downtown Madrid.

Susana Vera / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Bank notes shredded and compressed into heating fuel are distributed at the Foundation to Help Autism in Miskolc, eastern Hungary. Hungary is the only country to recycle its worn cash for fuel each year, a total of about $1 billion worth of forints. The bricks are then sent to a few charities, covering up to a third of their annual heating fuel supplies.

Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Luong Nguyen, a spirit medium, performs with a flame during a "Hau Dong" ritual at Den Ngoc temple, outside Hanoi. The "Hau Dong" is a ritual in which a spirit medium puts on elaborate costumes and tells stories of gods and heroes while accompanied by "chau van" music, as part of the worship of Dao Mau, the Vietnamese Mother Goddess religion. It is believed that the spirit medium will have direct contact with the spirits during the ritual. Vietnam's Institute for Culture and Art is attempting to nominate "Hau Dong" as a UNESCO world intangible heritage, according to local media.

Kham / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Pro-Syrian regime protesters cheer a car in a convoy believed to be transporting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Damascus, Syria. Thousands of Syrians waving Russian flags cheered Russia's foreign minister as he arrived in Damascus for talks with embattled President Bashar al-Assad on the country's escalating violence. Activists reported a fourth day of shelling in Homs and worsening humanitarian conditions.

Bassem Tellawi / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

This image taken from video filmed by an independent cameraman shows an injured man leaving a hospital being helped by friends on the street in the Bab Amr neighborhood of Homs, Syria. The bombardment of Homs, the hotbed of the resistance to President Bashar al-Assad's regime, has intensified over recent days, after Russia and China vetoed a Western- and Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations that would have condemned the Assad regime's crackdown on dissent and called on him to transfer some of his powers to his deputy.

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Feb. 8, 2012

In this image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, mourners gather around the bodies of people allegedly killed by Syrian government forces, during a funeral procession in Maarat al-Noman, Idlib province, Syria.

AP / AP

Feb. 8, 2012

In this image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, a man weeps as he sits next to a man who was purportedly killed in shelling by Syrian government forces in Homs.

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Feb. 7, 2012

Greek rescuers make their way through the village of Ormenio, on the northeastern border with Bulgaria, after severe flooding when the swollen Evros River broke its banks. Authorities had to help five elderly people escape from their flooded homes in Ormenio. Several elderly residents were also evacuated overnight from three other villages in the area.

Giorgos Nisiotis / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

Floodwaters cover streets and the lower levels of buildings in the village of Ormenio, on the northeastern border with Bulgaria, after severe flooding when the swollen Evros River broke its banks.

Giorgos Nisiotis / AP

Feb. 8, 2012

A table and benches are surrounded by frozen floodwater on a river bench near Hirschfeld, southern Germany. An abnormally cold wave sweeping across Central and Eastern Europe over the past week has led to dozens of deaths, particularly in Ukraine, Poland and Romania.

Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

Workers remove one of two Hummer cars from icy Lake Balaton at Balatonakarattya, 59 miles southwest of Budapest.

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Feb. 7, 2012

Citizens skate on the frozen De Luts river in Balk, Netherlands. Volunteers poured onto frozen rivers and lakes in the northern Netherlands to shovel away snow that is one of the major hurdles in the way of a grueling speed-skating race called Elfstedentocht, or 11 Cities Tour, being held for the first time in 15 years.

Vincent Jannink / AP

Feb. 8, 2012

Belarusan ornithologist Ivan Bogdanovich rings a mute swan at a lake on the outskirts of Minsk. Bogdanovich visits lakes and rivers in and around the Belarusan capital to check on the swans' health during the unusually cold winter, and also to count and ring them.

Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Lampposts are covered in ice in the Adriatic coastal town of Senj, Croatia. Europeans have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans. Hundreds, most of them homeless, have been killed after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit degrees, and authorities are facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow.

Darko Bandic / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

A sand tiger shark enjoys its new environment in the aquarium in Stralsund, northern Germany. The shark, named Niki, was moved from the zoo in Berlin. Born and raised in captivity, Niki has never known open sea.

Stefan Sauer / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 8, 2012

People walk past a stranded sperm whale on the beach in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, that was dying of several injuries.

Kurt Desplenter / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

A worker prepares a carnival float at Uniao da Ilha Samba School in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio de Janeiro Carnival parade will held from Feb. 19 to 20.

Ricardo Moraes / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

People watch from windows during the New York Giants' victory parade in New York. The Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI.

Michael Heiman / Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

Antrel Rolle of the New York Giants celebrates during the New York Giants' victory parade in New York.

Michael Heiman / Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

Fans of the New York Giants cheer on their team during a Super Bowl victory parade in New York. New York officials said there were as many as 1 million spectators at the event.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Feb. 7, 2012

From left: Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants, Giants players Justin Tuck and Eli Manning, and Ann Mara stand on a float during the Giants' victory parade in New York.

Andrew Burton / Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

President Obama pumps air pressure into the Extreme Marshmallow Cannon designed by Joey Hudy, left, of Phoenix before firing a marshmallow across the State Dining Room of the White House during the second White House Science Fair in Washington. The fair celebrates the achievements of student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math competitions from across the country.

Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

President Obama reacts as Joey Hudy of Phoenix launches a marshmallow from his Extreme Marshmallow Cannon in the State Dining Room of the White House during the second White House Science Fair in Washington.

Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

This NASA image shows a large X-class flare that erupted on Jan. 27 from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than 8 million degrees during the energy release process of the flare.

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Feb. 6, 2012

An airplane drawing a contrail seems to divide the full moon in two halves in the sky over Frankfurt, western Germany.

Frank Rumpenhorst / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

The moon rises over Albert Bridge in London. Albert Bridge will be the start point for the flotilla of boats that will make their way along the Thames as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration.

Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

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Novelist Toni Morrison laughs with U.S. President Barack Obama before being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Toni Morrison; Barack Obama

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ANNAPOLIS, MD- MAY 29: Graduates cheer as the Blue Angels fly over during the 100th anniversary of the United States Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremonies in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. U.S Sec. of Defense Leon Edward Panetta gave the graduation address. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post)

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