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Feb. 2, 2012

Bob Plummer drives his truck with a Massachusetts vanity license plate that reads "GIANTS" and an inflated New York Giants character in Somerset, Mass. The New York Giants are scheduled to face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday in Indianapolis.

Peter Pereira / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

David Harland Rousseau, left, eats a snack with a fellow zombie during a break in filming for "Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies" at the Fort Pulaski National Monument near Savannah, Ga.

Richard Burkhart / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

WTAJ meteorologist Joe Murgo tries to interview famed weather prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil after Phil made his annual weather prediction on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., on the 126th Groundhog Day. Phil saw his shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter.

Jason Cohn / Reuters

Feb. 2, 2012

A crowd of people wait for Punxsutawney Phil to emerge from his den at the 126th annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pa. The groundhog saw his shadow, signaling an additional six weeks of winter.

Jeff Swensen / Getty Images

Feb. 2, 2012

Politicians and groundhog committee members, from left, ANC Commissioner Mike Silverstein, Dupont Festival Board member Andy Klingenstein, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans and ANC Commissioner Kevin O'Connor lean over to hear the groundhog's prediction. A stuffed groundhog named Potomac Phil predicted six more weeks of winter during the District’s first ever Groundhog Day celebration in Dupont Circle.

Sarah L. Voisin / The Washington Post

Feb. 2, 2012

Leila Sleiman, PETA's D.C. outreach coordinator, stands with a costumed animal to protest Groundhog Day. A stuffed groundhog named Potomac Phil predicted six more weeks of winter during the District’s first ever Groundhog Day celebration in Dupont Circle.

Sarah L. Voisin / The Washington Post

Feb. 2, 2012

A woman carries a small dog under her fur coat during heavy frost in Kiev, Ukraine. The temperature fell to 16 degrees below zero in the Ukrainian capital.

Sergei Supinsky / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 2, 2012

A dog wears a jacket as it walks during a heavy frost in Kiev, Ukraine. Tens of thousands of people in the country have headed to shelters trying to escape the freeze that a government agency said has now killed 63 people.

Sergei Supinsky / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 3, 2012

Members of a local winter swimming club warm up on the bank of the Yenisei River before going for a swim in an air temperature around 13 degrees below zero in the town of Divnogorsk, Russia.

Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

Feb. 2, 2012

A boat is docked in the partly frozen water near the Strandvagen road in Stockholm. A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll past 150 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures that reached record lows in some places.

Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 2, 2012

Aleksandr Akulich, a member of the Belarusan militia, carries firewood to Raisa Pochekovskaya, 73, as he visits elderly and single residents of the village of Kolodishchi to assist them and provide with food, on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. Record-low temperatures in parts of Eastern Europe have killed dozens of people.

Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters

Feb. 3, 2012

People relax in the Szechenyi Bath during a winter morning in Budapest. The Hungarian government has ordered a cold alert in 11 counties in Hungary because of freezing temperatures that are expected to fall to 20 degrees below zero in some places, well below the seasonal average.

Bernadett Szabo / Reuters

Feb. 3, 2012

A girl looks out of a window covered in frost on a bus moving through heavy snow in Belgrade, Serbia. Fresh heavy snow has triggered traffic chaos in Belgrade and other Serbian cities, further complicating relief efforts as an Eastern European cold snap spreads north.

Darko Vojinovic / AP

Feb. 3, 2012

Palestinian demonstrators take a break during clashes with Israeli soldiers during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah.

Majdi Mohammed / AP

Feb. 1, 2012

Members of the Iranian air force reenact the scene of founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's arrival to Iran in 1979 at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran.

Ruhollah Yazdani / Reuters

Feb. 3, 2012

Egyptian protesters help a wounded man during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in downtown Cairo. Police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital.

Khalil Hamra / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

Discarded shoes are seen at a soccer stadium the day after deadly clashes in Port Said, Egypt. Warning that soccer must not be "abused by those who mean evil," the president of the sport's governing body demanded detailed reasons from the Egyptian federation for the stadium riot that killed at least 74 people. The deadliest soccer stadium disaster since 1996 unfolded in the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Wednesday night, following Al-Masry's league match against Al-Ahly, with fans crushed to death while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated in a stampede.

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Feb. 2, 2012

Mourners carry the body of a victim of clashes at a soccer stadium outside a morgue in Cairo.

Mohammed Asad / AP

Feb. 3, 2012

Onlookers and rescue workers gather around the derailed coaches of a passenger train in Bangapara village near the northeastern city of Guwahati, India. At least three people were killed and dozens injured in a train accident Friday, after seven coaches of a passenger train derailed after colliding with an excavator at an unmanned crossing, local media reported.

Utpal Baruah / Reuters

Feb. 2, 2012

An Indian daily wage laborer talks on a mobile phone at a construction site in Bhubaneshwar, India. India's top court ordered the government on Thursday to cancel 122 licenses granted to companies during an irregular sale of cellphones that has been branded one of the largest scandals in the country's history.

Biswaranjan Rout / AP

Feb. 3, 2012

Dancers wait to perform at a preview show for the Chinese Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 6 and traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations, in Beijing. China has welcomed the Year of the Dragon, a symbol considered to be particularly auspicious because it is the only mythical creature among the dozen animals that represent each year in the Chinese cosmic cycle.

Mark Ralston / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 3, 2012

Students in costumes perform during a street dancing event in celebration of the Ibon-Ebon festival in Candaba, Philippines. The occasion, also known as the Birds (Ibon) and Eggs (Ebon) festival, is held to honor Saint Nicolas of Tolentino, the patron saint of Candaba's birds. The festival will feature agricultural exhibitions involving various species of birds and eggs, as well as a parade with participants dressed in duck costumes and a duck race, according to the organizers.

Romeo Ranoco / Reuters

Feb. 2, 2012

A tree and fence is reflected through leaves floating on a pond in Sunset Park in Salina, Kan. The Salina area has been experiencing above-average temperatures.

Tom Dorsey / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

More than 14,000 soldiers trek four miles in Fort Bragg, N.C., for the "Return Run," which celebrates the return of the XVIII Airborne Corps from Iraq. More than 750 members were deployed in support of Operation New Dawn.

Takaaki Iwabu / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

Donald Trump, far right, speaks at a news conference in Las Vegas to endorse Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, center, who was accompanied by his wife, Ann.

Gerald Herbert / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

President Obama takes his seat after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast as first lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) applaud in Washington, D.C. President Obama said his Christian faith and biblical teachings guide his political values and economic policies.

Chris Kleponis / Bloomberg News

Feb. 2, 2012

Madonna speaks during the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI halftime show press conference at the Super Bowl XLVI Media Center in Indianapolis.

Christopher Polk / Getty Images

Feb. 2, 2012

Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine performs onstage during VH1's Super Bowl Fan Jam at the Indiana State Fairgrounds’ Pepsi Coliseum in Indianapolis.

Christopher Polk / Getty Images for VH1

Feb. 1, 2012

A peasant stands near a lagoon before starting a march against Newmont Mining's Conga gold and copper mine project in Cajamarca, Peru. Opponents of the $4.8 billion mine started a march toward the capital called "The March for Water," organizer of the march Marco Arana told local media. The mine, which protesters say threatens scarce water sources, would be the most expensive in Peru if built.

Ybrahim Luna / Reuters

Feb. 1, 2012

Residents and police rush to the site where a bomb exploded outside a police station in Tumaco on Colombia's southern Pacific coast. Police Gen. Rodolfo Palomino said at least five people were killed and 20 wounded, and blamed the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for the attack.

Victor Manuel Correa / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

Vultures battle for a cow carcass as they feed at a vulture restaurant in Nawalparasi, Nepal. The restaurant, established in 2006 to provide a place where vultures can feed healthfully, aims to boost the population of wild vultures, which are considered an endangered species in Nepal.

Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters

Feb. 3, 2012

King penguins walk on a road covered with snow as visitors watch at the Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa city on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Penguins take a stroll for visitors every day as a form of exercise.

Takashi Noguchi / AFP/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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Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Romania's Adrian Ungur during their second round match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

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Camels rest at a watering hole outside the town of Aleg May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (MAURITANIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

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Henry, a calf, sustained a head wound and required stitches after being slashed over the weekend.

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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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