Day in photos

Frozen plants, Jennifer Lawrence trips at the Oscars, protesters in Milan, NASCAR in Daytona and more in the day in photos.

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Feb. 23, 2013

Erma Glas and her son Thijs admire icicles on frozen branches in the private area of their nursery garden in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands. Glas sprayed water over the plants to freeze the buds of the hydrangeas, a method of protecting them — temperatures within the frozen buds will be higher.

Paul Vreeker / United Photos via Reuters

Feb. 25, 2013

South Korean rapper Psy performs for President Park Geun-hye's presidential inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul. Park became South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father.

Lee Jin-man / AP

Feb. 24, 2013

Jennifer Lawrence stumbles as she walks onstage to accept the Oscar for best actress for "Silver Linings Playbook" at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Chris Pizzello / Invision via AP

Feb. 24, 2013

Jimmie Johnson celebrates after winning the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Terry Renna / AP

Feb. 24, 2013

A villager wearing a traditional costume jumps over a stone in front of ancient houses in Orahili Fau village, on Nias Island in Indonesia. Stone jumping is a traditional ritual, with locals trying to leap over towers.

Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images

Feb. 23, 2013

Ronda Rousey, left, battles Liz Carmouche during their UFC 157 women's bantamweight championship mixed-martial arts match in Anaheim, Calif. Rousey won the first women’s bout in UFC history, forcing Carmouche to tap out in the first round.

Jae C. Hong / AP

Feb. 23, 2013

Kyle Larson (32) goes airborne into the catch fence in a multi-car crash including Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Parker Kligerman (77), Justin Allgaier (31) and Brian Scott (2) during the final lap of the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.

John Raoux / AP

Feb. 24, 2013

Models wear creations for Dolce & Gabbana women’s fall/winter collection at Milan Fashion Week in Italy.

Giuseppe Aresu / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Masked Palestinian gunmen hold weapons atop a roof during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank village of Se'eer near Hebron. Israeli soldiers turned out in force Monday for the funeral of Jaradat, who was arrested a one week ago for throwing stones at Israeli cars in the West Bank. Jaradat's death in an Israeli jail Saturday and a hunger strike by four other prisoners have raised tension in the West Bank, where stone-throwers have clashed repeatedly with Israeli soldiers.

Darren Whiteside / Reuters

This undated photo released Saturday by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows paratroopers during a flight exercise in the North.

/ Korean Central News Agency via AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 23, 2013

A Belarusan Interior Ministry serviceman throws a beam as he takes part in a competition to mark the Defenders of Fatherland Day at a training center near the village of Okolitsa, about 18 miles outside of Minsk.

Viktor Drachev / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 25, 2013

Workers from Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica, with bags over their heads, protest against job cuts at the entrance of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The words on the bags read, "Yes, I'm profitable."

Albert Gea / Reuters

Feb. 24, 2013

A topless protester is arrested by riot policemen outside the polling station where former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had cast his ballot in Italy’s crucial elections in Milan. Women had lunged at Berlusconi as he arrived.

Giuseppe Cacace / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 25, 2013

An Indonesian official shows a pangolin confiscated from suspected smugglers during a news conference in Medan, Indonesia. Indonesian customs confiscated 128 pangolins from a boat off Sumatra Island as it was heading for Malaysia on Saturday.

/ AP

Feb. 23, 2013

The Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick jumps but can't come up with a home run off the bat of the Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun during the first inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game in Phoenix.

Morry Gash / AP

Feb. 24, 2013

Traditional Sri Lankan dancers perform during the annual Nawam Perahera cultural pageant in Colombo. About 50 elephants join thousands of traditional drummers, dancers and monks for the two-day annual event, which was first held in 1979.

Lakruwan Wanniarachchi / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 25, 2013

People pass the World Trade Center construction site in New York. Tuesday will mark the 20th anniversary of the 1993 terrorist bombing there, which killed six people.

Mark Lennihan / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

People watch as the Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C20) lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India.

Arun Sankar K / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

The sun rises in Seaside Heights, N.J., behind the Jet Star roller coaster, which has been sitting in the ocean after part of the Funtown Pier was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. The private owners of the pier are working with insurers to devise a plan to dismantle the ride.

Mel Evans / AP

This photo released Sunday by the Dubai Tennis Championships shows Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic posing with a hawksbill sea turtle under rehabilitation at the Burj al-Arab facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The athlete is in town ahead of the Dubai Tennis Championship, aiming to recapture the title he held from 2009-2011.

/ AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 25, 2013

A Hindu priest washes his face with seawater during a religious ceremony called Melasti on Ngobaran Beach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Melasti is performed a week ahead of Balinese Hindus’ Day of Silence to purify the universe from bad influences, bad deeds and bad thoughts.

Gembong Nusantara / AP

FEATURED PHOTO GALLERIES

A protestor in a Guy Fawkes mask walks past razor wire outside a security perimeter of the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on Monday, June 17, 2013. The summit is taking place under heavy security, with some 7,000 police lining roads and checking vehicles. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Photos of the day

G-8 summit, massive protests rock Brazil, Britain’s Royal Ascot and more.

Two-year old male rat named Dyatlik wears a costume during a rodent exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Animal views

Rodent exhibition, swimming with elephants, Mexico’s feline mayoral candidate and more.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony at Howard University on Friday, June 14, 2013, in Washington, DC. Carrington, who grew up in Tyler House public-housing apartments and is graduating from one of DC's low-performing high schoolsy, where academic expectations are high. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Johnathon’s journey

Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...

U.S. actress Sandra Bullock poses for the media during a photocall to promote her latest move 'The Heat' in Berlin June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eye on entertainment

Sandra Bullock, Jessica Sanchez, Snooki, Billy Porter, Billy Crystal, Sean Hayes, Gwen Stefani and other celebrities.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 16: Reenactors dressed as knights stage a medieval jousting competition at Eltham Palace on June 16, 2013 in Eltham, England. The 'Grand Medieval Joust' event at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property which was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to give a great insight into life at the palace during the medieval period. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

The Grand Medieval Joust

The Grand Medieval Joust at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property that was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to lend insight through reenactment into life at the palace...

In this June 8, 2013 photo, youth compete in the Sao Carlos slum local soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pitch is just dirt and the incandescent lights aren't so bright. But when the boys' feet strike the football in the Sao Carlos slum as night falls every Saturday, big league dreams glow, inflated by the hope of escaping the shantytown with sporting skills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: John F. Tatum Sr. hugs his grandson John F. Tatum III during his annual Father's Day block party on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)

Father’s Day picnic in Northeast D.C.

A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 16: Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady reacts after being crowned Miss USA during the 2013 Miss USA pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Miss USA 2013

Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady is crowned Miss USA 2013 in Las Vegas.

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