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A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India

Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday

Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday

Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

Peak (right) - a Thai man suffering from kidney disease - holds a man hostage with a knife in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on 9 January. Peak, out of frustration, held the man hostage because he was owed money. The hostage was released 30 minutes later after successful negotiations by the police, and Peak was taken to the police station.

An artist impression shows the controversial HS2 high-speed railway pass over the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct. Plans for building the controversial railway network between London and Birmingham, with a journey time of 39 minutes, was given the green light this week.

A development is seen on one of the islands of The World Islands project in Dubai. The World Islands is located approximately four km (2.5 miles) off the coast of Jumeirah. The collection of man-made islands are shaped into the continents of the world, and will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands, according to the development company ...

Snowdrops that are already in early bloom are seen at Rococo Gardens in Painswick near Stroud, England. The unseasonably warm weather has seen wild flowers burst into bloom months ahead of schedule.

A girl laughs while unloading produce at a market in Ganvie, Benin on Jan. 6. Often called the Venice of Africa, Ganvie is a stilted fishing village on Lake Nokoue. It is the largest such village in Africa and is home to approximately 20,000 residents.

An angry youth protests in front of a burning barrier following the government's decision to do away with a fuel subsidy that kept gas prices low, Jan. 10 in Lagos, Nigeria. Protesting youths erected a burning roadblock outside luxury enclaves in Nigeria's commercial capital as part of a paralyzing national strike over fuel prices and government corruption.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista Gingrich depart their bus before speaking at a town hall meeting at BAE Systems offices on Jan. 9 

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1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

7. A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger and Moench mountains and above the Kleine Scheidegg (bottom), in the Bernese Oberland. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The ...more 

8. Peak (right) - a Thai man suffering from kidney disease - holds a man hostage with a knife in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on 9 January. Peak, out of frustration, held the man hostage because he was owed money. The hostage was released 30 minutes later after successful negotiations by the police, and Peak was taken to the police station.

9. Chilean Claudio Rodriguez rides his motorbike as he arrives to San Jose, during the stage 11 of the Dakar Rally 2012 between Arica and Arequipa, Peru, on 12 January.

10. An artist impression shows the controversial HS2 high-speed railway pass over the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct. Plans for building the controversial railway network between London and Birmingham, with a journey time of 39 minutes, was given the green light this week.

11. A man stands on a house buried in snow in the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska. Residents have turned to the state to help them dig out of massive snow levels that have collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and even covered doors, trapping some people in their homes.

12. Actress Angelina Jolie is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, during a meeting with President Barack Obama.

13. A development is seen on one of the islands of The World Islands project in Dubai. The World Islands is located approximately four km (2.5 miles) off the coast of Jumeirah. The collection of man-made islands are shaped into the continents of the world, and will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands, according to the development company Nakheel Properties Group.

1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

7. A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger and Moench mountains and above the Kleine Scheidegg (bottom), in the Bernese Oberland. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The ...more 

8. Peak (right) - a Thai man suffering from kidney disease - holds a man hostage with a knife in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on 9 January. Peak, out of frustration, held the man hostage because he was owed money. The hostage was released 30 minutes later after successful negotiations by the police, and Peak was taken to the police station.

9. Chilean Claudio Rodriguez rides his motorbike as he arrives to San Jose, during the stage 11 of the Dakar Rally 2012 between Arica and Arequipa, Peru, on 12 January.

10. An artist impression shows the controversial HS2 high-speed railway pass over the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct. Plans for building the controversial railway network between London and Birmingham, with a journey time of 39 minutes, was given the green light this week.

11. A man stands on a house buried in snow in the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska. Residents have turned to the state to help them dig out of massive snow levels that have collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and even covered doors, trapping some people in their homes.

12. Actress Angelina Jolie is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, during a meeting with President Barack Obama.

13. A development is seen on one of the islands of The World Islands project in Dubai. The World Islands is located approximately four km (2.5 miles) off the coast of Jumeirah. The collection of man-made islands are shaped into the continents of the world, and will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands, according to the development company Nakheel Properties Group.

1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

7. A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger and Moench mountains and above the Kleine Scheidegg (bottom), in the Bernese Oberland. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The ...more 

8. Peak (right) - a Thai man suffering from kidney disease - holds a man hostage with a knife in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on 9 January. Peak, out of frustration, held the man hostage because he was owed money. The hostage was released 30 minutes later after successful negotiations by the police, and Peak was taken to the police station.

9. Chilean Claudio Rodriguez rides his motorbike as he arrives to San Jose, during the stage 11 of the Dakar Rally 2012 between Arica and Arequipa, Peru, on 12 January.

10. An artist impression shows the controversial HS2 high-speed railway pass over the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct. Plans for building the controversial railway network between London and Birmingham, with a journey time of 39 minutes, was given the green light this week.

11. A man stands on a house buried in snow in the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska. Residents have turned to the state to help them dig out of massive snow levels that have collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and even covered doors, trapping some people in their homes.

12. Actress Angelina Jolie is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, during a meeting with President Barack Obama.

13. A development is seen on one of the islands of The World Islands project in Dubai. The World Islands is located approximately four km (2.5 miles) off the coast of Jumeirah. The collection of man-made islands are shaped into the continents of the world, and will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands, according to the development company Nakheel Properties Group.

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   Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

7. A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger and Moench mountains and above the Kleine Scheidegg (bottom), in the Bernese Oberland. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The ...more 

8. Peak (right) - a Thai man suffering from kidney disease - holds a man hostage with a knife in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on 9 January. Peak, out of frustration, held the man hostage because he was owed money. The hostage was released 30 minutes later after successful negotiations by the police, and Peak was taken to the police station.

1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

7. A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger and Moench mountains and above the Kleine Scheidegg (bottom), in the Bernese Oberland. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The ...more 

8. Peak (right) - a Thai man suffering from kidney disease - holds a man hostage with a knife in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on 9 January. Peak, out of frustration, held the man hostage because he was owed money. The hostage was released 30 minutes later after successful negotiations by the police, and Peak was taken to the police station.

1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

1. 1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

   2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

   3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

   4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

   5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

   6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

   in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. Later the leopard was tranquilised by wildlife official and taken to the state zoological park. The leopard ventured into a crowded area and injured four people before it was captured and caged.

3. Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Wednesday. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise.

4. Italian Circus acrobats perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

5. Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney in Australia. After a spate of warm weather, Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week.

6. Half of the cargo ship Rena sinks on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The 774-foot (236-meter) vessel split in two over the weekend amid heavy seas and now the stern section is slipping from the Astrolabe reef and sinking.

1. Participants in a No Trousers Day flashmob ride the London Underground with other tube passengers. About 150 people divided into groups and stripped to their underwear, as part of an annual social media-driven event held in several cities worldwide.

2. A wild full grown leopard attacks a man after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, Indi