Photos of the day - February 12, 2016
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Riot police try to avoid a metal item thrown by farmers during a protest outside Agriculture ministry in Athens, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Farmers from across Greece have begun gathering in Athens for a two-day protest against the government and its plans to impose new tax hikes and pension charges. Bailout lenders are demanding that Greece scrap tax breaks for farmers and impose pension reforms that will lead to higher monthly contributions from self-employed and salaried employees. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
As the sun rises, military personnel practice their positioning during a rehearsal before a Presidential Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony in celebration of the 207th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A snow leopard walks in its enclosure at the RZSS Highland Wildlife Park near Kincraig Scotland, Britain, February 12, 2016. (REUTERS/Russell Cheyne)
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A Bahraini anti-government protester, his face covered to protect against tear gas, watches for riot police from in front of a wall with posters of a Shiite cleric executed in Saudi Arabia and other opposition posters that have been torn by authorities in Sitra, Bahrain, on, Feb. 12, 2016. Bahraini youths pelted armored vehicles and police jeeps with paint bombs, stones and petrol bombs after police moved in quickly with tear gas to quash the anti-government protest, one of several demonstrations held in the run-up to Sunday's fifth anniversary of Bahrain's Arab Spring uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Farmers clash with riot policemen outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens, Greece, Feb. 12, 2016. Farmers from all over Greece organised a massive protest in central Athens requesting that the government withdraws its proposed social security and pension reform plan. Protesters are expected to meet in Athens and walk towards the Parliament on Syntagma Square, where they will set up tents to house farmers who will remain there for the entire weekend. (EPA/PANTELIS SAITAS)
(EPA/PANTELIS SAITAS)
Alexander Os of Norway catches his breathe after competing in 0-degree F (-18 C) temperature in the 12.5 km pursuit competition during the World Cup Biathlon, Feb. 12, 2016, in Presque Isle, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Farmers drive their tractors in front of the Greek parliament during a rally in Athens, Feb. 12, 2016. Farmers from across Greece gather in Athens for a two-day protest against the government and its plans to impose new tax hikes and pension charges. Bailout lenders are demanding that Greece scrap tax breaks for farmers and impose pension reforms that will lead to higher monthly contributions from self-employed and salaried employees. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
France's new foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, right, applauds outgoing minister Laurent Fabius during the handover ceremony in Paris, Feb. 12, 2016. French President Francois Hollande has named former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault the new foreign minister in a government reshuffling. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
An Egyptian doctor covers his mouth with a paper reading,"I feel painful," during a protest against rampant police abuses, after two doctors were beaten up by policemen in a Cairo hospital, in front of their headquarters of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 12, 2016. Doctors threatened to escalate if the government doesn’t hold police accountable for abuses. Attendees chanted, “Strike!” and raised banners read, “Doctors’ Dignity.” (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Supporters of presidential candidate Faustin Archange Touadera rally during a sandstorm in the streets of Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 12, 2016. Two former prime ministers, Touadera and Anicet Georges Dologuele, are running neck-and-neck in the second round of presidential elections Sunday Feb. 14 to end years of violence that pit Muslims against Christians in the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Transmission towers supplying power to the Kaesong Industrial Complex from South Korea are seen on a foggy and rainy day after South Korea cut power in Paju, South Korea, Feb. 12, 2016. South Korea has cut off power and water supplies to a factory park in North Korea, officials said Friday, a day after the North deported all South Korean workers there and ordered a military takeover of the complex that had been the last major symbol of cooperation between the rivals. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A flock of migrating starlings flies over a waste dump site next to the southern Israeli Bedouin village of Rahat, Feb. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A worker braves cold temperatures while working atop steel beams at the Albany convention center project on Feb. 12, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. The National Weather Service has issued lake-effect snow warnings that remain in effect until late Friday night for western New York and into early Saturday for northern New York, while wind chill warnings are in effect for most of the upstate region through the weekend. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
(AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Workers place LED roses at the "Light Rose Garden" against the backdrop of Central, the business district of Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. “Light Rose Garden” is an art installation project featuring 25,000 white roses made of LED lights which will light up for the celebration of the Valentine’s Day. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Punhishers, locally known as "algojo," wait to whip the alleged sharia law offenders during the whipping punishment in front of public at Meulaboh, West Aceh, Indonesia, Feb. 12, 2016. About 32 Acehnese men were whipped for violating the sharia law against gambling. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia which implemented the Islamic sharia law, and whipping is one form of punishment imposed in Aceh for violating the Sharia. (EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)
(EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)
A wild pig searches for food in a parking lot in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Feb. 12, 2016. Wild pig or Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) is the largest native terrestrial mammal in Hong Kong, weighing up to 200 kg. Wild pigs often intrude into urban areas in search of food, and have been known to invade hotel swimming pools and shopping malls to evade the summer heat. (EPA/JEROME FAVRE)
(EPA/JEROME FAVRE)
A woman poses for a souvenir photo in front of ribbons hanging on a wire fence for the reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. South Korea has cut off power and water supplies to a factory park in North Korea, officials said Friday, a day after the North deported all South Korean workers there and ordered a military takeover of the complex that had been the last major symbol of cooperation between the rivals. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Buddhist monks walk to collect alms on a flyover in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Myanmar mark the 69th anniversary of Union Day on Friday, a 1947 agreement among the country's ethnic groups that paved the way to independence from Britain. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
(AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A migrant child waves through window of a train preparing head toward Croatia from the Serbian border town of Sid, about 100 km. (62 miles) west from Belgrade, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Sen. McCain and a U.S. Congress delegation pledged assistance to Serbia and other countries along the Balkan migrant route. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
A Chinese lion dancer performs during the Chinese Lunar New Year at Aquaria KLCC underwater park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. The celebration marks the Year of the Monkey on the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Japan's main stock index dived Friday, leading other Asian markets lower, after a sell-off in banking shares roiled investors in the U.S. and Europe. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A man places a mosquito net in a home for the elderly in Masaya City, Nicaragua in this picture taken February 11, 2016. (REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas)
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Actress Kirsten Dunst poses during a photocall to promote the movie "Midnight Special" at the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on February 12, 2016. (REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)
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Flocks of geese fly at dawn along the coastline of The Wash near Snettisham in east Britain, February 12, 2016. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)
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Security officials escort arrested terror suspect Naeem Bukhara in front of the media in Karachi on February 12, 2016. Pakistan has arrested 97 al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants, including three commanders, in the southern city of Karachi and foiled a planned attack to break U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl's killer out of jail, the army said on Friday. (REUTERS/Sahib Zaman/APP)
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC in Geneva, puts on his glasses as he attends a session at the World Economic Forum WEF in the Swiss Alpine resort town of Davos in this January 23, 2008 file photo. Indian police are expected to charge renowned climate scientist Pachauri with crimes related to sexual harassment within the next two weeks after a year-long investigation into the case, a Delhi court heard. (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth)
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Morning mist in the valley of the Spey River near Kincraig Scotland Britain, February 12, 2016. (REUTERS/Russell Cheyne)
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Broken window glass falls from the Agriculture Ministry building on riot police officers as clashes erupt during a demonstration of Greek farmers against planned pension reforms in Athens, Greece, February 12, 2016. (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis)
(REUTERS)
Pope Francis wears a Sombrero hat he received as a gift from a Mexican journalist aboard an airplane to Havana, February 12, 2016. Pope Francis has started his trip to Mexico, first stopping off in Cuba, where he will hold a historic meeting with the leader of the Russian Orthodox church Patriarch Kirill. (REUTERS/Alessandro Di Meo)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured through a window as she waits for Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 12, 2016. (REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)
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Riot police try to avoid a metal item thrown by farmers during a protest outside Agriculture ministry in Athens, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Farmers from across Greece have begun gathering in Athens for a two-day protest against the government and its plans to impose new tax hikes and pension charges. Bailout lenders are demanding that Greece scrap tax breaks for farmers and impose pension reforms that will lead to higher monthly contributions from self-employed and salaried employees. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Riot police try to avoid a metal item thrown by farmers during a protest outside Agriculture ministry in Athens; as the sun rises, military personnel practice their positioning during a rehearsal before a Presidential Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony in celebration of the 207th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, and Pope Francis wears a traditional Mexican sombrero hat he received as a gift from a Mexican journalist aboard the plane on his way to a week-long trip to Mexico are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Reuters)
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