Events In Pictures

	Ice sculptures are displayed at the annual Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province

	Manatees gather in the warm water discharged from the Florida Power & Light Riviera Beach power plant into the Intracoastal Waterway to keep warm

	A bride prepares to have her photo taken in front of snow carvings during a group wedding ceremony in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province

	Men perform the traditional Bulgarian 'Horo' dance in the icy waters of the river Tundzha in the town of Kalofer, some 200km east of the capital Sofia, during the Epiphany Day celebrations

	Zoo Keeper Steve Blanchard takes Asian elephant Dokkoon through birthing exercises during the final stage of her pregnancy, at Melbourne Zoo, Australia

	A masked reveller takes part in a Rauhnacht (rough night) New Year's procession in the southern German town of Waldkirchen on Tuesday

	Lee Kwan-hee (front), 8, a primary school student, takes part in a winter military camp in Ansan, about 40km southwest of Seoul during snowy weather

	Newly-arrived pandas play around a slide at a zoo in Shanghai, China. Six females and four males from the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Centre in Sichuan arrived on Tuesday for six months

Space Shuttle Endeavour rolls to launch pad 39-a at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.


Cast members from the Brazilian dance troupe Bale de Rua perform a routine in front of the iconic opera house in Sydney, Australia.


Afghan widows line up to participate in a cash-for-work project sponsored by CARE International in Kabul, Afghanistan.


A swimmer wades into the Songhua River in Jilin, China.

	The Turrialba volcano near Cartago, about 80km east of San Jose, Costa Rica, which had a strong eruption on January 5, forcing the Costa Rican authorities to evacuate 21 people who live near it, according to the Emergencies National Commission