Day in Photos, February 26, 2012

Today, the world accompanied Shrove Tuesday, asked for forgiveness, to meet spring, given large-scale concerts, and more were required Sunday scale sporting events. Last winter Sunday came with a plus sign.

The sun gives a rainbow over the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Israel.





In Kiev, exposed turtle with two heads and six legs, the exhibition "Living dragons", Ukraine. Five-year reptile has two hearts, but one of the intestine. It will stay on display until the 20th of April.



Toddlers black swan swimming with her mother in the park of the city of Dordrecht, the Netherlands.



Boys Hindu Brahmin ritual performed Janu in Allahabad, India.



Forgiveness Sunday and seeing Shrovetide in a village near Moscow Aksyonovo.



Participants carnival fun from the heart of Zurich, Switzerland.



The children take part in the festival of kites, Gauhati, India.



Romanians dance in masks mythical spring, during the pagan festival of the spring offensive, Bucharest.



Activists of the organization for the protection of animals «ProFauna» carried out the action for the protection of sea turtles in Bali, Indonesia.



In the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, was a festival of Japanese pop culture. In the photo, one of the most prominent member.



The residence of Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani town of Abottabad, the authorities finally wiped out.



Reserves Frenchman Franck Ribery (without a mask) of the Munich "Bavaria", brought his club to victory over gelzenkirhensky "Schalke" in the match Bundesliga.



Argentinian German Denis (left) from "Atalanta" hammered today at the gates of the capital, "Roma" as many as three goals in the framework of the next match of Serie A football. In Italy, it was one of the most exciting matches of the day: 5 goals, 2 red and 6 yellow cards.



Bulgarian World Cup Alpine skiing women gave another victory in the overall standings American Lindsey Vonn (center), who won the super-G today, Bansko.



American Brett Simpson during the third round of the international tournament for surfing in Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland.



Tonight will be held in Orlando NBA All-Star Game. And last night in one of the tenders won by Jeremy Evans «Utah Jazz». He was the best of slemdankam.



For the first time in six years, today the players of "Liverpool" will be able to take home a no, but a trophy - the League Cup. However, Premier League teams managed to win back only in a penalty shootout at the "Cardiff", which plays in a lower division.



Russian Alexander Povetkin defended his title for the second time world heavyweight champion, the WBA, defeating German Marco Huck.



Participants Championship Southeast Asian bodybuilding «Myanmar Convention Center», Yangon, Myanmar.



Steward catches Stricker, ran out on the field during rugby matches in the «Six Nations rugby union», Edinburgh, Scotland.



Group «August Burns Red», plays a metal core, gives a concert in Toronto, Canada.



The once highly popular boyzbend «Westlife» gave a concert in the Chinese city of Shanghai, as part of his world tour.



Lenny Kravitz performs before the start of Nascar racing at Daytona, Florida, USA.



US Milhous brothers decided to sell its antiquities museum, which never got any visitor. The museum has a huge number of exhibits, from cars to musical instruments. The total cost - about $ 40 million.



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