Day in Photos, January 23, 2012

Continues the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere, most of the land. Ethnic Chinese are happy - the first time since last year they have weekend. Paris Fashion Week kicked off, and football in Africa continues.

Photo of the Sun from NASA. Tonight there were several powerful flares in the north-eastern part of the heavenly body.





Clouds of birds in the sky above the sun at sunset Mumbai, India.



Baby pink flamingo said today its twelfth day of life at the zoo in Cali, Colombia.



One of the hundreds of seals, which washed ashore by the storm, waiting for lunch in a rehabilitation center in Groningen, The Netherlands.



Snow-covered church Yensinberg village in the Alps, Switzerland.



Domes of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and snow around. During last night in the capital of Ukraine dropped more snow than in the previous winter days.



Snow-covered streets of Kabul, Afghanistan.



But not everywhere in Afghanistan snow. In Herat, still playing on a dusty field in football.



China has successfully met the New Year.



Thousands of people attended the Lantern Festival in Shanghai on the occasion of the Year of the Dragon.



Prayer is one of the temples in Kuala Lumpur to a great holiday, Malaysia.



The representatives of the Chinese community with a dragon dance in Calcutta, India.



Ethnic Chinese celebrate the New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia.



Night Parade in Hong Kong dated to the beginning of the lunar new year.



Svasthani Brother Katha festival in Kathmandu is dedicated to Goddess Svasthani, Nepal. The festival will last a month.



Magic illuminations in Christopher Columbus Park, Boston, USA.



In Italy today, motorists were on strike, blocking several important highways in protest against the increase in fuel prices.



Symbolic picture. The first session of the first parliament of Egypt after the overthrow of dictator Hosni Mubarak.



But behind the walls of the parliament building in Cairo, the crowd gathered their opponents and obviously not the first time.





Construction of the needle (home of snow) in protest at the International Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.



Indian soldier looks inside the 84-millimeter rocket at an exhibition of military equipment and weapons in Khanna, India.



Fan of Burkina Faso national football team during the match against Angola at the African Cup of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.



Watching the team in the stands of the Niger in Libreville Gabon qualifier against Gabon.



Here the finalists Executive Masters snooker tournament in London. Just the winner is going to put the winning kick - Neil Robertson.



Transvestite beauty contest was held in Hyderabad, India. Strange, but the winners were awarded the title of "Miss." Why not mister? :)



Paris Fashion Week kicked off the season "Spring-Summer 2012", France.



Oprah Winfrey was a special guest of the literary festival in Jaipur, India. The festival ended, and remained a celebrity. They can not drive out? :)



Photo: AP, AFP, Getty Images, Reuters