Day in Photos, February 9, 2012

Diverse Thursday is coming to its end. Ringing frost in February, the luxury of the French Impressionists, the sincerity of the animal world and the passions in the world of sport - a lot of that was today.

Another photo from Mars. Bonneville Crater.





The most active, and the highest active volcano in Europe - Etna Sicilian.



It is the first time this year, I woke up. Last year, the volcanic eruption happened 18 times.



The sun gives sunrise and Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.



Two three-month cub playing in a cage under the supervision of his mother in the zoo Hani Cologne, Germany.



Bald eagle somewhere in Minnesota, USA.



A young gray seal looks out of half-frozen water in the breeding station in Fridrihskooge, Germany.



In the north of the Philippines launched a traditional festival of balloons.



This is the seventeenth in a row the event.



In Germany, there was the town of the needle - the traditional Eskimo snow houses. Ten needle located in Oberstdorf, and can accommodate up to 30 people.



A young walrus is bathed in the hole, Lake Lisi, Georgia.



That's the debate held in the Turkish Parliament, Ankara.



In Baghdad celebrated the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. As they are now the poor man without American democracy? :)



In the Netherlands, the marathon continues to skate on the canals of the country «Elfstedentocht», which crosses 11 cities. Photo exhibition in the village of Hindeloopen.



Tonight in the Empire State Building was already the 35th race in a row, the United States.



The winner was the rise of German Thomas Dold.



On the face of Swiss Roger Federer shows a logical reaction to the results of the draw for the Davis Cup tennis. His team in the first round will play against the United States.



Frenchman Alexis Pinturo start on downhill, during the next stage of the World Cup in Alpine skiing in Sochi, Russia.



Today was determined arena, which will host the match, "Winter Classic" NHL in 2013, the year - "Michigan Arena" in the Canadian town of Ann Arbor.



Cyclists in a good mood before the start of the fifth stage of the cycling race «Tour of Qatar» on the outskirts of Doha, Qatar.



Actor Kalamandalam Radhakrishnan preparing for his performance in the five-day festival, Surya, Ahmedabad, India.



This painting by Claude Monet «L'Entree de Giverny en Hiver» was today sold at auction «Sotheby's» in London for $ 13 million.



Actress Reese Witherspoon in the Los Angeles premiere of the film "That means war."



Photo: AP, AFP, Getty Images, Reuters