Day in Photos, February 23, 2011

Today, the main theme of the day was greeting the men as defenders of the Fatherland. Festival, rooted in the distant 1918, the year, firmly entrenched in the subconscious of the inhabitants of post-Soviet space.

Alligator in Florida sailed to see the shuttle launch near the Kennedy Space Center, which will be held tomorrow.





Young green turtles crawl to the sea on the Indonesian coast. Unfortunately, not all of them will survive.



One lucky already.



In Vietnam, coffee blossomed.



In the Philippines, Bulusan volcano awoke again.



The floor in one of the cosmetic boutiques of Christchurch in New Zealand after the earthquake. The number of victims is growing.



In the Tasman Sea the remains of an iceberg drifting.





Hong Kong morning ...



All that remains of the fences in Chernobyl exclusion zone. Picture taken not far from the Belarusian village Babchin.



Vietnamese inflation is not happy citizens. Soon for bread will walk with suitcases.



The former Soviet Union traditionally celebrate the Day of the Defender of the Motherland. Russian Communists only reason to give.



Indian protesters decided to take a nap on the sly, while the others walked the streets of New Delhi and expressed dissatisfaction with high prices and unemployment.



In Athens, Greek police tried to calm the demonstrators.



In northern Iraq, the Kurds became more active. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Sulaimaniyah - the center of Iraqi Kurdistan.



Libya struck by civil war. From a country run all who can.



Here they are, these defenders!



Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is very serious during the ceremony celebrating the Day of Defender of the Fatherland.



But not always.



For example, pour a man - and he immediately kinder.



But the Irish Labour's Eamon Gilmore has no pouring. And rightly so. Suppose first that will win the elections. Today the Irish are beginning to vote in the outer islands, and the mass start will be the 25th.



Ski exotic Oslo represented the Kenyan skier Philip Boytha.



Kung Fu Lessons from the Serbian tennis player Elena Jankovic in Dubai.



And the lessons of Wu Shu from the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.



Moscow frosts for Swiss football club "Basel" not huhry-muhry. Training before the Europa League match.



China's first capsule hotel is functioning successfully. Located in Shanghai, the hotel is very popular.





In Brunei celebrating the National Day. Marchers in the capital city - Bandar Seri Begawan.



The holiday is over. Chinese removes red lights, symbolizing the coming of the New Year.



Hina dolls for $ 4230 apiece, made of pure gold, went on sale in Tokyo store Ginza Tanaka. (Japan). The dolls are replicas of the Japanese Emperor and Empress, and are used during the festival "Hinamatsuri».



The passes Kathmandu Nepali Chinese Spring Festival. Artists show their next presentation.



Then the stage was 22 rukaya Chinese.



There, near the temple in Kathmandu Pashupati begin to gather pious Hindus, the second of March to participate in one of the most important festivals in Hinduism - Shiravarti.



In London, a memorial Musical «Les Miserables», as the most long-lasting in the world. Its premiere took place on October 8th 1985.



Dannii Minogue at a party at the Sydney Opera House, on the occasion of the first flight of the airline V Australia and Etihad Airways to Abu Dhabi.



Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at court for the next hearing, where she is accused of stealing jewelry in a jewelry store.



Photo: AP, Getty Images, Reuters