Sparrows are seen in a city park after heavy overnight snowfall in Skopje January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski (MACEDONIA)... [more »]

Date: 5 January 2009, 2:12 pm

Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann soars through the air in front of the city of Innsbruck during the third competition of the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)... [more »]

Date: 4 January 2009, 7:21 am

In motion : Flamingos fly over a lake near Santa Rosa de la Pampa, Argentina. (AFP/Gabriel Bouys)... [more »]

Date: 3 January 2009, 5:29 pm

Angela Sytko of New Jersey, right, and T.J. Clark of New York's Brooklyn Borough kiss at the stroke of midnight during New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)... [more »]

Date: 31 December 2008, 11:45 pm

Ready to march : Members of a US marching band from Slinger High School in Wisconsin practice their performance ahead of London's New Year's Day Parade in Trafalgar Square. (AFP/Ben Stansall)... [more »]

Date: 30 December 2008, 5:18 pm

Puppy love : A dog looks out of a shelter in the largest animal shelter "Rzhevka" (housing about 400 domestic animals) in St. Petersburg. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)... [more »]

Date: 28 December 2008, 5:48 pm

A resident rides a bicycle amid snowfall at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province December 27, 2008. A cold front is expected to bring strong wind and snow to northern China and rain to the south in the next two days, the National Meteorological Cent…... [more »]

Date: 27 December 2008, 3:04 am

Children play soccer during sunset at a beach in Lima December 26, 2008. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU)... [more »]

Date: 26 December 2008, 6:47 pm

A statue of St. George decorated like a Christmas tree stands in the middle of Liberty square in central Tbilisi. War and economic hardship loomed over Christmas celebrations across the world on Thursday, with Pope Benedict XVI pleading for an end to…... [more »]

Date: 25 December 2008, 3:15 pm

Eleven-year-old orang-utan Sinta holds her baby Natalia at Taman Safari zoo in Pasuruan in Indonesia's East Java province December 25, 2008. Natalia was born early morning on Thursday and 25 orang-utans are currently staying at Taman Safari in Pa…... [more »]

Date: 25 December 2008, 4:57 am