FLARE-UP: A gasoline bomb flared near riot police during clashes Thursday in the Greek town of Keratea, about 31 miles southeast of Athens. Protesters were demonstrating against a proposed landfill. (Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press)
CLEAN AMID DESTRUCTION: A man bathed outdoors amid the devastation of the recent tsunami in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan Thursday. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)
IN THE WRECKAGE: A portrait of slain Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud lay on the ground as Afghan security officials inspected the scene of a suicide bombing targeting a police training center in Kabul Thursday. Two trainees and a member of the Afghan National Police were killed. (S. Sabawoon/European Pressphoto Agency)
MARKS THE SPOT: A painted arrow marked the area Thursday where remains of bodies slain by a possible serial killer were found near Long Island's Gilgo Beach. Ten sets of human remains have been discovered in recent months. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
FIGHTING FOR LIBYA: A rebel fighter celebrated as his comrades west of Adjabiya, Libya, fired a rocket Thursday toward troops loyal to Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
HEAVY WEIGHT: Maria Panagiotidou of Greece competed in the women's 63-kilogram weightlifting final during the 90th Men's and 24th Women's European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, Russia, Thursday. (Maxim Shipenkov/European Pressphoto Agency)
NICE BACKHAND: French President Nicolas Sarkozy played table tennis during a visit to a school in Bagnieres de Luchon Thursday. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Nepalese citizens participated in a peace rally marking the Nepalese New Year in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday. (Binod Joshi/Associated Press)
GRISLY SCENE: Police stood guard outside a Mexico City morgue Thursday as forensic experts prepared to carry in the bodies of some of the 76 people found murdered in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state. Six bodies found Wednesday brought to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in the region. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)
UNDER ARREST: Ugandan police detained a protester Thursday in Kampala. Uganda's main opposition leader was injured by gunfire Thursday as police tried to arrest him during a protest in the capital over escalating food and fuel prices. The politician, Kizza Besigye, was hospitalized. (Stephen Wandera/Associated Press)
HARD LABOR: Fourteen-year-old Sunil was at work Thursday at a laterite brick mine in Ratnagiri district of India, about 225 miles south of Mumbai. He is paid two rupees (four U.S. cents) per brick and carries an average of 100 bricks out of the mine each day. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
SEEKING DRY LAND: A springer spaniel named Mikey waded in floodwaters from the Red River as volunteers laid sandbags atop a dike Wednesday in Grand Forks, N.D. Flooding from the Red River and its tributaries has left several rural residents isolated north and west of Fargo. (Eric Hylden/The Grand Forks Herald/Associated Press)
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