February 5, 2012. Kashmiri Muslim devotees raise their hands for prayers as a head priest displays a relic of Prophet Mohammed at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad, or birthday of Prophet Mohammed, in Srinagar, India.Farooq Khan—EPA
From snow storms in Rome and Superbowl XLVI to protests in Egypt and Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.
February 5, 2012. Kashmiri Muslim devotees raise their hands for prayers as a head priest displays a relic of Prophet Mohammed at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad, or birthday of Prophet Mohammed, in Srinagar, India.Farooq Khan—EPAFebruary 4, 2012. An aerial view showing the Colosseum in Rome following heavy overnight snowfall. Ettore Ferrari—EPAFebruary 7, 2012. Syrians hold balloons combined as a Russian flag to welcome Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the Southern Highway in Damascus.Hazim—Xinhua/Zuma PressFebruary 7, 2012. Syrian mourners gather around the bodies of people allegedly killed by Syrian government forces during a funeral procession in Maarat al-Noman, Idlib province, Syria.UPI/LandovFebruary 8, 2012. Tens of thousands of Bahrainis, many waving national flags, chant anti-government slogans during a sit-in calling for the fall of the regime and freeing of political prisoners in Muqsha, Bahrain.Hasan Jamali—AP February 6, 2012. An Egyptian demonstrator uses goggles and a protective mask against tear gas fired by riot police during confrontations outside Cairo's security headquarters.Marco Longari—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 4, 2012. An Egyptian protester holds stones during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in Cairo. The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly soccer riot rose on Saturday, according to a field doctor and a security official, as demonstrators in Cairo kept up their calls for an end to military rule and retribution for those killed in the soccer game violence. Muhammed Muheisen—APFebruary 4, 2012. An Egyptian protester holds stones during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in Cairo.Khalil Hamra—APFebruary 3, 2012. Clashes between egyptian civilians near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo. A second day of clashes with Egyptian police left two protesters dead as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid fury at the deaths of 74 people in football-related violence. Dar Al Mussawir—Newspictures/Abaca USAFebruary 3, 2012. An Egyptian protester injured after clashes with the police near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo.Dar Al Mussawir—Newspictures/Abaca USAFebruary 3, 2012. A protester wearing a gas mask sits close to a fire as protests near to Egypt's Interior Ministry continued for a second consecutive day in Cairo.Carsten Koall—Getty ImagesFebruary 8, 2012. Morgue workers remove the body of a man killed during a shooting from the crime scene at Itinga neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil. About one-third of Bahia state's 30,000 patrolling police went on strike last week. During the strike the murder rate in Salvador, the nation's third-largest city, doubled.Felipe Dana—APFebruary 9, 2012. A resident looks outside from a peephole at the entrance of an ilegally occupied building before being evicted in downtown Sao Paulo.Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 4, 2012. Followers of Yemen's Shi'ite sect stand on a hill as others leave a ceremony to mark the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammad in Dhahian of the northwestern Yemeni province of Saada.Khaled Abdullah—ReutersFebruary 7, 2012. Devotees offer prayers by taking a dip on the final day of the month-long Swasthani festival in the Hanumante River at Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu.Navesh Chitrakar—ReutersFebruary 6, 2012. Anders Behring Breivik (right door), the Norwegian gunman who killed 77 people, arrives at court in Oslo.Junge Heiko—AFP/Getty ImagesA watchtower is shown at a portion of a state-of-the-art security fence along a the land border with Turkey, in Nea Vyssa city, Evros, Greece. In 2011 alone, 54,974 non-legal immigrants clandestinely crossed the Evros border into Greece.Nikos Arvanitidis—EPAFebruary 6, 2012. Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at The Cable Center in Denver.Chris Carlson—AP February 4, 2012. Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign stop at Bethel University, in Arden Hills, Minn. Charles Rex Arbogast—AP February 4, 2012. Balloons and signage are packed up for the next event for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, in Loveland, Colo.Matthew Staver—The New York Times/ReduxFebruary 9, 2012. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton waits backstage before addressing the crowd at the Invest In Ireland forum at New York University in New York City.Andrew Kelly—ReutersFebruary 6, 2012. Schoolchildren watch the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery leave St. John's Barracks in London.Stefan Wermuth—ReutersFebruary 5, 2012. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) and The Duke of Edinburgh leave a church service at St. Peters and St. Paul in West Newton, Norfolk. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip braved the snow for a village church service on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee marking 60 years of Elizabeth's reign. Ben Stansall—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 6, 2012. Soldiers from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41 Gun Salute in Hyde Park, central London, to mark the start of Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.Carl Court—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 9, 2012. South African troops during a guard of honor at the opening of the South African Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. South African President Jacob Zuma gave the state of the nation address during the opening of parliament in Cape Town. Schalk Van Zuydam—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 4, 2012. A dog is groomed before competing at the 7th Hong Kong Pet Show at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.Laurent Fievet—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 4, 2012. Prem Sharma, the care taker of the Gharial (Crocodile) breeding center, brushes the teeth of a narrow snouted crocodile at the Chitwan National Park in Chitwan, south west from Kathmandu.Navesh Chitrakar—ReutersFebruary 6, 2012. Chinese artists prepare backstage before a Chinese Spring Festival gala on the occasion of the Chinese New Year, in Kathmandu.Narendra Shrestha—EPAFebruary 8, 2012. A polling official, hands seen at left, marks the index finger of a woman voter with indelible ink before she casts her vote, inside a polling booth in Gonda, India.Rajesh Kumar Singh—APFebruary 8, 2012. An Indian Muslim woman casts her vote at a polling station in Gonda, India.Rajesh Kumar Singh—APFebruary 8, 2012. An Indian woman adjusts the cap of her child as she waits in a queue to cast her vote, in Ayodhya, India.Manish Swarup—AP February 7, 2012. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) waves as she crosses a crowd of supporters while arriving for a political rally as part of her electoral campaign at a stadium in Pathein, Myanmar.Christophe Archambault—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 4, 2012. A Kashmiri village woman stands near the site of a gunbattle in Woodder village, south of Srinagar, India.Dar Yasin—AP February 2, 2012. Schoolgirls fill a bottle of water from a tank supplied by a borehole at their school in the Karagita slum next to Lake Naivasha, during a visit by Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development for the World Bank, unseen, in Kenya.Ben Curtis—APFebruary 6, 2012. Israeli soldiers stand guard as Palestinian women gather while Jewish settlers from the settlement of Kedumim plough in the West Bank.Jaafar Ashtiyeh—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 3, 2012. Cuba's leader Fidel Castro speaks during the presentation of his book 'Guerrillero del Tiempo,' or 'Time Warrior,' in Havana.Roberto Chile—Cubadebate/APFebruary 4, 2012. People look at DVDs at a privately licensed stall in Havana.Desmond Boylan—ReutersFebruary 5, 2012. A Lebanese anti-Syrian regime protester and supporter of an Islamic group stands in front of a Syrian revolution flag, during a sit-in in front of the Russian Embassy in Beirut.Wael Hamzeh—EPAFebruary 5, 2012. Firefighters climb a mountain to extinguish a wildfire in Jubrique, near Malaga, southern Spain.Jon Nazca—ReutersFebruary 6, 2012. Worshippers throw firecrackers at a shirtless man acting as Master Handan during the Handan ritual as part of the Chinese Lantern Festival celebrations or "Yuan Hsiao Jie" in Taitung, eastern Taiwan.Stringer—ReutersFebruary 6, 2012. Young men parade paper dragons on bamboo sticks as fireworks and firecrackers are thrown at them in a street during the Lantern Festival in southwest Guizhou province, China.Lu Di—EPAFebruary 4, 2012. An interactive display at the NFL Experience in Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis, Ind., before the start of Super Bowl XLVI.Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 5, 2012. Running back Ahmad Bradshaw (44) of the New York Giants sits down in the end zone to score the Giants last touchdown in Superbowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Ind. The Giants defeated the Patriots, 21-17.Sam Riche—MCT/LandovFebruary 7, 2012. Spectators gather on a balcony to watch the New York Giants victory parade in New York. The Giants returned from their Super Bowl win to a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway.Todd Heisler—The New York Times/ReduxFebruary 6, 2012. A blacksmith throws molten metal against a cold wall to create sparks, as he and others celebrate the Lantern Festival which traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations, in Nuanquan, China.Mark Ralston—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 6, 2012. Russian Animal trainer Nataly Shirokaloff performs during the Capital Circus of Budapest gala. Attila Kisbenedek—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 7, 2012. The display light of a mobile phone illuminates two Palestinian children playing games on the device at their familiy's home during an electricity power cut in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip.Ali Ali—EPAFebruary 7, 2012. Palestinian girls are seen through a window of their familiy's home during an electricity power cut in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip.Ali Ali—EPAFebruary 6, 2012. Ultra Orthodox Jews children wait in line and wave flags for the arrival of New York Admor Rabbi Menashe Friedman in Mea Shearim neighborhood, Jerusalem. The Rabbi is accompanied by hundreds of Satmarer Chassidim from New York City.Abir Sultan—EPAFebruary 9, 2012. Ashley Villatoro, 9, holds a sign showing images of former teacher Martin B. Springer outside Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles. The entire staff of the school has been replaced following the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students.Jae C. Hong—APFebruary 6, 2012. A machine works on the production of tapestry fabric, displaying the images of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, at the Uzor weaving plant in the town of Vyritsa, north of St. Petersburg.Alexander Demianchuk—ReutersFebruary 8, 2012. A demonstrator touches a banner showing photos of some Spanish Civil War victims during a protest outside the Supreme Court on the last day of judge Baltasar Garzon's trial in Madrid.Paul White—APFebruary 7, 2012. A worker prepares a carnival float at Uniao da Ilha Samba School in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio de Janeiro Carnival parade will be held from Feb. 19-20.Ricardo Moraes—ReutersFebruary 4, 2012. South-Korea's Seon Shin Woon performs on the ice climbing structure during the semi-final of the Ice Climbing World Cup in Champagny-en-Vanoise, France.Jean-Pierre Clatot—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 5, 2012. Team Innovex competes during the ice canoe race at the Quebec Winter Carnival in Quebec City.Mathieu Belanger—ReutersFebruary 4, 2012. Yulia Galysheva, of Kazakhstan, flips during the women's duel moguls qualifications at the World Cup freestyle skiing competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. Jim Urquhart—APFebruary 5, 2012. Riders and horses compete during the Grand Prix American Airlines on the frozen Lake on the first weekend of the White Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland.Arno Balzarini—EPAFebruary 3, 2012. Women try to pick up flour spilled onto snow at the Charahi Qambar refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the past month, at least 22 Afghan children under the age of 5 have frozen to death at refugee camps in Kabul, prompting deep concerns among aid workers. Andrea Bruce—The New York Times/ReduxFebruary 4, 2012. Plastic bottles with the bottoms cut are placed over flower bulbs to protect them from the frost near the sea shore in the Black Sea harbor of Constanta, east of Bucharest, Romania.Radu Sigheti—ReutersFebruary 4, 2012. Raheem Khan, 35, removes snow from a statue of Santa Claus as he waits for customers during snowfall in the hill-resort town of Murree north east of Islamabad.Faisal Mahmood—ReutersFebruary 6, 2012. An Indian man paddles a raft to a concrete island, meant to be part of an overpass construction project but now derilect, as he searches for items to salvage in the holy River Yamuna, in New Delhi. The Yamuna is one of the world's most polluted rivers and supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. Kevin Frayer—APFebruary 6, 2012. A slum dweller retrieves her belongings after a slum was demolished by the police in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Andrew Biraj—ReutersFebruary 7, 2012. Pakistani fishermen use cranes to pull the carcass of a whale shark from the waters at a fish harbour in Karachi. The 40-feet whale, weighing about 6 tons, was found dead in the Arabian Sea.Asif Hassan—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 6, 2012. A Bahraini woman shouts anti-government slogans as she gestures toward riot police firing tear gas in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain.Hasan Jamali—APFebruary 7, 2012. Brazilian soldiers clash with police on strike at the Legislative Assembly of Bahia in Salvador, northeastern Brazil.Agencia Estado/Xinhua Press/CorbisFebruary 4, 2012. US Park Police arrest an Occupy D.C. movement protester at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C.Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 4, 2011. A US Park Police officer uses a limb saw to remove a mask of Guy Fawkes from a statue of James McPherson in McPherson Square in Washington, D.C. Brendan Smialowski—Getty ImagesFebruary 3, 2012. The dome of the St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is seen through snowfall from a certain distance in Rome.Luciano Del Castillo—EPAFebruary 6, 2012. Strong winds blow dust over buildings located on the outskirts of Beijing.David Gray—ReutersFebruary 4, 2012. Skiers make their way during the men's cross-country skiing World Cup 15-km Free Mass Start in Rybinsk, Russia.Sergei Grits—APFebruary 6, 2012. Villagers perform the annual "dragon march" to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Gutian township, Fujian province, China.Stringer—ReutersFebruary 8, 2012. A man smokes a cigarette as he walks through a shaft of sunlight in temperatures of about minus 5 degrees Fahrenheit in central Moscow.Anton Golubev—ReutersFebruary 3, 2012. An Indian disaster response worker searches a rail car for casualties in a derailed passenger train following an accident at Sathi Sarapa village near Gauhati, India.Anupam Nath—AP February 7, 2012. A passenger walks to board a train at the Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, China. An esitmated 3.16 billion passenger trips are expected during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush.China Photos/Getty ImagesFebruary 5, 2012. The moon rises over the Piz Rosatsch Mountain, as the last rays of the setting sun illuminate the mountain's ridge overlooking Silvaplana, Switzerland.Arno Balzarini—EPA
