Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP senior leader LK Advani at a function organised to mark the birth anniversary of Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: PTI
President Pratibha Patil along with Mukul Wasnik, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, presents Best Employee/Self-employed Award to Moseem Khan (Andhra Pradesh) at the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 2010, in New Delhi. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
President Pratibha Patil at a function empower persons with disabilities, in New Delhi. She gave awards to disabled persons for their achievements. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
Dongariakandha tribals from Orissa along with Adivasi Janjati Adhikar Manch (AJAM) stage a demonstration urging the government to take steps to protect and develop tribal communities. Photo: V.V.Krishnan
Thousands of people with disabilities under the banner of Disabled Rights Group, stage a rally at Rajpath seeking a separate ministry for disabled people on World Disability Day in New Delhi. Photo: V. Sudershan
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal with discus thrower Krishna Poonia (l) during a felicitation function in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
Firefighters try to extinguish the flames in Tirat Hacarmel, northern Israel. The worst forest fire in Israel's history devastated one of the country's few forested areas, and killed dozens of people. Photo: AP
A giant Christmas tree is set up in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. The 30-meter (98-foot) tree arrived from Bressanone, northern Italy. Photo:AP
A person walks at a snow-covered park in Pamplona. northern Spain. Many parts of Spain registered freezing temperatures and snow storms. Photo:AP
Tourists make their way in a flooded St. Mark square as high tides reached 1.36 meters above sea level, flooding more than half of Venice. Heavy rains have caused damage in the last days and are blamed for the recent collapses in ancient Pompeii. Photo: AP
A man paddles his canoe in a flooded St. Mark square in Venice. Photo: AP