AMIDST SMOKE AND FIRE: A police officer walks along a forest in the outskirts of Bogota. Dozens of wildfires have scorched the mountains overlooking Bogota since the start of the year due to the unusually high temperatures of a strong dry season. Photo: AP
FROZEN IN ITS TRACKS: Paramilitary policemen work under a train trapped in heavy snow in Shangdu, north China's Inner Mongolia region. Due to heavy snowfall, several trains were delayed and some were stranded in remote areas. Photo: AP
BOLD LETTERS: A Japanese girl manages a large brush for her New Year's calligraphy at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo, in the annual calligraphy contest. Photo: AP
ABOVE THE CLOUDS: Fireworks light up Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: AP
LAND OF MIST AND MYTHS: An early morning view of fog-covered hills at Chuchuyimlang village in the Mokokchung district of Nagaland. Photo: PTI
CLUSTER AGAINST CHAOS: The New Delhi bound Andhra Pradesh Express making its way from Secunderabad Railway Station. A special security blanket of police stand by to prevent any attempt to stop the train by the activists of Samaiky-Andhra or the Telangana JAC, after both camps called for 'rail roko' to protest their cause. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
RAILWAYMEN DUNK IT IN: Indian Railway's men's team celebrate their victory against Punjab in the finals of Senior National Basketball Championship at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana. Photo: Akhilesh Kumar
KIM POSSIBLE: Kim Clijsters of Belgium reacts after defeating Australia's Alicia Molik 6-0, 6-3 during the Brisbane International tennis tournament. Photo: AP
RAISING A SANDSTORM: Yamaha's rider Spain's Juan Manuel Gonzalez Corominas competes during the 3rd stage of the 2010 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between La Rioja and Fiambala, ArgentinA. Photo: AP
HE'S BACK: President Barack Obama walks with Col. Steven Harrison, Commander 89th Airlift Wing, from Air Force One to Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base, after he and his family returned from their vacation in Hawaii. Photo:AP