Army cadets hold a large photo of Army head coach Rich Ellerson during an NCAA college football game against Navy in Philadelphia. Navy won 34-7.
Steven Holcomb pilots with brakeman Jesse Beckom during a training run for the two-man bobsled World Cup competition in Lake Placid, New York. Competition starts on Friday.
Waka, aged 2, a severely malnourished child, sits on the floor at Bangui's pediatric center in Bangui, Central African Republic. According to UNICEF's doctor Celestin Traore, even though malnutrition is high in the country, the problem is worsening due to the conflict. Traore expects to see over 150 malnourished children daily in the coming days as the humanitarian situation worsens. Over 1600 French troops have been deployed to the country in an effort to put an end to sectarian violence.
Leo Santa Cruz (left) hits Cesar Seda during a WBC super bantamweight title fight in San Antonio.
A faithful drags a stone chained to his ankle as a self-imposed penance during a pilgrimage to the shrine in El Rincon, near Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Every year, tens of thousands of Cubans flock to the shrine to pay homage on the feast of Saint Lazarus, seeking favors from the religious icon, fused with Catholic and Afro-Cuban figures. He is known on the island as "the miraculous saint."
A lone runner traverses the bike and running path along Lake Michigan at the North Avenue beach as temperatures hover around freezing in Chicago.
A man raises his daughter during a procession in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Condega, Nicaragua. On this date, the Virgin of Guadalupe, also known as the "Patroness of the Americas," is celebrated during a feast day in many countries of Latin America.
A South African woman, holds her child at the doorway of her home, during the funeral service of former President Nelson Mandela, in Qunu, South Africa.
Pro-European Union activists sit in a shelter during a rally in Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych both pledged on Tuesday to boost economic and trade ties to expand the "strategic partnership" between the two neighbors.
A North Korean man uses a flashlight as he and other subway commuters gather around a public newspaper stand on the train platform in Pyongyang, North Korea to read the headlines about Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle who was executed as a traitor.