People watch and photograph enormous waves as they break on Porthcawl Harbour, South Wales. Residents along Britain's coasts braced for more flooding as strong winds, rain and high tides lashed the country. Photo: AP
A French soldier talks to curious children as he mans a roadblock in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic. Photo: AP
Laura Martinez, center, prays at the interment for Father Eric Freed at the St. Bernard's Cemetery in Eureka, Calif. Gary Lee Bullock, 43, of Redway, Calif., was taken into custody by Humboldt County deputies in the killing of Freed. Photo: AP
Florida State's Kelvin Benjamin (1) catches a touchdown pass during the second half of the NCAA BCS National Championship college football game against Auburn, in Pasadena, Calif. Florida State defeated Auburn 34-31, to win the national championship. Photo: AP
People view ice sculptures on display during the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. The annual festival began on Jan. 5 and continues for more than a month. Photo: AP
A baby is passed over a high fence surrounding an aid distribution point, inside a makeshift camp housing an estimated 100,000 displaced people, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic. The distribution by the World Food Program and the United Nations Refugee Agency began on Tuesday and was expected to last 10 days. It is the first aid delivery to reach the camp since Dec. 15, and many families have been lacking food or even rudimentary shelter from the harsh daytime sun and chilly nights. Photo: AP
An injured policeman inspects the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a police station in the northern city, home to a mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen, each of which has competing claims to the oil-rich area. Photo: AP
Eli Lopez, of New Bedford, Mass., taking a nap after his flight to Puerto Rico was canceled, at Logan International Airport in Boston. Heavy rains in the East, and sub-zero temperatures in the Midwest, created havoc for airlines and travel plans. Photo: AP
Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman, second right, walks with North Korea's Sports Ministry Vice Minister Son Kwang Ho, third right, upon his arrival at the international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. Rodman took a team of former NBA players on a trip for an exhibition game on Kim Jong Un's birthday. Photo: AP
In an image made with a fisheye lens, Marguerite Johnston uncovers her car in Grosse Pointe, Mich. The United States experienced extremely low temperatures this week due to the polar vortex. Photo: AP