Sumo wrestler junior champion Baruto from Estonia arrives to take part in a bean-throwing ceremony at the Naritasan Shinshoji Buddhist temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday. A ritual of the bean-throwing ceremony believed to bring good luck was performed to mark the beginning of the spring in the Lunar calendar. Photo: AP
Japanese Buddhist monks pray during bean-throwing ceremony at the Naritasan Shinshoji Buddhist temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday. Photo: AP
A woman pays tribute to Iemanja, an African goddess of the sea, as she wades in the ocean off Montevideo, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday. Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "Crazy Heart." Photo: AP
Argentine actors, from right, Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil and Guillermo Franchela pose for pictures during a press conference after the nomination for the 82nd Academy Awards of their film "The Secret in Their Eyes" for best foreign language film in Buenos Aires, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Astronauts of space shuttle Endeavour, from left, mission specialists Bob Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, Steve Robinson, Kay Hire, commander George Zamka and pilot Terry Virts, arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Tuesday, to prepare for their upcoming launch. Endeavour is scheduled for an early morning liftoff on Feb. 7 on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo: AP
Power poles downed by an ice storm last month lie in the snow along the road between Eagle Butte and LaPlant, S.D., on Tuesday, on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. An estimated 1,500 to 1,700 homes across South Dakota's impoverished Cheyenne River Indian Reservation were still without power as utility workers struggled to make repairs. Photo: AP
In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 picture, a bobcat captured in north Casa Grande, Ariz. looks out from its cage at the Casa Grande Animal Care and Adoption Center in downtown Casa Grande, Ariz. The bobcat has a mother and sibling still located in the Coyote Ranch area of the city. CGACAAC has set traps to catch the remaining two cats. Once the wild animals are captured and deemed healthy, they will be released into the wild south of the city. Linda Ericson, supervisor of the Casa Grande Animal Care and Adoption Center, said that while people often have good intentions when feeding wildlife, providing an undomesticated animal with a free meal is the single worst thing a human can do for it. Photo: AP
Indonesians wear defaced masks of Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, bottom right, and Vice President Boediono who are accused to be involved in last year's 6.76 trillion rupiah (US$715 million) bank scandal during an anti corruption protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. Photo:AP
In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, an employee polishes Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. The Japanese government said on Wednesday it has received 14 complaints in Japan about brake problems with the popular hybrid. Photo: AP
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, two white whales blow ring-shaped bubbles in the water at the Harbin Polarland in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The white whales in the Polarland gained the skills as a new year gift for visitors after one-year of training, Xinhua said. Photo: AP
Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan returns a shot to Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan during their tennis match at the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania zone in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday. Photo: AP