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Women voters show their election cards as they stand queue to cast their votes in a polling station in Thoubal constituency on the outskirts of Imphal, in Manipur which saw a turnout of 82%. A separatist Naga rebel opened fire at a police station where election voting was being held, killing several people before he was shot in the state of Manipur, police said. Supporters of BJP leader and former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu during his roadshow on the last day of campaigning for upcoming Assembly elections in Amritsar Tibetan refugees dressed as Chinese soldiers enact the killing of a Tibetan student during a protest in Dharamsala. Three deadly clashes with Chinese security forces in January mark an escalation of a Tibetan protest movement that had expressed itself through scattered individual self-immolations, reflecting both the growing desperation of Tibetans and the harsh response by police. Survivors of Bhopal gas victims of 1984 during a protest against the sponsorship of Dow Chemical Co. in the London Olympics, in Bhopal with placards reading India is a slave of Dow Chemical. Leander Paes of India, centre, and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, top, celebrate after defeating USA's Bob Bryan, bottom right, and Mike Bryan, bottom left, during their men's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia A topless Ukrainian protester is arrested by Swiss police after climbing up a fence at the entrance to the congress centre where the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland. The activists are from the group Femen, which has have become popular in Ukraine for staging small, half-naked protests against a range of issues including oppression of political opposition. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, centre, delivers a speech in front of runner-up Maria Sharapova of Russia, left, and former champion Martina Hingis, right during the awarding ceremony, after Azarenka won their women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia. A Sadhu takes a dip at Sangam, confluence of the Rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Basant Panchmi festival that falls during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus bathe at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela. Australia's players celebrate victory over India after the cricket test match against India in Adelaide, Australia. India slumped to their second successive overseas series whitewash after losing the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia by a humiliating 298 runs. Hundreds of Taiwanese release sky lanterns in hopes of good fortune and prosperity in the new year and to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, Taiwan. The start of the Chinese Lantern festival falls on Monday, Feb. 6. Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal, centre, leaps in the air as he celebrates with his teammates Adnan Akmal, left, and Mohammad Hafeez, right, after taking the wicket of England's Ian Bell during the fourth day of the second cricket test match of a three match series between England and Pakistan at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Pakistan beat England by 72 runs A participant wears a mask during a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender parade in Mumbai. Hundreds of people gathered for the march. Activists of the Ukrainian feminist nudity group FEMEN clash with Swiss police during a protest at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland Voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during assembly polls at Kalaphar in Senapati district, in Manipur. Long queues of enthusiastic voters were seen at many polling booths across the valley districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishenpur with people waiting their turn on a sunny morning. Women voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during assembly polls at Kangpokpi in Senapati district in Manipur. A polling official marks the finger of a voter with indelible ink as he arrives to cast his vote at a polling station during assembly polls, in Senapati district in Manipur. The US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a news conference at the Pentagon. Bolstering his hunch, Panetta, who headed the Central Intelligence Agency at the time when US Navy SEALs killed bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad town, said that he believes someone in authority in Pak knew where the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was hiding in the country, nine months after the raid. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit meets with students from earthquake affected areas of Sikkim who are on an excursion tour, organised by ITBP, in New Delhi. Students participate in a mass prayer of Goddess Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, on the occasion of Basant Panchami in Bhubaneswar. Karamjit Rintu, Congress candidate from Amritsar (North), during an election campaign in Amritsar. Leander Paes of India, top, and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic celebrate after defeating USA's Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan during their men's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia Leander Paes of India, right, and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic hold the trophy during the awarding ceremony after defeating USA's Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in their men's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia. A dip at the 'Sangam', the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Basant Panchami festival that falls during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Basant Panchami, the fifth day of spring is celebrated by worshipping Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus bathe at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as 'Magh Mela'. Topless Ukrainian protesters demonstrate at the entrance to the congress centre where the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos. The activists are from the group Femen, which has have become popular in Ukraine for staging small, half-naked protests against a range of issues including oppression of political opposition Supporters shout slogans in favor of independent candidate Gurpratap Singh Tikka, fourth from left on the rooftop, as a Cessna aircraft (unseen) drops his election campaign leaflets on the last day of campaigning for upcoming Assembly elections in Amritsar WTO director-general Pascal Lamy, left, talks to India's trade minister Anand Sharma before a meeting of trade ministers in Davos, Switzerland. ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2012, MANIPUR VOTES. Union Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during a debate on 'Trial by Media: The Media Goes Too Far Without Going Deep Enough' at Kolkata Book Fair. Family members break down at RIMS mortuary after a CRPF man, three Village Volunteer Force personnel and a civilian were killed and two others were injured when militants attacked an interior polling station in Sugnu Assembly constituency in Chandel district, Manipur. A participant wearing a dress dances during a gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gender parade, in Mumbai. Hundreds of people gathered for the parade. ()
Jan 28, 2012
Women voters show their election cards as they stand queue to cast their votes in a polling station in Thoubal constituency on the outskirts of Imphal, in Manipur which saw a turnout of 82%. A separatist Naga rebel opened fire at a police station where election voting was being held, killing several people before he was shot in the state of Manipur, police said.

- AP Photo/Anupam Nath
Jan 28, 2012
Supporters of BJP leader and former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu during his roadshow on the last day of campaigning for upcoming Assembly elections in Amritsar

- AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
Jan 28, 2012
Tibetan refugees dressed as Chinese soldiers enact the killing of a Tibetan student during a protest in Dharamsala. Three deadly clashes with Chinese security forces in January mark an escalation of a Tibetan protest movement that had expressed itself through scattered individual self-immolations, reflecting both the growing desperation of Tibetans and the harsh response by police.

- AP photo/Angus McDonald
Jan 28, 2012
Survivors of Bhopal gas victims of 1984 during a protest against the sponsorship of Dow Chemical Co. in the London Olympics, in Bhopal with placards reading "India is a slave of Dow Chemical."

- AP
Jan 28, 2012
Leander Paes of India, centre, and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, top, celebrate after defeating USA's Bob Bryan, bottom right, and Mike Bryan, bottom left, during their men's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia

- AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Jan 28, 2012
A topless Ukrainian protester is arrested by Swiss police after climbing up a fence at the entrance to the congress centre where the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland. The activists are from the group Femen, which has have become popular in Ukraine for staging small, half-naked protests against a range of issues including oppression of political opposition.

- AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus
Jan 28, 2012
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, centre, delivers a speech in front of runner-up Maria Sharapova of Russia, left, and former champion Martina Hingis, right during the awarding ceremony, after Azarenka won their women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia.

- AP Photo/Rick Rycroft
Jan 28, 2012
A Sadhu takes a dip at Sangam, confluence of the Rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Basant Panchmi festival that falls during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus bathe at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela.

- AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Jan 28, 2012
Australia's players celebrate victory over India after the cricket test match against India in Adelaide, Australia. India slumped to their second successive overseas series whitewash after losing the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia by a humiliating 298 runs.

- AP Photo/ David Mariuz
Jan 28, 2012
Hundreds of Taiwanese release "sky lanterns" in hopes of good fortune and prosperity in the new year and to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, Taiwan. The start of the Chinese Lantern festival falls on Monday, Feb. 6.

- AP Photo/Wally Santana
Jan 28, 2012
Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal, centre, leaps in the air as he celebrates with his teammates Adnan Akmal, left, and Mohammad Hafeez, right, after taking the wicket of England's Ian Bell during the fourth day of the second cricket test match of a three match series between England and Pakistan at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Pakistan beat England by 72 runs

- AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
Jan 28, 2012
A participant wears a mask during a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender parade in Mumbai. Hundreds of people gathered for the march.

- AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade
Jan 28, 2012
Activists of the Ukrainian feminist nudity group FEMEN clash with Swiss police during a protest at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland

- AP Photo/Keystone/Jean-Christophe Bott
Jan 28, 2012
Voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during assembly polls at Kalaphar in Senapati district, in Manipur. Long queues of enthusiastic voters were seen at many polling booths across the valley districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishenpur with people waiting their turn on a sunny morning.

- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2012
Women voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during assembly polls at Kangpokpi in Senapati district in Manipur.

- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2012
A polling official marks the finger of a voter with indelible ink as he arrives to cast his vote at a polling station during assembly polls, in Senapati district in Manipur.

- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2012
The US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a news conference at the Pentagon. Bolstering his hunch, Panetta, who headed the Central Intelligence Agency at the time when US Navy SEALs killed bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad town, said that he believes someone in authority in Pak knew where the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was hiding in the country, nine months after the raid.

- AP Photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Jan 28, 2012
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit meets with students from earthquake affected areas of Sikkim who are on an excursion tour, organised by ITBP, in New Delhi.

- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Jan 28, 2012
Students participate in a mass prayer of Goddess Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, on the occasion of Basant Panchami in Bhubaneswar.

- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2012
Karamjit Rintu, Congress candidate from Amritsar (North), during an election campaign in Amritsar.

- PTI Photo/ Deepak Sharma
Jan 28, 2012
Leander Paes of India, top, and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic celebrate after defeating USA's Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan during their men's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia

- AP Photo/Aaron Favila
Jan 28, 2012
Leander Paes of India, right, and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic hold the trophy during the awarding ceremony after defeating USA's Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in their men's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia.

- AP Photo/John Donegan
Jan 28, 2012
A dip at the 'Sangam', the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Basant Panchami festival that falls during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Basant Panchami, the fifth day of spring is celebrated by worshipping Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus bathe at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as 'Magh Mela'.

- AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Jan 28, 2012
Topless Ukrainian protesters demonstrate at the entrance to the congress centre where the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos. The activists are from the group Femen, which has have become popular in Ukraine for staging small, half-naked protests against a range of issues including oppression of political opposition

- AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus
Jan 28, 2012
Supporters shout slogans in favor of independent candidate Gurpratap Singh Tikka, fourth from left on the rooftop, as a Cessna aircraft (unseen) drops his election campaign leaflets on the last day of campaigning for upcoming Assembly elections in Amritsar

- AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
Jan 28, 2012
WTO director-general Pascal Lamy, left, talks to India's trade minister Anand Sharma before a meeting of trade ministers in Davos, Switzerland.

- AP Photo/Frank Jordans
Jan 28, 2012
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2012, MANIPUR VOTES.

- PTI GRAPHICS
Jan 28, 2012
Union Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during a debate on 'Trial by Media: The Media Goes Too Far Without Going Deep Enough' at Kolkata Book Fair.

- PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra
Jan 28, 2012
Family members break down at RIMS mortuary after a CRPF man, three Village Volunteer Force personnel and a civilian were killed and two others were injured when militants attacked an interior polling station in Sugnu Assembly constituency in Chandel district, Manipur.

- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2012
A participant wearing a dress dances during a gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gender parade, in Mumbai. Hundreds of people gathered for the parade. ()

- AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade
  
The Day In Pictures
Jan 28, 2012
Jan 28, 2012
Women voters show their election cards as they stand queue to cast their votes in a polling station in Thoubal constituency on the outskirts of Imphal, in Manipur which saw a turnout of 82%. A separatist Naga rebel opened fire at a police station where election voting was being held, killing several people before he was shot in the state of Manipur, police said.

- AP Photo/Anupam Nath
 
 
 
  
  
  
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