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The Day In Pictures
Jan 31, 2011
Jan 31, 2011 A protester holds pictures of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during a protest outside the Egyptian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Members of opposition party and NGO stage a protest outside the embassy demanding the resignation of Mubarak. - AP Photo/ Lai Seng Sin |
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Jan 31, 2011


Jan 31, 2011 A protester holds pictures of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during a protest outside the Egyptian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Members of opposition party and NGO stage a protest outside the embassy demanding the resignation of Mubarak. - AP Photo/ Lai Seng Sin
Jan 31, 2011 Egyptian Nobel Peace laureate and democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei addresses the crowd at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Calling for a general strike, tens of thousands of protesters stepped up their campaign for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, even as the focus shifted on the influential army for a smooth transition of power. ElBaradei, who defied house arrest to join the protesters at the Tahrir Square, asked the embattled president to step down. - AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra
Jan 31, 2011 Dragon dancers perform in Bangkok, Thailand, as part of Chinese New Year celebrations. - AP Photo/ Sakchai Lalit
Jan 31, 2011 Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader, Ugyen Thinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, second right, watches as a devotee prepares to offer him a ceremonial scarf at the Gyuto monastery during a public audience in Dharmsala. China denied that Karmapa, the head of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu sect, was its spy, and claimed that allegations against the country in this regard showed India's "mistrustful attitude" towards Beijing.
- AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia
Jan 31, 2011 Investors watch a large screen displaying stock prices on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange building after the Sensex dipped by 300 points, in Mumbai. - PTI Photo/ Vishal Kelkar
Jan 31, 2011 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi presents a bouquet to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a meeting at PM House in New Delhi. Against the backdrop of frequent attacks against Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi asked Singh to advise Colombo in "strong terms" to refrain from such "uncalled for attacks."
- PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses for photographers with his Australian Open trophy in Melbourne, Australia. Djokovic defeated Britain's Andy Murray in the final. - AP Photo/Mark Baker
Jan 31, 2011 Joint Force jawans remove the body of local CPI(M) leader Paramaswas Mandhi, who was brutally killed by Maoist rebels, at Bankura district in West Bengal. - PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 A police officer and paramedics carry the body of senior Pakistani police official Rasheed Khan, killed in a suicide bombing, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. A suicide car bomber attacked a vehicle carrying a senior Pakistani police official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing him and two others. - AP Photo/ Mohammad Iqbal
Jan 31, 2011 Cricketer S Sreesanth sings during an event in Kochi on Sunday evening. - PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Smoke is seen coming out of the Naval dockyard after a fire at warship INS Vindhyagiri following its collision with a merchant vessel in Mumbai. - PTI Photo/ Shirish Shete
Jan 31, 2011 Artists perform during the prize distribution function for the 62nd Republic Day parade tableaux in New Delhi. - PTI Photo/ Vijay Verma
Jan 31, 2011 Egyptians living in South Korea burn a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during a rally denouncing Mubarak's rule near the Egypt Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. - AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man
Jan 31, 2011 Justice Shivraj V Patil submits his report on 'allocation of 2G spectrum' to Union Minister for Communication & IT Kapil Sibal in New Delhi. The one-man panel that went into the procedures for giving 2G licences between 2001 and 2009 submitted its report and is understood to have held some officials responsible for improper spectrum allotment. - PTI Photo/ Vijay Kumar Joshi
Jan 31, 2011 Union Minister for Communication & IT Kapil Sibal speaks to media after receiving the report on 'allocation of 2G spectrum' from Justice (Retd.) Shivraj V Patil in New Delhi. - PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Gen Elrick Irastorza, COAS, France, inspecting a guard of honour at South Block in New Delhi. - PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Pakistani police officers examine a damaged vehicle caused by a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. - AP Photo/ Mohammad Sajjad
Jan 31, 2011 From left, Anthony Andrews, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Colin Firth hold best ensemble awards for " The King's Speech" at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles. Firth also won best actor. - AP Photo/ Chris Pizzello
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Jan 31, 2011 Indonesian activists hold posters during a protest in support of the Egyptian people in Jakarta, Indonesia. - AP Photo/ Dita Alangkara
Jan 31, 2011 An Egyptian woman carrying a baby walks past the Arcadia shopping center, that was looted, damaged and set on fire by people in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo residents boarded up homes and set up neighborhood watches of citizens armed with guns, clubs and knives as looting and violence engulfed the capital. - AP Photo/ Lefteris Pitarakis
Jan 31, 2011 An Egyptian Army soldier, center-left, joins in support with anti-government protesters at the demonstration in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. - AP Photo/ Ben Curtis
Jan 31, 2011 Anti-government protesters walk past graffiti referring to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reading "Antique dictator 4 sale" scrawled on the wall of a government building next to the demonstration in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. - AP Photo/ Ben Curtis
Jan 31, 2011 An Egyptian mother hugs her child as she watches some thousands of Egyptian protesters gather at Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt. - AP Photo/ Amr Nabil
Jan 31, 2011 A military official, center, and a police officer explain to the crowd that army, police and the citizens must work hand in hand, in Cairo. The Arab world's most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence and control of the streets. - AP Photo/ Victoria Hazou
Jan 31, 2011 Parts of unidentified mummies are seen damaged on the floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Looters entered from the glass dome on the roof of the museum with ropes with the intention to loot antiquities. Civilian and army soldiers surrounded the museum and detained several looters. According the Egyptian army and Dr. Zahi Hawass, the chief of the Egyptian Antiquities Authority, no items were stolen, but several were damaged. - AP Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Indonesian singer Nazril "Ariel" Irham of the group Peterpan pauses while talking to journalists after his trial at a district court in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The Indonesian pop star who rocked this predominantly Muslim nation after several homemade sex tapes found their way to the Internet was sentenced to three and a half years in jail. - AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim
Jan 31, 2011 A Pakistani model presents a creation of a Pakistani designer during the four-day Islamabad Fashion Week, in Islamabad, Pakistan. - AP Photo/ Anjum Naveed
Jan 31, 2011 Union Home Minister P Chidambaram presenting the report of the ministry for the month of January at a press conference in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/Vijay Kumar Joshi
Jan 31, 2011 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with a group of Parliamentarians unveiling the 'Central Hall', a magazine of Parliamentarians, in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/Kamal Singh
Jan 31, 2011 Miss Universe Jimena “Ximena” Navarrete Rosete of Mexico during a visit to Taj Mahal in Agra.
- PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Artists from Uzbekistan during a press preview at Surajkund fair, starting from tomorrow, near Faridabad. - PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Artist from Uzbekistan pose with an artist dressed up as Lord Krishna during a press preview at Surajkund fair, starting from tomorrow, Faridabad. - PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Indian nationals after their arrival in Mumbai from Egypt which is facing a political upheaval. A special flight of Air India brought back nearly 300 Indians from Egypt.
- PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar
Jan 31, 2011 SUCI supporters being arrested during their protest against the Lalghar violence at Malda district.
- PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists during a protest in Ahmedabad against the US for radio tagging Indian students there.
- PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Union Defence Minister A K Antony being welcomed by Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi at the latter's residence in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Tibetans, holding a picture of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Ugyen Thinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, during a candle light vigil in support of the Karmapa at Sidhbari near Dharamsala. - PTI Photo
Jan 31, 2011 Image taken from Egypt State TV, showing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, as he swears in new Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, front left, during a ceremony to swear in the new government Cabinet. State TV has announced that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has sworn in a new Cabinet, replacing the Cabinet which was dissolved as a concession to unprecedented anti-government protests. - AP Photo / Egypt State TV. Via Associated Press television
Jan 31, 2011 Egyptians crowd to buy bread before the start of the evening curfew in Cairo, Egypt. Everyday life in Cairo has been turned upside down by the largest anti-government protests in decades in Egypt, which began last Tuesday and have surged since. Schools are closed and businesses boarded up; the usual bumper-to-bumper traffic is now little more than a trickle; and the capital's famed nightlife has been snuffed out by a 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew. For Monday, the military extended the hours, saying curfew would start at 3 p.m, and even the Internet and text message services have been blocked for days. - AP Photo/Amr Nabil
Jan 31, 2011 An Egyptian protester holds a placard and the national flag in front of the Egyptian embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Egyptian embassy to rally against Egypt's President Mubarak, in a show of support for protests currently taking place in Egypt.
- AP Photo/Amel Emric
Jan 31, 2011 Passengers wait for check-in at Cairo's international airport, outside Cairo, Egypt. Cairo's international airport was a scene of chaos and confusion Monday as thousands of foreigners sought to flee the unrest in Egypt and countries around the world scrambled to send in planes to fly their citizens out.
- AP Photo/Victoria Hazou
Jan 31, 2011 A house believed to be owned by Gamal Mubarak, 47, son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, is seen in London. According to various unconfirmed media reports, Gamal Mubarak and his mother Suzanne, who holds a British passport, have already left Egypt for London.
- AP Photo/Alastair Grant
Jan 31, 2011 Egyptian special forces secure the main floor inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum on Saturday Jan. 29, 2011, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging some artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said, while reporting that the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection is secure from thieves and under military guard. - AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill
Jan 31, 2011 Egyptians dressed in white shrouds to show their readiness to die for their cause, demonstrate in Cairo, Egypt. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets on Tuesday to ratchet up pressure for President Hosni Mubarak to leave. Posters on the shrouds read: 'This is my shroud for the sake of Egypt'. - AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Jan 31, 2011 Egyptian newspapers fronted by pictures of President Muarak and his Vice President Omar Soliman and the new Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic titles "New government cabinet", " State correction", " Egypt in scare". - AP Photo/Amr Nabil
Jan 31, 2011 An Indian being interviewed by media as he arrives on a special Air India flight carrying over 300 passengers from Egypt's capital Cairo in Mumbai. Cairo's international airport was a scene of chaos and confusion as thousands of foreigners sought to flee the unrest in Egypt and countries around the world scrambled to send in planes to fly their citizens out. - AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
Jan 31, 2011 A man races his bulls during ‘Kalapootu’ competition at a field in Perumanna in Kozhikode on January 30 - PTI
Jan 31, 2011 An anti-government protester being carried on the shoulders of another holds up a portrait of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on which he had drawn a moustache and hair in black to represent Adolf Hitler, to loud cheers from the crowd, at the continuing demonstration in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak. - AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Jan 31, 2011 Egyptian special forces secure the main floor inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum on Saturday Jan. 29, 2011, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging some artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said, while reporting that the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection is secure from thieves and under military guard - AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill
Jan 31, 2011 POSCO finally gets green clearance from the MoEF ministry—with a few riders—for its $12 bn Orissa steel plant. It’ll take out 1,253 ha forest land. -
Jan 31, 2011 INS CANKARSO blasts a pirate vessel 90 miles south of Lakshadweep; 15 Somalis
arrested, hostages rescued. Meanwhile, naval vessel INS VINDHYAGIRI hits a merchant
ship, sinks in Mumbai harbour. -
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