The Week in Pictures

People ice-fish on the Ob River near the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.  (Ilnar Salakhiev / Associated Press)

Stavriani Anastasis, center, grieves over the coffin of her son Christofis in Sotira village, Cyprus. Christofis Anastasis had been listed as missing since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. His remains were found during exhumations and identified using DNA testing.  (Petros Karadjias / Associated Press)

Models wear creations by British fashion designer John Galliano.  (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating John Isner of the U.S. in a Davis Cup first-round tennis match on Sunday. Djokovic won, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4.  (Darko Vojinovic / Associated Press)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s reflection is seen on a plaque honoring slain soldiers at Lashkar Gah base, Helmand province. Brown promised troops 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively. Brown made the unannounced trip to thank the troops involved in a 3-week-old offensive in nearby Marja.  (Carl De Souza / Associated Press)

Women collect sacks of rice in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital. The United Nations’ World Food Program launched a food “surge” to boost rations for nearly 2 million people in the impoverished nation, still reeling from the effects of a massive earthquake in January.  (Eitan Abramovich / AFP / Getty Images)

A car drives through a snow flurry near Wenglingen, Germany. Heavy snowfalls caused severe obstructions to traffic in Bavaria and other areas in Germany.  (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / EPA)

West Virginia’s Deniz Kilicli attempts a shot against Villanova’s Mouphtaou Yarou during an NCAA game in Philadelphia.  (Matt Slocum / Associated Press)

Dutch designers Viktor Horsting, left, and Rolf Snoeren put the final touches on one of their creations at a ready-to-wear show in Paris.  (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)

Rescue workers search by boat for earthquake survivors along the Maule River in Constitucion, Chile.  (Luis Hidalgo / Associated Press)

Colombian police officers guard assault rifles on display that had been seized in Cali. Authorities discovered 234 Chinese-made assault rifles, which they said had been bought by a criminal gang.  (Luis Robayo / AFP/Getty Images)

A model shows off a Jean Paul Gaultier design at the ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris.  (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)

Gymnast Fabian Hambuechen of Germany competes on the horizontal bar during the Tyson American Cup gymnastics competition in Worcester, Mass.  (Gretchen Ertl / Associated Press)

A painting lies amid the ruins of a home in Dichato, a small beach enclave on Chile’s central coast north of Concepcion. At least 17 people died there and as many as 50 are missing after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Feb. 27. Full report  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

The Silva family burns the debris from their home outside Dichato, among many devastated by the 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27. The Silvas pledged to rebuild, but not on the coast; they hope to build atop a hill that overlooks the bay. Full report  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

People stand in front of the Trevi Fountain in central Rome.  (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Children wait for the inauguration of a school that will be run by an Israeli non-governmental organization at a camp for people displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake. The 7.0-magnitude temblor left more than a million people living in makeshift camps and destroyed schools and government buildings.  (Esteban Felix / Associated Press)

A demonstrator pulls a fellow protester away from riot police during clashes outside the Greek Parliament building. Greece has frozen pensions and raised a string of taxes to cut spending by 4.8 billion euros in a frantic bid to persuade its EU partners and the markets that it can dodge bankruptcy.  (Aris Messinis AFP / Getty Images)

Riot police detain a man demonstrating against austerity measures meant to cut government spending by 4.8 billion euros in a frantic bid to persuade Greece’s EU partners and the markets that it can dodge bankruptcy.  (Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP / Getty Images)

A demonstrator with a Gordon Brown mask protests outside the Queen Elizabeth II Center, where an Iraq inquiry is being held. Brown, the British prime minister, is giving evidence about his role in the Iraq war and its aftermath.  (Felipe Trueba / EPA)

A Kashmiri Muslim woman looks up for prayers as a head priest, unseen, displays a relic of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad at the Hazratbal shrine on the Friday following Eid Milad-un Nabi, marking the birth of the Prophet. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet.  (Dar Yasin / Associated Press)

Women wave Iraqi flags at a campaign rally for Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, which is part of the Iraqi National Alliance, a broad Shiite coalition. Politicians launched into their last day of campaigning as more than a million Iraqis living abroad began voting in an election that could turn the page on years of deadly sectarian strife.  (Ahmad Al-Rubaye AFP / Getty Images)

A sign offering offices for sale hangs from a quake-damaged building. Several aftershocks struck different areas of Chile, which was hit by an earthquake and tsunami Saturday, killing hundreds of people in the central coastal areas.  (Ivan Pisarenko / Associated Press)

Palestinian paramedics carry wounded Palestinians out of the Aqsa Mosque compound through the lions’ gate in the old city of Jerusalem. Clashes broke out after Israeli police entered the Aqsa mosque compound to arrest Palestinian stone throwers after Friday prayers. According to Israeli media reports, about 20 Israeli policemen and 60 Palestinians were wounded.  (Atef Safadi / EPA)

Hundreds gather in UCLA’s Bruin Plaza to protest continuing budget cuts and fee increases. Similar protests were held across the country as part of an event billed as the “Day of Action for Public Education.”  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

An Afghan girl, whose family fled violence in their country, walks near their makeshift residence in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.  (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)

A model wears an outfit designed by South Korean Lie Sang Bong at a fashion show in Paris.  (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)

Covered Oscar statues line the main walk into the Hollywood & Highland Center as preparations continue for the 82nd Academy Awards show on Sunday.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

An Iraqi policeman holds colleagues’ handguns while they vote in Ramadi, Iraq.  (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)

Rocket launchers are test-fired at an airfield in central Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province.  (Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP/Getty Images)

Rickie Weeks of the Milwaukee Brewers slides into third base during a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale, Ariz. Weeks was thrown out trying to steal.  (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Firefighters work to put out a fire at the Hong Yuan Hsing textile factory in southern Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the region, causing panic among residents. At least eight people were injured but no major damage was reported from the 6.4-magnitude quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said struck about 40 miles from the island’s second-largest city, Kaohsiung.  (Tin Tin Tsao AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi police, some holding Iraqi flags, raise their inked fingers after casting their votes Thursday. Early voting for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel is taking place ahead of the parliamentary elections Sunday.  (Alaa al-Marjani / Associated Press)

An aerial view shows a house floating near this earthquake-torn coastal town Thursday. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, followed by a tsunami in the coastal areas, struck central Chile early Saturday.  (Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)

A pensioner holds up a pair of handcuffs outside Greece’s parliament during a demonstration. Greek officials announced an austerity plan to deal with the country’s financial crisis.  (Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press)

Lee Jackson, playing the role of Elvis Presley, gets kisses from Caroline Welsh, left, and Amy Lucas in a ceremony at Prestwick’s airport commemorating Presley’s first and only stop on British soil. Presley was en route from Germany, where he had concluded his military service, to the U.S. when his plane made a refueling stop at what was then a U.S. Air Force Base.  (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)

As part of an ongoing investigation in Germany into allegations of sexual abuse of underage children by priests, authorities with the Munich State Prosecutors Office raided the the Benedictine Abbey monastery of Ettal.  (Karl Josef Hildenbrand / EPA)

Journalists take a look at ammunition and arms discovered by Afghan security forces during an operation against Taliban militants.  (Jalil Rezayee / EPA)

Women and their children walk with candles as they celebrate International Sexworkers Rights Day. The event originated in 2001 when more than 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival.  (Piyal Adhikary / EPA)

Protesters carry flags during an anti-government protest outside the parliament building. Around 1,000 anti-government demonstrators staged a protest as legislators presented a report on an inquiry into a controversial bank bailout.  (Mast Irham / EPA)

Israeli border forces carry a protester away as an excavator works on a section of the controversial Israeli barrier. About 25 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protested against the barrier and against the uprooting of olive trees for its construction.  (Abed Al Haslamoun / EPA)

Chilean soldiers apprehend two looting suspects at a damaged pharmacy in Concepcion.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Men pour a mixture of colored water and flowers at Dauji Temple in Dauji, India, as part of the Hindu festival of colors, known as Holi.  (Mustafa Quraishi / Associated Press)

Brazil’s Lucio, left, and Maicon, in gold jerseys, battle for the ball with Ireland’s Kevin Doyle during a soccer match at Emirates Stadium in London.  (Sang Tan / Associated Press)

A soccer fan in Durban, South Africa, joins in a celebration marking the 100-day countdown to the FIFA World Cup, which the country is hosting.  (Denis Farrell / Associated Press)

A protester hurls a stone toward riot police during a clash outside the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, during a demonstration against a proposed government bailout of the nation’s banks.  (Bay Ismoyo / AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters search for victims under a collapsed bridge after Saturday’s earthquake that killed at least 763 people in Chile. Curanipe is about 205 miles south of Santiago, the capital. World governments made immediate pledges of aid after Chile said it needed help to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake.  (Martin Bernetti AFP / Getty Images)

Firefighters search for earthquake victims amid the debris. Nearly 14,000 army and navy troops deployed throughout Chile’s earthquake-devastated coastal communities have contained looting and were clearing the way for aid to be distributed.  (Martin Bernetti AFP / Getty Images)

An Indonesian protester kicks policemen’s shields during a clash outside the parliament building, where an inquiry committee’s recommendations over a controversial bank bailout was being held Tuesday. Indonesian police pushed the mainly student demonstrators back using water cannons and teargas.  (Bagus Indahono / EPA)

Police wield a water cannon against protesters outside Parliament, where an inquiry committee is due to report its recommendations on a controversial bank bailout.  (Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images)

Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato kicks a football toward the Green Point Stadium to celebrate and mark 100 days before the FIFA World Cup 2010 kickoff. FIFA on Tuesday brushed aside lingering doubts about South Africa’s readiness for the World Cup, as cities across the nation staged dance parties and celebrations to launch the 100-day countdown. FIFA President Sepp Blatter insisted the country was ready to host Africa’s first World Cup, which kicks off June 11, and said he was bothered by naysayers who worry South Africa won’t pull it off.  (Gianluigi Guercia AFP / Getty Images)

A statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin undergoes repairs. Vandals set off an explosion last April that damaged one of the last Soviet-era monuments to Lenin in Russia’s former imperial capital.  (Elena Palm / AFP / Getty Images)

Tachi, a Catalina Island fox raised in captivity, goes for a walk near a sign that warns motorists to watch for Tachi’s wild cousins, who frequently cross a road that traverses the interior between Avalon and Two Harbors. Nearly wiped out by a distemper epidemic in 1999, the Catalina Island fox has made a dramatic recovery. Members of the Catalina Island Conservancy now estimate the island’s fox population at about 1,300.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A three-masted sailing ship plies the glimmering waters between Long Beach and Catalina Island.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A shop near the Plaza de Armas in the older downtown section of Constitucion, Chile, lies in ruins after the weekend earthquake.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Brazil’s Elano works out during a training session for an upcoming soccer match against Ireland at Emirates Stadium in London.  (Glyn Kirk / AFP/Getty Images)

On a warm winter’s day, Kristina Finch, a senior philosophy major, relaxes to the soothing sounds of the “Gentle Springs” sculpture by Norm Hines at Chapman University.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Indian air force planes put on a colorful display at the Vayu Shakti 2010 air show above the Chandan firing range near Pokhran, India.  (Sam Panthaky / AFP/Getty Images)

A boatman rows on Dal Lake in Srinagar, in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir.  (Mukhtar Khan / Associated Press)

The Liberty Foundation’s B-17 “Liberty Belle” makes a stop at Long Beach airport, where it will offer flights at $430 a person this weekend. Several B-17 pilots and crew welcome the restored WW-II plane, one of only 14 B-17’s still flying.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man carries a Palestinian flag on a Jerusalem street during the Purim holiday.  (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)

The central square of Talcahuano, near Concepcion, was heavily damaged in Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake, which was followed by a tsunami. As of early Monday, the death toll from the disaster had risen to 711.  (Leo La Valle / EPA)

Residents of Constitucion line up to receive potable water. The coastal town was devastated in Saturday’s quake and tsunami.  (Roberto Candia / Associated Press)

A woman is covered in bright green powder to celebrate the Holi festival in Mumbai, India. Holi, or the festival of colors, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated by Hindus around the world.  (Divyakant Solkanki / EPA)

An aircraft belonging to Malmo Aviation is de-iced after a heavy snowfall at Bromma Airport in Stockholm. Atlantic storm Xynthia hit southern Sweden with heavy snowfall Monday, causing problems for both land and air traffic and collapsed the roofs of several buildings.  (Johan Nilsson / Associated Press)

Residents and rescuers took to boats in Aytre, France, after the French Atlantic coast was pounded by Xynthia. Several towns were flooded and Europe’s death toll from the storm stood at 62 as of midmorning Monday.  (Xavier Leoty / AFP / Getty Images)

A Cuban immigrant holds his national flag during the first Day Without Immigrants demonstration in Naples, a move by migrant workers to point up their worth and role in society.  (Mario Laporta / AFP / Getty Images)

Orthodox Jews celebrate Purim in the Mea Shearim enclave of Jerusalem.  (Marco Longari / AFP / Getty Images)

Members of Hamas’ security forces demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City on the Gaza Strip.  (Ali Ali / EPA)

Sidney Crosby is mobbed by teammates after he scored the winning goal in overtime Sunday in Canada’s 3-2 victory over the U.S. in the men’s hockey final at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Canada thus earned the gold medal and the U.S. took the silver.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Inflatable figures of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers are guided by performers dressed as Mounties, providing a singularly Canadian image to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony Sunday night.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Children in Kolkata are smeared with colors as they celebrate ‘Holi,’ the Indian festival of colors that marks the triumph of good over evil and the coming of spring. Kolkata, in eastern India, was formerly known as Calcutta.  (Sucheta Das / Associated Press)

The Phoenix Suns’ Amare Stoudemire dunks over the San Antonio Spurs’ Richard Jefferson during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday. San Antonio won, 113-110.  (Darren Abate / Associated Press)

Men in traditional costumes shout during a ceremony to celebrate the March First Independence Movement Day, the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule, in Cheonan, South Korea.  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

Ethnic Chinese devotees in Thailand spit fire during the annual festival at Chao Mae Lim Ko Nieo temple in southern Pattani province. The goddess Chao Mae Lim Ko Nieo is revered by ethnic Chinese in southern Thailand as well as in Malaysia and Singapore.  (Tuwaedaniya Meringing / AFP / Getty Images)

Children swim near flooded homes in Puerto Barador, in Bolivia’s Beni state. Bolivia has suffered floods in seven of its nine states, called departments, affecting some 40,000 people.  (Aizar Raldes / AFP / Getty Images)

A camel-back rider races in the fourth edition of the Dakhla festival in the Western Sahara desert, which is controlled by Morocco. The event also features windsurfing and kitesurfing races.  (Abdelhak Senna / AFP / Getty Images)

Northern Iowa’s Lucas O’Rear, top, blocks a shot by Illinois State’s Jackie Carmichael during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday. O’Rear was called for an intentional foul on the play. Northern Iowa won, 61-55.  (Matthew Putney / Associated Press)

Sled dogs compete in a race Friday that matched 1,500 dogs from 17 countries.  (Uwe Meinhold AFP / Getty Images)

A Jordanian boy walks down flooded stairs at the Jabal Amman District of the city on Friday. Jordan and other parts of the Mideast are under the influence of a cold-air mass associated with a depression, bringing a continued drop in temperatures.  (Jamal Nasrallah / EPA)

Schoolchildren smear a classmate with colors Friday as they celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors.  (Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press)

A farmer walks his paddy Friday, when India began to roll back tax cuts as the government’s new budget pledged to trim a deficit while maintaining spending on social programs and infrastructure.  (Biswaranjan Rout / Associated Press)

A Palestinian demonstrator runs between burning tires during clashes Friday with Israeli soldiers, who are not visible. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad made a rare visit to the tomb of Abraham, which is holy to both Jews and Muslims. Speaking to reporters after prayers, Fayyad accused Israel of “annexing” the tomb. Palestinians have been violently protesting in Hebron since Israel declared this week that it would add the Cave of Patriarchs in Hebron to its list of national heritage sites.  (Nasser Shiyoukhi / Associated Press)

A wave breaks over an occupied car as people attempt to tow it to safety Friday at Camp Ellis in Saco. The driver left the car as the tide continued to rise, flooding local streets.  (Joel Page / Associated Press)

Singer Salome Kammer and saxophonist Lutz Koppetsch perform during a dress rehearsal for the theater piece “Die Wunde Heine.”  (Jens Schlueter / AFP / Getty Images)

Afghan private security soldiers look out from the broken windows at the scene of a gun battle between Afghan security forces and insurgents who struck Friday in the heart of Kabul with suicide attackers and a car bomb, targeting hotels used by foreigners and killing at least 17 people, police said.  (Ahmad Nazar / Associated Press)

A US Airways Express plane is treated prior to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport. A snow storm delayed flights.  (Joe Epstein / Associated Press)

Valencia forward Nikola Zigic takes one in the face as he heads the ball during a Europa League soccer match at Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain.  (Jose Jordan / AFP/Getty Images)

A Norwegian speedskater picks up a drink while training for the team pursuit at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

President Obama listens as the Republican congressional leadership speaks at a healthcare summit in Washington. Obama said he welcomed ideas from both parties on the stalled effort to overhaul the nation’s healthcare system. Full coverage  (Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images)

Supporters of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich rally near an ad for the film “Alice in Wonderland.” Yanukovich was recently inaugurated as Ukraine’s president, five years after his first bid failed amid massive protests over vote fraud.  (Sergei Chuzavkov / Associated Press)

A crowd watches a demonstration by advocates for universal, government-financed healthcare. The protest near the Manhattan Criminal Court building was also in support of 17 defendants fighting charges connected to a September sit-in at the offices of insurance giant Aetna.  (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)

Marines cook a chicken at a farm compound where they stayed for the night.  (David Guttenfelder / Associated Press)