Thursday: The day in photos
On Thursday, nearly two weeks after Israel invaded Gaza, Palestinian protesters in the West Bank face Israeli soldiers during a demonstration of solidarity with Gazans. (Atef Safadi / EPA)
In Hungary, ice-kiters skim over the surface of frozen Lake Velencei, in Gardony, about 30 miles west of Budapest. (Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press)
A Bulgarian priest in the village of Grigorevo fires a wood-burning stove to warm his church for Mass. Natural-gas supplies from Russia through Ukraine to Europe remained cut off for a second day, leaving several countries scrambling to secure alternative energy sources to cope with a cold snap. (Petar Petrov / Los Angeles Times)
Three men stand under the icicles of a waterfall near the southern town of Bad Urach in Germany. The falls froze solid after several days of frigid temperatures. (Michael Latza / AFP / Getty Images)
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Filipino devotees of the Black Nazarene touch handkerchiefs to a replica of the statue outside Quiapo church in Manila. Filipinos are beginning preparations for the feast of the Black Nazarene on Friday. The Black Nazarene, believed to have miraculous healing powers, is a life-sized statue of Jesus Christ brought to the Philippines from Mexico by a priest in 1606. (Francis R. Malasig / EPA)
Wolfgang Wulf takes part in the reed harvest in Barth, Germany. Reed is traditional material used in northern Germany as roofing material. (Frank Hormann / Associated Press)
A poultry vendor displays her wares at a market in Beijing. China said Thursday that no other cases of bird flu have been detected in Beijing and its neighboring provinces since a woman died from the avian influenza in the capital. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
Sydney Drew, of the Lyon & Turnbull auction house, takes a ride on a cast-iron tricycle in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lyon & Turnbull will conduct an auction Jan. 14 of the entire contents of Ascog Old Manse on Scotland’s Isle of Bute. (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)
