Friday: The day in photos

Rubina Ali Qureshi looks at herself in the mirror in her uncle’s home in a slum in Bandra, suburban Mumbai, India. Rubina played the young Latika in the Oscar-nominated film “ Slumdog Millionaire.” Rubina Ali and her uncle Mohideen Khan, 40, are expected to leave today to attend the Oscar ceremony on Sunday in Los Angeles.  (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)

A model has her hair styled at the Natural History Museum in Kensington, England, during London Fashion Week. According to the head of the British Fashion Council, Fashion Week will boost the economy. BFC Chief Executive Hilary Riva says that the shows this month are in no way “a frivolous event” and are vital to the economy.  (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

U.S. secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reaches out to shake hands with South Korean students after her speech at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. Clinton named a special envoy for North Korea but warned the communist nation that ties with the United States will not improve unless it stops threatening South Korea.  (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)

A South Korean demonstrator kicks burning portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally welcoming the visit of U.S. secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton near the U.S. embassy in Seoul.  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

Indian school girls wearing traditional Punjabi attire talk to one another as they prepare for the Amritsar Heritage Festival in the northern Indian city of Amritsar. Amritsar Heritage Festival, which is being held from Feb. 20-22, will showcase the culture and heritage of the city and the state of Punjab.  (Raminder Pal Singh / EPA)

Two-month-old Bornean orangutan baby, Ah Meng Junior, hangs on to her mother, Anita, at the Singapore Zoo. Named in memory of Singapore Zoo’s iconic Sumatran orangutan, the late Ah Meng, Ah Meng Junior is the 35th orangutan birth at the zoo. The population of the Bornean orangutan is estimated to reach 50,000 while that of the Sumatran orangutan is at approximately 7,500 in the wild. Both species live in rainforests and are endangered due to habitat destruction, forest fires and poaching for the illegal pet trade.  (How Hwee Young / EPA)

Iraqis search for recyclables on a garbage dump near Najaf, Iraq.  (Alaa al-Marjani / Associated Press)

Bangladeshi civilians help firefighters to extinguish a fire at a shopping mall at New Market area, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More than 25 people were injured including firefighters and garment workers.  (Abir Abdullah / EPA)