The WORLD in a SNAP (16)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A topless Ukrainian protester is arrested by Swiss police after climbing up a fence at the entrance to the congress center where the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. 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)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

JANUARY 29: Underprivileged children are dressed in costume to look like Mahatma Gandhi before attempting a world record for most look-alikes in Kolkata, India. Local non-government organizations put on the event and a total of 485 children took part in the rally ahead of the anniversary of Gandhi's death which falls on January 30th. (Bikas Das/Asociated Press))

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Revellers pose for a picture after attending a Chinese New Year parade at Chinatown in New York January 29, 2012. The Lunar New Year began on January 23 and marked the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Source: REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An Indian student with his face painted participates in a march for peace and communal harmony to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in Mumbai, India. (AP)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Ice slides, ice castles and colored lights! It's a paradise for children to enjoy during the 17-day-long Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan on January 30, 2012.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

JANUARY 29: Devotees in colorful costumes prepare to dance in the streets during a procession to celebrate the feast day of the Child Jesus in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of elaborately-dressed images of the Child Jesus are paraded every last Sunday of January for the celebration. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Chinese folk artist performs at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Dragon in Qingdao, China. (Photo by Hong Wu/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Brad Pitt, left, and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

People visit the Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival in Chitose. The 17-day-long ice festival began January 27 and attracted some 210 thousands visitors last year. (Photo credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Mashco-Piro Indian tribe's survival threatened in Peru - Diego Cortijo / AFP - Getty Images - A photo released by the Survival International organization on Jan. 31, 2012 of what they describe as being uncontacted members of a family from the Mashco-Piro tribe somewhere in the southeastern Peruvian jungle. According to Survival International, illegal logging displaces the indians from their homes.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Lerwick, Scotland — Young boys take part in a Viking procession during the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Scotland's Shetland Islands. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Vikings in the Shetlands and culminates with up to 1,000 "guizers" (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into a Viking longboat to set it afire later in the evening. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Pernelle Carron and Lloyd Jones of France perform during their ice dance, free dance routine at the European Figure Skating Championships at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, northern England January 27, 2012. The championships run from January 23 to 29. REUTERS/Phil Noble

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Topless Ukrainian protesters demonstrate at the entrance to the congress center where the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. 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)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Viking celebration of the New Year in Shetland Islands, Scotland - Andy Buchanan / AFP - Getty Images Participants dressed in armour and holding Viking war-axes and shields gather for a procession during the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on Jan. 31. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 'guizers' (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

JANUARY 29: A bride and groom stand in front of others during a mass wedding ceremony in Virar, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. More than 1000 couples were married during the event that was organized by a local politician. (Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 1: Indian dancers wear traditional clothing and masks as they perform at the opening of the Surajkund Fair in Faridabad, Haryana, just outside New Delhi. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Michael Hoyson is seen outside Lucas Oil Stadium before NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, in Indianapolis. Eric Gay - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Dutch artist Meike van Schijndel's 'kisses' urinals are presented at the Rolling Stones Fan Museum by curator Ullrich Schroeder in Luechow, Germany. Newspaper editorials and letters to the editor have expressed outrage at the piece's alleged misogyny. (Photo credit: Philipp Schulze)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An Indian artist performs in dance festival "Rabindra Nirtyotsav" in Hyderabad on February 1, 2012. Rabindra Nirtyotsav is a unique dancing Guiness record feat of a 25 hour long non-stop dance performance by 125 artists portrayed in nine different dance forms exclusively on Rabindranath Tagore's compositions. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

JANUARY 31: 'Guizers' with flaming torches accompany a Viking Galley in Lerwick, on the Shetland Isles, off the coast of Scotland, during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival. Originating in the 1880s, the tradition which celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage sees around 900 guizers drag the Viking galley through the streets of Lerwick, culminating in the burning of the galley. (Danny Lawson/PA)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A homeless man rests inside an overcrowded shelter set up by the city hall in Bucharest January 31, 2012, as temperatures plunge to minus 16 degrees Celsius (minus 3 degrees Farenheit) overnight. More than 60 people have died in a cold snap across Eastern Europe, authorities said on Tuesday, forcing some countries to call in the army to help secure food and medical supplies and set up emergency shelters for the homeless. The temperature in Ukraine sank to minus 33 degrees Celsius (minus 27 Fahrenheit), the coldest in six years, while eastern Bosnia experienced lows of minus 31 C (minus 24 F) and Poland, Romania and Bulgaria minus 30 C (minus 22 F).13 people have died from the cold in Romania, according to local media. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Three men dressed up as traditional fortune gods perform at a securities trading house in Taipei as the Taiwan Stock Exchange resumed trading after the Lunar New Year holidays. Taiwan's weighted index surged 173.72 points, or 2.40 percent at 7,407.41. (Photo credit: PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Migrants workers from Tajikistan relax on the roof of their shelter after working at local market outside Moscow, July 18 2011. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A keeper cares for the sensitive skin of one-year old baby elephant Dinkar at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on January 31, 2012. As temperatures reached around minus eight degrees Celsius, the zoo's Indian elephants are allowed to stay only half an hour outside before they have to turn back in their warm house. JOCHEN LUEBKE - AFP/Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A foot of a Newar girl is painted red before performing rituals during an Ihi ceremony in Kathmandu January 28, 2012. In the ceremony, girls are married to Bel, the fruit of a wood-apple tree, before reaching puberty. Ihi is a two-day ceremony which begins with purification rituals and ends with "Kanyadan" (giving away the virgin) of the girl by her father. A Newar girl will be married thrice in her life, first to Bel, a second time with the sun in another ritual, and lastly with her future husband later in life. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Revellers attend the Chinese New Year parade at Chinatown in New York January 29, 2012. The Lunar New Year began on January 23 and marked the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Source: REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz

PowerPoint Presentation: 

The brutal festival at Nem Thuong village,Vietnam - This is one Vietnamese festival that makes even non animal lovers cringe. Every year, at a village near Hanoi, a pig is brutally chopped into two so that people can smear banknotes with its blood in the belief that it would bring luck. A pig is carried around the village during a festival at the Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Hanoi, January 28, 2012. Organized by the villagers, the festival is held on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar to worship the village's deity Doan Thuong, an anti-royal military general who lived in 13th century. Every year, thousands of people from the village and nearby villages will gather to smear the blood of the pig on their banknotes in the belief that it would bring luck in the new year. The festival is known as the most brutal in the country and is condemned by many, including some who called on the government to stop the festival. REUTERS/Kham

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A model displays an outfit by Spanish designer Francis Montesinos during the presentation of the Autumn/Winter collections of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid on February 1, 2012 in Madrid. The presentation of the Autumn/Winter 2012/2013 collections takes place from February 01 to 05, 2012. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A tribal Indian dancer from Gujarat waits before performing at the opening of the Surajkund Fair in Faridabad, Haryana, just outside New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The fair is held for two weeks and features culture and crafts from all of India's states, its South Asian neighbors and other countries in the world. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Fan dance in Chinatown NY

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Men dressed in sheepskin costumes for a carnival celebration walk on the way to the Pyrenees village of Ituren, northern Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. The tradition is to march through the village every year in a ritual to purify the harvest land from evil spirits and to welcome the coming Spring. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Mayan guides perform a ritual at the site where the Spanish embassy used to be in Guatemala City, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. The gathering marks the 32nd anniversary the Jan. 31, 1980 attack by alleged government agents who burned down the Spanish embassy where Mayan peasants were occupying the embassy in protest. The attack killed 37 people. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Surajkund, India — Artists from the state of Assam pose during the media preview for the annual Surajkund Crafts Fair, which attracts artisans from across the country and other Asian nations. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Workers readying rose bouquets before the arrival of Valentine's Day in a farm in Chia, Colombia. Source: Reuters

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Gabon's artist Pierre Philippe Ekouaga paints a mural on a wall, representing the Panthers of Gabon, nickname of the national soccer team, in Libreville, Gabon, during the African Cup of Nations. (AP)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A vendor arranges pineapple-shaped lanterns for sale ahead of the Lantern Festival at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province January 31, 2012. The festival marks the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations and falls on February 6 this year. REUTERS/Leo Lang

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Sanaa, Yemen — Yemeni women take photographs during a ceremony honoring Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakul Karman, who at 32 is the youngest person to win the Peace Prize and the first Arab woman to receive a Nobel in any category. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Palestinian refugee children play in between makeshift tents in one of the poorest regions in the Al-Zaiton neighborhood, in the Gaza Strip, Jan. 29. - Ali Ali / EPA

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Olympic Games of Rabbit - 3. Benjamin jumps again By Surya | Published January 30, 2012 |

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An immigrant pushes an empty shopping trolley past graffiti in a poor Athens neighborhood. Poverty has visibly increased on the streets of the Greek capital with a population of four million people. (Reuters)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Ahmedabad, India — An elephant from the Lord Jagannathji Temple in Ahmedabad gets its daily wash. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sam Panthaky / AFP / Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Niger fan gestures during their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match against Morocco at Stade De L'Amitie in Libreville, Gabon, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. - Francois Mori - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Afghan horsemen compete for the goat carcass during a game of Buzkashi in Herat, on January 6, 2012. The ancient game of Buzkashi is an Afghan national sport which is played between two teams of horsemen competing to throw a goat carcass into a scoring circle. (Qais Usyan/AFP/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Jan. 30, 2012 photo, Eric Venner takes shelter under an umbrella as he walks in front of a mural on Holman Street in Houston. Cody Duty - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Bullfight at the Santa Teresa festival in Nicaragua-Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters A man takes part in a bullfight during the Santa Teresa festival in Carazo, south from Managua on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Nem Thuong village,Vietnam - This is one Vietnamese festival The villagers carried the shrine

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An Indian daily wage laborer talks on a mobile phone, at a construction site in Bhubaneshwar, India, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. India's top court ordered the government on Thursday to cancel 122 licenses granted to companies during an irregular sale of cellphone spectrum that has been branded one of the largest scandals in the country's history. - Biswaranjan Rout - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Diego Azubel / EPA - Year of the dragon celebrations in Singapore and China - Chinese performers take part in a traditional dance outside a shopping mall during a ceremony to welcome the Lantern Festival in Beijing, China, on Feb. 3. The Lantern Festival starts on Feb. 6, which is the 15th and last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, also known as Spring Festival in China.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Dutch skate on the first real natural ice near Lytse Wielen, in the north of the Netherlands, on January 31, 2012. Weather forecasts announce a week with winter snow and temperatures around freezing. AFP/Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Dancers from Uzbekistan wearing traditional clothing laugh together as they put on makeup before performing at the opening of the Surajkund Fair just outside New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The fair is held for two weeks and features culture and crafts from all of India's states, its South Asian neighbors and other countries. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Indian Hindu holy men perform a ritual by burning dried cow dung cakes in earthen pots overhead in their quest for salvation at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Basant Panchmi festival that falls during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A horse handler leads a race horse as it takes a swim after a training session ahead of the Indian Derby in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Indian Derby, which will be held on Sunday, is one of India's prestigious racing events. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Iranian soldiers sing national anthems during the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, February 1, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A caparisoned elephant during an annual temple festival in the southern Indian city of Kochi. The festival features a colorful procession of decorated elephants and drum concerts. (Reuters)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

child models wait backstage before a show at India Kids Fashion Week in Mumbai January 18, 2012. Around 500 children between 4 and 14 of age will take to the stage during the the three day staging of 24 shows, with eight designers displaying their collections each day, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A man wrapped in a sleeping bag during near-freezing temperatures walks past a graffiti-covered wall in central Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. An International Monetary Fund debt inspector said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that negotiations for landmark debt deals with Greece will be concluded in a "matter of days" but pressed the recession-hit country to lower employment costs and even slash the minimum wage. - Petros Giannakouris - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

REUTERS/Geoff Robins - Groundhog Day 2012 Bonnie Woodstra (L), Sue Allison (C), and Mary Lou Mayoux, who call themselves the 'Retired Rodenteers', wait to see if groundhog Wiarton Willie sees his shadow during the Wiarton Willie Festival on Groundhog Day in Wiarton, Ontario, February 2, 2012.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

'Guizers' with flaming torches are pictured with a Viking Galley in Lerwick, on the Shetland Isles, off the north-east coast of Scotland, during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. Hundreds of costumed guizers carrying torches took to the streets of a Scottish island during the annual Up Helly Aa festival. Originating in the 1880s, the tradition which celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, sees around 900 guizers drag a Viking galley through the streets of Lerwick, led by a horde of 'Vikings'. The festival, that attracts thousands of revelers each year , culminates in the burning of the Viking galley. Danny Lawson - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An Indonesian elderly man smokes a cigarette in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Dita Alangkara - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A competitor runs through water during the Tough Guy Challenge endurance race on January 29, 2012 in Telford, England. Every year thousands of people run the 8 mile assault course which involves freezing temperatures, fire and ice. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A donkey is braying in front of a horse in a snow covered meadow on January 31, 2012 in Prilly near Lausanne. Western of Switzerland woke up in the snow this morning. - FABRICE COFFRINI - AFP/Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A girl looks out from a curtain at the back of a truck in Sanaa January 31, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Devotees of the Afro-Brazilian goddess of the sea Lemanja pay tribute on Lemanja's Day at Ramirez beach in Montevideo, Uruguay, February 2, 2012. REUTERS/Andres Stapff

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Scott Floyd, of Des Moines, rides his wagon down the bike path with his dogs Ringo and Bugz, left, by Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway bridge and Fleur Drive near the Raccoon River in Des Moines, Iowa. Rodney White - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

People queue for free food distributed in Pakistan's old city of Rawalpindi, decorated to celebrate the birth of Prophet Mohammad on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Nikola Sudova, of the Czech Republic, flips as she races down the slope during the women's mogul qualifications at the World Cup freestyle skiing competition on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Villagers perform a dragon dance to pray for good luck and celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lantern Festival in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, February 1, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily

PowerPoint Presentation: 

22-year-old Shyam Rai from Nepal makes his way through tunnels inside of a coal mine 300 ft beneath the surface on April 13, 2011 near the village of Latyrke, in the district of Jaintia Hills, India. In the Jaintia hills, located in India's far northeast state of Meghalaya, miners descend to great depths on slippery, rickety wooden ladders. Children and adults squeeze into rat hole like tunnels in thousands of privately owned and unregulated mines, extracting coal with their hands or primitive tools and no safety equipment. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 1: A copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa that was painted at the same time as the original in the same studio is displayed at the Prado Museum in Madrid. The museum says the copy it has is the earliest replica of the masterpiece. A museum spokeswoman said the work was painted side by side with the 16th century original that hangs in the Louvre in Paris and was done by one of Leonardo's key students. (Paul White/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Afghan children play on a frozen lake in Kabul, on January 18, 2012. The heavy snowfalls that have blanketed large parts of Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people, could end a long-running drought that last summer threatened millions of people with severe food shortages, government and aid officials said. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Henry Romero / Reuters - The Feast of Candelaria celebrated in Mexico - A woman holds a dressed-up doll representing baby Jesus while attending mass 40 days after Christmas, in La Candelaria church in Mexico City on Feb. 2. Mexicans traditionally attend mass on this day and celebrate the Feast of Candelaria, carrying elaborate effigies of the young Jesus to be blessed.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Christian Mithassel (yellow shirt ) of Norway leads the pack to win the semifinal heat ahead of Casey Puckett (black) of the USA, Dave Duncan (white) of Canada, Daniel Bohnacker (red) of Germany and Alex Fiva (green) of Switzerland during Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain on Jan. 29, in Aspen, Colo. Mithassel, Puckett and Duncan advanced to the final. Doug Pensinger / Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Romany families make discarded factory home during harsh European winter - Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters Emrie Bektur, a Romany mother of six, rests in a discarded factory which serves as her family's make-shift home in Skopje, Macedonia on Feb. 1. More than 130 people have died across Eastern Europe and Germany since the cold snap began.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Maggie, a baby reticulated giraffe, is nuzzled by an adult giraffe at the Oakland Zoo Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. Weighing in at eighty pounds and seventy-two inches, Maggie is the first female giraffe born at the Zoo in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An Iranian Zoroastrian girl plays a Daf, a large-sized tambourine, during celebration of Zoroastrians ancient mid-winter Sadeh festival, outside the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Sadeh, celebrates the discovery of fire and its ability to banish the cold and dark, and it is held in the frigid depths of winter. Sadeh was the national festival of ancient Persia when Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion, before the conquest of Islam in the 7th century. Now it is mostly celebrated just in the homes and temples of Iran's about 60,000 remaining Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians once numbered in the millions but were persecuted and forced to convert after Muslims rose to power in Iran. A small number fled to India and their descendants became known as Parsis, or people from Persia. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A presentation by Nubia Nubia_group@yahoo.fr http://nubiagroup-powerpoint-collection.blogspot.com/