The World in a SNAP (17)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Beijing, China — A performer takes part in a traditional dance during a ceremony anticipating the Lantern Festival in Beijing. PHOTOGRAPH BY: DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Lerwick, England — A member of the Viking Jarl Squad attends the annual Up Helly Aa Festival in the Shetland Islands. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian vikings in the Shetlands and has employed this theme in the festival since 1870. The event culminates with up to 1,000 "guizers" (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into a Viking long ship. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP / Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A polar bear enjoys the fresh snow in the zoo in Berlin, Germany. (AP)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Chola poses for pictures during an event to elect carnival characters known as Chuta, Pepino and Chola in La Paz, Bolivia. Juan Karita - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An elderly Indian woman listens to Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi’s popular daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speak during an election rally in Sultanpur district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. India’s biggest state, Uttar Pradesh begins polling in seven phases starting from Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Revelers pose for pictures during an event to elect carnival characters known as Chuta, Pepino and Chola in La Paz, Bolivia Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Visitors walk through an illuminated 'ice palace' in Schwarzsee, west of Bern, Switzerland, February 8, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Cologne, Germany — Two 3-month-old tiger cubs play with their mother, Hanya, as they explore their outdoor enclosure at the zoo. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROLF VENNENBERND / DPA

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Dancers perform during a parade celebrating Sri Lanka’s 64th Independence Day, marking the country’s independence from British colonial rule in 1948, in Anuradhapura, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Arno Balzarini / EPA - First-placed Fadri Casty, pulled by Bergonzi, center, competes during the Skijoring Grand Prix Credit Suisse race on the frozen Lake of St. Moritz, during the first weekend of White Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Feb. 5.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Carsten Koall/Getty Images - A protester wearing a gas mask sits close to a fire as unrest near Egypt's Interior Ministry continued in Cairo. Violence has spread through Egypt's cities amid anger over the deaths of 74 football fans, killed in clashes between rival fans following the match between al-Masry and al-Alhy in Port Said.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Madonna performs at the super Bowl halftime show. Source: Reuters

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 7: A Hindu devotee smears himself with colored powder, and another devotee gets his cheek pierced with a metal rod during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur. The festival is rooted in Hindu legend and was brought from southern India by 19th century immigrants who came to the Malaysian peninsula to work in rubber estates and government offices. (Lai Seng Sin/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 5: Madonna performs during halftime of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A worshipper pierces his cheeks with metal skewers during Cap Go Meh festival that marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Zibo, China — Chinese folk artists perform on the street to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival in Zibo. The Chinese Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuanxiao Festival or Shangyuan Festival, falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. PHOTOGRAPH BY: WU HONG / EPA

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 7: Race horses are exercised in Malton, England. (John Giles/PA Wire)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 7: Tibetan monks perform a religious ceremony at a monastery in Jiuzhaigou, China. (Andy Wong/Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 7: An Indian boy waits in line with men for a free meal donated by worshippers at the Hanuman Mandir, or Monkey God Temple, in New Delhi, India. Wealthy devotees who often fast on Tuesdays and Saturdays will donate food during their visits to the temple. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 7: Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama with her paintings on display at the Tate Modern in London. An exhibition by the artist will be on display at the gallery from February 9 until June 5. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An Afghan boy sells cigarettes on a snow covered street in front of the war torn Darul Aman Palace in Kabul February 5, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Beijing — A Chinese employee dresses as a god of fortune to attract customers while distributing discount vouchers at the entrance of a shopping mall during the Chinese Lantern Festival. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Feng Li / Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Members of a folk art group from Fuzhou performs a traditional show during a festivity in Mawei, Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 5, 2012, one day ahead of the Lantern Festival. Folk artists from Fujian Province and Mazu of southeast China's Taiwan joined together at a festivity on Sunday in Mawei to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Since 2003, the joint festivity was held once a year and it was enlisted as one of China's National Intangible Cultural Heritages. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 7: Hindu devotees climb 272 steps to the Batu Caves temple next to a giant statue of Lord Murugan during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Lai Seng Sin/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Worshippers throw firecrackers at a shirtless man acting as Master Handan during the Handan ritual as part of the Chinese Lantern Festival celebrations or "Yuan Hsiao Jie" in Taitung, eastern Taiwan, February 6, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Yala, Thailand — Thai-Chinese devotees carry an icon while walking through a fire during the annual festival at Chao Mae Lim Ko Nieo temple in Thailand's southern province of Yala. Chao Mae Lim Ko Nieo, a goddess believed to possess potent magic powers, is revered by the Chinese in Yala and other provinces of southern Thailand. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: MUHAMMED SABRI / AFP / Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Katmandu, Nepal — A Nepalese schoolboy plays near Sighal Monestry. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Venice Carnival 2012: Masked Revelers Are Back at St. Mark's Square A masked reveller poses in Saint Mark's Square during the preview of Venetian Carnival in Venice Feb. 5, 2012. Source: REUTERS/Tony Gentile

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A masked Egyptian protester is seen during clashes with riot police near the interior ministry in the capital Cairo. (AFP)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A man smokes as he waits for a folk art performance celebrating the Lantern Festival on the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Zhengding County, Hebei province, February 6, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Masked revellers pose near Saint Mark's Square during the preview of Venetian Carnival in Venice Feb. 5, 2012. Source: REUTERS/Tony Gentile

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A worshipper pierces his cheeks with metal skewers during the Cap Go Meh festival that marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Singkawang, west Kalimantan province, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Lintao Zhang / Getty Images - Visitors view ice sculptures at Yanqing Ice Festival also for the Chinese Lantern Festival which falls on February 6 and traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations on February 6, 2012 in Beijing, China.The Lantern Festival also known as the Yuanxiao Festival or Shangyuan Festival in China.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Masked revellers pose in Saint Mark's Square during the preview of Venetian Carnival in Venice Feb. 5, 2012. Source: REUTERS/Tony Gentile

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Tibetan child shows the propitious barley ears in Lhasa, Tibet, Feb. 6, 2012. Local residents of Lhasa started preparing food and home decorations to greet the coming Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb. 22 this year. People of Tibetan ethnic group are able to enjoy two long holidays in 2012 to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year and Tibetan New Year respectively. (Xinhua/Chogo)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Real streetscapes in India (Photo: news.cn/world)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A girl carries a child as they walk back from school during a rain shower in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Ariel Schalit - ASSOCIATED PRESS

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A traditional Venetian mask is displayed at the atelier of costume designer Stefano Nicolao in downtown Venice Feb. 6, 2012. Nicolao is one of the biggest costume designer in Venice with more than 10,000 costumes, working with theater, cinema and renting during the Venice carnival. - Source: REUTERS/Tony Gentile

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Martial Trezzini / Keystone via AP A woman walks along the waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland on Feb. 5. Cars, boats, trees, streets incased in ice are common place in the area as a cold spell continues to cover Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A giant "Dragon Boat" Chinese lantern is unveiled in front of the San Francisco City Hall to mark Chinese Lanterns Festival, the United States, Feb. 6, 2012. (Xinhua/Liu Yilin)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Nicki Minaj, left, and M.I.A. perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. David J. Phillip - ASSOCIATED PRESS

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A worshipper pierces his cheeks with metal skewers during Cap Go Meh festival that marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. - Tatan Syuflana - ASSOCIATED PRESS

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Akhtar Soomro / Reuters Zakir, 10, pauses during his work of cutting fish at Karachi's Fish Harbor on Feb. 1, 2012. Zakir earns $2.20 per day. Rising food and fuel prices and a struggling economy have forced many families to send their children to work instead of school.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images - Blacksmiths wait their turn to throw molten metal against a cold wall to create sparks, as they celebrate the Lantern Festival in Nuanquan, Hebei province on Monday night.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A gold Pooh Bear, with a total of 19,800 grams of gold, is displayed at Qianmen store of Chow Tai Fook in Beijing, China. (Photo credit: Yang Yang/ChinaFotoPress)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Afghan displaced women stand outside their temporary tent at a camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Feb. 6, 2012. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, conflict and insecurity displaced 185,632 Afghans in 2011, an increase of 45 percent from 2010. (Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 7: Sri Lankan fire dancers perform during the annual Buddhist procession in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Hundreds of traditional dancers, drummers, decorated elephants and Buddhist monks took part in the procession that is held during a full moon. (Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Sadigura Hasidim celebrate the Jewish feast of 'Tu Bishvat' or Tree New Year as they sit with their rabbis around a long table filled with all kinds of fruits, in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel,Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Malaysian Hindu devotee walks with his back pierced with hooks attached to ropes during the Thaipusam festival in Georgetown February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samsul Said

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Devotees offer prayers by taking a dip on the final day of the month-long Swasthani festival in the Hanumante River at Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A devotee offers prayer at Bhaktapur during the Swasthani festival near Kathmandu February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A giant whale shark found dead at Karachi's harbor - Karachi, Pakistan — Pakistani fishermen use cranes to pull the carcass of a whale shark from the water. The 40-foot fish, weighing about 6 to 7 tons, was found dead in the Arabian Sea. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: ASIF HASSAN / AFP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — A Hindu devotee gets his cheek and tongue pierced with metal rods during the Thaipusam full moon festival at Batu Caves. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Lai Seng Sin / Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Characters from Star Wars pose for a photocall to promote the release of Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 3D at The London Eye in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Tibetan exile participates in a rally to show solidarity with Tibetans who have either set themselves on fire or were allegedly killed by Chinese police, during a protest march in New Delhi, India, China on Tuesday vowed to crack down on unrest in Tibetan areas and accused overseas activist groups and the Dalai Lama of fomenting the recent violence. More than a dozen monks and nuns have set themselves on fire in ethnic Tibetan areas of Sichuan over the last year. Most have chanted for Tibetan freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama, who fled to India amid an abortive uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Four Squirrel Monkeys nestle on a heating radiator to keep warm during the cold wather at a zoo in Qingdao, China. Chinas national meteorological centre has issued a blue level warning due to an expected cold wave of weather due to hit the region on sunday, ahead of mondays Lantern Festival. (Photo credit: Hong Wu/Getty Images)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Hindu devotee gets his cheek pierced with a metal rod during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Pakistan laborer rides his bicycle through wheat filed as he heads home on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. - Anjum Naveed - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A devotee has his body pierced with hooks before taking part in the Thaipusam procession at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on February 7, 2012, in Singapore. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai. Devotees pray and make vows, when the prayers are answered they fulfill the vows by piercing parts of their body such as their cheeks, tongues, and backs before carrying a 'Kavadi' along a four kilometer route. - Chris McGrath - Getty Images

PowerPoint Presentation: 

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 photo boats are covered with ice at the Port of Choiseul, after the wind blew waves over the boardwalk of Lake Geneva, in Versoix, Switzerland. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Fatima Mohammed, 4, stands in front of her house at a compound for displaced people in western Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. - Hadi Mizban - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP - Getty Images A homeless man eats hot food given by Russia's Emergencies Ministry officers in Moscow on Feb. 8, 2012.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

The Diamond Jubilee celebrates the 60 years that Queen Elizabeth II has remained Britannia's head of state.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 8: Overnight snow covers crocus that were blooming near Maysville, Kentucky. The area received nearly an inch of snow. (Terry Prather/The Ledger Independent

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Cairo — Omar Ahmad, 6, walks in his neighborhood, his face painted with the colors of Egypt's flag. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

People look at a stranded Sperm whale in Heist, Belgium on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The 13 meter (45 foot) sperm whale beached itself in the early hours of the morning. It was not immediately know what happened to the whale to cause the beaching. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A man walks near the Yahiko Shrine during a snowstorm in Yahiko Mura, Japan on Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Katmandu, Nepal — A woman prays at a monastery after a candlelight vigil for victims of violence in Tibet was canceled for security reasons. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

International Space Station — The crew aboard the International Space Station captures a spectacular image of an aurora borealis as the spacecraft passes over a section of western Canada. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: NASA

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Colombo, Sri Lanka — A traditional mask dancer performs in an annual Buddhist procession. Hundreds of dancers, drummers, decorated elephants and Buddhist monks took part in the event, which is held on a full moon. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Jacek Turczyk / EPA - Protests at China embassies during worldwide vigil for Tibet Members of the Tibetan community demonstrate in front of the Chinese embassy in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday as part of the worldwide vigil day to highlight the plight of the people in Tibet.

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 9: First Lady Michelle Obama and Bob Harper of Biggest Loser, right in blue shirt, do the Interlude dance during the Let's Move! event in Des Moines, one of Obama's stops during her three day national tour celebrating the second anniversary of Let's Move! (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 9: Visitors surround the carcass of whale shark in Karachi, Pakistan. Qasim Khan bought the 40-foot whale shark from a local fisherman, who found it floating dead in the Arabian Sea. He argued with authorities over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors 22 cents each to see it. (Fareed Khan/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

An exiled Tibetan participates in a candlelight vigil in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, to remember those who have died in Tibet. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 9: Lava flows during an eruption of Mt. Etna volcano, near Catania, Sicily. (Carmelo Imbes/Associated Press)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 9: A participant prepares to inflate his hot air balloon to kick off the 17th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon festival. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Pakistani children play snooker in slums of Rawalpindi city in Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

FEBRUARY 8: Guests of an igloo lodge sit on a bench near the Nebelhorn mountain in Oberstdorf, southern Germany. A village of 10 igloos hosts up to 30 guests in the winter months and supplies them with warm blankets and sleeping bags, so that they can spend the night there. (Lukas Barth/DAPD)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A Tibetan child holds a bottle of yogurt by a motor cart outside a monastery after attending a religious ceremony at a monastery in Jiuzhaigou, in northwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. AP / Andy Wong

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A boy watches over his younger brother playing, in Northern Xinjiang, China. Source: Ricky Alexander/SWPA

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Cyclists compete in the 5th stage of the Tour of Qatar cycling race between the Camel Race Track to the corniche of Al-Khor, north of Doha, Qatar. (AFP)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

A girl sits on a motorcycle made of ice, in a field of ice art, on a pond in Dobra Voda, near the city of Horice, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. - Petr David Josek - AP

PowerPoint Presentation: 

Chinese Warriors made of chocolate. An army of chocolate! Reuters - Happy Chocolate day !! ( February 9)

PowerPoint Presentation: 

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