A woman makes her way along an icy sidewalk, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in New York. A colossal blizzard roaring across a third of the country paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow, leaving motorists stranded for hours and shuttering airports and schools as it barreled toward the Northeast. The monstrous storm billed as the worst in decades delivered knock-out after knock-out as it made its way from Texas to Maine, bringing a huge swath of the country to a halt.
An Egyptian Muslim cleric cries in front of on army tank in Tahrir, or Liberation square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn.
Pro-government demonstrators take to the rooftops to throw rocks down at anti-government demonstrators below, unseen, opposite the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
An anti-government protester shelters behind a road sign while pro-government demonstrators, background, throw rocks, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb.2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. In chaotic scenes, the two sides pelted each other with stones, and protesters dragged riders off their horses.
Cars are seen stranded on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day.
Snow accumulates in a pickup truck that was stranded and left open on Lake Shore Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago.
Afghans walk on a bridge on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011.
A Taiwanese man offers prayers at the Longshan temple to bring in the Chinese lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
A model wears a creation by Joao Pimenta during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
Deported migrants climb a fence at the U.S.- Mexico border as they prepare for the 6th annual Marcha Migrante, or Migrant March, in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. The Tijuana to Mexicali pilgrimage is organized by the group Border Angels to raise awareness on immigration issues. Marchers are demanding a stop of nighttime deportations and human rights abuses by police on both sides of the border.
Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez eats cake during her birthday party at her home in the neighborhood of Santa Rosa in Ceiba Hueca, Cuba, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Cuba's Prensa Latina agency says civil registry documents confirm Bautista was born on Feb. 2, 1885, making her 126-years-old.
From left, Alessandro Del Piero, Andrea Barzagli, Claudio Marchisio , Fabio Grosso, Giorgio Chiellini, argue with referee Emidio Morganti during the Serie A soccer match between Palermo and Juventus, in Palermo, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.