A woman walks near piles of burning trash in a usually bustling main square, which in recent days has been cut off from normal traffic by numerous road blocks manned by supporters of Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, March 4, 2011.
A Kashmiri rows his shikara, a traditional boat, on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, Friday, March 4, 2011.
Peru's Presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo, of the political party Peru Possible, wearing traditional clothes, waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Ayacucho, Peru, Friday, March 4, 2011. Peru's presidential elections are scheduled for April 10, 2011.
Models present creations by Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz for Lanvin's Fall-Winter 2011-2012 ready-to-wear collection, presented in Paris, Friday, March 4 , 2011.
A man holds a placard reading "The king is gone" - referring to British designer John Galliano - prior to the Dior fall-winter 2011-12 ready-to-wear show in Paris, Friday, March 4, 2011. Galliano wasn't on hand for Friday's show even though the Dior collection was designed under his supervision. Dior CEO Sidney Toledano made a statement on the catwalk before the show lamenting the "very painful" situation in the wake of an uproar over Galliano's alleged anti-Semitism.
Egypt's new Prime Minister designate Essam Sharaf is greeted by supporters after giving a speech at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 4, 2011. Sharaf vowed before thousands of mostly young demonstrators at the central Cairo square to do everything he could to meet their demands and pleaded for them to turn their attention to "rebuilding" the country. Sharaf was picked by Egypt's ruling military on Thursday, March 3, to replace Ahmed Shafiq as prime minister.
Delhi policemen request members of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party to stop from trying to break a barricade during a protest against alleged corruption and price rise, outside the ruling Congress party office in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 4, 2011. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government has faced a series of corruption scandals ranging from the country's hosting of the Commonwealth Games last year to the irregular sale of cell phone spectrum in 2008 that reportedly cost the government tens of billions of dollars.
Argentina's David Nalbandian celebrates at the end of a Davis Cup tennis game against Romania's Adrian Ungur in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 4, 2011. Nalbandian won 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Norway's Petter Northug gestures to his teammates, on the finish line at the cross country men's relay 4x10 km at the Ski World Championships in Oslo, Norway, Friday, March 4, 2011. Team Norway won the competition.
An injured person rushes an injured child to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday, March 4, 2011. A bomb blast has killed many worshipers at a mosque in Nowshera of northwestern Pakistan, police said.
Pakistani Christians shower rose-petals on the casket of their slain leader Shahbaz Bhatti during a funeral in his native village Khushpur near Faisalabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 4, 2011. Shirtless men beat their chests and women wailed in grief as the body of a Christian politician killed for opposing Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws was buried in his home village. In the capital, the prime minister promised mourners at a funeral Mass that the government would do its utmost to bring the assassins to justice.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Battocletti closes a transfer vehicle holding transfer cases containing the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Chauncy Ryan Mays, Army Sgt. Kristopher James Gould and Army Spc. Christopher Glenn Stark, Friday, March 4, 2011 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Mays, 25, of Cookville, Texas, and Stark, 22, of Monett, Mo., died Feb. 28, 2011 in Wardak province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked thier unit with an improvised explosive device and Gould, of Saginaw, Mich. also died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Worshipers carry a giant effigy called "ogoh-ogoh" that represents evil spirits during a parade a day before Nyepi, the annual day of silence marking Balinese Hindu new year in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 4, 2011. Hindus in the world's most populous Muslim country will celebrate their new year Saturday by observing a day of silence in which they have to stay inside their homes and meditate in silence and darkness for the entire day.
This year's King Momo, the crowned and costumed Milton Rodrigues, center, flanked by the Carnival queen and two princesses, pose for pictures during carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 4, 2011. Covered in confetti and to the sound of drums, Rio's mayor Eduardo Paes handed the key to the city to King Momo, the mythical figure who reigns over the chaos of Carnival, officially opening this seaside city's five-day annual exaltation of music, booze and flesh.