Friday: The day in photos
A banner showing images of people who disappeared during the 36 years of internal conflict in Guatemala between leftists guerrillas and military dictatorships puts a new face on military activity there. Human rights protesters in Guatemala City are demanding public access to military archives, which they say could reveal evidence of genocide. (Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press)
Roses are red ... and unwanted in Saudi Arabia as a Riyadh flower vendor shows how the vice squad crush red roses while enforcing a law banning Valentine’s Day celebrations in the conservative desert kingdom. Islamic law strictly segregates the sexes before marriage, so flowers, chocolates and romantic dinners shared by boyfriend and girlfriend are next to impossible. (AFP / Getty Images)
Refugees from Pakistan’s Bajur tribal region wait to get donated food at a refugee camp near Peshawar. The International Monetary Fund says economic woes complicating Pakistan’s struggle against Islamic militants are easing, but the program needs more than a year to succeed, Pakistan’s finance chief says. (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)
Barbie is all dolled up for her 50th anniversary, which is being commemorated by a lineup of Barbie dolls from different eras, starting with the original in a black and white swimsuit, right, in a Mattel display at Toy Fair 2009 in New York. (Craig Ruttle / Associated Press)
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A model glides across the stage as the Jason Wu fall 2009 collection is featured during Fashion Week in New York. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)
An activist from the women’s wing of India’s main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party, vandalizes a Valentine’s Day display in Hyderabad, India. Several ultra-Hindu nationalist parties have vowed to disrupt Valentine’s Day celebrations in India citing it as an unnecessary western import corrupting Indian culture. (Mahesh Kumar A. / Associated Press)
Two models with body painting promote jewelry at a shop on the eve of Valentine’s Day in Chengdu in Sichuan Province in China. Valentine’s Day traditionally is a boon to flower sellers across the country. (China Photos / Getty Images)
Staff of a marine theme park on Manila Bay, including an underwater Cupid, two others in scuba gear and two dressed as a couple, strike a pose at the aquarium in the Philippines. The park staged the display to attract more visitors on the eve of Valentine’s Day. (Jay Directo / AFP/Getty Images)
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Snow covers a bell tower at a church in Fontana, a small village in southern Switzerland. The village was not accessible for several days due to heavy snowfall. (Karl Mathis / EPA)
A hippopotamus and her young rest at their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin. The young, born on Jan. 22 and at the end of November, were the first to be born there for a number of years. (Michael Gottschalk / AFP/Getty Images)
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Indonesian workers check dead fish at a breeding pond in Jatiluhur water reservoir, West Java, Indonesia. The mass death of the fish is attributed to a lack of oxygen caused by a sudden change of weather conditions. (Mast Irham / EPA)
He Pingping, 20, smiles as he gives a press conference in Tokyo to promote the Japanese 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records book. AT 2 feet, 5.17 inches tall, He Pingping is certified as the world’s shortest man alive. (Junji Kurokawa / Associated Press)
South African commuters wait for buses, which have been restricted from entering Khayelitsha due to violence during a three-day taxi strike in Cape Town, South Africa. Thousands of commuters across the city have been forced to crowd onto buses and trains. Taxi operators in Cape Town are striking in protest to the government’s Bus Rapid Transit system that’s been proposed for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. (Nic Bothma / EPA)
