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Ashley Cardenas plays with her daughter Audrina Cardenas, 3 months, shortly before getting her dress to be discharged from Texas Children's Hospital, in Houston. Audrina was fitted with a protective shield in order to safely be discharged from hospital. Audrina Cardenas, was born with much of her heart outside her body, a highly unusual condition that's usually fatal within the first few days after birth
Girls Aloud star, colour ambassador and style mentor, Nicola Roberts, has brought new meaning to 'January Blues' by being transformed into a canvas of Indigo Night to announce 2013's Colour of the Year - as predicted by a global panel of experts from leading paint brand, Dulux.
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, touches his face at the end of a long meeting with candidates to the upcoming elections in Rome Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Berlusconi outlined his latest "contract" with Italians on Friday as he pressed his latest comeback bid, promising a host of reforms and measures to give relief to Italians suffering through a deep recession and youth unemployment at a record 37 percent.
Rihanna leaves little to the imagination as she departs Eden nightclub in Hollywood. The 24-year-old pop diva wore a see-through black micro dress with no bra and an exposed black thong.
Actress Jennifer Lopez arrives at the premiere of FilmDistrict's 'Parker' at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on January 24, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A man shovels snow after more snow falls today in Tanfield County Durham.
Dame Tessa Jowell with her husband David Mills and children Jess and Matthew, proudly holds her Dame Commander insignia, after it was presented to her by the Prince of Wales during the Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in central London.
Ghana's Kwadwo Asamoah, right, and Mubarak Wakaso celebrate after Wakaso scored against Mali in their African Cup of Nations Group B soccer match, at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The face that launched a thousand prints - Russian painter Vladimir Tretchikoff's instantly recognisable Chinese Girl - is up for sale. The original painting is being auctioned in March and is expected to fetch as much as £500,000, a far cry from the cost of the cheap prints which hung on living room walls up and down the land
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger attends 'The Last Stand' (L'Ultima Sfida) photocall at Hassler Hotel on January 25, 2013 in Rome, Italy
Wilfried Zaha has signed for Manchester United in a deal worth £15million. Wilfried Zaha is seen arriving at Bridgewater Hospital in Manchester on Friday morning for his medical.
Britain's Andy Murray celebrate after beating Switzerland's Roger Federer during their men's singles semi-final match on day 12 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
British artist Stephen Wiltshire - renowned for recreating world leading cityscapes in intricate detail from memory - has captured the breathtaking cityscape from The View from The Shard, the new premium visitor attraction at the pinnacle of The Shard, London’s newest landmark and Western Europe’s tallest building.
Green charity launches new calendar showing sexy Miami models posing while covered in poop.
A Greenpeace activist dressed as a polar bear stand on the roof of a filling station during a protest against global oil giant Shell in Wolfgang near the Swiss resort of Davos where the 2013 World Economic Forum (WEF) is taking place
(LEFT) Kevin Spacey watches a semifinal match between Britain's Andy Murray and Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament in September (RIGHT) and again watching Andy Murray of Great Britain and Roger Federer of Switzerland in their semifinal match during day twelve of the 2013 Australian Open
Britain's Andy Murray plays against Switzerland's Roger Federer during their men's singles semi-final match on day 12 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 25, 2013.
Horses stand on a paddock during sunrise in Hannover, northern Germany, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Meteorologists predict rising temperatures for the weekend in Germany.
FC Barcelona's Gerard Pique reacts as he celebrates his goal against Malaga during a Copa del Rey soccer match at the Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, Spain, Pique became a dad for the first time this week after Shakira gave birth to their son.
Actress Gemma Arterton (L) and actor Peter Stormare attend the Premiere of Paramount Pictures' 'Hansel And Gretel Witch Hunters' at the TCL Chinese Theatre on January 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
President Barack Obama tries to wave away a fly buzzing around his head as he announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, that he will nominate Mary Joe White to lead the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), and re-nominate Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a role that he has held for the last year under a recess appointment.
A Ukrainian National Circus artist performs with a bear during presentation of the new programme in Kiev.
A circus artist performs with dogs during the opening concert in the new, 2013 season in Ukraine's National Circus in Kiev, Ukraine.
A men dressed as Ekeko, the Bolivian god of prosperity and the central figure of the Alasitas Miniature Fair, walks among the crowd, giving away play money, in La Paz, Bolivia. Following an ancient Aymara Indian tradition, Bolivians buy miniature objects that represent their wish list; including everything from canned food to cars, marriage licenses to plane tickets, and luxury apartments to large amounts of cash. After purchasing their miniatures, believers have them blessed with alcohol and incense by a spiritual guide at the fair, and then take them home, to place their symbolic wishes around their statue of Ekeko.
Louise Waine with baby Leo Moulsdale outside their home in Wigan Greater Manchester. The seven-week-old baby was found safe and well after he was taken from his parents when the family car was stolen. The thief struck at around 7.35pm on Tuesday, targeting a blue Subaru Impreza parked on Moor Road in Orrell, Wigan.
Yemeni members of Shiite sect attend the celebration of moulid al-nabi, the birth of Islams Prophet Mohammed in Sanaa, Yemen.
US Matt Gone poses before the opening of the Expotattoo Venezuela 2013 in Caracas. The event will be held in Caracas for five more days.
Actress Rose Byrne attends the UK Premiere of 'I Give It A Year' at the Vue West End on January 24, 2013 in London, England.
Egyptian protesters try to tear down a cement wall built to prevent them from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building near Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypts black-clad riot police fired tear gas in fierce dawn clashes with dozens of protesters. The violence which was soothed hours later in central Cairo comes on eve of the second anniversary of Egypts Jan. 25 uprising, which toppled longtime authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., rubs his faces as he listens to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speak during his confirmation hearing to become the next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kerry is likely to face friendly questioning on a smooth path to approval before the committee he has served on for 28 years and led for the past four.
Sen. John Kerry's daughter, Vanessa Bradford Kerry holds her 9-month-old son Alexander Kerry Nahed up to the microphone after his grandfather's confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill
Arctic sea-smoke rises from Portland Harbor where the Bahama-based oil tanker, the Teesta Spirit, unloads it's fuel, in South Portland, Maine. A stubborn cold front continues to grip the region
A woman pauses to take a photo of the frozen fountain in New York's Bryant Park, in mid-town Manhattan. A teeth-chattering cold wave with sub-zero temperatures was expected to keep its icy grip on much of the eastern U.S. into the weekend before seasonable temperatures bring relief.
Menganno, an Argentine resident of Lanus dressed as a self-styled "superhero", poses for a picture in Lanus square, province of Buenos Aires, on May 17, 2011. man who calls himself Menganno -- Spanish for Joe Blow -- and became famous in Argentine media is actually Oscar Lefosse, 43, a former cop who served from 1986 to 1996. Menganno used to prowl the gritty outskirts of Buenos Aires wearing a mask and cartoonish outfit and armed only with a flashlight, compass and pepper spray as he took on bad guys. The superhero was charged with carrying an unlicensed gun, police said
A pair of portraits of King Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon have been reunited for the first time in 500 years thanks to a sharp-eyed art expert. Staff from the National Portrait Gallery discovered the picture of Catherine during a visit to Lambeth Palace where it was hung in a private room
Queen Elizabeth II arrives at West Newton Village Hall for her annual visit to Sandringham Women's Institute, Norfolk. Wearing a cerise dress coat the monarch, who is honorary president of the organisation, smiled as she was met by members. Having made the short drive from Sandringham House to West Newton village hall, she was greeted by about 35 members who sang the national anthem followed by Jerusalem
This image of a Martian rock illuminated by white-light LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. MAHLI took the images on Jan. 22, 2012 (PST), after dark on the 165th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars.
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shahmarai
Nice pics by my friend Omar Sobhani.Pictures of the Day: Afghanistan and Elsewhere http://t.co/adHUtLcOQe
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Saturday's Times front page - "First pictures of terror victim on the front line" #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers http://t.co/0nuycGpjFf
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Posted: 24/01/13 GMT | Updated: 25/01/13 GMT