Travel photos of the week: Feb. 2
Great shots from around the world, including Vikings in Scotland and frozen landscapes in Germany
The Wendelstein church, Germany's highest church is pictured on the 1838-metres-high Wendelstein Mountain ON February 1, 2012.
Snow and temperatures close to -14 degrees have hit parts of southern Germany in the last few days.
Giant icicles line the Partnachklamm gorge in southern Germany.
A scuba diver enters a cave in La Cueva de los Peces (Cave of the Fish) along the coast of Playa Giron, near the Bay of Pigs, in Cuba, January 24, 2012.Reuters
Changes in U.S. policy are driving a tourist rush that is giving communist-run Cuba one of its best seasons ever and stretching its ability to accommodate demand.Reuters
Cuba just completed its best year for tourism, with 2.7 million visitors in 2011. Current bookings suggest it will almost certainly beat that number in 2012.Reuters
Members of the Jarl Squad are pictured in front of a burning Viking Galley in Lerwick, Scotland, during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012.
Hundreds of costumed guizers carrying torches took to the streets of a Scottish island during the annual event.
Originating in the 1880s, the tradition sees about 900 guizers drag a Viking galley through the streets of Lerwick. The festival attracts thousands of revellers each year.
A visitor takes pictures of a model of the Ottoman-era mosque at the snow-covered Miniaturk in Istanbul, February 1, 2012.
Miniaturk, an open-air museum, is Turkey's first miniature park.
The park contains 120 models done in 1/25th scale.