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Young men play hockey as the sun sets over a frozen dam in Brno, Czech Republic.

Syrian rebels take position behind a wall as they fire their guns during a battle with Syrian government forces, at Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria.

A man walks up the steps to frost-covered Wendelstein church, Germany's highest church, on 1838 metre-high Wendelstein mountain.

An adult white-tailed eagle flies along the remote Sorfjorden-Fjord on the west coast of Norway Monday.

Young men try to overturn a public bus during street clashes with police in Senegal's capital Dakar.

Coast Guard personnel on a RHIB (rigid-hulled inflatable boat) look at damaged oil booms near the cruise liner Costa Concordia off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island.

Chaos erupts at a soccer stadium in Port Said city, Egypt. At least 73 people were killed and 1,000 injured as groups of fans attacked each other.

French Socialist Party candidate for the 2012 presidential elections, Francois Hollande, is covered in flour, after an unidentified woman ran on stage and threw the flour on Hollande in Paris.

Brian Alano wipes the dust off his Lego scaled replica of Lucas Oil Stadium which is on display at the Super Bowl XLVI media center in Indianapolis. Alano spent three years and used over 30,000 pieces to build the model.

Students take part in the National Student Day of Action at the University of Toronto.

The provincial government has announced plans to close parts of Ontario Place, including Cinesphere (rear).

Under a sunny blue sky, skiers pose with a ice-covered inukshuk at the top of the Whistler Peak in Whistler, B.C.

Soldiers look at a portable lifting system by Stertil-Koni at the Marine West Military Expo at Camp Pendleton, California. The expo is one of the year's largest annual displays of new military equipment.