Los Angeles — Lindsay Lohan arrives at Airport Courthouse where she was charged with one count of felony grand theft for allegedly stealing a $2,500 necklace from a Venice, Calif. store.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: LIZ O. BAYLEN / Los Angeles Times
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Preah Vihear, Cambodia — Displaced Cambodians receive government aid and shelter at a Buddhist pagoda after fleeing their villages near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border with Thailand. The two countries face growing diplomatic pressure to end an armed border standoff near the temple.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: DAMIR SAGOLJ / REUTERS
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Monterey, Mexico — Some of the ammunition turned in during the government's Guns Exchange Program in the state of Nuevo Leon. People get food stamps in exchange for the weapons and ammunition.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: TOMAS BRAVO / REUTERS
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Baxter County, Arkansas — Snow-covered cattle pass the time in a Baxter County field. Northern Arkansas received more than a foot of snow over the last 24 hours due to frigid arctic air pushing south.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Pieper / Baxter Bulletin
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Joplin, Mo. — The glowing brake lights of a truck appear to peer out from a cover of snow in downtown Joplin.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: T. Rob Brown / Joplin Globe
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Valparaiso, Chile — A fish skeleton lies on the parched bed of Lake Penuelas. Central and northern Chile are facing one of the worst droughts in recent years, with reservoirs and dams almost totally depleted.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Eliseo Fernandez / REUTERS
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Bangalore, India — Indian air force jets perform aerial maneuvers at the opening of Aero India 2011, the 8th International Exhibition on Aerospace, Defense and Civil Aviation in the southern city of Bangalore.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAGADEESH NV / EPA
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Vienna — Cast members of Cirque Du Soleil perform during a dress rehearsal of "Corteo." The show runs from Feb. 10 through Mar. 13.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: LISI NIESNER / REUTERS
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Moscow — The Paris Opera Ballet rehearses at the Bolshoi Theater. The famed Parisian troupe has not performed in the Russian capital since 1991.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALEXANDER NATRUSKIN / REUTERS
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Mesaieed, Qatar — Cyclists race past a camel crossing sign during the third stage of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, from Al Wrakra to Mesaieed.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: PASCAL GUYOT / AFP/Getty Images
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany — A competitor passes a gate at high speed during the Men's Super G at the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND / EPA
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Front Royal, Va. — A male cheetah cub, one of two cubs born in December to different mothers, is weighed by lead keeper Lacey Braun, a daily routine at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, west of Washington, D.C. The male was placed with the female cub and her mother, Zazi, since female cheetahs do not produce enough milk when only a single cub is present. The male weighed in at 10 pounds, the female at 9.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press
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Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany — A supporter of Italian Christof Innerhofer cheers at the men's super G competition at the Alpine Skiing World Championships.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: STEPHAN JANSEN / EPA
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London — A screen displays the beetle family tree at the Natural History Museum's new "Sexual Nature" exhibition.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
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Kiev, Uktraine — A model displays a hairdo during the Kiev Hairdressers Cup.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP/Getty Images
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Cairo — Anti-government protesters hold a giant Egyptian flag as they gather near the parliament building.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ANDRE PAIN / EPA
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Giza, Egypt — Visitors listen to a historian in front of the Sphinx as the Pyramids reopened to tourists against the backdrop of anti-government demonstrations that are entering their third week.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Khalil Hamra / Associated Press
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Cologne, Germany — Astronaut Alexander Gerst conducts a demonstration in a training model of the ATV-2 supply ship at the European Astronaut Center. The actual unmanned vessel is scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station on Feb. 15
PHOTOGRAPH BY: HENNING KAISER / EPA
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New Delhi — Monks offer prayers for the 17th Karmapa, one of Tibetan Buddhism's most revered figures, as police continued a probe into nearly $1 million found at his monastery.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP/Getty Images
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Gujranwala, Pakistan — Authorities examine the site of a bomb blast behind a police building. Three blasts hours apart in the Punjab region targeted police, damaging buildings but causing no casualties.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ARIF ALI / AFP/Getty IMages
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Preah Vihear, Cambodia — A Cambodian solider plays with his mobile phone while relaxing at the ancient Preah Vihear temple, a focal point in border clashes between Cambodian and Thai forces.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paula Bronstein / Getty Images
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Essen, Germany — Herbert Stein shows off an Arabian thoroughbred in front of Hugenpoet Palace to promote "Equitana," an equestrian fair.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE / EPA
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