Pictures of January 18, 2011

1.Throwing Up Dust

French driver Francois Lethier races in the third edition of the Africa Eco Race. The race started on December 29th, 2010 in Nador, Morocco, and continues over twelve days and 6,000 kilometres, finishing at "Lac Rose" in Senegal.

2.Under Water

An airport runway in Rockhampton, Australia is submerged by floodwaters. Heavy rains left the city cut off from the rest of the country.

3. All Whites

Members of a Navy band wait to perform during Paraguay"s bicentennial celebrations in Asuncion, Paraguay.

4. Heavyweight

Cane toad Agathe sits on a toy scale during an inventory at the zoo in Hanover, Germany.

5. Snowpocalypse

A Taxi is buried in a snow drift after a severe winter storm dropped around two feet of snow on the greater New York area.

6. Up in Smoke

An Indonesian man wears a mask to avoid inhaling ash from Mount Bromo, an active volcano, in the village of Cemoro Lawang near Indonesia"s central Java island.

7. One Year Later

A woman prays among the remains of the main cathedral in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

8. Succession

A southern Sudanese voter waits in line to vote on the first day of polling in the independence referendum in Juba, Sudan.

9. Under Water

Heavy equipment is submerged in flood waters in an industrial area of Brisbane, Austrailia.

10. Just a Memory

The Shepherd Hotel is reflected on a window of a passing bus in east Jerusalem. Bulldozers demolished the historic hotel to make way for a new Israeli enclave.

11. Passage

An office worker walks through a narrow alleyway between two office buildings in central London.

12. Circle of Heat

Children warm themselves during their school"s recess break in Jammu, India.

13. Grim Task

A landslide victim is buried in Teresopolis, Brazil.

14. Flooded

A car sales lot is submerged in waters as heavy rains continue to devastate much of Brisbane, Australia.

15. Hitchin a Ride

A baby anteater born in captivity rides atop his mother"s back at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Colombia.

16. One Year Later 2

Haitians attend Mass at the destroyed Port-au-Prince cathedral. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the 7.0 earthquake which killed over 200,000 people.

17. Prison Fire

An inmate waves a Chilean flag from inside San Miguel jail, after a blaze broke out, killing 81, in Santiago.

18. Swept Away

Vehicles are submerged during flash flooding near Queensland, Australia.

19. Up in Flames

Firefighters battle a blaze in an apartment building in Philadelphia.

20. Warm Wishes

An employee works at a Chinese new year merchandising factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. The Chinese New Year will begin on February 3, 2011, and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Rabbit.

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