4 Shkurt, 2014

Snowboarder Sven Thorgren of Sweden trains on the slopestyle snowboard course during practice for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor, Russia.

A boy looks through the window of the Saraswati temple, whose walls are filled with writings, during the Shreepanchami festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Children are given their first writing and reading lessons at the temple during this festival in the belief that the goddess of education Saraswati will help them excel in education.

Sri Lankan military personnel march during the country's 66th Independence Day celebrations in the central town of Kegalle, about 40 kms from the capital Colombo.

A woman walks past a street mural in New York.

Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, perform prayers while sitting inside circles of burning "Upale" (or dried cow dung cakes) on the banks of the Ganges River during the Magh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, takes picture with his mobile as his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif looks at him during their news briefing in Tehran, Iran.

Yachts are seen knocked off their stands at a damaged dock after an earthquake in Lixouri on the island of Kefalonia, western Greece, Feb. 3, 2014. A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the western island of Kefalonia, sending scared residents into the streets.

Supporters attend a symbolic same-sex marriage outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland votedy to allow same-sex marriages, becoming the 17th country to give the green light to gay marriages and paving the way for the first wedding ceremonies later this year.

Ethnic Yi women are seen on their way to a dragon worship ceremony in Shiping county, Yunnan province. The dragon worship ceremony is held every 12 years to pray for good fortune and harvest.

An explosion caused by an airstrike on a weapon depot on a mountain overlooking Yemen's capital Sana'a
 

Members of the National Security Force practice crowd control during training to provide security at the 2014 World Cup, in Brasilia, Brazil. The World Cup will be held in 12 cities in Brazil in June.

Snow falls on the statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in the borough of Manhattan in New York, Feb. 3, 2014.