Shanghai, China: Dense fog covers the upper floors of two skyscrapers during a third consecutive day of thick fog in the cityPhotograph: Eugene Hoshiko/APZandajan district, Afghanistan: An Afghan nomad holds his sick grandson following heavy snowfalls in Herat provincePhotograph: Fraidoon Pooyaa/APRabat, Morocco: A boy plays with a ball on a street in the Kasbah des OudaiaPhotograph: Vassil Donev/EPA
Nairobi, Kenya: A woman holds a fence during food distribution by a German charity in the Kibera slumPhotograph: Simon Maina/AFPLas Vegas, US: A man looks at the OLED 27" prototype TV at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics ShowPhotograph: David Paul Morris/GettyBaghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi boy looks on as soldiers from the US 4th Battalion, 64th Armour Regiment conduct a house-to-house missionPhotograph: Jewel Samad/AFPPristina, Kosovo: Hashim Thaci on his way to Kosovo's parliament. Kosovo's parliament elected the former rebel leader as prime minister in a vote expected to herald a declaration of independence from SerbiaPhotograph: Visar Kryeziu/APLahore, Pakistan: A vendor's dead horse following a suicide bomb attackPhotograph: Arif Ali/AFPDavos, Switzerland: Swiss army personnel install barbed wire around the Belvedere hotel, where the World Economic Forum meeting begins on January 23Photograph: Arno Balzarini/APBeijing, China: A vendor weighs fruit at a food market. China's government has announced a nationwide ban on stores distributing free plastic bags from June 1Photograph: Feng Li/GettyKhan Yunis, Gaza Strip: Palestinian militia members take part in a protest against President George Bush's visit to Israel and the Palestinian territoriesPhotograph: Ali Ali/EPANaples, Italy: Uncollected rubbish piles up in the historic centre of NaplesPhotograph: Christian Sinibaldi/GuardianRio de Janeiro, Brazil: A model displays shoes from the Maria Bonita Extra collection during the Fashion Rio Autumn/Winter 2008 show.Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/APBad Gastein, Austria: Australia's Johanna Shaw competes in the women's parallel slalom during the Snowboarding World CupPhotograph: Joe Klamar/AFP
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