Clowns attend the annual service in memory of the father of modern clowning, Joseph Grimaldi, at the Holy Trinity church in London, Feb 2, 2014.
An animal activist holds a poster in St. Petersburg to protest against circus animal abuse, Feb 2, 2014.
An animal activist holds a poster in St. Petersburg to protest against circus animal abuse, Feb 2, 2014.
The ADAC has a crash test facility accredited by Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme) where it runs various tests probing new cars for safety under different scenarios, pedestrian protection and other automotive tests. The results about the safety of popular car models are freely available to readers on ADAC web site.
According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year, which welcomes the year of the horse, falls on January 31 this year.
A true "white wedding" was held on the morning of Jan 10 as two Antarctic explorers, who met while working on the frozen continent, shared their vowsat SeaWorld Orlando. The bride,Susanne Grieve,and groom,Jeff Rawson, were joined by a colony of 250 penguins that call the habitat in SeaWorld home.
A road looks much less congested than usual in Beijing on Jan 27, four days before the start of China's Spring Festival.
Dancers from Nationals Ballets of China and France perform together during the "Nuit de Chine" (Night of China) event at the Grand Palais in Paris, January 27, 2014.
A beach in the Maldives glows with millions of pinpoints of glowing blue.