February 12, 2014

A gondola used to transport people to the biathlon and and cross country skiing venues is silhouetted against the rising moon in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

A Rufous Treepie bird (Dendrocitta Vagabunda) flies among Simolu flowers in a tree on the outskirts of Guwahati, India.

A priest speaks through a megaphone to riot police and anti-government protesters at the site of recent clashes in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah looks into the heads-up display of a Republic of Singapore Air Force Lockheed F16-D Fighting Falcon at the Singapore Airshow.

F16 jets of Singapore Air Force aerobatics team the Black Knights perform a maneuver during the Singapore Airshow.

Women walk near the site of an attack on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. Militants killed several members of an anti-Taliban militia in country's northwestern city, police said.

Commuters stand on the door of a passenger train as milk containers hang on the windows in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.

The Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), in the grasp of the Kibo laboratory robotic arm, is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member on the International Space Station as it deploys a set of NanoRacks CubeSats.

Couples from around the world participate in a mass wedding ceremony at the CheongShim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea. Some 2,500 South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church's mass wedding arranged by Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church.

The dome displays impressions of the universe during the presentation of the new show 'Journey to a Billion Suns', produced in cooperation with the European Space Agency ESA and planetariums in the world, in the Zeiss Planetarium in Jena, central Germany.

One of the two one-year-old albino alligator is seen in a vivarium at the Tropical aquarium in Paris, February 12, 2014. The two alligators are the result of a captive breeding program which protect endangered species and will presented to the public in a vivarium.

A production staff member places position markers representing guests ahead of the BAFTA awards at the Royal Opera House in central London. The BAFTA film awards will take place on Feb. 16, 2014.

Large waves crash over Church Rock as hurricane force winds reach the coastline at Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain.

A flock of migrating starlings fly before landing to sleep during the sunset near the southern Israeli village of Tidhar, in the northern Israeli Negev desert.