Global pictures from Jan. 27 - Feb. 2
A Palestinian boy hops over the Gaza border. More than 500,000 Palestinians have crossed into Egypt through the Rafah post in the last week since a security breach of a border wall. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
Egyptian guards mend a damaged barrier along the Gaza border in Rafah. Thousands of Palestinians have crossed into Egypt seeking food and other dwindling supplies. (Khaled Desouki / Getty Images)
A Venezuelan holding a child leans out of a bank window in Altagracia de Orituco during a hostage situation. Gunmen had held more than 30 hostages inside the bank for more than 24 hours before fleeing in an ambulance with five captives. They were later apprehended along a roadside, where they surrendered and freed their hostages. (Juan Barreto / AFP)
U.S. soldiers carry an Iraqi security volunteer to a medevac helicopter in Arab Jabour, just south of Baghdad. He was injured in a booby-trapped house; two other volunteers also were wounded while working with U.S. troops in Beijia village. (Maya Alleruzzo / Associated Press)
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A Kikuyu youth runs past a fire during ethnic clashes in the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, Kenya. The slaying of a Kenyan opposition lawmaker sparked riots early this week across the east African nation already reeling from weeks of deadly clashes set off by disputed elections. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Members of the Luo tribe, fleeing from their neighborhood in Naivasha because of threats by an opposing tribe, are given a police escort to safety. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Participants dressed as Vikings surround the Galley, a 30-foot wooden longship, during the Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick on Shetland Isles, Scotland. The ship is set on fire as the climax to the festival, which originated as a Norse pagan ceremony but has been adopted by Christians as a traditional celebration in Shetland Isles. (Danny Lawson / Associated Press)
