A police officer clutches a man suspected of links to organized crime and radical Islamic militant groups in Barcelona, Spain. Spanish police arrested 15 people suspected of forging passports and other documents for Al Qaeda, news reports said. Since 9/11 and the Madrid commuter-train bombings in 2004, dozens of suspected Islamic militants have been arrested in Spain. (Manu Fernandez / Associated Press)
Race horses get brisk exercise on the snow-covered moors near Middleham, England, on Tuesday. London was still recovering from a storm that blanketed the city with snow on Monday, bringing most of the city to a halt. (John Giles / Associated Press)
An unemployed migrant worker holds a card that lists his skills, including painting and bricklaying, at an unofficial job market Tuesday on a Beijing street. A Chinese official said Monday that the country was concerned about instability because the global economic slowdown has left about 26 million migrant workers jobless. (Greg Baker / Associated Press)
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Lindsey Vonn of the United States whoops in victory after winning the Super-G race at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Val d’Isere, France. (Armando Trovati / Associated Press)
Greek police club a farmer from the island of Crete during the second day of protests in the port of Piraeus to protest government farm policy. (Orestis Panagiotou / EPA)
Afghan women haul drinking water at a community tap in northern Afghanistan. Years of conflict and several seasons of drought have damaged the water-supply network and dried out dams and wells in Kabul and other parts of Afghanistan, leaving large sections of the population without access to clean water. (Jawed Kargar / EPA)
An Indian man beats dents out of empty cans in Mumbai’s Dharavi region, which is the city’s recycling hub and Asia’s largest slum. Redevelopment of the 535-acre district in India’s financial capital has been stalled by the global economic crisis. Dharavi is believed to include about 15,000 single-room factories dealing with at least 80% of Mumbai’s plastic recycling, as well as other recyclables. (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)
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Plumes of water and sea froth soak a South Korean commando team as it practices maneuvers in rubber dinghies in waters off the city of Donghae during the navy’s regular winter military exercises. (Won Dai-Yeon / AFP / Getty Images)
A Palestinian woman vents her frustration at a cordon of Israeli soldiers protecting contractors who were uprooting young olive trees planted by Palestinian farmers on land near the Kiryat Arba Jewish settlement outside the West Bank city of Hebron. (Hazem Bader / AFP / Getty Images)