Monday: Day in photos

A man burns incense during prayer at the Lama Temple on the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Ox in Beijing. Thousands flocked to the Lama Temple, a renowned Tibetan monastery, to pray for good luck and good fortune.  (Diego Azubel / EPA)

A protester sleeps under a placard during a demonstration against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Pretoria, South Africa. Southern Africa leaders are holding a summit in hopes of helping Zimbabwe break the deadlock in its power-sharing talks.  (Waldo Swiegers / Associated Press)

A Palestinian family sits next to their destroyed home in the east Jabaliya neighborhood in northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of homes in this area were destroyed during Israel’s three-week military offensive that started in December 2008.  (Mohammed Saber / EPA)

The ceiling of the Potomac Atrium inside the National Museum of the American Indian -- part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., -- seems to swirl. The installation ceremony of the Wayne Clough as the 12th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution was held at the museum.  (Michael Reynolds / EPA)

Steve Flinn, right, stands by as Charles Thomas, left, inspects his 13-year-old step-daughter’s room in the aftermath of a suspected arson fire that damaged or destroyed a row of 15 homes Saturday in Coatesville, Pa.  (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)

Lion dancers and police rub shoulders during a Lunar New Year celebration in London.  (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

Burning incense sticks build up a roaring fire at a temple Beijing on the first day of the lunar new year. China greeted the Year of the Ox with fireworks and celebrations, bidding farewell to a 2008 marked by the Olympics, but also by a massive earthquake and the global economic crisis.  (Andy Wong / Associated Press)

The moon cast a shadow over the sun in a partial solar eclipse visible in much of southeast Asia and here in Manila Bay, Philippines.  (Aaron Favila / Associated Press)

A 16-foot-high sculpture of a polar bear on an iceberg floats down the River Thames past Tower Bridge and London City Hall. The polar bear was sent on its journey to call the attention of Parliament to the dangers of climate change and to launch a new natural history television channel.  (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

Firefighters work on a car that landed in the roof of a church in Limbach-Oberfrohna in eastern Germany. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which ran up an embankment and was launched into the air and onto the church. Cranes eventually removed the car.  (Audiovision / AFP/Getty Images)

Manikins in a store in Mainz, Germany, are dressed to impress shoppers with steep discounts on clothing.  (Torsten Silz / AFP/Getty Images)

Mourners gather around the body of Rabbi Avraham Ravitz, who died at 75 in Jerusalem. Ravitz was a member of Israel’s Knesset and a leader of the small Degel Hatorah party. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert eulogized him as a “wise and practical figure who merged Jewish tradition with public life.”  (Kobi Gideon / EPA)

James Blake of the United States is framed in an unhappy moment in the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbouirne. He lost his fourth-round match to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.  (Franck Robichon / EPA)

Hindu bathers offer prayers to the sun god on Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, an auspicious time in the Magh Mela religious festival.  (Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press)

Mumbai police martial arts trainer Gaurav Sharma reaches the top of the 45-story Shreepati arcade building. He made the climb to pay tribute to victims of recent Mumbai terror attacks.  (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)