Thursday: The day in photos

As the sun rises, a warm glow shines onto ice covered branches in Apopka, Fla. Chilly weather set in across state.  (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel via Associated Press)

A Palestinian youth holds fake flowers that he salvaged from the rubble of his family’s house, which was destroyed in the recent Israeli army offensive in the eastern part of Jabaliya in northern Gaza Strip.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

Images of Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro, and his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, second from left at top, hang in an office at the headquarters of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) in Havana.  (Javier Galeano / Associated Press)

Macedonian citizens in the capital city Skopje celebrate the victory of the Macedonian men’s handball team against Russia. The team advances to the next round in the Handball World Cup Championship in Croatia.  (Robert Atanasovski / AFP/Getty Images)

Fishermen cast their nets close to the shore in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

People walk through the remains of their homes in a neighborhood heavily damaged by Israeli troops outside of Gaza City.  (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Palestinian boys play football in the street at sunset near Gaza City.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, left, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announce the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Palestinian fishermen push their boat in Gaza City. Five Palestinians -- two women, two children and an elderly man -- were wounded by fire from Israeli naval boats patrolling the Mediterranean, medics said.  (Oliver Laban-Mattei / AFP/Getty Images)

Lance Armstrong of the U.S. leads a breakaway group during the third stage of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia. Graeme Brown won the third stage.  (Dave Hunt / AFP/Getty Images)

Chickens are among the goods sold at an outdoor market in Kaili, China. The country faces high risk of a bird flu epidemic because it has the world’s biggest poultry population and a huge migratory bird population.  (Peter Parks / AFP/Getty Images)

Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht, lying in the stretcher, is lifted to a helicopter after crashing while training on the Streif downhill course in Kitzbuehel, Austria.  (Giovanni Auletta / Associated Press)