Three members of the Ukrainian activist group FEMEN took off their tops and demonstrated in front of the Congress Center hosting the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 28, 2012. The protesters lifted up signs which read, “Gangsters Party in Davos,” “Poor Because of You,” and “Crisis Made in Davos.” via Hungeree.

The Crossroads Foundation hosted another ‘Refugee Run’ at Davos, Switzerland this year at the World Economic Forum 2012, where world leaders and business luminaries played the role of refugees seeking asylum from conflict and persecution. via Hungeree.

Back on September 26, 2011, Sophie Barrett won PETA’s ‘Sexiest Vegetarian in Europe’ contest and she stripped down to her skivvies for a demonstration against eating meat at Piccadilly Circus in London, on January 26, 2012. Barrett held up a poster which read, “All Animals Have the Same Parts: Abolish Meat,” and her body was marked with lines and labeled like a butcher’s diagram. via Hungeree

Homemade ‘Vendetta’ masks hide the faces of members from the libertarian Palikot’s Movement Party during a parliament session in Warsaw, Poland, on January 26, 2012. The masks were used to symbolize the party’s dissension against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which was passed in the European Union today. ACTA is the Euro-territory version of SOPA, which was shelved in the United States. via Hungeree.

Photographer Annie Leibovitz welcomed members of the media at the preview of her ‘Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage’ show at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2012. For the new project, Leibovitz and her children took a road trip across the country where photographs were snapped at locations including Yosemite Valley, Elvis Presley’s home, Niagara Falls, author Louisa May Alcott’s home, Gettysburg, and more. Leibovitz also traveled abroad for some of the photos in the exhibition including Sigmund Freud’s final home in London. The show runs through May 20, 2012 before it goes on a roadshow to museums across the United States until 2014. via Hungeree.