Photo of the Day: I’m Lovin’ It


A cyclist disguised as French fries rides his bike on a ski slope in the alpine resort of Villars, Switzerland, during the GP St-Sylvestre, a mountain bike snow race. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Caracas


Aerial view of Petare shantytown, east of Caracas, taken on February 15, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Leo RAMIREZ) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Frozen Roses


Roses are protected in a cocoon of ice as temperatures dipped below freezing at Dewar Nurseries in Apopka, Florida. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/MCT) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Let the Battle Begin


A small boat, bottom, from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s Steve Irwin, left top, chases down the Japanese harpoon vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 in a confrontation between the whalers and anti-whaling activists in the Antarctica Sea. (Billy Danger/Sea Shepherd) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Boy’s Best Friends Sit out Flood


A boy shares a bench with two dogs as floodwaters rise in the southern Queensland town of St. George, Australia on February 4, 2012. (ABC) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Stonehenge in Snow


Snow envelops Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, England. (Chris Ison/PA) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Walk Alone


A man walks along a snow-covered railway track in Shimla, India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh. (AFP)

Photo of the Day: Horse Rides


Race horses are exercised in Malton, England. (John Giles/PA Wire) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Birds on Frozen River

Birds rest on the partly frozen river Elbe in Dresden, Germany. (Matthias Rietschel/dapd) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Icy Promenade


People walk along an icy promenade past ice-covered cars and trees on the shores of Lake Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland. Across Eastern Europe, thousands of people continue to dig out from heavy snow that has fallen during a cold snap that struck more than a week ago and has killed hundreds of people. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Through the Floating Ice

A buoy layer makes its way through sheets of floating ice on the river Oder at the German-Polish border near Hohenwutzen, eastern Germany. The German part of the river had to be closed for traffic. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dapd) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Across the Country

Competitors make their way during the Marcialonga cross-country ski event, in Cavalese, Italy. (AP)

Photo of the Day: Noachis Terra, Mars

This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)

Photo of the Day: Northern Lights

The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, are seen near the city of Tromsoe, Norway. Stargazers were out in force in northern Europe on Tuesday, hoping to be awed by a spectacular showing of northern lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years. (Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/Scanpix Norway) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Looking for the Landing

A mallard looks for a place to land amongst the hundreds of ducks wintering over at the Cuddy Family Midtown Park in Anchorage, Alaska during below zero temperatures. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: The Head Hunter

A bird pecks the head of Mitt Romney on Mount Myrtle, a sand sculpture containing the likeness of the GOP presidential candidates, across from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, which is the site of the South Carolina Republican Party’s presidential debate Monday night. (Charles Slate/The Sun News)

Photo of the Day: Burned From The Inside Out

Seminole County and Longwood firefighters could only watch as a 3,500-year-old cypress tree, named “The Senator,” burns in Big Tree Park in Longwood, Florida. SCFR spokesman Steve Wright said the tree burned for several hours from the inside out. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Photo of the Day: With an Arrow in the Breast

With an arrow that went completely through its breast, a Canada goose takes off after resting on a sandbar in Percival Cove across from Capitol Lake in Olympia, Washington. (Steve Bloom/The Olympian)

Photo of the Day: Barred Owl

A barred owl is wrapped in a blanket at Hope for Wildlife rehabiliation and education center in Seaforth, Nova Scotia. The owl was caught in a rabbit snare and is being treated for a damaged leg. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) Click image to zoom.

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Photo of the Day: Big Texas Toy Run

Thousands of motorcyclists wait to depart from Gateway Park in Fort Worth, Texas and ride to QuickTrip Park in Grand Prairie, carrying donated toys, during the annual Big Texas Toy Run. (Brandon Wade/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: The Lights of Dubai

The Dubai Mall, the Address Dubai Mall hotel, and Dubai fountain are seen at night in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai and its state-owned non-financial companies have $101.5 billion of outstanding debt and may need further financial support to meet those obligations, Moody’s said. (Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg) Click image to zoom.

Backstage: Selena Gomez Promo Photo Shoots for Gomez Fragnance

Selena Gomez may not have her perfume out yet, but she has been working on the photo shoot for her print ads. And while it is not planned for release until next year, Selena is asking for help again to pick the final scent. As she puts it, she wants a fragrance name that sounds like something sweet and romantic, and that’s why they are holding a contest for a fan to fly out to NYC to help with the fragrance. Continue reading »

Photo of the Day: Sad Ending

In a cove below the San Diego City Wastewater Treatment Plant in Point Loma, Calif., city lifeguards Wednesday towed away the body of a rare 67-foot female fin whale that washed up Saturday. Scientists hope eventually to determine the cause of death. (Earl S. Cryer/Zuma Press)

Photo of the Day: Penguins on the March

Cape Penguins, wearing colorful ribbons, take a walk at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Japan. (AP)