Afghan security forces gather at the scene of a brazen attack by the Taliban in central Kabul.
A man charges through a bonfire on horseback in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, during an event honoring Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals.
Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown celebrates with his daughters Arianna (left) and Ayla (right) along with his wife Gail after winning the special election to fill the seat of the late Edward Kennedy in Boston.
A duck, pheasants and rabbits hang from a clothes line before being plucked, skinned and frozen near the village of Carnlough in Northern Ireland.
Prince William officially opens the Supreme Court in Wellington on the second day of his visit to New Zealand. He will undertake numerous engagements during his three days in New Zealand, before visiting Australia
Villagers are pinned down by a bull during a bull-taming festival on the outskirts of Madurai, India. The event is part of the south Indian harvest festival of Pongal.
Fleeing Haitians crowd a ship at a port in Port-au-Prince.