Vikings take part in the Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles. One of Britain's most remote communities came together Tuesday to celebrate its Viking heritage with a spectacular festival of fire and fancy dress.
1月29日，在意大利罗马2008春夏时装展上，模特在展示黎巴嫩时装设计师阿贝德·马富兹设计的作品。马富兹是著名婚纱设计师，这一系列作品精致而奢华。
A model presents a creation by designer Abed Mahfouz of Lebanon during a Rome Fashion Week Haute Cou-ture Spring/Summer 2008 show January 29, 2008.
1月29日，在阿尔及利亚首都阿尔及尔以东50公里的特尼亚，在爆炸中失去房屋的居民抱头哭泣。当日，特尼亚的一座警察局遭自杀式汽车炸弹袭击，警察局及周围建筑受损，目前已造成两人死亡、23人受伤。
Women embrace after a blast damaged their home in Thenia town, east of Algiers, January 29, 2008. A car bomb attack on a police station killed two people and wounded 23 in a town east of Algiers on Tuesday.
1月29日，利比亚领导人卡扎菲在首都的黎波里出席新闻发布会，强烈呼吁建立非洲联合政府。非洲各国首脑将在今日齐聚埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴参加非盟首脑会议，卡扎菲称他希望非洲建立更加紧密的联合政府。
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi speaks during a news conference in Tripoli, late 29 January 2008. Kadhafi said today that he would turn his back on Africa if the continent’s leaders again reject his proposals for closer unity at a summit in Addis Ababa later this week.
1月29日，泰国海军及林业官员在泰东南部的那空拍侬府展示被不法分子猎杀的老虎和豹子的尸体。这些动物尸体是当地警方对湄公河沿案野生动物非法交易进行突袭检查时缴获的，共有6只老虎、5只豹子的尸体和300只活穿山甲。
Thai navy officers and forestry officials display dead tigers and leopards seized after a raid on an illegal wildlife trade on the bank of Mekong river in Nakhon Phanom province northeastern Thailand Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Thai officials seized 6 tigers 5 leopards and 300 live pangolins.
1月29日，两只白天鹅在冰面上嬉戏。 当日，山西省运城市雪过天晴，在运城平陆黄河湿地越冬的数千只白天鹅或结群嬉戏，或振翅飞翔，尽享阳光。
A flock of swans fly over Pinglu Yellow River wetland in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 29, 2008. Thousands of swans which flied here to get through the winter enjoy sunshine after snowfall.
1月29日，遭绑架的人质在委内瑞拉瓜里科州阿尔塔格拉西亚城的银行内哭喊呼救。委内瑞拉4名歹徒28日抢劫银行未遂后将几十人劫为人质。与警方对峙一天后，他们于29日释放了部分人质，并驾车挟持5名人质逃离。劫匪驾车逃离几小时后投降。整个事件没有人丧生。
Unidentified hostages stand inside a bank branch in Altagracia de Orituco in the central state of Guarico, January 29, 2008. Venezuelan bank robbers with pistols and a hand-GREnade agreed to give up most of their hostages on Tuesday and drive away in an ambulance with a few captives. Venezuelan po-lice then swooped down on the ambulance, arresting all four men and freeing captives.
在美国迈阿密濒危动物协会，一只幼年黑猩猩被游泳池中突然冒出的貘吓了一跳。在该协会，游泳是包括老虎在内的濒危动物的必修课。工作人员介绍说，这只小猩猩很爱玩水，穿救生衣是因为不想弄湿头。
A tapir meets baby orangutan, who loves the water but is wearing a life jacket because he doesn't like getting his head wet at the Institute of GREatly En-dangered and Rare Species, in Miami, Florida. In this Institute, endangered species have been taught to swim.
1月29日，在墨西哥首都墨西哥城的唐人街，两名女孩从一家售卖中国年货的店铺内走出。中国春节临近，位于墨西哥城的唐人街一派喜庆气氛。这里售卖的年货，如“中国结”、中国“喜鼠”等同样受到许多当地人的喜爱。
Two girls walk out from a store selling Chinese new year goods in Mexico's Chinatown in Mexico City on Jan. 29, 2008. As Chinese Lunar New Year draws near, many ornaments were arranged to GREet the coming festival while lots of locals came here to buy Chinese new year goods like "Chinese Knots".
