Friday: The day in photos
Two Palestinian brothers carry some of their clothes out of the rubble of their house, which was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike on the house of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the refugee camp of Jabaliya in northern Gaza. (Mohammed Saber / EPA)
Palestinian protesters shout anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration against Israeli strikes in the Al Baqaa Camp for Palestinian refugees in Amman, Jordan. (Mohammad abu Ghosh / Associated Press)
Jordanians raise their hands as they shout anti-Israel slogans during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza after Friday prayers in central Amman, Jordan. (Jamal Nasrallah / EPA)
A visitor hangs a wish on a wish tree at a temple crowded with people paying their first visits of the year in Shanghai. (Eugene Hoshiko / Associated Press)
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Russian riot police detain a Muslim protester during a protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Moscow. Thousands of Muslims across the world are demonstrating against the actions in Gaza. (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP / Getty Images)
Nepalese hermit women sit in the sun at Kailash Hermitage at the Pashupati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. More than 20 women have been living at the hermitage in the name of Hindu Lord Shiva, the god of destruction. (Narendra Shrestha / EPA)
A man prepares sales stickers on a shop window in Rome. Sales will kick off in Rome and Milan tomorrow, following the lead of other Italian cities. During the Christmas period sales dropped by 20%, consumers association Codacons said, and it is expecting up to a 30% drop in sales in January. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP / Getty Images)
An Amur tiger enjoys the snow in its outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Eberswalde, Germany. Several centimeters of snow fell in Brandenburg during the night and in the early morning. (Patrick Pleul / EPA)
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Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns to Russian Nikolay Davydenko during their match on day two of the three-day Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. Nadal won the match 6-2, 6-3. Six top-10 players, top-seeded Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick and James Blake, are competing for the $250,000 prize during this three-day elimination event. (Marwan Naamani / AFP / Getty Images)
A Sri Lankan hugs a soldier as he celebrates the downfall of Tamil Tiger rebels’ de facto capital Killinochchi in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Government forces dealt a devastating blow to the rebels’ quarter-century fight for an independent state, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. (Eranga Jayawardena / Associated Press)
