Pictures of the Week: Jan. 12-18

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  Babies are born nearly every day at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, but there's one birth this week that was a bit special. Cpl. Andrew Powell (at left on monitor) and his wife, Kristin, welcomed baby daughter, Bailey Mae Powell, Jan. 16, in Danville, Ky., and Andrew watched - even though he's overseas, serving his country in Iraq. (Clay Jackson /The Advocate Messenger)
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  Clay Jackson /The Advocate Messenger

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  A man jumps on a burnt vehicle after he and other supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga set barricades on fire on a road in the Kibera slum of Nairobi Jan. 16. Odinga vowed to press with plans to stage nationwide rallies protesting President Mwai Kibaki's re-election despite a police ban. (Simon Maina, AFP / Getty Images)
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  Simon Maina, AFP / Getty Images

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  A doe mule deer, left, rests in the deep snow of the Gunnison Basin east of Gunnison, Colo., as another deer forages for food beneath the snow. Recent below zero temperatures and above average snow has forced the Colorado Department of Wildlife to launch its biggest feeding operation in the past 24 years. (George Kochaniec, Jr., Rocky Mountain News / AP)
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  George Kochaniec, Jr., Rocky Mountain News / AP

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  Scattered clouds over Bass Strait take on a surreal appearance when viewed from a tinted aircraft window through a circular polarizer. Bass Strait is the body of water that separates Australia from Tasmania to the south. (Torsten Blackwood, AFP / Getty Images)
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  Torsten Blackwood, AFP / Getty Images

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  President Bush shares a laugh with Saudi Prince Salman, brother of Saudi King Abdullah, while watching a traditional sword dance at the Al Murabba Palace and Natural History Museum in Al Janadriyah, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 15. (Susan Walsh, AP)
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  Susan Walsh, AP

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  Japanese 20-year-olds dressed in traditional kimonos enjoy riding a roller coaster as they attend the annual Coming-of-Age Day ceremony at Toshimaen Amusement Park Jan. 14 in Tokyo. In Japan at the age of 20, people officially become part of the adult community and are eligible to vote, drink alcohol and smoke. (Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images)
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  Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images

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  A camera aboard NASAs MESSENGER probe snapped this image of crater-scarred Mercury Jan. 13 at a distance of about 470,000 miles from the closest planet to the sun. (MESSENGER is an acronym for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging probe.) The only previous times Mercury was visited by a spacecraft were in 1974 and 1975 when NASAs Mariner 10 flew past it three times and mapped about 45 percent of its surface. (NASA / Reuters)
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  NASA / Reuters

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  Youngsters try to tame a bull during Jallikkattu,a version of bull fighting at a village near Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India, Jan. 17. The Indian Supreme Court reversed with conditions an earlier order banning this traditional sport, which is held every year during the festival of Pongal. (M. Lakshman, AP)
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  M. Lakshman, AP

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  Safar Ali prepares traditional sweets at a sweet factory in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 13. (Rafiq Maqbool, AP)
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  Rafiq Maqbool, AP

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  Kashmiri activists of the Jammu Kashmir Muslim Khawateen Markaz (MKM), a womens separatist party, scuffle with Indian police in Srinagar Jan. 18 during a protest demanding the release of Afzal Guru. Police detained six MKM activists. Guru was convicted for an attack on the Indian parliament in December 2001. (Danish Ismail, Reuters)
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  Danish Ismail, Reuters