February 18, 2014

Burnt bushes smolder after a fire in Taman Bukit Melawati park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Interior Ministry members are on fire, caused by molotov cocktails hurled by anti-government protesters, as they stand guard during clashes in Kyiv. Several thousand anti-government protesters clashed with police near Ukraine's parliament, torching vehicles and hurling stones in the worst violence to rock the capital in more than three weeks.

Charity workers push an injured Thai policeman on a stretcher after an explosion during a clash between policemen and anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Thailand.

Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah listen to his speech during a campaign rally in Jalalabad.

A woman sits on a bench on a flooded Thames riverside path in Staines, southern England, Feb. 17, 2014. Tens of thousands have been left without power, others evacuated from their homes after the wettest January on record pushed river banks to breaking point.

Artificially dyed chicks on sale at a market in Chumphuang market, northeast Thailand. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand/VOA reader)

Models display Autumn/Winter designs by Carlos Diez during Madrid Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 17, 2014.

Britain's Prince Harry receives a "hongi", traditional Maori greeting, from a member of the Kairanga Kapa Haka group during a visit to Linton Military Camp in Linton, near Palmerston North, New Zealand.

A mother Blotched Blue-Tongue lizard smells a strawberry during the first time display of its seven babies at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo, Australia.

Britain's Prince Harry receives a "hongi", traditional Maori greeting, from a member of the Kairanga Kapa Haka group during a visit to Linton Military Camp in Linton, near Palmerston North, New Zealand.