The world in photos, 1-26-2011

Today's best Associated Press photos feature protests in Egypt, snow in New England, and the removal of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to a Houston rehab hospital.

Section:Gallery

Wed., Jan. 26, 2011

Afghan President Hamid Karzai inspects an honor guard to inaugurate the new parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. President Hamid Karzai swore in the country's new parliament in a ceremony that marked the end of a drawn-out battle over whether the lawmakers would be able to start work despite ongoing investigations into electoral fraud.

Musadeq Sadeq Associated Press
Indian schoolchildren perform a Rajasthan folk dance at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. The day marks the anniversary of India's adoption of a democratic constitution.

Gurinder Osan Associated Press
A man holds up a placard reading "Mr. President go out" as angry Egyptian activists shout at anti-riot policemen in front of the journalists syndicate in downtown Cairo on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. A small gathering of anti-government activists tried to stage a second day of protests in Cairo Wednesday in defiance of a ban on any gatherings, but police quickly moved in and used force to disperse the group.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
An angry Egyptian activist shouts in front of anti-riot policemen who block the way leading to the journalists syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. A small gathering of Egyptian anti-government activists tried to stage a second day of protests in Cairo Wednesday in defiance of a ban on any gatherings, but police quickly moved in and used force to disperse the group.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
A protester carries a picture of outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri and a Lebanese flag as he walks in front of burning tires in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Sunnis protested the rising power of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah on Tuesday, burning tires and torching a van belonging to Al-Jazeera as Lebanese lawmakers gave the militant group's pick for prime minister enough support to form the next government.

Mohammed Zaatari Associated Press
Tea party supporter Hans Mentha protests during the opening day of the North Carolina Legislature in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

Jim Bounds Associated Press
Pakistani boys gather by a vendor selling tropical fish on his bicycle on the outskirts of Islamabad on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
A clergyman lights candles at the site of a blast at Domodedovo airport near Moscow on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Security was tightened in Moscow on Tuesday after a suicide bomber set off an explosion that ripped through Moscow's busiest airport on Monday.

Sergey Ponomarev Associated Press
Southern Sudanese soldiers await the arrival of Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika at the airport in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Mutharika is the current chair of the African Union, a body that has been deeply engaged with southern Sudan up to and through its recent referendum on independence. Mutharika is the first head of state to visit southern Sudan since the referendum concluded on Jan. 15. Preliminary results indicate that southerners voted heavily for independence.

Pete Muller Associated Press
A subway train exits a tunnel into snowfall as commuters wait at a station on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Forecasters expect a mix of rain and snow to areas from Tennessee into New England with heavier downfall in the afternoon that could complicate the evening rush hour, particularly in New England.

Bebeto Matthews Associated Press
Astronaut Mark Kelly sits in the passenger seat of the ambulance as it carries his wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, to TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, in Houston. Giffords was transferred Wednesday to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound at TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital.

David Phillip Associated Press