Today in photos

Demonstrators, holding indigenous flags, attend a rally in support of the proposed new constitution in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Beijing is being decorated in preparations for celebrations of Chinese New Year. And people respond to a stabbing incident at a daycare center in Dendermonde, Belgium. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Fri., Jan. 23, 2009

Demonstrators, holding indigenous flags, attend a rally in support of the proposed new constitution in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Bolivians could approve in a referendum a new constitution proposed by Bolivia's President Evo Morales and opposed by the a majority of the middle and upper classes in the nation's lowland eastern provinces.

Dado Galdieri Ap
Members of an Army honor guard hold American Flags to be presented to the next of kin of Army Spc. Joseph M. Hernandez, 24, of Hammond, Ind., assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany, during a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Hernandez died Jan. 9, 2009, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in the Zabul Province of Afghanistan.

Haraz Ghanbari Ap
A Palestinian family sit next to the last wall of their destroyed house in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Gaza residents headed for Friday communal prayers and Israeli naval guns were largely silent as grief and shock began to mix with a palpable sense of relief in the coastal strip pounded by weeks of Israeli airstrikes and ground assaults.

Kevin Frayer Ap
A Palestinian youth selling sweets is seen, while Palestinian Muslim worshippers attend Friday noon prayer in a street in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

Muhammed Muheisen Ap
A Palestinian woman is carried by a medic after collapsing from tear gas inhalation during clashes following a rally claiming victory for Hamas in Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Some pro-Hamas sentiment has been visible in the West Bank, governed by the group's moderate rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Several hundred Hamas supporters held what they called a victory rally in the town of Hebron on Friday, throwing stones at Israeli troops, who responded with tear gas. No serious injuries were reported.

Nasser Shiyoukhi Ap
Palestinians look through a hole in a mosque wall caused by Israeli bombardment before performing prayers in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Gaza residents headed for Friday communal prayers and Israeli naval guns were largely silent as grief and shock began to mix with a palpable sense of relief in the coastal strip pounded by weeks of Israeli airstrikes and ground assaults.

Kevin Frayer Ap
Satyam Computers Services Inc. founder B. Ramalinga Raju, center right wearing grey sweater, is escorted by policemen to Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Raju used his elderly mother's name to siphon $1 billion from the company and drastically inflated the number of employees to divert funds, a prosecutor said in court Thursday.

Mahesh A Ap
An Iraqi girl smiles at a US soldier at a checkpoint in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

Loay Hameed Ap
An undentified man walks away with a child after a stabbing incident at a daycare center in Dendermonde, Belgium, Friday Jan. 23, 2009. It was not immediately known the motive for the incident, when a man bicycled to the day care centre, walked in and began a stabbing spree killing two youngsters, a care giver and sending 10 children to hospital.

Alain Sprimont Ap
A landslide-caused wave destroyed or damaged docks and vessels for 1.5 miles downstream from the site near Mill Canyon. Significant land damage and erosion was seen as far as three miles downstream, according to Adam Kelsey, chief ranger for the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
A wave crashes as people remove washed up timber during high-tide on a beach in Ramsgate, England, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Some 1,500 metric tonnes (nearly 1,700 U.S. tons) of wood from the Russian-registered cargo ship Sinegorsk were washed away in rough seas on Monday morning, some 14 miles off the British coast.

Matt Dunham Ap
A musher and his sled dogs are seen on a trail during the Sedivackuv Long, said to be one of the most difficult sled dog races in Europe, in the village of Destne near the Orlicke mountains, some 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) north-east of Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

Petr Josek Ap
Cyclists ride in a group during the fourth stage of the Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide, Australia, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

Aman Sharma Ap
Workers install lanterns at the Long Tan park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. The capital city is being decorated in preparations for celebrations of Chinese New Year, which begins on Jan. 26.

Andy Wong Ap
A worker installs lanterns outside a shopping mall in Beijing Friday Jan. 23, 2009. The city is being decorated in preparations for celebrations of Chinese New Year, which begins on Jan. 26.

Greg Baker Ap
Indian Air Force personnel march during the Republic Day parade rehearsal in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. India celebrates its Republic Day on Jan. 26.

Gurinder Osan Ap
A model wears a creation by Amapo during Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

Andre Penner Ap