Today in photos

The zoo in the town of Stara Zagora, has received two lions, Simba and Stella, as a gift from Bulgarian circus artists. The family of Army Cpl. Charles P. Gaffney, Jr., watch as the casket is carried to the burial site at Arlington Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. And local residents cross a river after a bridge was destroyed by Islamic militants in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the main city of Peshawar, Pakistan. View a slideshow of these images and more.

Section:Gallery

Tue., Feb. 3, 2009

Eight-month old lion Simba is seen at the zoo in the town of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. The zoo has received two lions, Simba and Stella, as a gift from Bulgarian circus artists.

Petar Petrov Ap
Nine-month old lion Stella is seen at the zoo in the town of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. The zoo has received two lions, Simba and Stella, as a gift from Bulgarian circus artists.

Petar Petrov Ap
Young lions, eight-month old Simba, behind, and nine-month old Stella, front, are seen at the zoo in the town of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. The zoo has received two lions, Simba and Stella, as a gift from Bulgarian circus artists.

Petar Petrov Ap
A truck lies down on a bridge destroyed by alleged Islamic militants Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar. Islamist militants blew up the bridge in northwest Pakistan, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan, a government official and a NATO spokesman said. The attack was the latest in a series on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.

Mohammad Sajjad Ap
Local residents cross a river after a bridge was destroyed by Islamic militants in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the main city of Peshawar, Pakistan. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Islamist militants blew up a bridge in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan in the latest in a series of attacks on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban.

Mohammad Sajjad Ap
Riot police disperse student protesters during a "lightning rally" near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 to protest alleged U.S. intervention in Philippine affairs. The protesters denounced alleged U.S. role in the current global economic crisis that officials predict would cut jobs in the country to about 1.7 million.

Bullit Marquez Ap
The family of Army Cpl. Charles P. Gaffney, Jr., watch as the casket is carried to the burial site at Arlington Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Gaffney Jr., 42, of Phoenix, died Dec. 24 in Paktika, Afghanistan, when his combat outpost was hit by enemy rocket fire. He was assigned to Fort Campbell.

Susan Walsh Ap
Thomas Dold, right, of Germany, takes the lead of the men's pack at the start of the Empire State Building Run-Up, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 in New York.

Mary Altaffer Ap
A Thai woman looks out from the window of a Bangkok city bus, featuring an advertisement for instant noodles in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Instant noodles in Thailand and other parts of southeast Asia are popular.

David Longstreath Ap
Afghan women are transported on a horse-drawn cart in the city of Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Ningarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.

Rahmat Gul Ap
Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, is engulfed in snow as she reacts after winning the women's super g race, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, In Val d'Isere, France, Tuesday, Feb.3, 2009.

Luca Bruno Ap
Swan is shrouded in mist as he floats in a river in capital Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. The temperatures in Belarus reached around -10 Celsius ( 14 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday .

Sergei Grits Ap
n this photo distributed by the Xinhua news agency local resident Cai Zengshao practices Chinese kungfu in fog at the Forest Park in Yinchuan, in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Tuesday February 3, 2009.

Wang Peng Ap