Filipino artists create a mural on highway wall using air-purifying paint in Manila on Feb. 1. A local paint company is spearheading the project, which is aimed at removing pollutants from the air and beautifying the area.
Devotees in colorful costumes prepare to dance in the streets during a procession to celebrate the feast day of the Child Jesus in Manila, Philippines on Jan. 29.
People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Pingxi, Xinbei city, northern Taiwan, January 28, 2012. Believers gathered to release sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings.
Schoolchildren dressed in costume to look like the late Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus before attempting a world record in Kolkata, India, on Jan. 29.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is escorted out for safety by body guards and police through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia's national day in Canberra, Australia, Jan. 26.
Folk artists perform a fire dragon dance amid molten iron at 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,372 degrees Fahrenheit) during a Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 25.
South Korean army soldiers bow to respect for their ancestors as they celebrate Lunar New Year at their base in Cheorwon, South Korea, on Jan. 23.
Married Hindu women perform rituals near a Banyan tree during the Magh Mela festival in Allahabad, India on Jan. 23.
Performers dressed in traditional costumes and wearing make-up dance as they take part in Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing January 23.
Young Buddhist monks cross a road while making their way to collect their morning alms in downtown Mae Sot, Tak province, in northern Thailand, on Jan. 20.
