A recent impact crater on Mars, spanning approximately 100 feet in diameter, is surrounded by a large, rayed blast zone. Because the terrain where the crater formed is dusty, the fresh crater appears blue in the enhanced colour of the image, due to removal of the reddish dust in that areaReutersA statue by Tony Matelli titled "Sleepwalker" stands in the snow on the campus of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. More than 100 signatures were collected in an online petition to remove the "inappropriate" statue from the all-women's collegeReutersA man chips ice from a car with a hammer in Postojna, Slovenia. A severe ice storm left cars entombed in a crystal-like casing near the deserted railway station in Postojna. Trees and electricity pylons were felled by the sheer weight of ice enveloping themReutersAlexander Klyukin and Vladimir Korabelnikov, members of a local winter swimming club, swim in the Yenisei River, at a temperature of around minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit), in the town of Divnogorsk, 38 km south of Russia's Siberian city of KrasnoyarskReutersIcicle bicycle: A bicycle seat is seen in Central Park after freezing rain in New YorkReutersWorkers inspect the main Exeter to Plymouth railway line after parts of it were washed away into the sea by huge wave at Dawlish in DevonGettyEmergency services work at the scene of a suspected gas explosion at a residential property in Clacton-on-Sea, EssexGettyA Spanish cargo ship, broken in two, is seen stranded off the beach in Anglet on the Atlantic Coast of France. The ship carrying fertiliser broke in two after hitting a sea wall in high winds. Two helicopters lifted a dozen crew members to safetyReutersVintage cars and motorbikes are displayed during an exhibition by Bonhams auction house at Le Grand Palais in ParisGettyPrince Charles meets Mehmet and Burcin Akbasak and their twin daughters Kayla and Lara. The family's flat above the Carpetright building in Tottenham was destroyed in the London riotsGettyPope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his general audience in Saint Peter's square at the VaticanReutersUkrainian anti-government protesters Bogdan, 21, and Yulia, 25, get married during their wedding ceremony in a municipal building in Kiev occupied by demonstratorsReutersHuman rights activist Peter Tatchell takes part in a protest against Russia's anti-gay stance outside Downing StreetReutersMadonna introduces Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova during the Amnesty International benefit concert in the Brooklyn borough of New YorkReutersCanada's John Fairbairn speeds down during an unofficial men's skeleton training session at the Sanki sliding centre in Rosa Khutor, a venue for the Sochi 2014 Winter OlympicsReutersMao Asada of Japan practises during a figure skating training session at the Iceberg Skating Palace in preparation for the 2014 Sochi Winter OlympicsReutersA participant climbs a flight of stairs during the 37th Empire State Building Run-Up in New York. Competitors run up 1,576 steps from the ground floor to the 86th floorReuters
