Pictures of the Day: Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Posted Feb. 19, 2012, at 7:23 p.m.
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Sergi, 20, shouts slogans against the government's recently approved labor reforms during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday Feb. 19, 2012. Marches organized by the country's main trade unions are taking place throughout Spain.
Emilio Morenatti | AP
Sergi, 20, shouts slogans against the government's recently approved labor reforms during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday Feb. 19, 2012. Marches organized by the country's main trade unions are taking place throughout Spain.
Two Jordanian men walk on a sidewalk in foggy and rainy weather in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
Mohammad Hannon | AP
Two Jordanian men walk on a sidewalk in foggy and rainy weather in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
Anti-government protesters throw rocks at police, on a central boulevard in Dakar, Senegal Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Protesters demanding the departure of Senegal's aging president Abdoulaye Wade on Sunday seized control of a three-block stretch in the heart of the capital, erecting barricades and lobbing rocks at police just days before a contentious presidential poll. Sunday marks the fifth consecutive day of violent protests ahead of the country's crucial vote.
Rebecca Blackwell | AP
Anti-government protesters throw rocks at police, on a central boulevard in Dakar, Senegal Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Protesters demanding the departure of Senegal's aging president Abdoulaye Wade on Sunday seized control of a three-block stretch in the heart of the capital, erecting barricades and lobbing rocks at police just days before a contentious presidential poll. Sunday marks the fifth consecutive day of violent protests ahead of the country's crucial vote.
A man reads messages written by bereaved family members at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Comayagua deadly prison fire, in a shelter where the relatives are housed as they wait for the remains of their loved one to be identified, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday Feb. 19, 2012. As many as 350 inmates perished in the fire that swept through the prison north of Tegucigalpa late Tuesday. More than half the inmates were still awaiting trial. Many of those who died had been locked up for petty crimes: stealing a wallet, robbing a truck. Some had never been charged.
Estbean Felix | AP
A man reads messages written by bereaved family members at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Comayagua deadly prison fire, in a shelter where the relatives are housed as they wait for the remains of their loved one to be identified, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday Feb. 19, 2012. As many as 350 inmates perished in the fire that swept through the prison north of Tegucigalpa late Tuesday. More than half the inmates were still awaiting trial. Many of those who died had been locked up for petty crimes: stealing a wallet, robbing a truck. Some had never been charged.
France's President and candidate for the Presidential Election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and his wife, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, leave a meeting in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term.
Claude Paris | AP
France's President and candidate for the Presidential Election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and his wife, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, leave a meeting in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term.
Endangered Dalmatian pelicans gather together to warm themselves at a shipyard near Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a Russian province on the Caspian Sea, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, during an unusually cold winter. Hundreds of endangered Dalmatian pelicans have sought shelter at a shipyard near Makhachkala, Dagestan, a Russian province. They left a nearby nature reserve where ice covered the water and prevented them from catching fish to eat.
Sergei Rasulov | AP
Endangered Dalmatian pelicans gather together to warm themselves at a shipyard near Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a Russian province on the Caspian Sea, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, during an unusually cold winter. Hundreds of endangered Dalmatian pelicans have sought shelter at a shipyard near Makhachkala, Dagestan, a Russian province. They left a nearby nature reserve where ice covered the water and prevented them from catching fish to eat.
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter rests while stretching out at the start of practice during baseball spring training on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Jupiter, Fla.
Jeff Roberson | AP
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter rests while stretching out at the start of practice during baseball spring training on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Jupiter, Fla.

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