February 6, 2014

Ellie, a horticulturist at Kew, stands on a ladder as she makes final adjustments during a media preview of an Orchid festival at Kew Botanical Gardens in London.  The exhibition is open to the public from Feb. 8 to March 9, and it includes a new new Phalaenopsis hybrid 'Diamond Sky' that has not been seen before.

Protesters shout slogans against Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during a demonstration in Ankara.

An anti-government protester checks messages from her mobile phone at a rally site in Bangkok, Thailand.

People wearing Guy Fawkes masks hold pictures of pro-presidential Regions' Party parliament members during a symbolic funeral in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine. Several thousand opposition protesters marched to pressure members of parliament to change the constitution so that the presidency's powers can be curbed.

Armin Zoeggeler of Italy has his feet and the track reflected in his helmet as he starts a run during a training session for the men's singles luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

A mother and her child feed birds in the Belarus capital, Minsk.

China's Ning Qin competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Moguls qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia.

A pigeon eyes a piece of bread outside the Greek Parliament, as anti-austerity protesters hold up banners in Athens, Greece.

People take a gas stove out of a damaged building following air strikes in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, as the heavy casualty toll from the strikes has sparked a mass exodus.