Rite of passage A person ties a dead woman's feet together as she is attended to on the side of a road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 13, the day after a massive earthquake demolished much of the nation. from msnbc.com
Burning ring of fire The highlight of an annular solar eclipse is the ring of fire that appears around the moon during the peak. Here is the climax of the Jan. 15 event as seen from the central stadium in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, South India. from MSNBC.com