Around the world in 50 photos

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Around the world in 50 photos

Let your imagination tag along as you take a quick trip with 50 photos of everyday life in the United States and the world.

English bulldog Cassidy, left, 3, of Smithtown, N.Y., and French bulldog puppy Snowman, 12 weeks, of Boston, Ma., face each other during a news conference on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in New York. The French bulldog has rocketed up the rankings to the nation's 11th most popular purebred after its numbers more than quadrupled in the last 10 years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbour to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Hong Kong Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Skaters make their way under the Bronson Avenue Canal Bridge on the Rideau Canal Skateway during the 31st Annual Winter Triathlon on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The triathlon, comprising of a skate-ski-run, is one of the oldest activities of the National Capital Commission's Winterlude festival. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Justin Tang)

A volunteer rides his snowboard along the practice slope for the alpine ski course of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Punxsutawney Phil is held by Ron Ploucha after emerging from his burrow Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to see his shadow and forecast six more weeks of winter weather. The prediction this year fell on the same day as Super Bowl Sunday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

A construction worker smiles as he unloads rebar from a truck during a winter snowstorm, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. After several days of mild weather, snow has returned to the Northeast.

A park employee carries a shovel through Bryant Park on 42nd Street in the snow, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in New York. Another winter storm bears down on the eastern U.S., only a day after temperatures soared into the 50s.

A bicyclist crosses Douglas Avenue in downtown Wichita, Kan., during a heavy snowstorm on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. South-central Kansas is expecting up to seven inches of snow as a winter storm passes through.

A competitor takes a jump during a ski slopestyle training session at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

An Iranian man throws a snowball at his wife in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Tehran and many parts of Iran were blanketed with snow on Tuesday as heavy snowfall trapped thousands on the road and cut off water and power supply in northern Iran.

A worker is dwarfed against the sky as he stands at the top of the Olympic cauldron ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

A snowman stands on the beach with temperatures around freezing near Rudee inlet in Virginia Beach, Va. on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014.

RETREAT REHEARSAL--Camel mounted soldiers stand in formation during a rehearsal of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina hill which houses India's most important ministries and the presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The ceremony is held annually on Jan. 29, marking the end of republic day celebrations. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Nic Lamb begins to fall off his board during the third heat of the first round of the Mavericks Invitational big wave surf contest Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Italy's Sara Errani, right, and Roberta Vinci, left, celebrate after defeating Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in their women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.

Bashon Mann and his children sled down a hill at the Capitol as snow falls in Washington, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2014. Students and government workers were told to stay home while the winter weather hits the Mid Atlantic region.

Repair workers examine the Christ Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The famed statue is being examined after two fingers and the head were chipped during recent lightning storms. Officials say they'll place more lightning rods on the statue in an effort to prevent future damage.

A homeless man naps in front of a mural painted by artist Ruben Soto on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles County's homeless population has increased 15 percent from 2011 to 2013, according to a recent report released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

Mark Davis gives a thumbs-up toward a helicopter as he sprays water around his property, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Azusa, Calif. A wildfire burned out of control near homes in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains early Thursday, fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds that spit embers into neighborhoods in the city below, igniting trees. Evacuations were ordered for houses at the edge of the fire.

Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov perform in the pairs short program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014.

Yamaha rider Sergio Lafuente, of Uruguay, races across the dunes during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Calama and Iquique, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014.

Kansas Wesleyan pitcher Petey Martinez throws the ball during team practice Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Salina, Kan.

Luxembourg's Fleur Maxwell performs during her Ladies short program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.

Election workers look at a tablet for electric registration inside a polling station for the second day in the country's constitutional referendum at the Gamal Abdel Nasser school in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. The vote is a milestone in a military-backed political roadmap toward new elections for a president and a ballot-box test of public opinion on the coup that removed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood from power last July.

Driver Andrey Karginov and co-pilots Andrey Mokeev and Igor Devyatkin, all from Russia, ride their Kamaz truck up a dune during the tenth stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Iquique and Antofagasta, Chile, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.

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English bulldog Cassidy, left, 3, of Smithtown, N.Y., and French bulldog puppy Snowman, 12 weeks, of Boston, Ma., face each other during a news conference on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in New York. The French bulldog has rocketed up the rankings to the nation's 11th most popular purebred after its numbers more than quadrupled in the last 10 years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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