Panorama Today in Photos

February 10, 2012

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum arrives on stage to speak during the 39th Conservative Political Action Committee in Washington, D.C.
Barack Obama speaks at the White House about providing U.S. states flexibility under No Child Left Behind programs in exchange for education reform.
First lady Michelle Obama kicks off her three-day national tour in Des Moines, Iowa, to highlight Iowa's Healthiest State Initiative.
Government Printing Office employees work on copies of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2013 budget book in Washington, D.C.
A Bosnian Armed Forces pilot helps a villager through more than 3 feet of snow toward an evacuation helicopter in Ulog. Helicopters ferried food and medicine to other snowed-in inhabitants of Ulog as Europe's 14-day-old cold snap tightened its frigid grip on the continent, where more than 400 have died as a direct result.
Security forces gather in front a building damaged by an explosion in Syria. Two explosions targeted security compounds in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, causing an unspecified number of casualties.
Greek protesters clash with riot police during a 48-hour general strike in Athens over new austerity measures in the debt-strapped nation. Some protesters threw stones and firebombs at police, who responded with tear gas.
Protesters yell during a Panel for Educational Policy meeting at Brooklyn Tech High School before a vote on whether to close or partially close 23 schools that the Department of Education considers failing in New York City.
A worker polishes an Oscar statuette manufactured at R.S. Owens & Company during a media demonstration in Chicago, Ill. The trophy and others like it will be presented later this month at the 84th-Annual Academy Awards.
A worker applies the final touches to a giant caricature of President Barack Obama during preparations for the 128th Nice Carnival parade in southeastern France. The Nice Carnival runs from February 17 until March 4.
Astronomers believe Sagittarius A*, a giant black hole located in the center of the Milky Way, has vaporized trillions of asteroids, comets, and maybe even planets. The resulting energy bursts result in X-ray flares that had baffled scientists since they were discovered a few years ago.