Alabama Crimson Tide cheerleaders celebrate after Alabama defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in their NCAA BCS National Championship college football game in Miami, Florida, January 7, 2013. CHRIS KEANE/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlfive672160
While Fighting Irish fans everywhere are suffering in sad silence, the Crimson Tide are reveling in jubilation. After a 42-14 romping at the BCS Championship game in Miami Monday night, ‘Bama celebrates its 3rd championship victory in the past 4 years. Eddie Lacy and his team could not be stopped, as they took hold of an early lead and never backed down. See even more photos of the championship game back at Newscom.
Newscom gets between 30-60,000 images a day from our partners around the world, and it’s easy to miss some truly amazing images if you aren’t specifically looking for them. So each week, we’ll go through our collections and present to you our favorites. Our job is to pick whatever catches our eye. Your job is to simply enjoy them. Check out the entire lightbox of this week’s best pictures back at Newscom, and read on to see other stories from this past week.
In events around the world, Iraq’s Shiite Muslims took part in the Arbaeen religious festival marking the 40th day after Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, Imam Hussein–while India’s Asaram Bapu’s comments over the gang-rape in Delhi have provoked many outraged activists into protests. In South Africa, the Dakar Rally had brave off-road motorists riding courses filled with dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks and more.
And on January 13, it will be one year since the Costa Concordia hit the Italian island coast of Giglio. See inside Costa Concordia here.
A Bahraini Shiite Muslims girl watches the Arbaeen religious festival from a window in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, on January 3, 2013. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: afplivefour865196
An Indian activist gets his head shaven to protest against the brutal Delhi gang-rape in New Delhi, India on 04 January 2013. ANINDITO MUKHERJEE/EPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: epaphotos694348
South Africa’s Darryl Curtis rides his KTM motorcycle during the second stage of the Dakar Rally 2013, from Pisco to Pisco, January 6, 2013. JACKY NAEGELEN/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlfive670587
The Costa Concordia cruise ship lays aground near the port on January 8, 2013 on the Italian island of Giglio. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: afplivefour870005
In U.S. news, President Obama has begun his new cabinet nominations. Chuck Hagel has been nominated for the Secretary of Defense, and John Brennan for the new CIA Director–following the resignation of the former director David Petraeus. Be sure to come back to Newscom for many more graphics breaking down these stories and more.
A look at U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent cabinet nominations and possible replacements for some other positions. Staff/MCT/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: krtgfxlive042656
I know one thing for sure — I would not want the job the man pictured below has! On January 21, Barack Obama will be sworn into a second term as U.S. President. Up to 800,000 people are expected to attend, about a third less than 2009. Either way, those are still a lot of chairs!
Workers set up folding chairs in preparation for the US Presidential Inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 8, 2013. US President Barack Obama will be ceremonially sworn in for his second term during the public Inauguration event attended by hundreds of thousands of spectators on January 21, 2013. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: afplivefour870175
Did you know that the backwards bending part of a flamingo’s leg is actually its ankle? The knee is a lot closer to their body and not seen through their feathers. And well, as for glass frogs? They’re just cool.
A flamingo is pictured in its enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal January 4, 2013. INA FASSBENDER/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlfive667686
Transparent Underbelly of a Glassfrog The cloud forests of South America are home to some of Earth’s most extraordinary creatures, but few are as intriguing as the glassfrog. Seen from above, most glassfrog species look pretty nondescript, but a glimpse of their underbelly reveals a fascinating anatomical anomaly: translucent abdominal skin. CB2/ZOB/Luis A. Coloma/WENN.com/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: wennoddpix061743
While the ice seems to be melting in China, it’s still a chilling -15 degrees in Qinhuangdao, even with all that sunshine. So I wouldn’t blame anyone for escaping the northern hemisphere cold, while there are plenty warm current waves a little farther south, like Argentina’s Mar del Plata.
A vessel sails on the sea covered by drift ice, in Qinhuangdao, north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 8, 2013. A cold snap has created a layer of thick sea ice in the offshore areas of the Bohai Bay in Hebei Province. Yang Shiyao/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom. Licesnse this image from Newscom.com: ptsphotoshottwo028213
Beachgoers and holidaymakers enjoy a day in Argentina’s Atlantic seaside city of Mar del Plata January 8, 2013. ENRIQUE MARCARIAN/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlfive673045
And finally, we here at Newscom think Justin Bieber may have spent a little too much time at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show…
Justin Bieber makes a grand entrance during a sold out show at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Co. on January 7, 2013. Hector Acevedo/ZUMA Press/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaglobal051516
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