A man navigates his bicycle through floodwaters in Jakarta. Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused widespread flooding across much of Indonesia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Lu Yueting waits to attend his trial at the Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, China. The court sentenced Lu, a former food plant worker, to life in prison for poisoning frozen dumplings that sickened 10 people in Japan in 2008. (AP/Xinhua/Ding Lixin)

Bomb squad members inspect the site of a blast at a school which injured five rangers in an attack by suspected separatist militants in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat. (AFP/Madaree Tohlala)

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (C-R) with a colleague during a protest in the streets of New Delhi. Kejriwal, who swept to power in December after leading protests against corruption, called for a mass demonstration to disrupt Republic Day celebrations at the weekend. (AFP/Sajjad Hussain)

Relatives move the body of victim of a suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Rawalpindi. A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 13 people in a market close to Pakistan's military headquarters, a day after one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent years. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi)

Mount Sinabung spews lava and gas during its eruption as seen from Jeraya, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The volcano has been erupting since September, forcing more than 20,000 people who live around it slopes to flee their homes to several temporary shelters. (AP/Binsar Bakkara)

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians walk towards the Fasilides baths during the Timkat festival in Gondar. Timkat is the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian festival which celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. (AFP/Carl de Souza)

A water bomber works to extinguish a large fire in Victoria, Australia. State fire commissioner Craig Lapsley said Victoria had coped "reasonably well" with the fires that have scorched 130,000 hectares of grass and woodlands, but 35 fires continued to burn. (AP /Victoria Country Fire Authority)

Staff clear stock from their shop floor in the small Wairarapa town of Eketahuna after a strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand, halting train services and knocking merchandise off shelves, but with no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. (AFP/ Marty Melville)

Scotland's Andy Murray gives away his broken racket after beating Stephane Robert of France in their men's singles match on day eight of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. (AFP/ Mal Fairclough)

Syrian opposition fighters fire at government forces planes flying overhead in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Government warplanes launched raids on Aleppo and the surrounding countryside, killing 34 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (AFP/MAHMUD AL-HALABI)

A person makes a "happy face" on a car window during a snow storm in New York. In New York, a storm alert was issue for noon (1700 GMT) Tuesday to 6:00 am (1100 GMT) Wednesday with as much as a foot (30 centimetres) forecast for the metropolitan region. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

A Syrian man begs for money with a child at Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. The United Nations cancelled an invitation to Iran to attend a Syria peace conference this week over its refusal to back calls for a transitional government in Syria, a spokesman said. (AFP/BULENT KILIC)

Syrians are seen at the scene of a reported airstrike by government forces on the central al-Fardous neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Once Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo has been wracked by violence since a massive rebel assault in July 2012. (AFP/BARAA AL-HALABI)

A young girl browses the soft toys displayed at the Keel Toys stand during the Toy Fair at Olympia exhibition centre in London. Toy Fair, the only dedicated toy, game and hobby exhibition in Britain, features over 280 companies. (AFP/ADRIAN DENNIS)

A man sits on rubble during a tour of the destroyed Westgate mall in Nairobi by members of the court and four suspects of the massacre where at least 67 people were killed. The 2013 September attack was claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents. (AFP/Tony KARUMBA)

An Ukrainian opposition activist wearing a Guy Fawkes mask looks at anti-riot forces blocking the access to the parliament in Kiev. After a night of violence, a temporary truce appeared to be in place with the protesters no longer launching the Molotov cocktails and stones. (AFP/SERGEI SUPINSKY)

A man with a dog walk along the banks of the frozen river Neris in Vilnius, Lithuania as temperatures dropped to -18 degrees Celsius. (AFP/PETRAS MALUKAS) 

Manchester City's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero (L) vies with West Ham United's Romanian defender Razvan Rat (R) during the English League Cup semi-final second leg football match at the Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, in London. (AFP/ GLYN KIRK)

Real Madrid's Portuguese defender Pepe (L) vies with Espanyol's forward Sergio Garcia (R) during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) quarter-final first-leg football match RCD Espanyol vs Real Madrid CF at the Cornella-El Prat stadium in Cornella de Llobregat. (AFP/JOSEP LAGO)

Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo kicks the ball during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) quarter-final first-leg football match RCD Espanyol vs Real Madrid CF at the Cornella-El Prat stadium in Cornella de Llobregat. (AFP/JOSEP LAGO)

AS Roma's Dutch forward Kevin Strootman (C) shoots to try to score against Juventus' goalkeeper Marco Storari during their Coppa Italia football match at Rome's Olympic stadium. (AFP/ANDREAS SOLARO)

A woman wearing a face mask makes her way along a street in Beijing. China's capital was shrouded in thick smog on January 16, cutting visibility down to a few hundred metres as the count of small particulate pollution reached more than 20 times recommended levels. (AFP/Wang Zhao)

Guzaili Nu'er, wife of Ilham Tohti, (L), speaks as Nasipuhan, mother of Tohti, cries at her house in Beijing. Police have taken away Ilham Tohti, an outspoken scholar of China's Uighur ethnic minority and raided his home, seizing computers, cellphones and even his students' theses. (AP/Andy Wong)

Nepalese Hindu devotees gather to bathe in the Shali River on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Hundreds of married and unmarried women in the Himalayan nation have started a month-long fast in the hope of a prosperous life and conjugal happiness. (AFP/Prakash Mathema)

A staff member dressed as the Darth Vader (L) character from George Lucas' Star Wars films attends the opening of Disney's Lucasfilms' new animation production facility, the Sandcrawler, in Singapore. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)

Maids and rights activists protest over allegations of an Indonesian maid being abused in Hong Kong. The alleged maltreatment of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih by her employer over the course of eight months has renewed concerns over abuse of foreign domestic helpers in the city. (AFP/Philippe Lopez)

A model presents a creation for Issey Miyake during the Fall/Winter 2014/2015 men's fashion show in Paris on January 16, 2014. (AFP/ Patrick Kovarik)

A Thai army soldier receives food from people walking by as he stands on an over pass bridge in Bangkok. Thailand's government pleaded with police to arrest opposition protest leaders who have threatened to take the prime minister captive and paralyse parts of central Bangkok. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)

Ahmed Raza Qasuri (C), attorney of Pakistan's former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf, outside the special court in the capital Islamabad. A lawyer for Musharraf who is on trial for high treason said his client has been advised to go to the US for medical treatment. (AP/B K Bangash)

Cars are seen on top of each after being hit by flood waters in Manado. At least 16 people were killed after overnight flash floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island. (AFP/Yudi Makka)

Supporters cheer after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France (C-foreground) beat Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in their men's singles second round match on day four of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. (AFP/Paul Crock)

A group of fans wear body suits during the Denver Nuggets game against the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. (AFP/Getty Images/Ezra Shaw)

Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi (L), Indian Prime Minister and Congress Leader Manmohan Singh (C), and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi (2R) pose inside a garland during the All India Congress Committee meeting in New Delhi.  (AFP/Prakash Singh)

A devotee with his face pierced carries Paal Kudam (milk pots) at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, which will be offered to Hindu deity Lord Subrahmanya at the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple, during the annual Thaipusam festival observed in Singapore and Malaysia. (Photo: Joey Liew/channelnewsasia.com)

Google smart contact lens that measures glucose levels in tears using a tiny wireless chip and miniaturized glucose sensor embedded between two layers of soft contact lens material (photo: Google)

Vehicles drive on a flooded road in Jakarta. Indonesia is regularly affected by deadly floods and landslides during its wet season, which lasts for around six months. Environmentalists blame logging and a failure to reforest denuded land for exacerbating the floods. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)

People pray for quake victims during a memorial service to mark the 19th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe, Japan. Approximately 6,400 people lost their lives when the quake destroyed a part of the city. (AFP/JAPAN OUT/ JIJI PRESS)

Members of the brotherhood of Saint Sebastian at the dance of The Moors and Christians in the town of Apastepeque, 50 kilometres east of San Salvador, El Salvador. The dance, portraying the adventures of the crusaders, has been celebrated for more than 300 years. (AFP/Jose Cabezas)

Boxes of China Mobile's 4G iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c with signatures of Apple CEO Tim Cook and China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua.  Friday marks the opening day of sales of China Mobile's 4G iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c at a shop of the world's largest mobile phone operator in Beijing. (AP/Alexander F Yuan)

England's Ian Bell crashes to the ground as he is run out from a direct hit by Australia's Michael Clarke during the second one-day international cricket match between England and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. (AP/Tertius Pickard)

China's Zheng Jie receives treatment during her women's singles match against Australia's Casey Dellacqua on day five of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Zheng lost 6-2, 6-4. (AFP/Saeed Khan)

After days of searing temperatures some relief -- ground staff dry the court surface at the Rod Laver Arena as rain stopped play during the third round match between Samantha Stosur of Australia and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne.(AP/Aaron Favila)

Italian driver Lorenzo Bertelli steers his Ford Fiesta R5 in Rosans southeastern France, during the 5th stage of the 82nd Monte-Carlo Rally, between Rosans and La Charce. (AFP/JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT)

Thai anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally in Bangkok. (AFP/PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL)

Indian Bohra Muslims take part in the funeral procession of their spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin in Mumbai. A stampede killed at least 18 people and injured 40 at the procession. It was unclear what triggered the stampede. (AFP PHOTO / PUNIT PARANJPE)

Family members run away from tear gas during clashes between Egypt's security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi supporters held sporadic protests against the constitutional referendum. (AP Photo/Aly Hazzaa)

An Afghan special force soldier stands guard next to the damaged entrance of a Lebanese restaurant that was attacked in Kabul. At least 21 people were killed, including foreigners, in a multiple Taliban suicide attack on the popular restaurant. (AFP PHOTO/JOHANNES EISELE)

South Sudanese refugees wait at a Sudanese border checkpoint in Joda after fleeing battles between rebel and government forces. Those waiting on the border are among an estimated 10,000 who have fled north to Sudan. (AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY)

Pro-EU protesters wave and shout slogans as they gather at Independence Square. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed into law strict curbs on protests condemned by the US and Europe and branded a power grab by the opposition. (AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOV)

A young Bahraini boy holds a national flag during an anti-government rally in the village of Diraz, west of Manama. Bahrain's Crown Prince met opposition leaders in a bid revive a national dialogue that was suspended last week. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)

A barber gives a customer a haircut at a makeshift shop as a street vendor sells vegetables in The’ Chaung village, Rakhine state, Myanmar. The’ Chaung houses camps for displaced people following sectarian violence in the state. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov celebrates his victory against Canada's Milos Raonic during their men's singles match on day six of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. (AFP PHOTO / MAL FAIRCLOUGH)

Belarus' Victoria Azarenka plays a shot during her women's singles match against Austria's Yvonne Meusburger on day six of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. (AFP PHOTO / PAUL CROCK)

Yu Jing of China skates in the women's 500-metre race during the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Nagano, central Japan. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Demonstrators shout slogans during a march in Hong Kong in support of an Indonesian maid who was allegedly tortured by her employer. The alleged mistreatment of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih by her employer renewed concerns over abuse of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong. (AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez)

A young boy plays in an area submerged by floods in Jakarta, Indonesia. The death toll in days of floods and landslides in Indonesia has climbed to 24 as torrential rain pounded the capital. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY)

Protesters rally in Hanoi to mark the 40th anniversary of the occupation of the disputed Paracels in the South China Sea. China and South Vietnam once administered different parts of the Paracels but after a brief conflict in 1974 Beijing took control of the entire group of islands. (AFP PHOTO)

A riot police officer fires rubber bullets to disperse protesters demonstrating against newly-proposed restrictions on the use of the internet and against the Turkish government, in Istanbul. About 2,000 people rallied against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP PHOTO)

Passengers carrying their belongings walk on a pedestrian bridge to the Beijing railway station to catch trains. Millions of Chinese will taking public transport to return home to celebrate Lunar New Year, which starts on January 31 this year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Several hundred Kurds marched through central Athens in Greece to demand an independent state. About 26-33 million Kurds inhabit a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

A member of Iraqi security forces inspects the site of a bomb explosion in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. In Baghdad, several attacks, including a half-dozen car bombs, killed at least 25 people. (AFP PHOTO / MARWAN IBRAHIM)

Rooftops are covered in snow in Shimla, India. The northern Indian town has been covered in a blanket of snow after it received its first heavy snowfall of the season. (AP Photo)

Australian bowler Daniel Christian dives and catches out England cricket player Eoin Morgan during their one-day international cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

David Ferrer of Spain celebrates his win over Florian Mayer of Germany during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Sochaux's goalkeeper Pierrick Cros misses the ball during the French L1 football match Sochaux (FCSM) against Montpellier (MHSC) at the Auguste Bonal Stadium in Montbeliard, eastern France. (AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON)