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)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dons a Boston Red Sox uniform as Red Sox mascot Wally looks on. Junichi Tazawa and Koji Uehara, from the 2013 World Series champions Boston Red Sox, paid a courtesy call to Abe in his Tokyo office and presented him with a Red Sox uniform. (AFP/POOL/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

Luke Durbridge of Australia leads the peloton during stage one of the Tour Down Under cycling race near Adelaide. (AFP/Mark Gunter)

Spain's David Ferrer plays a shot during his 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6 loss against Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych on day nine at the 2014 Australian Open in Melbourne. (AFP/William West)

A Cambodian land rights activist shouts as she is pushed into a police truck in Phnom Penh. Cambodian police detained 11 activists as they broke up a rally calling for international assistance to secure the release of protesters arrested during a recent bloody crackdown. (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)

A Pakistani child receives polio vaccination drops from a medical volunteer at a school in Rawalpindi. Polio is also endemic in Afghanistan and Nigeria, but of the three countries only Pakistan saw a rise in cases from 2012 to 2013. (AFP/Farooq Naeem)

A mother holds her child as she receives a measles vaccine at the Department of Health (DOH) headquarters in Manila. The DOH announced a nationwide campaign against measles, targeting 13 million children aged up to five years old. (AFP/Noel Celis)

Protesters react to tear gas as they clash with police, in central Kiev, Ukraine. Hundreds of anti-government protesters, many wearing balaclavas, hurled rocks and police responded with tear gas. (AP/Sergei Grits)

Protesters at the Philippine Supreme Court, which is hearing a petition on proposed power rates hike by Meralco, the country's largest electric power distributor. Meralco is being accused of conspiracy to raise power rates which protesters allege they will pass on to consumers. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

A troupe of dragon dance performers make their way to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations which falls on Friday, January 31. (AP/Rob Griffith)

A vehicule is buried after a rockslide in Nice, southeastern France. Many roads were cut in the Alpes-Maritimes due to landslides, floods and avalanches following heavy rain. (AFP/VALERY HACHE)

Police officers escort the woman (C-wearing a black mask) who allegedly tortured her Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih as they walk out of her residence in Hong Kong. She had earlier been apprehended as she attempted to board a flight to Thailand. (AFP/Philippe Lopez)

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (L) is sworn in by Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court for his second term at the War Memorial in Trenton. He begins his second term amid controversy surrounding George Washington Bridge traffic and Hurricane Sandy relief distribution. (AFP/Jeff Zelevansky)

Residents look towards submerged houses in a flooded neighbourhood in Jakarta. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)

Thai soldiers stand guard at an intersection in Bangkok following Prime Minister Yingluck's announcement of a 60-day state of emergency.  (AFP/Pornchai Kittuwongsakul)

A toddler standing next to live chickens and ducks on sale at a local market in the town of Nghia Lo, northern province of Yen Bai. Vietnam has recorded its first death from bird flu in nine months, as regional concerns over a potential resurgence of the deadly virus grow. (AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)

Burned cars sit at a shop after a car bomb explosion in Baghdad. Violence spiked in Iraq after the government staged a deadly crackdown on a Sunni protest camp last April. (AP/Karim Kadim)

Turkish lawmakers and Parliament Vice Chairman Sadık Yakut (rear C) argue during a debate on a draft bill to tighten its grip on High Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), a panel that controls the appointment of all judges and prosecutors in Ankara. (AFP/Adem Altan)

Ukrainian opposition activists run by a barricade set on a fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev. Ukrainian police broke through the barricades built by protesters at the scene of clashes as activists said that two people had been shot dead by the security forces. (AFP/Vasily Maximov)

Chea Mony (C), president of the Free trade Union, and Sam Rainsy, (R) the head of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), walk together during a march to mark the 10th anniversary in remembrance of Chea Vichea on his assassination, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP/Heng Sinith)

Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia makes a forehand return to Simona Halep of Romania during their quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.(AP/Aaron Favila)

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson (15) shoots as Portland Trail Blazers center Robin Lopez (42) defends in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City won 105-97. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

New Zealand's Corey Anderson (L) hits a boundary in his innings of 44 off 17 balls in front of India’s MS Dhoni in the second one-day International cricket match at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand. (AP/SNPA/Ross Setford)

A woman protester dressed as an ancient warrior (C) leads anti-government protesters as they march from their encampment outside the Government House to the police headquarters during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP/Wason Wanichakorn)

Anti-abortion demonstrators protest in front of the US Supreme Court and US Capitol during the 41st annual March of Life in Washington, DC. The march draws thousands from around the country for a rally on the National Mall before marching up Capitol Hill to the US Supreme Court. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Rwandan African Union peacekeepers remove lucky charms from a suspected Anti-Balaka Christian man who was found with a rifle and a grenade following looting in the Muslim market of the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic. (AP/Jerome Delay)

A police officer aims his shotgun during clashes with protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine.  The violence has left five activists dead, the first fatalities in two months of anti-government protests. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

People wade through floodwater in a business district in Jakarta. More than 30,000 Indonesians have fled their homes in the capital due to flooding that has left five dead. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)

A woman looks on after she was evicted from the Petion-Ville Golf Club, a camp for displaced people of the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The camp that was erected in the days after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti was cleared by police, leaving many homeless. (AP/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Demonstrators gather at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid to protest against high electricity prices, which have soared by 42% since an economic crisis erupted in 2008. (AFP/Gerard Julien)

Barcelona's Lionel Messi (R) from Argentina drives the ball with Levante's Camarasa during their la Copa del Rey football match at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain. (AP/Alberto Saiz)

San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan (L) is fouled by Oklahoma City Thunder's Kendrick Perkins during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio. (AP/Eric Gay)

Li Na of China hits a return against Eugenie Bouchard of Canada during their women's singles semi-final match on day 11 of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Li Na won the match 6-2, 6-4. (AFP/Saeed Khan)

Mikael Backlund (L) of the Calgary Flames fights for the puck against Kyle Chipchura (R) of the Phoenix Coyotes during an NHL game at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (AFP/Getty Images/Derek Leung)

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)