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A helicopter makes its way up the mountain in Rosa Khutor as preparations continue for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 1, 2014.MIKE BLAKE/Reuters

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The Tungurahua volcano erupts in Banos, February 1, 2014. The Tungurahua volcano, which has been in an eruption process since 1999, erupted on Saturday, sending ash and pyroclastic material into the atmosphere.CRIS TOALA OLIVARES/Reuters

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A supporter of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds a cut-out of Gujarat's Chief Minister and Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, during a rally being addressed by Modi ahead of the 2014 general elections, at Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh February 2, 2014.AHMAD MASOOD/Reuters

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Commuters ride on the roof of a train as they return to the city after attending the Akheri Munajat, in Dhaka February 2, 2014. Thousands of Muslims joined the second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the Haj, which ended with Akheri Munajat (final prayers) seeking forgiveness and blessings for mankind on Sunday, according to local media.ANDREW BIRAJ/Reuters

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Waves crash onto a breakwater, partially destroyed during last night's storm, in Cudillero, northern Spanish region of Asturias, February 2, 2014. Rough weather brought the north of Spain to a standstill with 8 metre (26 ft) high waves causing damage in many coastal towns.ELOY ALONSO/Reuters

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A villager run as Mount Sinabung erupt at Sigarang-Garang village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, February 1, 2014. Four people died and more than 28,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for the volcano to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Saturday.STRINGER/INDONESIA/Reuters

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Ash-covered motorcycles are pictured as rescue team members walk through ash during rescue operations after the Mount Sinabung eruption at Suka Meriah village in Karo, North Sumatra province February 2, 2014. Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupted and killed at least 11 people on the western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the first time it is known to have claimed any lives, a senior government official said.TARMIZY HARVA/Reuters

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A man walks with his three huskies through a frosty fog along the bank of an island in the middle of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about minus 26 degrees Celsius (minus 14.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, February 2, 2014.ILYA NAYMUSHIN/Reuters

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A clown sits before a church service in memory of Joseph Grimaldi at Holy Trinity Church in Dalston, east London February 2, 2014. The church holds an annual February clown service in memory of Britain's best loved clown, Joseph Grimaldi, who lived from 1778 to 1837.NEIL HALL/Reuters

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A worker walks past the moon on the roof of the Bolshoy Ice Dome, as preparations continue at the Olympic Park for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 2, 2014. The Bolshoy Ice Dome will host the ice hockey competition.GARY HERSHORN/Reuters

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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.Gene J. Puskar/The Associated Press

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Kitesurfers practice at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro February 2, 2014.RICARDO MORAES/Reuters

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The Goethe University AfE tower collapses during controlled implosions in Frankfurt February 2, 2014. The 116 metres high AfE tower, part of the Goethe University, was demolished on Sunday by controlled implosions.RALPH ORLOWSKI/Reuters

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Bruno Mars performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J.Mark Humphrey/The Associated Press

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A man carries an injured child that was taken out from under debris at a site after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Al-Sukkari neighbourhood in Aleppo February 2, 2014.STRINGER/Reuters

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