Around the World With the Week's Best Photos

The Olympic cauldron was tested at the Sochi Olympic Park in Russia.

Following a rare ice storm in Charleston, SC, kids played on a sand dune covered with snow.

First Lady Michelle Obama waved from her box seat alongside US Army Ranger Cory Remsburg during the State of the Union address in Washington DC.

People in Melbourne, Australia, gathered for the Australia Day parade.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Charles enjoyed some beer while visiting The Bell Pub in Purleigh, England.

In London, people performed parts of Swan Lake outside the Russian Embassy and submitted a petition asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to "end his assault on freedom of expression and gay rights" in his country.

Shelley Rudman, a skeleton skiing athlete from Team Great Britain, trained for the Sochi games in Sheffield, England.

Hillary Clinton spoke at the 10th National Automobile Dealers Association Convention in New Orleans.

People in Lerwick, Scotland, participated in a traditional festival of fire.

Pope Francis gave a little girl a kiss during his weekly audience in Vatican City.

People on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate filled the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, holding up signs to voice their pro- and anti-gay-marriage opinions.

In Chicago, a person braved -10ºF temperatures to snap pictures of the steam over Lake Michigan.