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SNOWSTORM: Tom McReynolds cleared snow from a neighbors’ house in Wichita, Kan., Thursday. Wichita received 13 inches of snow as a storm blanketed the Great Plains. (Jaime Greene/The Wichita Eagle/Associated Press)

READY TO RALLY: A supporter carried flags before Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani arrived at a political rally in downtown Naples, Italy, Thursday. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

SYRIA BOMB: Syrian security agents carried a body after an explosion in Damascus, Syria, Thursday. A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of Syria’s ruling party, killing at least 53 people. This picture was released by state media; media movements in the area are restricted. (SANA/Associated Press)

INDIA BLASTS: A relative of a victim came to a hospital after explosions in Hyderabad, India, Thursday. At least 12 people were killed in what state and federal officials suspect was a coordinated terror strike. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)

GAO ATTACK: Malian soldiers fired a machine gun in Gao, Mali, Thursday. Islamist militants staged their second attack in 10 days on the city, firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades for six hours straight from behind a courthouse that caught on fire, said spokespeople for the French and Malian army and a nearby resident. (Joe Penney/Reuters)

STRIKE BACK: A Palestinian used a sling to throw a stone toward Israeli troops during clashes outside Israel’s Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday. A hunger strike by Samer al-Issawi and other detainees has fueled anti-Israel protests in the West Bank. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters)

REUNITED: A freed detainee carried his daughters outside al-Rusafa prison in Baghdad Thursday. Iraq’s government released more than 200 prisoners Thursday as a goodwill gesture to try to appease Sunni Muslim demonstrators staging protests against Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)