Carnival in Brazil 2013

A dancer from the Mocidade Alegre samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Sunday, February 10, 2013. (Photo by Andre Penner/AP Photo)

 Samba dancer Diana Prado applies makeup before the start of a carnival parade at central station in Rio de Janeiro. Prado made her Carnival debut at age 19, after auditioning for a spot with the Sao Clemente, one of 13 top-tier schools that will compete for the annual titles at Rio's Sambadrome this weekend. (Photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press)

 A dancer from the Gavioes da Fiel samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Sunday, February 10, 2013. (Photo by Andre Penner/AP Photo)

 A woman participates in the “Carnaval na Central” block party in Rio. (Photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press)

 A dancer from the Rosas de Ouro samba school performs on a float in Sao Paulo. (Photo by Andre Penner/Associated Press)

 Drummers from the Mancha Verde samba school perform in Sao Paulo. (Photo by Andre Penner/Associated Press)

  Dancers from the Vai-Vai samba school perform in Sao Paulo. (Photo by Andre Penner/Associated Press)

 Dancers from the Rosas de Ouro samba school perform during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Saturday, February 9, 2013. The Carnival season culminates on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, with street revelry and the pageantry of the Rex and Zulu parades. (Photo by Andre Penner/AP Photo)

 Dancers from the X-9 Paulistana samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Saturday, February 9, 2013. (Photo by Andre Penner/Associated Press)

 Members of the samba school Vai-Vai special group take part in a carnival parade at the “sambodromo” of Anhembi in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early 09 February 2013. (Photo by Sebastiao Moreira/EPA)

 A member of the samba school X-9 Paulistana special group takes part in a carnival parade at the “sambodromo” of Anhembi in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early 09 February 2013. (Photo by Sebastiao Moreira/EPA)

 Members of the samba school Rosas de Ouro Special Group participate in a carnival parade at the sambodromo of Anhembi in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 08 February 2013. (Photo by Sebastiao Moreira/EPA)

 A dancer from the Aguia de Ouro samba school performs on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, February 9, 2013. (Photo by Andre Penner/Associated Press)

Photos Taken With a GoPro Camera

“GoPro is a brand of the privately owned San Mateo, California company Woodman Labs that features “wearable” camera/camcorders such as helmet cameras that are targeted at adventure video/photography. Widely used by professionals and hobbyists”. – Wikipedia

 

 

“Bird watching with GoPro's Timelapse Mode! by Auzzy Hunter. Auzzy Hunter caught this amazing image quite by accident while doing a timelapse of the sky from the roof of his building. What luck!”. (Photo by Auzzy Hunter)

 

 

“Skydiving fun in Miami by Ralph Turner. This is a shot I took yesterday at Skydive Miami during a fun jump with friend Dexter Marcelino”. (Photo by Ralph Turner)

 

 

“Paragliding Thermik.net Cloudbusters by Daniel Kofler. Awesome flight over the clouds towards the Dolomites of Lienz in Tirol/Austria. Shot with the GoPro HERO3 Black Edition”. (Photo by Daniel Kofler)

 

 “Still life of a tide pool by Dune Newhouse. Gavin Beschen and his daughter adventure around the tides pools of Rocky Point at sunset”. (Photo by Dune Newhouse)

 

 “Cloud Chasers/Mark Freeman #408 Flight by Mark Freeman. Mark Freeman #408 and CloudChasers.ca flying over Stratford, ON, Canada! Photo taken with the GoPro Hero3 Black Edition”. (Photo by Mark Freeman)

 

 “Trail Airtime by Brian Lopes. Just a small little double on a trail in Raystown PA that I don't think was made to be jumped”. (Photo by Brian Lopes)

 

 “The GoPro Bomb Squad Takes a Day Off by Neil Amonson. Even the Bomb Squad has their downtime...”. (Photo by Neil Amonson)

 

 “2001: A Space Odyssey by Andy Godwin. Mind (and Earth) bending skydive photo from Andy Godwin”. (Photo by Andy Godwin)

 

 “Flying over Salt Lake by Tom Wallisch. Flying over Salt Lake and Stansbury Island today with @WileyMiller behind the wheel”. (Photo by Tom Wallisch)

 

 “Flying the Wave by Gordon Boettger. Soaring high above the Sierra Nevada near Heavenly Valley Ski area”. (Photo by Gordon Boettger)

 

 

“North Shore Sunrise by Freddy Booth. Can't remember the last time i woke up early to surf, but lately photography has got me dawn patrolling again. My first Love, and life itself, The Ocean... Mahalo Ke Akua!”. (Photo by Freddy Booth)

DAKAR RALLY 2013

France's Christian Lavieille and co-pilot Jean-Michel Polato compete with their Proto Dessoude during the first stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Lima to Pisco January 5, 2013. (Photo by Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)

Husqvarna rider Joan Barreda Bort of Spain competes during the 1st stage. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

 Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-pilot Spain's Lucas Cruz compete with their Buggy during the 4th stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Nazca to Arequipa, January 8, 2013. (Photo by Franck Fife/Reuters)

A tent is blown away by strong gusts of wind as spectators watch the 1st stage near Pisco, Peru. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Totoya's Lucio Alvarez and co-driver Bernardo Graue of Argentina, left, and Yamaha's Todor Hristov of Bulgaria compete in the 1st stage. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

A helicopter casts a shadow on the ground as Yamaha rider David Casteu of France competes in the 2nd stage in Pisco, Peru. (Photo by Franck Fife/Associated Press)

Martin Van Den Brink, Peter Willemsen and Arjan Veenvliet from The Netherlands compete in the 2nd stage in Pisco. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Husqvarna rider Alessandro Botturi of Italy falls from his motorcycle as Honda rider Gerard Farres Guell of Spain races past him in the 3nd stage of the race. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

KTM rider Ferdinand Kreidl of Austria kicks up dust on his way up a mountain during the 4th stage. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Medics, helped by fans, evacuate Leonardo Martinez of Bolivia, who was injured after crashing with his quad during the 3nd stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Driver Robby Gordon of the U.S. looks at his overturned Hummer during the 4th stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally. (Photo by Franck Fife/Associated Press)

Eduard Nikolaev, Sergey Savostin and Vladimir Rybakov of Russia race their Kamaz truck on a beach in the 4th stage. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Yamaha Paolo Sabbatucci of Italy, right, tries to get his motorcycle out of the sand as Yamaha teammate rider John Mckendrick of Chile waits for him during the 6th stage. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Argentine co-driver Bernardo Graue, left, and driver Lucio Alvarez, inside the vehicle, try to free their pick-up stuck on a dune during the 6th stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Carlos Sainz of Spain and co-driver Timo Gottschalk of Germany compete during the 6th stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally from Arica to Calama, Chile, Thursday, January 10, 2013. Sainz and Gottschalk abandoned the race due to an engine problem. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/AP Photo)

Ales Loprais of team Tatra competes in the special stage during day one of the of the 2013 Dakar Rally on January 5, 2013 in Pisco, Peru. (Photo by Shaun Botterill)

Robby Gordon's vehicle displays a personalized license plate on the back of his Hummer, parked at the Dakar Rally encampment in Salta, Argentina, at the end of the 7th stage on Friday, January 11. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)

Nation and World photos of the year 2012

A selection of the top photography from around nation and world in 2012.

An Aurora borealis is pictured near the city of Tromsoe, northern Norway, late on January 24, 2012. (Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/AFP/Getty Images)

In this undated handout photo provided by Ufficio Stampa Gruppo Carabinieri Subaquei, Carabinieri frogmen dive on the cruise ship Costa Concordia, January, 2012 in Giglio Porto, Italy. The rescue operation to find 21 people still missing aboard the Costa Concordia has resumed on January 20, 2011 after being suspended for the third time, as conditions caused the vessel to shift on the rocks on which it is resting. (Photo by Ufficio Stampa Gruppo Carabinieri Subaquei via Getty Images)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, walks away from the stage after a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Annie Blagojevich, daughter of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, watches as her father is surrounded by the media in front of their home Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in Chicago. The 55-year-old Democrat is due to report to a prison in Colorado on Thursday to begin serving a 14-year sentence, making him the second Illinois governor in a row to go to prison for corruption. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

In this photo provided by Red Bull, Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria is seen before his jump during the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos on March 15, 2012 in Roswell, New Mexico. In this test he reach the altitude 21800 meters (71500 ft) and landed safely near Roswell. Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of the earths atmosphere, where upon reaching altitude of 120,000 feet by helium balloon, pilot and base jumper Felix Baumgartner will then free fall to the ground in an attempt to break the speed of sound. (Photo by Jay Nemeth/Red Bull via Getty Images)

A portrait of a Free Syrian Army rebel mounted of his steed in Al-Shatouria village near to the Turkish border in northwestern Syria, on March 16, 2012, a year after a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's regime erupted. (Giorgos Moutafis/AFP/Getty Images)

Workers use combines to harvest soybeans in Tangara da Serra, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Brazil is the world's second largest soy producer after the United States and the crop is one of the nation's principal exports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A crowd of North Korean military members look up to a stadium podium and applaud the country's leader Kim Jong Un and senior military and government officials during a meeting of the Central Committee of North Korea's ruling party in Pyongyang on Saturday April 14, 2012. North Korea will mark the 100-year birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Il Sung on Sunday April 15. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

U.S. soldier Nicholas Dickhut from 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne points his rifle at a doorway after coming under fire by the Taliban while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratn

Members of Congolese Women's Association, who have been widowed by conflict, are reflected in a window during their meeting in the town of Rutshuru in North Kivu, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

Space Shuttle Enterprise is carried by barge underneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on June 3, 2012 in New York City. Enterprise is on it's way to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, where it will put on permanent display. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

In this handout image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5, 2012 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. (Photo by SDO/NASA via Getty Images)

This picture taken on July 6, 2012 shows visitors gathering to watch giant gushes of water being released from the Xiaolangdi dam to clear up the sediment-laden Yellow river and to prevent localized flooding, in Jiyuan, central China's Henan province. China is hit by big downpours every summer often causing fatalities as seen in 2010, which saw the nation's worst flooding in a decade leaving more than 4,300 people dead or missing. (STR/AFP/GettyImages)

Participants run in front of Fuente Ymbro's bulls during the fifth San Fermin Festival bull run, on July 11, 2012, in Pamplona, northern Spain. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups. (PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/GettyImages)

The balloon carrying Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria lifts off during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos on July 25, 2012 in Roswell, New Mexico.†Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space to an altitude of 37.000 meters to break several records including the sound of speed in freefall. (Photo by Joerg Mitter/Red Bull via Getty Images)

A firefighter of Alcoy and Elda try to extinguish a fire in Torre de Macanes near Alicante, on August 13, 2012. One person was killed and three injured Sunday as firefighters battled wildfires across Spain, authorities said, the latest victims in a sweltering summer of forest blazes. (PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/GettyImages)

A humpback whales lunges out of the water to feed near a gathering of spectators just off a beach at San Luis Obispo, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. The whale fed on a school of bait fish for more than an hour, often breaching close to nearby boats, kayakers and stand up paddle boarders. (AP Photo/Bill Bouton)

Former President Bill Clinton bows as President Barack Obama walks on stage after Clinton's address to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Surfers wait for waves as dolphins jump around at Bondi Beach in Sydney September 25, 2012. Dolphins are a common sight along Sydney's world famous beaches, as they venture close to shore in search of small fish. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

A man walks under the wreckage of a fair ride after a tornado ripped through a fun fair in Gandia, near Valencia on September 29, 2012. Ten people, including a young girl and an elderly woman, have died in Spain as a result of floods brought on by downpours, regional officials said. (PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/GettyImages)

A tiger cub rests at a nursery room at the Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai, China, Thursday Oct. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) protect a wounded comrade from dust and smoke flares after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province on October 13, 2012. The soldier, 21 year-old Private Ryan Thomas from Oklahoma suffered soft tissue damage and after surgery in Afghanistan was scheduled to be evacuated to Germany. After 11 years of war, 2,135 US soldiers dead, their Afghan colleagues turning on them, and widespread predictions the conflict will end in failure, coalition forces could be forgiven for suffering a dip in morale. But commanders and soldiers on the ground insist the challenges are bringing them closer together, even if the outcome of the war is uncertain and the perception of what constitutes success has changed. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Rising water, caused by Hurricane Sandy, rushes into a subterranian parking garage on October 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York, United States. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

The view of storm damage over the Atlantic Coast from the helicopter behind Marine One with US President Barack Obama and Governor Christie as they view the Hurricane Sandy damage in New Jersey, on October 31, 2012. Americans sifted through the wreckage of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday as millions remained without power. The storm carved a trail of devastation across New York City and New Jersey, killing dozens of people in several states, swamping miles of coastline, and throwing the tied-up White House race into disarray just days before the vote. (DOUG MILLS/AFP/Getty Images)

Boats are strewn among buildings amid wreckage from Superstorm Sandy on October 31, 2012 in Sea Bright, New Jersey. At least 50 people were reportedly killed in the U.S. by Sandy with New Jersey suffering massive damage and power outages. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Four Air Force Black Hawk helicopters, one with Vice President Joe Biden onboard, approaches Seaside Park, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. The Vice President is in New Jersey to tour the damage and thank first responders from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

A Palestinian man reacts at the scene of an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City November 18, 2012. Ten Palestinian civilians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza, Palestinian medics said, the highest civilian death toll in a single incident during five days of fighting. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

During the last hour of hostilities, militants launch rockets from Gaza City as an Israeli bomb explodes on the horizon on November 21, 2012 on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. An official ceasefire started at 9pm local time between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement after a week of conflict resulting in the deaths of 150 Palestinians and five Israelis and many hundreds injured (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Indians feed birds from a boat on the River of Yamuna as it is enveloped by winter morning fog in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Men performance as they beg for charity in a street in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 14, 2012. Spain got caught up in the uncertainty surrounding the European single currency and the electoral stalemate in Greece Monday as it saw its borrowing costs rise and stock prices fall at alarming rates. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)