Snapshots: The world in 24 hours

Cambodian soldiers walk at the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia Feb 9, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding the 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day. [Photo/Agencies]

Smoke rises as firefighters hose a building down after a bomb attack in Kirkuk, some 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad Feb 9, 2011. Three car bombs killed four people and wounded 20 others in Iraq's oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. [Photo/Agencies]