January 22 - January 28, 2012 (70 images)

Ethnic Chinese dancers wait for their turn to perform during Chinese New Year celebrations, which ushers in the year of the dragon, at a temple fair in Beijing January 23, 2012. As Chinese communities around the world prepare to ring in the Chinese Lunar New Year this week, astrologers and geomancers are predicting the coming year will bring natural disasters and financial volatility in China. UPI/Stephen Shaver

A parliament member Speaking during the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, January 23, 2012. The parliament, elected in Egypt's first legislative vote after Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly a year ago, held its inaugural session on Monday with Islamists dominating the 498-seat chamber that will oversee the drafting of a new constitution. UPI/Ahmed Gomaa

President Barack Obama speaks during his State of the Union address in fornt of a joint session of Congress on January 24, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker John Boehner (R) look on. UPI/Saul Loeb/Pool

President Barack Obama greets Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following his State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress on January 24, 2012 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. UPI/Saul Loeb/Pool