Today in Pictures: Protest in Philippines, Dancers in Bangladesh, Melting Ice Spoils Race

Tourists admire the frozen Ijsselmeer inland sea in Afsluitdijk, Netherlands, Feb. 9, 2012. Organizers dealt 16,000 skaters a crushing blow when they decided the ice was too thin to hold the 125-mile skating marathon for the first time in 15 years. (Peter Dejong/AP Photo)

Performers dance during in the inaugural ceremony of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Feb. 9, 2012. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)

Motorists cross a damaged road destroyed at the height of the powerful earthquake in Guihulngan town, Negros Oriental province, central Philippines, Feb. 9, 2012. Survivors of a deadly quake in the Philippines begged rescuers to keep searching for dozens of people buried in landslides, but officials said hopes of finding them alive were dim. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters rally in front of the US embassy in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 10, 2012. They were calling for an end to the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and oppose the alleged ongoing negotiations between Manila and Washington to station more US troops in the country. (Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images)