Posing for the crowd under the Sea Lion Sound at the St. Louis Zoo.

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First snow at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

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Globe/T. Rob Brown   New York University student Zohaib Anwar still shows some white paint in his hair from a day of service with Rebuild Joplin as he reads the Quran during a prayer service at the temporary mosque for the Islamic Society of Joplin Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, 2013. Anwar is part of an interfaith service organization of NYU students, including Muslims and Jews, which helped Rebuild Joplin with the tornado rebuilding effort this week. The mosque's former location was burned down, suspected arson, in early August 2012.
Globe/T. Rob Brown   Imam Lahmuddin leads a prayer service at the temporary mosque for the Islamic Society of Joplin Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, 2013. This particular service included members of an interfaith service organization of NYU students, including Muslims and Jews, which helped Rebuild Joplin with the tornado rebuilding effort this week. The mosque's former location was burned down, suspected arson, in early August 2012.
Globe/T. Rob Brown Imam Lahmuddin leads a prayer service at the temporary mosque for the Islamic Society of Joplin Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, 2013. This particular service included members of an interfaith service organization of NYU students, including Muslims and Jews, which helped Rebuild Joplin with the tornado rebuilding effort this week. The mosque's former location was burned down, suspected arson, in early August 2012.
Globe/T. Rob Brown   Imam Lahmuddin leads a prayer service at the temporary mosque for the Islamic Society of Joplin Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, 2013. This particular service included members of an interfaith service organization of NYU students, including Muslims and Jews, which helped Rebuild Joplin with the tornado rebuilding effort this week. The mosque's former location was burned down, suspected arson, in early August 2012.
Globe/T. Rob Brown Imam Lahmuddin leads a prayer service at the temporary mosque for the Islamic Society of Joplin Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, 2013. This particular service included members of an interfaith service organization of NYU students, including Muslims and Jews, which helped Rebuild Joplin with the tornado rebuilding effort this week. The mosque's former location was burned down, suspected arson, in early August 2012.
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