This Week in Photos, Week of Feb. 3-9, 2012

Osi Umenyiora, No. 72, (L) and Devin Thomas, No. 15, of the New York Giants celebrate after the Giants defeated the Patriots by a score of 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium on Feb. 5.

Characters from Star Wars pose for a photo call to promote the release of <i>Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace</i> 3D at The London Eye.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland on the eighth tee during the pro-am event prior to the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club on Feb. 8 in Dubai.

A general view of the atmosphere during the NYC “Soul Train” Line Flash Mob: Hippest Trip in America in honor of Don Cornelius in Times Square on Feb. 4. Cornelius, the creator of "Soul Train, died on Feb. 1 at the age of 75.

Christof Innerhofer of Italy competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Super Combined on Feb.5 in Chamonix, France.

A US Marine Corps helicopter flies past the US Capitol with a full moon lighting the sky on Feb. 7. The night’s moon marks the peak of its waxing.

Former NFL player Deion Sanders participates in DIRECTV's Sixth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl Game at Victory Field on Feb. 4 in Indianapolis.

A devotee has his body pierced with hooks before taking part in the Thaipusam procession at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Feb. 7 in Singapore. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai. Devotees pray and make vows. When the prayers are answered, they fulfill the vows by piercing body parts, such as their cheeks, tongues and backs, before carrying a "Kavadi" along a 2.5-mile route.

Melissa Margulies of the Los Angeles Temptation holds up 3 fingers on each hand as she celebrates her team's 28-6 victory over the Philadelphia Passion to win the Lingerie Football League's Lingerie Bowl IX at the Orleans Arena on Feb. 5 in Las Vegas. The win is the Temptation's third championship in a row.

A man views the Lucian Freud painting "Sunny Morning - Eight Legs" (C) in the Lucian Freud Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 8 in London. The exhibition, which officially opened to the general public on Feb. 9, features 130 artworks spanning the length of Freud's painting career from the early 1940s until his final, unfinished work.