Images of the day - Jan 4

A solar eruption is seen rising up from the sun in this NASA image on Dec 31, 2012 and released to Reuters Jan 4, 2013. Magnetic forces drive the flow of plasma, but without sufficient force to overcome the sun's gravity much of the plasma falls back into the sun according to NASA. The length of the eruption extends about 160,000 miles out from the Sun. With Earth about 7,900 miles in diameter, this relatively minor eruption is about 20 times the diameter of planet earth.[Photo/Agencies]

A man walks past a table of replica toy guns seized by local authorities, before they are organized to be destroyed in Mexico City, Jan 4, 2013. Three out of ten offences of aggravated robbery with violence are committed using replica toy weapons, according to local media. Local authorities reported to have seized over 17 thousand replica weapons in zones with high crime rates in Mexico City.[Photo/Agencies]