Novembre 01, 2015
1 A woman collects saffron flowers at a farm in Pampore, south of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
2 A man rides a Penny Farthing bicycle past the Houses of Parliament in Westminster shortly after beginning the 119th "Veteran Car Run" from Hyde Park in London, to Brighton in southern England.
3 A woman cries as she pays respect at Pulkovo international airport outside Saint Petersburg. Russia mourned its biggest ever air disaster after a passenger jet full of Russian tourists crashed in Egypt's Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.
4 Egyptian Army soldiers stand near luggage and personal belongings of passengers a day after a passenger jet bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, crashed in Hassana, Egypt. The Metrojet plane crashed 23 minutes after it took off from Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Oct. 31, 2015. All 224 people on board died.
5 A participant loses his balance while attempting to cross an obstacle during Devils Circuit, an obstacle run event in Bangalore, India.
6 A couple visits the graves of their four children at a mass grave for Typhoon Haiyan victims on All Saints Day in Tacloban city in central Philippines.
7 A man dressed up as Pinhead from the Hellraiser series poses for a photo as his subway train pulls away at Times Square station in the Manhattan borough of New York, Oct. 31, 2015.
8 U.S. surfer Garrett McNamara rides a big wave during a tow-in surfing session at the Praia do Norte, or North beach, in Nazare, Portugal.
9 People pay respect to the victims of a nightclup fire in Bucharest, Romania. Flames spread quickly through the crowded basement club, trapping many and triggering a stampede, killing at least 27 people and injuring at least 160 others.
10 Participants perform as they parade through Tokyo streets, Japan, during an annual Yosakoi festival.
11 A supporter with face paint smiles during Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's speech at a campaign rally for the upcoming general elections in Yangon, Myanmar.
12 Florida State mascot Osceola riding the horse Renegade celebrates a touchdown in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Syracuse in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, Oct. 31, 2015.
Novembre 02, 2015
1 Seagulls fly around a fisherman during the traditional carp haul in the village of Smrzov, near the south Bohemian town of Trebon, Czech Republic.
2 A volunteer plants crosses decorated with poppies in the lawn outside Westminster Abbey in central London, Britain.
3 A female Palestinian demonstrater uses an axe to try and destroy a part of the Israeli controvertial separation wall separating the West Bank city of Abu Dis from east Jerusalem, during clashes with Israeli security forces.
4 A youth jumps into the Indian Ocean at the water front of the historical Stone Town of Zanzibar, Tanzania.
5 In this photo provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, Egyptian military approach the tail of a Russian plane, which crashed in Hassana, Egypt.
6 A girl warms up next to a small fire as migrants and refugees prepare to enter a registration camp after crossing the Greece-Macedonia border near Gevgelija. More than 218,000 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in October.
7 A man and snow-covered trees are reflected in the water, as he take a "selfie" photograph in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 1, 2015.
8 People dressed as "Catrinas" gather to commemorate Day of the Dead, a holiday that honors the deceased, during a Catrina Fest in Mexico City, Nov. 1, 2015.
9 A man swims in icy water of the Amur river, in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, Nov. 1, 2015.
10 Beluga whales kiss their trainers during a performance at an aquarium in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, Nov. 1, 2015.
Novembre 03, 2015
1 New Porsche cars are parked at the grounds of the Porsche plant in Leipzig, eastern Germany. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it had discovered that various six-cylinder 3.0-liter diesel VW Touareg, Porsche Cayenne and Audis were also rigged with a software which skews the results of pollution tests.
2 People mourn as they lay flowers in memory of the Sinai plane crash victims at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia.
3 An Air Force officer opens the door of Air Force One as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland from New Jersey and New York, Nov. 2, 2015.
4 Migrants gather to gain entrance to Austria, at the Slovenian-Austrian border, in Sentilj, Slovenia. Slovenia said its ability to deal with the influx has been stretched to the limit with thousands of migrants crossing its territory in hopes of reaching Western Europe.
5 Farmer Zhang Xianping rides his pig "Big Precious" during an interview with the media, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, Nov. 2, 2015. Zhang, a pig breeder, instead of killing the two-year-old Big Precious, decided to keep it as pet when its weight reached 600 kg, according to local media.
6 The Statue of Liberty as seen from the air near New York City, Nov. 2, 2015
7 Heron-hooded dancers perform as they parade down the street toward the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan.
8 Late autumn colors in Vosges mountains mark a change of seasons in Rimbach in the Alsace region, Eastern France.
9 People take pictures and videos as the first C919 passenger jet made by the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac) is pulled out from behind a curtain during a news conference at the company's factory in Shanghai, Nov. 2, 2015. Comac rolled out the first 158-seated C919 narrow body jet, which is meant to rival similar models from Airbus Group and Boeing Co.
Novembre 04, 2015
1 Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the "Federal Reserve's Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System" in Washington, D.C., USA.
2 A boy cleans the windshield of a car early in the morning in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, is welcomed with a hongi (a traditional Maori greeting) from New Zealand Defence Force Flight Sergeant Wai Paenga during a welcome ceremony at Government House in Wellington.
4 Candidate Naing Nan Lynn, who was attacked last week while campaigning, waves during National League for Democracy (NLD) party campaign rally in Yangon, Myanmar.
5 A group of environmentalists and Congressmen from California, Florida, South Carolina and other states stand next to a 90-foot life-size blue whale next to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to launch #SeaParty2016 campaign to oppose offshore oil drilling. (Photo taken by Diaa Bekheet)
6 A boat makes its way through a sandstorm in the Mediterranean Sea near Tel Aviv, Israel.
7 Breeder Siegfried Marth rounds up a gaggle of geese in a pasture in Strem in Austria's Burgenland province.
8 U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Brag, North Carolina, participate in a massive airdrop from C-17 Globemaster aircraft as part of the NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 military exercise at the San Gregorio training grounds outside Zaragoza, Spain.
9 Two refugees from Africa walk on the grounds of former military barracks serving now as shelter for asylum seekers in Ehra-Lessien near Wolfsburg, central Germany, Nov. 3, 2015.
10 Great White Pelicans eat fish in the Mishmar HaSharon reservoir, Israel.
11 Leaves in autumnal colors float in the water of the Schmuttlersee lake near Rosshaupten, southern Germany.
Novembre 05, 2015
1 Diaa Bekheet captures splendid late autumn colors of trees and fallen leaves outside Rayburn House Office Building near VOA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
2 A bugler from the Australian Army plays to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1915 ANZAC landing at Gallipoli prior to the day one game of the first Test cricket match between Australia and New Zealand in Brisbane.
3 A temporary fence protects wall paintings on the East Side Gallery, a much-visited stretch of the Berlin wall, while graffiti-cleaning work is underway in Berlin, Germany. The city of Berlin has decided to erect a 80-cm-high permanent barrier to discourage people from defacing the works made by artists who decorated the yet untouched east side with artwork and political statements after the wall was taken down in 1989-1990.
4 Men sit inside a giant scoreboard to change scores during a warm up match between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in Fatullah, Bangladesh.
5 A couple takes pictures on a bridge made of lanterns on the eve of Seoul Lantern Festival, which will be held from Nov. 6-22, along Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea.
6 A resident rides his bicycle near what activists said was an exploded cluster bomb shell in the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria.
7 Stunt performers ride their motorcycles on the walls of the "Well of Death", at a fair on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India.
8 Women practice yoga on a glass bridge at the Shiniuzhai National Geo-park in Pingjiang county, Hunan province, China.
9 Britain's Prince Charles reacts after a large bumblebee briefly landed on the Prince's pants and flew away as he handles a native tuatara lizard during a visit to the Orokonui Eco sanctuary with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, near Dunedin, New Zealand.
10 NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center engineers are working on an increasingly complex aircraft called the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D. Resembling a boomerang, the aircraft features a new method for determining the shape of the wing with a twist that could lead to an 11-percent reduction in fuel consumption. In this photograph, the Prandtl-D No. 2, which had a 12.5-foot wingspan, lands following a test flight.
11 An electrician fixes wires in a pavilion at the National Cultural Festival of India in New Delhi.
12 Wingsuit flyers practice ahead of a competition in Zhaotong, Yunnan province, China, Nov. 4, 2015
Novembre 06, 2015
1 Tourists wait at the airport in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Britain had suspended all flights to and from the resort over concerns a crashed Russian plane which flew out of Sharm may have been brought down by a bomb, but British flights were allowed to resume Friday with special security measures
2 A car and two dogs are seen on the roof of destroyed houses in the small town of Bento Rodrigues after a dam burst on Thursday in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Brazilian rescuers searched feverishly Friday for possible survivors after two dams burst at an iron ore mine in a southeastern mountainous area.
3 A man checks a list of eligible voters at a township Election Commission Office in Mandalay, Myanmar. Parliamentary elections Sunday promise to be a milestone for the Southeast Asian nation: potentially the first free and credible vote in more than half a century.
4 Stray dogs roam a deserted street with a mannequin erected by the side of a road during restrictions in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Authorities imposed curfew in some parts of Himalayan Kashmir as government forces swept through the disputed region to stop anti-India protests ahead of the Indian prime minister’s visit.
5 Russian soldiers dressed in Red Army World War II uniforms attend a rehearsal for the Nov. 7 parade in the Red Square with Spassky Tower in the background, in Moscow. The parade marks the 74th anniversary of a Nov. 7 parade on Red Square when soldiers went directly to the front during World War II. For decades Nov. 7 was a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
6 David Beckham waves toward his fans after playing a charity match to collect funds for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the ancient city of Bhaktapur, Nepal.
7 A Crimean Tatar holds a Turkish flag as he takes part in a demonstration by Crimean Tatars, in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv, Urkaine. Protesters demanded an end to political repression by Russian security forces against the Tatars on the Crimean peninsula, which was captured by Russia in 2014.
8 A 78-foot-tall Norway Spruce sits on a flatbed truck before being hoisted into position as the 2015 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City. The tree measures 78 feet tall and 47 feet in diameter, is approximately 80 years old and weighs close to 10 tons.
9 A gull flies over the reflection of a Gazela (Gazelle) bridge on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia. Weather forecasts predict good weather conditions in Serbia for upcoming days.
10 The Weeping Window poppy installation by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper is seen at St. George's Hall in Liverpool, northwest England. Liverpool is hosting the installation presented by 14-18 NOW, the national organizers of the First World War Centenary Cultural Program.
11 A Chinese tourist watches storm clouds moving along the coast towards the city of Sydney, Australia. Powerful storms swept across the city on Friday, with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology issuing a warning for severe thunderstorms with large hail, heavy rainfall and damaging winds.
12 An artist decorates earthenware oil pots or 'diyas' at his workshop on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, ahead of the Diwali festival of lights. Diyas, which are lit and placed around the home, are in heavy demand during the festival which marks the victory of good over evil.
13 Katia Schiele, dressed as Leyara from the video game World of Warcraft, pauses for photos at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California. "World of Warcraft" maker Blizzard is hosting its ninth annual fan-centric convention that opened on Friday.
14 Trees and the mountains of the Lake Tegernsee area are silhouetted against the dawn sky in Warngau, southern Germany.
Novembre 08, 2015
1 Al-Fursan aerobatics team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force performs at the Dubai Airshow.
2 A woman takes part in a memorial religious service for plane crash victims at the St.Isaac's Cathedral in St.Petersburg, Russia. As a choir sang, the bell of the world's fourth-largest cathedral was tolling once for each of the 224 victims. Most of the victims were from St. Petersburg or other areas of northwest Russia.
3 Supporters of National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi cheer as they watch partial election results on a TV monitor outside NLD offices in Mandalay. Myanmar held its first free nationwide election in 25 years, the biggest step yet in a journey to democracy from dictatorship.
4 Andy Murray of Britain arrives to play against David Ferrer of Spain in their men's singles semi-final tennis match at the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Bercy sports hall in Paris, France, No. 7, 2015.
5 Two wooden rafts of the Kon-Tiki2 expedition depart from Peru's Callao Naval Shipyard, Nov. 7, 2015. A team of explorers departed by raft from Peru on an 8,000-kilometer (5,000 mile) journey destined for Easter Island and Valparaiso, Chile. They expect the mammoth journey to take approximately four months to complete with the first leg from Lima to Easter Island to take about six weeks.
6 Smoke rises over the San Francisco skyline as a fire burns in the Mission District.
7 A rowing boat passes trees in autumnal colors on a water channel in Hamburg, northern Germany.
8 Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S perform at an exhibition event for China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Beijing, China.
9 Fog forms beneath the Gorny Convent of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ein Kerem, an ancient village near Jerusalem in Israel.
10 Hong Kong's Christopher Russell Maize scores a try during their semi-final match against South Korea of Asia Rugby Sevens man's qualifying matches for the 2016 Rio Olympics, in Hong Kong.
11 People enjoy the sunny weekend autumn weather at Lake Starnberger See in Seeshaupt near Munich, Germany.
12 Runners covered in colored powder dance after taking part in the Color Run of Sevilla, Spain.
Novembre 09, 2015
1 A group of opposition supporters take a selfie as hundreds of people gather outside the opposition party headquarters despite falling rain in Yangon, Myanmar.
2 Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky poses after setting fire to the doors of the headquarters of the FSB security service, the successor to the KGB.
3 A migrant collapses from exhaustion, moments after arriving on a raft on the Greek island of Lesbos.
4 A baby orangutan lies in a plastic crate, after it was seized from a wildlife trafficking syndicate, at a police office in Pekanbaru, Riau province. Picture taken by Antara Foto.
5 A municipality worker shouts as he tries to repair drainage on a flooded street in the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel.
6 A rescue worker searches for victims at Bento Rodrigues district that was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in Mariana, Brazil, Nov. 8, 2015.
7 A girl stands in a doorway as she watches children receiving a polio vaccination, during a house-to-house polio immunization campaign in Sana'a, Yemen.
8 Workers walk past a billboard display showing a scene of Central Business District, as capital city skylines are shrouded with pollutant haze in Beijing, China.
9 A militant of the Bird Protection league (LPO) (L) is hit by a spade thrown by the owner of a plot where bird traps were found during an action against finch poaching in Audon, south western France.
10 A Palestinian youth makes a jump near the beach in Gaza City.
11 A gaucho falls from a colt at a rodeo exhibition during during 'Tradition Day' in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina, Nov. 8, 2015.
Novembre 10, 2015
1 Sportsmen train at a local stadium in the southern city of Stavropol, Russia. The Russian Sports Ministry says it is open for closer cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency in order to eliminate any irregularities committed by the Russian anti-doping watchdog and its accredited laboratory. On Monday an anti-doping commission report alleged widespread corruption in Russia.
2 A dinghy carrying refugees and migrants, crosses the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. Lesbos and other Greek Aegean islands are at the forefront of the greatest migration challenge facing the European Union since World War II.
3 People hold a large image of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, outside the Anitkabir, Ataturk's mausoleum, during the 77th anniversary of his death in Ankara.
4 Novice Buddhist nuns line up after walking the streets to collect alms in central Yangon. Myanmar was trapped in a post-election limbo Tuesday with official results barely trickling in, although opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party claimed a massive victory.
5 Members of the Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, lead horses pulling a caisson carrying the remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William O. Pile, who was missing in action from World War II, during his full military honors burial at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
6 Brazilian Pataxo women take part in a ritual dance during a protest against a proposed constitutional amendment that would put the demarcation of indigenous lands into the hands of the Congress, in front of the Brazil’s National Congress, in Brasilia, Brazil.
7 People rest on the promenade des Anglais in Nice, southeastern France. Temperatures in the area rose to 22 degrees Celsius (72 Fahrenheit).
8 A Nepalese girl feeds a police dog after worshipping the same during Tihar festival celebrations at a police kennel division in Kathmandu. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their role in providing security during Tihar festival, one of the most important Hindu festivals that is also dedicated to the worship of the goddess of wealth Laxmi.
9 Bishops arrive to attend a mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his pastoral visit in Florence, Italy.
10 An Indian man stands near lanterns on display at a roadside stall on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India. Hindus light up their homes and pray to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during the festival which will be celebrated on Wednesday.
11 Recent graduates of a Santa school sing Christmas carols during their graduation ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The "Escola de Papai Noel do Brasil" graduated dozens of students who are now ready to be hired to play the part of Kriss Kringle during the Christmas season.
12 The sun is seen rising behind a skywheel in Korla, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.
Novembre 11, 2015
1 Dressed up woman share a bench with a man during the start of the carnival season in Cologne, western Germany.
2 A car is surrounded by sheep as they return home from grazing fields outside Tbilisi, Georgia.
3 Lloyd's of London staff hold their annual Remembrance Day service at the Lloyd's building in the City of London, Britain.
4 A rose and a toy helicopter are seen next to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall during Veterans day in Washington, D.C.
5 Bagpipers with the Scots regiment perform as they march from the Belfort towards the Menin Gate during an Armistice Day ceremony in Ypres, Belgium. The Menin Gate Memorial bears the names of more than 54,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are not known.
6 An Israeli border police falls during clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
7 A person takes pictures in the smog at the square in front of a church in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, Nov. 10, 2015.
8 This handout photograph taken on Oct. 14, 2015 by International Animal Rescue shows a baby orangutan, Anti, holding onto her malnourished mother while being rescued in the village of Kuala Satong in West Kalimanta province. An endangered Borneo orangutan and her baby escaped from raging fires in Indonesia that destroyed their forest habitat -- only to be attacked by angry villagers, an animal rights group said.
9 Polish soldiers salute during the the 97th anniversary of Independence Day ceremonies in Warsaw.
10 An Indian Sikh Nihang (a traditional Sikh religious warrior) Baba 'Avtar' Singh wears an oversized traditional turban as he pays respects at the Golden temple in Amritsar on the eve of the Indian festival of Diwali, the festival of lights, Nov. 10, 2015.
Novembre 12, 2015
1 Hindu devotees hold up scarves to receive rice as offerings being distributed by the temple authority on the occasion of the Annakut festival in Kolkata, India.
2 A kite against the sky during the annual Khmer kite flying festival, in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia
3 Juan Reyes, right, watches as his nephew, Jason, 9, left, and niece, Yaxiara, 7, lower right, place flowers in a memorial wall in a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in the Queens borough of New York. The flight was bound from John F. Kennedy International Airport for the Dominican Republic when it crashed due to mechanical failure shortly after takeoff, killing 260 on board and five on the ground.
4 An orangutans waits in a cage to be sent back to Indonesia at a military airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Fourteen orangutans were allegedly smuggled out of Indonesia into a private zoo in Thailand. Thailand and Indonesia have cooperated in the repatriation program to return the primates to their original habitat.
5 Salt pans and dams are scattered across drought effected farmland in South Australia.
6 New Horizons scientists made this false color image of Pluto using a technique called principal component analysis to highlight the many subtle color differences between Pluto's distinct regions. The image data were collected by the spacecraft’s Ralph/MVIC color camera on July 14 at 11:11 AM UTC, from a range of 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers). (Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)
7 Protesters run for cover at the Syntagna square as riot police throw tear gas during a rally in Athens, Greece. Clashes broke out between riot police and youths at a demonstration in central Athens during the first general strike since the country's left-led government initially came to power in January.
8 Singers of the Hamburg State Opera perform during a dress rehearsal of the opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the State Opera in Hamburg, northern Germany, Nov. 11, 2015. The opera buffa, which was composed in 1786, will premiere on Nov. 15, 2015.
9 Migrating cranes fly over a tree during sunset near Straussfurt, central Germany.
10 People are greeted by "x-wing pilots" as they gather around a life-sized Star Wars X-wing Fighter model on display at Singapore's Changi Airport.
11 A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims with fish at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan.
12 Twenty years worth of chewing gum is seen before its removal in Post Alley at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, Nov. 11, 2015. A gum-covered wall in the U.S. city of Seattle that had become a major tourist draw is finally getting a cleanup after more than two decades, officials said.
Novembre 13, 2015
1 A new U.S. citizen takes a selfie with her mobile phone after taking the Oath of Allegiance during a special naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services District Office in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
2 Migrants and refugees on a dinghy approach a beach as volunteers go to help them in Skala Sykaminias village on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. Some 600,000 people have reached Greece from Turkey this year, the vast majority aiming to reach more prosperous northern Europe.
3 People walk past a graffiti depiction of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi outside the headquarters of the National League for Democracy party (NLD) in Yangon. Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition secured a parliamentary majority from last weekend's polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the army.
4 A Kurdish fighter, known as a Peshmerga, lies underneath a blanket, overlooking the town of Sinjar, Iraq. Peshmerga forces, supported by U.S. airstrikes and ground spotters, battled Friday to seize Sinjar from Islamic State militants who have controlled it for more than a year.
5 Schoolchildren wear masks as they leave school early at noon due to heavy air pollution, at a primary school in Shenyang, Liaoning province. According to Xinhua, lingering smog has disrupted traffic in northeast China's Liaoning Province, closing highways and delaying trains.
6 Waves break in front of the South Pier on Blackpool Promenade, northern Britain. Abigail, the first named storm to hit Britain, whipped up winds of up to 84 miles per hour and cut power to 12,000 homes.
7 Believers attend a religious procession to commemorate "The Day of 100,000 Martyrs" in Tbilisi, Georgia.
8 Bosnian fans rally outside the stadium before the Bosnia & Herzegovina v. Republic of Ireland match of UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play at Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
9 A Lufthansa employee holds up a placard reading 'we are Lufthansa' during a strike by cabin crew union at Frankfurt airport, Germany. Lufthansa has promised a return to normal flight schedules on Saturday. The week-long strike was expected to ground another 941 flights on Friday.
10 A vendor arranges portraits of Pope Francis outside of the Lubaga Cathedral in Kampala, Uganda. The pontiff will be in Kenya from Nov. 25-27, spend the next two days in Uganda, and then travel on to the Central African Republic where his trip will end Nov. 30.
11 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, exits the pits during a free practice for the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Hamilton, who won the championship at the U.S. Grand Prix last month, posted the fastest practice time Friday morning. The race is on Sunday, the penultimate round of the season.
12 People cheer participants of the regional harvest festival in the town of Dyatlovo, Belarus.
13 Hot air balloons fly during the International Balloon Festival at Metropolitan Park in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico. Around 200 baloonists from 16 different countries take part in the festival.
14 Indonesian dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 13th World Wushu Championships in Jakarta. Indonesia hosts the martial arts championship from Nov.14-18.
15 A sailboat is silhouetted by the rising sun, as it passes by the coast of Surfside, Florida.
Novembre 15, 2015
1 Candles have been lit next to flowers hanging on a broken window of "Le carillon" restaurant, one of the site of the attacks in the 10th district of Paris. Islamic State jihadists claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris that killed at least 129 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium.
2 A girl lays a candle to commemorate victims of attacks in Paris in front of the French embassy in Warsaw, Poland.
3 Tokyo Tower is illuminated in blue, white and red, the colors of the French flag, in response to the Paris attacks, in Tokyo, Japan.
4 A woman lays flowers near the French embassy to commemorate victims of attacks in Paris, in Moscow, Russia.
5 A boy prays during a candlelight vigil for victims of Paris attacks, at St. Thomas Church in Islamabad, Pakistan.
6 French fire brigade members work at the scene of the wreckage of a test TGV train that derailed and crashed, killing at least ten people, in a canal outside Eckwersheim near Strasbourg, eastern France.
7 Police detains a leftist demonstrator during an anti-G20 protest in Antalya, Turkey.
8 A building crumbles during a controlled demolition in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China.
9 People dressed as minions from the film "Minions" take an escalator during a promotional event at a department store in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Nov. 14, 2015.
Novembre 16, 2015
1 Mementos, flowers and messages left at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, in honor of victims of the Nov. 13 terror attacks which killed at least 129 people and left more than 350 injured. (Photo: D. Schearf/VOA)
2 French President Francois Hollande observes a minute of silence to pay tribute to victims of Paris attacks, before delivering a speech at the Versailles castle.
3 A giant Ferris wheel fills the Paris skyline with blue, white and red lights behind the Luxor Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, France.
4 High school students march past during a demonstration on the streets in Le Mans, north-western France, to pay tribute to victims of the attacks claimed by Islamic State which killed at least 129 people and left more than 350 injured on Nov. 13.
5 A man carries two children after panic broke out among mourners who paid their respects at the attack sites at restaurant Le Petit Cambodge (Little Cambodia) and the Carillon Hotel in Paris, Nov. 15, 2015.
6 People react as they observe a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the Paris shootings, at the French Embassy in London.
7 Belgian special forces police climb on an apartment block during a raid, in search of suspected Muslim fundamentalists linked to the deadly attacks in Paris, in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek.
8 A woman stands in front of police as Filipino laborers clash with police in the Makati section of Manila during protests to raise issues as world leaders arrive for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit this week.
9 NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren took this photograph on Nov. 11, 2015 from the International Space Station, and shared it with his followers on social media. Lindgren wrote, "The delicate fingerprints of water imprinted on the sand. The #StoryOfWater."
10 This satellite image shows the Pacific Ocean's surface temperature departure for the month of Oct. 2015, where orange-red colors are above normal temperatures and are indicative of El Niño.
11 Migrants and refugees walk after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija.
12 Women walk along a snow-covered alley in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Novembre 17, 2015
1 People gather at Capitol Square in Toulouse, southern France, to pay tribute to victims of Paris attacks.
2 Armed police are seen outside Wembley Stadium in London, before the international friendly football match between England and France.
3 A woman walks under flags flying at half staff pay respect to victims of the Paris attacks at the Washington Monument on the National Mall, D.C.
4 A Nepalese Hindu woman holds offerings as she worships the sun in the Bagmati River in Kathmandu during the Chhath Festival which honors the sun god.
5 Rime ice extends several feet horizontally from a sign marking the summit of 5,774-foot Mount Adams, the second highest mountain in New England, in northern New Hampshire, USA. Freezing fog and strong winds formed the rime ice, creating a winter wonderland above treeline in New Hampshire's aptly named White Mountains.
6 A 3-month-old female giant panda cub is displayed for the first time at the Giant Panda Conservation Center at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
7 Passengers climb down the side of the ferry KM Wihan Sejahtera as it capsizes in Tanjung Perak port, Surabaya, East Java in this photo provided by Antara Foto.
8 A supporter of opposition parties throws a rock towards police in riot gear securing Kosovo's parliament building, in capital Pristina. Kosovo opposition used tear gas and pepper spray inside parliament and pelted police with rocks and pink paint outside the building in another attempt to force the government to renounce recent deals with Serbia and Montenegro.
9 Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers to the sun during the Chhath festival on the banks of the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad .
10 Hong Kong fans hold "boo" signs at the 2018 World Cup qualifying match between Hong Kong and China, in Hong Kong.
11 Two men row a boat through a frosty fog along the Yenisei River in the Taiga district outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Novembre 18, 2015
1 Police forces operate in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. Police say two suspects in last week's Paris attacks, a man and a woman, have been killed in a police operation north of the capital. Five police officers were injured and a police dog named "Diesel" was killed in the standoff. Police have said the operation is targeting the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks, believed to be holed up in an apartment in Saint-Denis with several other heavily armed suspects.
2 A police dog "Diesel", center, is seen before he was sent to an apartment to sniff out explosves in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, as French Police special forces raided the apartment hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the capital five days ago. "Diesel, a seven-year old Belgian Shepherd, a female assault dog was killed by terrorists during the operation," according to the Twitter feed of French police.
3 Forensic units of the French police search for evidences outside a building in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
4 The landmark Raouche sea rock in Beirut, Lebanon, is illuminated in the colors of the French flag to show solidarity with France after the attacks in Paris.
5 Pope Francis is surrounded by his security guards as he arrives for his weekly general audience, held in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.
6 Hindu women worship the sun god Surya in the polluted waters of Yamuna river during the Hindu religious festival of Chatt Puja in New Delhi, India.
7 An Afghan boy tries to warm up next to a bonfire at night in Moria village on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Nov. 17, 2015.
8 Eastbound traffic lanes, right, on Interstate 90 are splashed by wind-driven waves from the south as the floating bridge calms Lake Washington to the north, left, in Seattle, Washington, USA, Nov. 17, 2015.
9 A black bear is pictured with its head stuck in a milk can near Thurmont, Maryland, USA, in this Nov. 16, 2015 handout photo released by Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Service. Maryland Department of Natural Resource workers tranquilized the bear before using an electric hand saw to cut the milk can off. The bear recovered consciousness and walked off unharmed.
10 People gather around a residential area that was flooded after heavy rains in Chennai, India.
11 A parked car is crushed by masonry after high winds forced the gable end of an apartment block to collapse in Leigh, north west England.
12 Protesters scuffle with police as they try to march near the venue of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Manila, Philippines.
13 A rescue worker descends on a rope from a helicopter as he approaches a boat carrying fishermen trapped by bad weather, on the Bohai sea in Dongying, Shandong province, China, Nov. 17, 2015.
Novembre 19, 2015
1 It's a rainy day in Washington, D.C., today. The Capitol Hill area is surrounded by ginkgo trees and a lot of leaves that turned into autumnal colors have fallen. But this particular ginkgo tree keeps all its beautiful fall color in this photo captured by VOA's Diaa Bekheet.
2 Polish special forces train during a joint services exercise of a simulated chemical attack in the Warsaw underground.
3 Doctors treat an injured civilian in a field hospital after what activists said was shelling by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus.
4 An employee works in the distribution center of the online retailer Amazon during a guided press tour prior to the upcoming Christmas shopping season in Leipzig, central Germany.
5 Michael Horn, President and CEO of Volkswagen America, reacts to being mobbed by the media after he apologized for the Volkswagen diesel scandal at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California.
6 People light candles before releasing a traditional home-made paper balloon into the sky during the annual Tazaungdaing festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar.
7 The mother of a young policeman, who was killed during the Tianjin port blasts in August, cries as she pays tribute to her son to mark the 100th day after the accident, at Tanggu Martyrs Cemetery, in Tianjin, China.
8 National police officers remove a rock used as a street barricade by demonstrators, after a protest against the results of Oct. 25 elections, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 18, 2015.
9 A car approaches the flooded waters of the Stillaguamish River, which overtook a roadway in Stanwood, Washington, USA, Nov. 18, 2015. At least three people were killed and about 250,000 homes and businesses were without power in Washington state after a storm blew down trees and triggered mudslides, authorities said.
10 Nine-year-old Mahiro Takano, a three-time Japan karate champion in her age group, practices in Nagaoka, Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo.
11 A flock of birds flies as a Delta airlines commuter plane lands at Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2015.
12 Spain's Queen Letizia (R) walks with Jordan's Queen Rania during a welcoming ceremony at the start of a two-day official visit to Spain, in Madrid.
13 Spanish mares are conducted by an army trainer during the Sicab International Horse Show, which is dedicated in full and exclusively to purebred Spanish horses, in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain.
14 A woman drinks wine in a hot bath with colored water representing wine at the Hakone Kowaki-en Yunessun spa resort during an event marking Beaujolais Nouveau Day in Hakone west of Tokyo, Japan.
15 Men roll barrels of Beaujolais Nouveau wine for the official launch of the 2015 vintage in the center of Lyon, France.
16 French swimmer Fantine Lesaffre competes in a 200m medley heat of the French swimming championships in Angers, western France.
Novembre 20, 2015
1 An Italian soldier patrols near Rome's Colosseum. Milan's cathedral and La Scala opera house, as well as "general venues" like churches, synagogues, restaurants, theaters and hotels have been identified as "potential targets" in those two cities for terrorist attacks.
2 People share a quiet moment in front of flowers, candles and messages in tribute to victims at the Place de la Republique in Paris, one week after a series of deadly attacks in the French capital.
3 Security forces evacuate a man from an area surrounding the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali. Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury hotel, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking that has left at least three people dead.
4 Jonathan Pollard and his wife leave the federal courthouse in New York. Pollard was released on parole after spending 30 years in prison in North Carolina for his conviction in 1987 of passing classified information to Israel while working as a U.S. Navy analyst.
5 Macedonian policemen stand guard as a woman and a child pass from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia. Macedonia began allowing only people from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to cross its southern border from Greece, while Greek authorities say migrants of other nationalities are gathering on the Greek side of the border and blocking the crossing completely.
6 The newest members of the U.S. Capitol Police salute during their graduation ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The board with oversight over Capitol security says the Capitol Police Department “continues to be on highest alert” and is enhancing security around the complex following the terrorist attacks in Paris.
7 Pope Francis is silhouetted as he leaves at the end of his meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at the Vatican.
8 Christmas decorations are seen in a shop during the opening day of the traditional Christmas market in Colmar, eastern France. Security measures have been tightened across the country after last Friday's attacks in Paris.
9 Artist Sergio Furnari poses for a photograph on his sculpture "Lunchtime on a Skyscraper - A Tribute to America's Heroes" outside of the Iron Workers Union in Washington D.C. The piece was inspired by the unattributed 1932 photograph of 11 iron workers eating lunch on an I beam during the construction of New York's Rockefeller Center.
10 A fisherman casts his line from the bank of the Tagus river, as dense fog envelops the April 25th bridge, in Lisbon, Portugal. Autumn in Lisbon has been pleasant so far with temperatures in the last days around 20C (69F) but a sharp drop in temperature is predicted for the weekend.
11 Conrad Keuck, of the agency for physics phenomena "Effektschmiede," is struck by lightning produced by a Tesla coil at the science center "phaeno" in Wolfsburg, central Germany. The museum on science phenomena opened its doors 10 years ago.
12 American street artist Shepard Fairey's (aka Obey) latest piece 'Earth Crisis,' a giant sphere themed on environment, is seen hanging between the first and second floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Obey's art piece will be displayed until Nov. 26 prior to Paris hosting a U.N. climate change conference from Nov. 30-Dec. 11.
13 An elderly man tosses fallen gingko tree leaves into the air in a park in Beijing. China's capital has been hit with unusually cool and wet weather in recent weeks.
14 Hundreds of beachgoers crowd Sydney's Bondi Beach, during a heatwave that hit Australia's largest city. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology recorded temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Friday.
Novembre 22, 2015
1 A Belgian Army soldier patrols on a main boulevard in Brussels. Western leaders stepped up the rhetoric against the Islamic State groupy as residents of the Belgian capital awoke to largely empty streets and the city entered its second day under the highest threat level.
2 A voter wrapped in an Argentine flag presents his identification at a voting post during a runoff presidential election in Buenos Aires.
3 A woman tries to protect her daughter as refugees scuffle with the Greek police in their effort to reach the borderline with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni.
4 Internally displaced girls warm up by a stove in the Achin district of Afghanistan.
5 A view of one of the Petronas Towers is seen from a window of its twin building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
6 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev poses for pictures with tourists while sightseeing during his visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the East Asia Summit (EAS).
7 People walk past snow-covered shrubs at the Planten un Blomen park in Hamburg, northern Germany.
8 A jockey falls off during a traditional Barapan Kebo or buffalo races in Taliwang, on the island of Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
9 A person holds an umbrella while walking past parked vehicles as it snows in Beijing, China.
10 Children play on the beach near the mouth of Rio Doce (Doce River), which was flooded with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, on the coast of Espirito Santo in Povoacao Village, Brazil.
11 Runners dance covered in colored powder after taking part in the Color Run of Caracas, Venezuela.
Novembre 23, 2015
1 A priest blesses the coffins of two sisters, Marion and Anna Petard, in Blois, central France. The two sisters were killed while having dinner in a sidewalk cafe, in the attacks in Paris on Nov. 13.
2 Celine Dion performs "Hymne a l'amour" in honor of the victims of the recent Paris attacks as an image of the Eiffel Tower is shown in the background during the 2015 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 22, 2015.
3 A cyclist rides his bike across a snow-covered field in the Basque mountain port of Opakoa, northern Spain.
4 Members of a police bomb disposal squad prepare to work near the site of an explosion at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo. An apparent explosion at the controversial shrine for the war dead in Tokyo damaged the ceiling and the wall of a public bathroom near the south gate of the shrine, Kyodo news agency reported.
5 South Korean marines perform a martial art during a ceremony to commemorate the 5th anniversary of North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong Island at the War Memorial in Seoul.
6 A fisherman throws his net to catch fish in a lagoon in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
7 One World Trade Center and surrounding buildings during sunset in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Nov. 22, 2015.
8 Pall bearers carry the coffin holding the body of the late former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, past the congregation after the memorial service in St. Michael's Church (Sankt Michaelis) in Hamburg.
9 A train travels through hills covered by snow after heavy snowfall on the outskirts of Beijing, China.
10 A worker cleans paint off a gravestone at the Harefield churchyard in Hillingdon, Britain. Graves of Australian and New Zealand soldiers killed in World War I have been daubed with graffiti for the second time in seven months in London.
11 A worker adjusts the hair on a French bisque doll at the Vectis auction house in Stockton-on-Tees, Britain. The doll from approximately 1880 is estimated to sell for 6000-8000 GB pounds when auctioned in a doll and teddy bear auction on Nov. 24.
12 Soccer fans of Corinthians team cheer their team during the Brazil Serie A championship soccer match against Sao Paulo, in Sao Paulo, Nov. 22, 2015.
13 The Jefferson Memorial is seen at sunset in Washington, D.C., Nov. 22, 2015.
14 Mauricio Macri, presidential candidate of the Cambiemos (Let's Change) coalition, with his daughter Antonia on his shoulders, and his wife Juliana Awada wave to supporters after the presidential election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 22, 2015. Conservative opposition candidate Macri comfortably won the country's presidential election after promising business-friendly reforms to spur investment in the struggling economy.
Novembre 24, 2015
1 Christie's auction house appraiser David Warren examines a set of jewelry from Roumeliotes Collection, one of three sets of the Marcos Jewelry Collection, during appraisal at the Central Bank of the Philippines in Manila. The Philippine government is having millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry seized from former First Lady Imelda Marcos appraised ahead of a possible auctioning of the collection. The jewelry was seized when Marcos’ family fled to Hawaii in 1986 following a revolt that ended her husband’s two decades in power.
2 The coffin containing the body of Valeria Solesin is laid out in state during her funeral in Venice's St. Mark's Square. Valeria Solesin, the 28-year-old doctoral student from Venice, killed during the extremists' attack on the Bataclan theatre in Paris, was at the Eagles of Death Metal concert with her Italian boyfriend and other friends on Nov. 13.
3 The Eiffel Tower lit with the blue, white and red colors of the French flag is reflected in the Trocadero fountains in Paris, France, Nov. 23, 2015, a week after a series of deadly attacks in the capital.
4 Police forensic experts search a street for evidence after a bomb explosion outside the Federation of Greek Enterprises in central Athens.
5 NASA's three WB-57s, High Altitude Research aircraft fly over foggy downtown Houston, Texas, during their historic formation flight over the area on Nov. 19, 2015. It was the first time that all three WB-57s have been aloft simultaneously since the early 1970s, when the U.S. Air Force had an operational squadron of WB-57s.
6 The mother of 18-year-old Israeli soldier Ziv Mizrahi, killed by a Palestinian knife assault at a gas station on route 443 on the edge of the West Bank, mourns during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem.
7 Buddha sculptures made of trunks of Chinese date trees are seen inside a company selling dates, in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Nov. 23, 2015. The room contains over 9,200 different buddha scluptures made of discarded Chinese date tree trunks, local media reported.
8 A giant panda sits on a tree during the first snow in Jinan, Shandong province, China.
9 A H-IIA rocket, carrying Telesat's broadcast and telecommunication satellite, lifts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
10 Kazakh herdsmen drive their sheep and goats through snow-covered fields next to a forest at Guozigou valley in Yili, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.
11 A woman poses among illuminations at a photo-call for the Christmas at Kew Festival in London, Britain.
12 Heimdal Glacier in southern Greenland, in an image captured on Oct. 13, 2015, from NASA Langley Research Center's Falcon 20 aircraft flying 33,000 feet above mean sea level.
Novembre 25, 2015
1 A volunteer holds up a baby as others help migrants and refugees to disembark from a dinghy after their arrival from the Turkish coast on the Greek island of Lesbos.
2 Pope Francis greets traditional dancers on his arrival at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya. Pope began his first-ever visit to Africa, a whirlwind pilgrimage to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, bringing a message of peace and reconciliation to an Africa torn by extremist violence.
3 A man places a bouquet of flowers on a police van, near the bus that exploded in Tunis, Tunisia. Interior Ministry said 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of military explosives were used in an attack on a bus carrying presidential guards. At least 13 people died in the attack
4 Indian devotees walk at Sangam during the 'Dev Deepawali' festival in Allahabad.
5 Residents signal to a Philippine Air Force helicopter to help in battling the blaze at a residential area in Mandaluyong, east of Manila. Mandaluyong City Fire Marshall Nahum Tarroza said about 1,000 homes were burned during the fire. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
6 Water splashes out of the bucket of a resident as he and others help firemen in battling the blaze at a residential area in Mandaluyong, east of Manila, Philippines.
7 U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) brings a look-alike supporter Terry Silliman of Goose Creek, South Carolina on stage during a rally at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Nov. 24, 2015.
8 Workers collect customer orders during Black Friday deals week at an Amazon fulfilment center in Hemel Hempstead, Britain.
9 A cyclist rides across the Mimico Creek Bridge inside Humber Bay Park in Toronto, Canada.
10 People help lift a horse harnessed to a cart, overloaded with sacks of onions, on outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan.
11 A car is submerged in flood waters following heavy rain, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
12 Jacob Ackman of Reno, Nevada, warms his hands as his friend Tiger Bortin installs chains on the wheels of their vehicle, on the side of Highway 88 in Woodford, California, Nov. 24, 2015, as a winter storm hits the drought-stricken state.
13 Handout picture released by the Espirito Santo State Press Office shows an aerial view of the Doce River - which was flooded with toxic mud after a dam owned by Brazilian Vale SA and Australian BHP Billiton Ltd burst early this month - flowing into the Atlantic Ocean in Regencia, Espirito Santo State, Nov. 24, 2015.
14 Krathongs floating at a pond in a public park during the Loy Krathong festival in Bangkok, Thailand.
15 Holocaust survivors are seen backstage during a beauty contest for survivors of the Nazi genocide in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Nov. 24, 2015.
16 A winter storm clears at sunset over the Interstate 80 near Baxter, California, Nov. 24, 2015.
Novembre 26, 2015
1 The balloon Angry Bird is moved through Columbus Circle during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
2 Clowns gather before the 89th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York.
3 New York Police Department officers stand watch from a building as a float proceeds high above spectators along 6th Ave during the 89th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York.
4 A Belgian Army soldier walks through the Galleries Royal Saint-Hubert in the center of Brussels.
5 Kenyan army officers attend as Pope Francis leads a mass in Kenya's capital Nairobi.
6 Macedonian policemen (with headgear) hold back a migrant with clashes near Gevgelija at the Greek-Macedonian border. Over 200 migrants tried to break through barbed wire fences to cross from Greece into Macedonia, which imposed new border restrictions last week, throwing stones at police.
7 Visitors watch the annual yearend illumination "Canyon d’Azur" in Tokyo's Shiodome district, Japan.
8 A motorcade carrying the casket of former President Kim Young-Sam makes its way past Gyeongbokgung palace and Gwanghwamun square in central Seoul, South Korea. In freezing temperatures and light snowfall, South Korea held a state funeral for former president, whose 1992 election victory brough a formal end to more than 30 years of military rule.
9 U.S. President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey during the 68th annual presentation of the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 25, 2015.
10 Contestants arrange paper lanterns on the fire balloon during an annual hot air balloon festival in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Division, Myanmar.
11 A truck makes its way through the snowy landscape on the Schauinsland mountain in the Black Forest, southern Germany.
12 Omar Perez of Colombia's Santa Fe reacts after he missed a chance against of Paraguay's Sportivo Luqueno during their Copa Sudamericana soccer match in Bogota, Colombia.
13 Visitors pose for a photograph during the Enchanted Christmas event at the Forestry Commission's National Arboretum in Westonbirt, Tetbury, western England, Nov. 25, 2015.
14 Dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the Australian Ballet's production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Sydney Opera House.
15 The moon rises behind the Canadian landmark CN Tower, and the skyline of Toronto, Nov. 25, 2015.
Novembre 27, 2015
1 French flags hang from the windows of a building near the Invalides in Paris after President Hollande called on all citizens to hang the tricolour national flag from their windows to pay tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks during Friday's national memorial service.
2 Brussels' Grand Place is illuminated during a light show as part as "Winter Wonders" festivities, including a Christmas market and other events in central Brussels, Belgium, following tight security measures linked to the fatal attacks in Paris.
3 A woman and a child peer from a bus as migrants and refugees disembark from a government chartered ferry, seen in reflection, in the port of Piraeus in Athens, Greece.
4 A technician at a Russian center for plant quarantine inspects a piece of a tomato imported from Turkey in the settlement of Bykovo, Moscow region, Nov. 26, 2015.
5 Retail stores display "Black Friday" advertisements and banners on Oxford Street in central London, England, as the annual retail event takes place Friday. Black Friday is a sales offer originating from the US where retailers slash prices on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.
6 A child grabs a Star Wars Stormtrooper toy at Toys "R" Us Times Square store during the early opening of the Black Friday sales in the Manhattan borough of New York, Nov. 26, 2015.
7 A Pakistani child burns trash to keep himself warm on Saddar Road in Peshawar.
8 The ransacked former residence of Francois Compaore is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, which is preparing for presidential and legislative elections Sunday.
9 Nepalese students take part in protest to show solidarity against the border blockade in Kathmandu, Nepal.
10 A 500-metre (1,640-ft.) aperture spherical telescope (FAST) is under construction in Pingtang county, Guizhou province, China, Nov. 26, 2015. The telescope, which will be the world's largest, will be put in use by Sept. 2016, according to local media.
11 Mercedes Formula One Driver Nico Rosberg of Germany drives during the second free practice session of Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.
12 A dog, with his fur dyed green and wearing antlers made out of red fabric, poses for a photograph before participating in the Thanksgiving Day Parade in El Paso, Texas, United States, Nov. 26, 2015.
Novembre 29, 2015
1 Hundreds of pairs of shoes are displayed at the place de la Republique, in Paris, France, as part of a symbolic and peaceful rally called by the NGO Avaaz "Paris sets off for climate. More than 140 world leaders are gathering around Paris for high-stakes climate talks that start on Nov. 30, 2015, and activists are holding marches and protests around the world to urge them to reach a strong agreement to slow global warming.
2 Protesters perform during a rally in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, held the day before the start of the Paris Climate Change Conference.
3 A woman wears a gas mask during a demonstration organized by environmental NGOs in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany on the eve of the official opening of a 195-nation UN climate summit in Paris.
4 Protesters throw up a globe-shaped balloon during a rally in Rome, Italy, held the day before the start of the 2015 Paris World Climate Change Conference, known as the COP21 summit.
5 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, center, his wife Sophie Gregoire, right, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, second right, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, third right, pay their respects to victims of the Paris attacks in front of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
6 Cranes are seen above a construction site amid heavy fog in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China.
7 A man attends a commemoration ceremony at a monument for Holodomor victims marking the 82nd anniversary of the famine of 1932-33 in which millions died of hunger in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 28, 2015.
8 A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the Palestinian town of al-Bireh on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank.
9 Anti-U.S. base protesters hold placards with a slogan that reads: "No to Henoko new base" during a rally in Tokyo, Japan.
10 Kashmiri village girls walk back home after collecting fallen dry leaves in Ajas, some 52 Kilometers (33 miles) north east of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.
11 Hundreds of participants practice yoga at an event to mark the upcoming World AIDS Day, at an university in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China,
12 People gather at the inauguration of the Gavlebocken (Gavle Goat), which is a traditionally Christmas display, at Slottstorget (Castle Square) in central Gavle, Sweden.
13 Horses stand in a snow-covered field in Perthshire, Scotland.
14 Long-tailed macaques eat fruits from a plate held by festival organizer Yongyuth Kitwattananusorn during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival at the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi, north of Bangkok, Thailand.
Novembre 30, 2015
1 President Barack Obama, right, and French President Francois Hollande place flowers at the Bataclan, site of one of the Paris terrorists attacks, to pay respects after arriving in town for the COP21 climate change conference in Paris.
2 Cars pass by the National Assembly in Paris, France, where a projection of French artist JR is displayed as part of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, Nov. 29, 2015.
3 Pope Francis waves as he visits the Koudoukou school, to meet people from the Muslim community, after leaving the Central Mosque in the PK5 neighborhood in Bangui, Central African Republic.
4 A picture released by Turkish army press office shows Turkish soldiers carrying the coffin of Russian pilot Lt. Col. Oleg Peshkov into a Russian Air Force transport during a ceremony at Esenboga Airport in Ankara. Ankara sent back to Russia the body of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force for allegedly violating its air space on the Syrian border.
5 A protester dressed as Santa Claus takes part in a protest about climate change on New York City Hall steps in lower Manhattan, New York, Nov. 29, 2015, a day before the start of the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21).
6 A surfer drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, Nov. 29, 2015.
7 Former and present All Black's perform a Haka as former All Black Jonah Lomu's casket is carried out of Eden Park during his memorial service in Auckland, New Zealand.
8 A woman swims in a partially frozen lake at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.
9 New recruits of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) stand in formation during a training session in cold winter temperatures at a military base in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, Nov. 29, 2015.
10 Grumpy Cat arrives at the 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 29, 2015.
11 A woman is hit by a wave caused by stormy winds in Helsinki, Finland.
