Dicembre 01, 2015
1 The red ribbon, the international symbol for AIDS awareness highlighted on the skyscrapers on Arbat street during a campaign to mark World AIDS Day in Moscow, Russia.
2 Nepalese women and children from “Maiti Nepal”, a rehabilitation center for victims of sex trafficking, light candles on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2015.
3 A Lebanese policeman, center, who was kidnapped by Nusra Front, hugs his mother, left, upon his arrival at the government palace, in Beirut. Syria's al-Qaida branch released a group of Lebanese troops held captive for over a year as part of a Qatar-brokered swap that involved Lebanon setting free at least 11 prisoners wanted by the militants, including a former wife of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
4 Visitors use mobile phones to take pictures and videos of a flag raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square amid heavy smog in Beijing, China.
5 A riot police officer patrols at the COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France.
6 A fisherman casts his fishing net in the Mekong river near Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
7 A couple walk in the garden of the Hikawa shrine during their traditional Shinto wedding ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.
8 An Indian man shelters under an umbrella as he walks through floodwaters in Chennai in heavy rain.
9 Workers clean windows of an office building in central Seoul, South Korea.
10 Britain's Prince Harry plays Tag rugby with local kids during a training session in Durban, South Africa. Prince Harry is in South Africa on behalf of Sentebale, the charity he founded with Lesotho's Prince Seeiso in memory of their mothers.
11 A policeman looks at a car which fell into a pit after crashing through a brick wall, on a hazy day in Xianyang, Shaanxi province, China, Nov. 30, 2015.
12 Monarch butterflies rest on a pine tree in Angangueo, Mexico. Thousands of striking orange and black monarch butterflies began arriving to their winter home in central Mexico during their annual migration.
Dicembre 02, 2015
1 Members of the Indian Navy band perform a fire act during rehearsals for Naval Day celebrations in Mumbai.
2 Anti-war protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain.
3 A Macedonian policeman hits a stranded migrant attempting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija, Macedonia.
4 The tri-color - blue, white and red - flags and banners from 182 disbanded French military regiments are arranged in a circle as they hang from the ceiling in the Emblems Room at the Chateau de Vincennes, near Paris.
5 Honor guard stands at attention during the funeral ceremony of Oleg Peshkov, a Russian pilot of the downed SU-24 jet, at a cemetery in Lipetsk, Russia. Peshkov was awarded the Hero of Russia award posthumously.
6 A seagull stands on the art-work "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow" by Argentinian artist Pedro Marzorati installed in a pond at the Montsouris park during the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Paris, France.
7 Germany's Wolfgang Kimmig-Liebe, who has been volunteering as Santa Claus for years, passes through a metal detector before entering St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to attend Pope Francis general audience.
8 The Momotombo volcano spews a large plume of gas and ash as seen from the rural community of Papalonal, in Leon, Nicaragua.
9 A participant is seen under a beam of light as hundreds of people ride indoor bicycles during a campaign to promote body-building exercises, at a gymnasium in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, Dec. 1, 2015.
10 Cars stuck in a flock of sheep being driven across a street to another meadow near Bad Koetzting, southern Germany, on December 1, 2015.
Dicembre 03, 2015
1 An aerial view of a partially submerged airplane in a flood area in Chennai, India
2 A police officer picks up a weapon from the scene of the investigation around the area of the SUV vehicle where two suspects were shot by police following a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Authorities were working to determine why Syed Rizwan Farook 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, opened fire at a holiday party of his co-workers in Southern California, killing 14 people and wounding 17 in an attack that appeared to have been planned.
3 Authorities search an area near where police stopped a suspected vehicle in San Bernardino, California, Dec. 2, 2015, following a shooting that killed 14 people at a social services center for the disabled.
4 A French police officer escorts Australian environmental activists called Climate Guardian Angels during a demonstration as part of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) in Paris.
5 Thai Royal Guards march in front of the Grand Palace during a military parade as a part of a celebration for the upcoming birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand. The revered King, the world's longest reigning monarch, will turn 88 on Dec. 5.
6 Passers-by (L) flee as a gasoline bomb explodes following brief clashes between police and protesters during a protest marking a 24-hour strike in Athens, Greece. Striking workers took to the streets, disrupting transport, shutting schools and keeping ships docked in port during the second major protest against planned pension cuts in three weeks.
7 A woman looks at a mass of ice harvested from Greenland during an installation on Place du Pantheon for a project called Ice Watch Paris, in Paris, France.
8 Indian children dressed as the country's founding father Mahatma Gandhi line up for a function in Mumbai. Some 1,000 children participated in the event promoting the Gandhian ideology to spread the message of simple living, reduce consumption and waste.
9 Swimmers warm-up during the U.S. Winter Nationals swimming event in Federal Way, Washington.
10 People face policemen during a demonstration against a constitutional amendment which would allow indefinite re-election in front of a line of riot policemen in Quito, Ecuador.
11 A security guard tries to stop a man from swimming away after being caught swimming in the West Lake, which is a violation of the resort's regulations, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
12 A model is startled while checking her mobile phone at the opening of an exhibition in Bucharest, Romania.
13 A couple walking their dog look at a sea of fog over Lake Leman at the Tour de Gourze near Lausanne, Switzerland.
14 A boy walks in front of Christmas decorations outside a house in Cainta, Rizal province, east of Manila, the Philippines.
Dicembre 04, 2015
1 Egyptian policemen guard the scene of the El Sayad restaurant which was attacked in Cairo. More than a dozen were killed and wounded in the fire-bombing. Reports said three men on a motorcycle threw Molotov cocktails into the club in the Agouza district and then fled.
2 Smoke rises over the city of Taormina, Italy, during an eruption of the Mt. Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, near Catania.
3 A memorial is seen near the Inland Regional Center as the community remembers those injured and killed during a mass shooting Wednesday at the center in San Bernardino, California.
4 A man carries gas canisters through floodwaters on a street in Chennai, India. Thousands of rescuers are racing to evacuate victims of the Tamil Nadu flooding, which has claimed nearly 300 lives since Nov. 9.
5 Cars pass by and people gather around La Bonne Biere cafe in Paris. The cafe where five people were killed by a squad of Islamic extremist gunmen on Nov. 13, terrorizing central Paris, reopened for business Friday.
6 Wind-blown frost clings to berries following a snowstorm on Little Jackson Mountain, near Weld, Maine.
7 Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) car's blue lights flash in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Italy. Extra pilgrims and tourists coming for the Holy Year, which runs through Nov. 20, 2016, pose challenging logistics for both Vatican and Italian security forces.
8 A referee watches as Boston Celtics Kelly Olynyk (41) swings from the basket after dunking during the second half of a regular-season NBA basketball game in Mexico City.
9 A woman drinks coffee at a stand with artificial flowers during the "Memorial and Stone Working-2015" exhibition in Minsk, Belarus.
10 Young ballerinas watch company dancers rehearse "The Nutcracker" at the Cincinnati Ballet rehearsal studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2015. "The Nutcracker," widely popular with ballet companies in North America, has survived over 120 years and is mostly performed during the holiday season.
11 The Christmas tree of the Christmas Market is reflected in two windows in downtown Frankfurt, Germany.
12 A man washes his rickshaw on the shores of the Sardaryab River in Charsadda near Peshawar, Pakistan.
13 People dressed as Storm Troopers stand at a bar as they pose for a photograph holding cans of beer at the "For The Love of The Force" Star Wars fan convention in Manchester, northern England.
14 A man reads a newspaper as he sits underneath trees in autumn colors in a park in Tokyo.
Dicembre 06, 2015
1 Visitors are silhouetted against the annual yearend illumination "Winter Fantasia" at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo, Japan.
2 Members of the emergency services rescue local residents by boat from a flooded residential street in Carlisle, Britain.
3 Police officers investigate a crime scene at Leytonstone underground station in east London, Britain. Police were called to reports of a number of people stabbed at the station in east London and a man threatening other people with a knife. One man was seriously injured and two sustained minor injuries, police said.
4 A local resident stumbles as he wades through flood water on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain. British police have declared a major incident in northern England after prolonged heavy rain caused widespread flooding and forced emergency services to evacuate residents from their homes.
5 Environmentalist activists form a human chain representing the peace sign and the spelling out "100% renewable", on the side line of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
6 Turkish riot police use a water cannon to disperse protesters from Diyarbakir's historical Sur district which has been placed under a curfew, in Diyarbakir. More than a week after prominent Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci was killed in broad daylight in a street in southeastern Turkey's main city, authorities appear no closer to solving the crime amid bitter recriminations over who was to blame.
7 Michael Read, director of Flight Operations from New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company, flies a Martin Jetpack during a demonstration at a water park in Shenzhen, China. KuangChi Science Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed Chinese company and investor of Martin Aircraft, will sell the flying machine in mainland China for 1.6 million yuan ($249,902), according to the company.
8 Fans dressed as Hindu mythological characters pose for photographs at Delhi Comic Con in New Delhi, India, Dec. 5, 2015.
9 Residents wash clothes recovered from their flood damaged houses on the banks of the Adyar River in Chennai, India.
10 Cosplayers dressed as characters from the Star Wars movie series visit patients during a charity event organized by non-profit group 501st Legion, at East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon city, metro Manila, the Philippines.
11 The Al Fursan aerobatic team of the United Arab Emirates' air force performs a stunt at the World Air Games in Dubai.
12 Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa take a run en masse at the Sunday River ski resort, in Newry, Maine, USA.
13 People light lamps during the Butter Lamp Festival, to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Kangding of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
14 People dressed as Santa Claus cross Lake Aegerisee near Oberaegeri, Switzerland, Dec. 5, 2015.
Dicembre 07, 2015
1 Gary Mendoza, and his son Michael pay their respects at a makeshift memorial site honoring shooting victims in San Bernardino, California. Thousands of employees of San Bernardino County are preparing to return to work, five days after a county restaurant inspector and his wife opened fire on a gathering of his co-workers, killing 14 people and wounding 21.
2 Civilians and rescue workers remove a toddler and search for other victims amid the rubble of a building following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces on the Sukkari neighborhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo.
3 A Russian police officer holds a puppy, named Dobrynya, before presenting it to French police in the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia. Russian police puppy Dobrynya will take place of a French service dog Diesel which died in a special operation held in Paris on Nov. 18.
4 Lilian Tintori (center - l), wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, celebrates next to candidates of the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD) during a news conference on the election in Caracas. Opposition won control of the legislature from the ruling Socialists for the first time in 16 years, giving them a long-sought platform to challenge President Nicolas Maduro.
5 An Afghan man is seen through the cracked window of a vehicle at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province.
6 A woman wears a scarf as she walks along a street in Beijing, China.
7 Refugees and migrants approach the Greek island of Lesbos on a dinghy after crossing the Aegean sea from the Turkish coast.
8 Spain's Rafael Nadal of the Indian Aces is mobbed by his Filipino fans following his win over the Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych of the UAE Royals in the men's singles of the 2015 International Premier Tennis League at the Mall of Asia Arena in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, the Philippines.
9 The top of Switzerland's highest skyscaper, the Prime Tower (126 meters/413 ft) peeps through the fog in Zurich, with the Alps in the background.
10 Chinese artist Kong Ning in her costume made of hundreds of orange plastic blowing horns during her art performance raising awareness of the hazardous smog in a historical part of Beijing, China.
11 The first Zumwalt-class destroyer, the largest ever built for the U.S. Navy, heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is headed out to sea for the first time to undergo sea trials.
Dicembre 08, 2015
1 Members of ASC Tornados, the motorcycle display team of the Indian army, lie in a row on the ground as another performs a stunt during the 225th anniversary celebrations of Army Service Corps in Bangalore.
2 Participants are seen in silhouette as they look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France.
3 Visitors walk on a bridge as they visits the West Lake amid thick fog and heavy smog in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
4 Protesters destroy a bunker installed as artwork near the Interior Ministry in Tirana, Albania, during a rally organized by the opposition Democratic Party to demand the resignation of the government, on the day that marks the 25th anniversary of the student protests that led to the toppling of the last communist regime in Europe in 1990.
5 Members of the band Eagles of Death Metal, Jesse Hughes, right, and Julian Dorio pay their respects to victims who died in the Nov. 13 terrorist attack, at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France. Members of the California rock band are back at the ravaged Paris theater where they survived a massacre by Islamic extremists.
6 Riot police use water cannon as demonstrators throw fireworks during a protest against the curfew in Sur district, in the Kurdish dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey.
7 Journalists hang in a cage over fog-covered Frankfurt am Main in central Germany to watch the construction site of the Henninger tower.
8 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, right, hugs Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica during the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year, at the Vatican.
9 A child lights candles at the Park Simon Bolivar in Bogota, Dec. 7, 2015. Colombians light up candles on Dec. 7 every year to mark the start of Christmas festivities.
10 University students create an image of Marilyn Monroe by clearing snow off a soccer field, in Changchun, Jilin province, China.
11 Students line up in front of an illuminated decoration symbolizing Russia during a light show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
12 Ice, a three-year-old female North American cougar, and its two-month-old cub look out of their den at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
13 A television transmission tower is seen in a huge cloud of fog in Pecs, 196 kms south of Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 7, 2015.
Dicembre 09, 2015
1 Hot air balloons fly over Dubai during the World Air Games 2015, held under the rules of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale(FAI) as part of the "Dubai International Balloon Fiesta" event, United Arab Emirates.
2 A general view of a shelter for migrants inside a hangar of the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany
3 The first names of the 130 Paris attacks victims are projected over buildings in Lyon, central France, during a presentation by French artist Daniel Knipper, Dec. 8, 2015.
4 Fans of former Beatle John Lennon gather at the Imagine mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of New York's Central Park to mark the 35th anniversary of his death, in New York, Dec. 8, 2015.
5 People gather to watch images projected on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Dec. 8, 2015.
6 People are reflected in mirrors as they take photos inside a giant Christmas tree in the shopping district of Orchard Road in Singapore.
7 Blades on wind turbines spin to produce electricity at a wind farm near Ellsworth, Kansas, USA, Dec. 8, 2015.
8 A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume performs with sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.
9 The Rockettes tumble down in the "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" during the 2015 Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Dicembre 10, 2015
1 Accompanied by First Lady Juliana Awada and their daughter Antonia, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri greets the crowd from the balcony of the government house in Buenos Aires.
2 Members of the Syrian Red Crescent group escort Syrians and move aid supplies from a rebel-controlled area to a regime-held area of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo through the Garage al-Hajz crossing in the Bustan al-Qasr district.
3 Oxfam activists wear masks of, from left, President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Francois Hollande, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as they stage a protest during the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France.
4 Singer Madonna (C) sings next to her guitarist Monte Pittman (C-R) and her son David Banda (L) at the place de la Republique in Paris at a makeshift memorial in tribute to victims of the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris.
5 A man throws out flood-ruined stock from a wedding clothing business in Carlisle, northern England.
6 U.S. M1A2 SEP Abrams battle tanks cross the Hantan river during an annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, in Yeoncheon, south of the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, South Korea.
7 Actors America Ferrera, Chloe Grace Moretz and Angela Bassett (L-R) react as they look over notes before announcing the nominations for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. The awards will be presented on Jan. 10, 2016.
8 People look on after a car falls onto the stairs of an underpass, in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, Dec. 9, 2015. The driver backed the car into the underpass entrance after mistaking the accelerator as the brake. No one was injured in the accident, local media reported.
9 An illuminated installation constructed with glass and LED lights is seen as part of the upcoming Christmas celebrations at the "Starlight Garden" in Hong Kong.
10 Nikolai Vasilyev, 62, dressed as Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, water-skis on the Yenisei River outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
11 Strings of lights are fixed on the fountain in front of the Old Opera as Christmas decorations in Frankfurt, Germany.
12 Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook (C) attends an event for students to learn to write computer code at the Apple store in the Manhattan borough of New York, Dec. 9, 2015.
13 Ballet soloist Valeria Zapasnikova (L) and principal dancer Leonid Sarafanov perform in Nacho Duato's "The Nutcracker" at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.
14 A dancer swings metal rings during an ice-skating show as part of the Ocean Park Christmas performances in Hong Kong.
15 Seth Hardwick competes in the bareback riding event for a third place score of 81.0 during the seventh go-round of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas Dec. 9, 2015.
Dicembre 11, 2015
1 The slogan "No Plan B" is projected on the Eiffel Tower as part of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) in Paris, France.
2 People walk inside their damaged house in the Sur district in Diyarbakir, Turkey. The district has been under military curfew for eight days. Turkey has been waging a relentless offensive against PKK strongholds in the southeast of the country and in northern Iraq following the collapse in July of a two-year truce with rebels.
3 Rada deputy Oleg Barna removes Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk from the podium, after presenting him a bouquet of roses, during a session of parliament in Kyiv. Other Rada deputies scuffled with their colleague Barna immediately after the incident.
4 Roses adorn a makeshift memorial to victims of the Dec. 2 mass shooting, near the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
5 A heavily armed Swiss customs officer stands guard at the Swiss-French customs post of Bardonnex near Geneva. Geneva raised its alert level Thursday and said it was looking for suspects who, according to national officials, had possible links to terrorism.
6 An Indian holyman meditates on the Ghats of the Ganges River ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit, in Varanasi, India. Indian PM Narendra Modi hopes the visit this weekend by Abe will be a major step in transforming India into an economic powerhouse with Japan's help in building bullet trains, "smart cities" and nuclear technology exchange.
7 Clementines are displayed at the fruits and vegetables pavilion in the Rungis International Food Market as buyers prepare for the Christmas holiday season in Rungis, south of Paris.
8 A Saudi man trains his son to ride a horse in a desert near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
9 A woman wearing a mask walks below skyscrapers amid heavy smog in the financial district of Pudong, in Shanghai, China. China's first-ever red alert for pollution was in effect earlier this week.
10 BB-8 droid poses with actors and the director during a press conference for their latest film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at a hotel in Urayasu, near Tokyo.
11 People ride bicycles during a mass cycle event to honor King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Narathiwat, southern Thailand. Crown prince Maha Vajiralongkorn led the symbolic 'Bike for Dad' event in Bangkok as people rode bicycles nationwide to celebrate the king's 88th birthday.
12 A giant illuminated Santa Claus is displayed on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southeastern France.
13 People watch fireworks during the illumination of a giant Christmas tree at the launch of 2015 Christmas Festivities in Beirut, Lebanon.
14 Students of the Moscow military music college take part in an initiation ceremony. Students of the college receive instruction in gender-segregated classes and are expected to master at least two musical instruments and basics of ballroom dancing. Military educational establishments like this have gained popularity in the past few years in Russia.
15 The lead locomotive of a Union Pacific freight train waits on a siding shortly before sunrise, in Sahuarita, Arizona.
Dicembre 13, 2015
1 Libyan students play in the courtyard of the al-Bashayer school in the eastern coastal city of Benghazi as they come back to school for the first time since August 2014 when Islamist-backed militias seized Tripoli, prompting the internationally recognized government to take refuge in the far east of the country.
2 The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
3 Chairperson of National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi (C) clears garbage with NLD party members and local residents during a clean-up in KawHmu township, Yangon, Myanmar.
4 A young girl walks in front of a Christmas tree at a mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
5 Athletes of the Italian team (R) celebrate their victory as Franziska Preuss of the second placed German team lays down in the finish area during the women's 4x6 km relay event during the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria.
6 Traffic enforcer Ramiro Hinojas wearing a Santa Claus costume directs traffic flow at a busy intersection in Pasay city, metro Manila, the Philippines, Dec. 12, 2015.
7 Volunteers surrounded by Spanish Ciudadanos party flags wait for the start of a campaign rally at the Palacio Vistalegre arena in Madrid.
8 A participant peeks from his costume before the start of the the annual London Pantomime Horse Race in Greenwich, Britain.
9 Fireworks explode over the floating Christmas tree at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon as it is lit for the Christmas season in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 12, 2015.
10 China's Yu Jing skates during the women's 500 meter race of the Speedskating World Cup in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands.
11 Lane Austin, 6, of Virginia Beach, carries a wreath to grave during Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 12, 2015.
Dicembre 14, 2015
1 A person views the fog shrouded Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River in Philadelphia, USA.
2 Police take away a supporter of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang near the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court during his trial. Pu is charged with provoking trouble with commentaries on social media that were critical of the ruling Communist Party.
3 Abu Mohammed, covered with dust from explosions, walks in his home following reported air strikes by regime forces on the town of al-Nashabiyah in the eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, Syria.
4 An aerial view shows visitors walking in a maze, at a tourist resort in Zunyi, Guizhou province, China.
5 Shi'ite fighters, known as Houthis, ride on a patrol truck as they chant slogans during a tribal gathering showing support for the Houthi movement in Sana'a, Yemen.
6 Kashmiri protesters run as a tear gas shell explodes near them during a protest in Srinagar, India, against an intended enforcement of food safety act which will limit the subsidized ration per person in the state to 5 kilos from the present 30 kilos.
7 A worker applies color to strings which will be used to fly kites, by a roadside in Ahmedabad, India.
8 A resident walks past big waves spilling over a wall onto a coastal road in the city of Legaspi in Albay province, south of Manila, as typhoon Melor approaches the city. More than 700,000 people fled the central Philippines amid threats of giant waves, floods and landslides as the powerful typhoon approached the archipelago nation, officials said.
9 Kosovo parliament security wear gas masks after opposition lawmakers released a tear gas canister disrupting a parliamentary session in the capital Pristina.
10 Costumed cast from the Cirque Mechanics’ new production, “Pedal Punk” make their way through Times Square, New York, to promote the show which is playing at the New Victory Theater through Jan. 3, 2016.
11 A giant illuminated Santa Claus is seen on the Promenade Des Anglais as part of holiday season decorations in Nice, France.
12 An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Dec. 15.
Dicembre 15, 2015
1 The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-19M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
2 British astronaut Tim Peake, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), waves to his children from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
3 The Lindt Cafe building is illuminated to mark the one year anniversary of the cafe siege in Sydney, Australia, by a self-styled Islamic cleric which left two hostages dead.
4 Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, takes part in drumming 'music therapy' as she attends the Anna Freud Centre Family School Christmas Party at Anna Freud Centre, in London.
5 An unidentified motorist clears snow off his four-wheel-drive vehicle in high winds in Denver, Colorado, USA. Forecasters predict that four to 10 inches of snow will blanket Colorado's eastern plains before the storm, which started Monday in the intermountain West, moves to the east.
6 Models of varying incarnations of the Land Rover Defender off-road vehicles are displayed during an exhibition to promote the forthcoming charity auction of the two-millionth Land Rover Defender at Bonhams auctioneers in London.
7 Dante Cicerone, 15, (R) and his twin brother Georgie dress up as Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump as they attend a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 14, 2015.
8 Migrants sit below a banner outside a former Olympic indoor stadium in Faliro, southern Athens, Greece.
9 Laborers pull a pontoon to construct a temporary bridge for the Magh Mela festival on the river Ganges in Allahabad, India.
10 A man cycles past a house decorated as a Christmas present in Scholar Green, northern Britain.
11 St Paul's Cathedral is seen reflacted in raindrops on a metal plaque following heavy rainfall in the City of London, Britain.
Dicembre 16, 2015
1 A Bangladeshi man, with his face painted in the colors of the national flag, takes part in a rally to mark the country's 44th Victory Day in Dhaka.
2 Ice-sculptures in the form of a Stormtroopers from the Star Wars series is displayed during the Star Wars Ice-sculpture festival in Liege, Belgium.
3 A worker on a building site watches the red carpet at the European premiere of Star Wars, The Force Awakens in Leicester Square, London.
4 A man rides a bicycle along a street during a snowfall in Yantai, Shandong province, China.
5 An actor dressed as Ded Moroz, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, accompanied by children, walks in Red Square in central Moscow.
6 Afghan students attend a class under a tent in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province.
7 A worker paints a bronze statue of Guan Yu, a Chinese historical figure, in Nanyang, Henan province.
8 A homeless child bites on a loaf of bread outside the main railway station in Bucharest, Romania.
9 People walk on a bridge as Christmas lights illuminate the Darsena dei Navigli, the neighborhood named for the canals that run through this area of Milan, Italy.
10 A man sells balloons in the city center of Hanover, central Germany.
11 Officials take part in a procession with the royal carriage containing the remains of Thailand's late Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, during his cremation ceremony in Bangkok. The head of the order of Buddhist monks died in Oct. 2013 at the age of 100.
12 A Dendrobates leucomelas frog is pictured at a terrarium in Caracas. Venezuelan frogs and toads are in critical danger due to climate change as rising temperatures complicate reproduction and spread a deadly fungus, say scientists, who liken the species to canaries in a coalmine warning of imminent danger.
Dicembre 17, 2015
1 A woman poses for a photo in front of an installation of Christmas lights at the Chongye stream in central Seoul, South Korea.
2 Daffodils at the Olympic Park in London. Unexpectedly mild temperatures are causing some daffodils to bloom and some ice rinks to suspend operations.
3 Members of a Chinese honor guard prepare for a welcome ceremony for Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
4 A ferry crosses Lake Geneva near Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec. 16, 2015.
5 A displaced boy, who fled Saada province, northwest of Sana'a with his family, waits for relief supplies during a food distribution by volunteers in Sana'a, Yemen.
6 People take pictures with illuminated Christmas decorations on a street in Medellin, Colombia, Dec. 16, 2015.
7 Pope Francis blows a candle on a birthday cake he was presented by a group of youths of the Catholic Action during a private audience at the Vatican.
8 Lindor Kerby, a Radio Tele Timoun journalist, is helped by demonstrators after U.N. Peacekeepers from Brazil fired teargas during a protest against the country's electoral council, to mark the 25th anniversary of first democratic election in 1990, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 16, 2015. Disputed election results have brought a renewed surge of paralyzing street protests and many broad accusations of electoral fraud from civil society and opposition groups.
9 Charles Mason III collects musical instrument cases representing coffins of victims of police violence outside of Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Dec. 16, 2015. Mason's mentor, artist Paul Rucker, placed the cases in response to the trial for officer William Porter, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray. The trial ended with a hung jury and mistrial.
10 Characters of Star Wars take part in an event held for the release of the film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallee, France, Dec. 16, 2015.
11 Farmers work in a field in Wencheng county, Zhejiang province, China.
12 A performer balances himself on a set of knives during a special preview as part of Christmas celebrations at the Ajanta circus in Kolkata, India.
13 The ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis appears behind strings of Christmas lights in central Athens, Greece.
Dicembre 18, 2015
1 A protester displays his painted hand as a sign of anger, during a demonstration calling for the withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern Iraq, in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Turkey has had troops near Mosul since last year but the arrival of additional troops last week sparked an uproar.
2 An elderly local woman stands on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos, next to a pile of life vests, after the arrival of refugees and migrants from the Turkish coast. European Union leaders on Thursday set a six-month deadline for deciding whether to push ahead with plans for a border guard agency that could deploy to member states unable or unwilling to manage their borders as thousands of migrants continue to arrive in Europe daily.
3 Members of the Qatari armed forces take part in Qatar's National Day celebrations in Doha.
4 Miners leave after working the final shift at Kellingley Colliery on its last day of operation in north Yorkshire, England. Kellingley is the last deep coal mine to close in England, bringing to an end centuries of coal mining in Britain.
5 A city archivist inspects a drawing at the Archives de Paris center, after being removed from an informal memorial at one of the sites of the November shooting attacks in Paris. The attacks killed 130 people in the French capital.
6 Children use a refrigerator as a boat to cross a flooded alley in Candaba, Pampanga, north of Manila, the Philippines. Vast swaths of farmlands inundated by Typhoon Koppu in October were flooded again this week by rains from Typhoon Melor and the flooding could worsen or spread to other areas as second storm in less than a week threatens the country.
7 Palestinian stone-throwers run to take cover after Israeli security forces fired tear gas canisters during clashes following a demonstration next to the controversial Israeli separation wall in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
8 An image of Mother Teresa is seen on a candle used on Teresa's tomb during a special mass service in Kolkata, India. On Friday Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to the late nun, clearing the way for her elevation to sainthood.
9 French livery drivers block traffic during "Snail Operation" at Port Maillot, one of the entries to Paris. Drivers are protesting a drop in their rates, striking out again, against what they say is unfair competition by Uber and other companies.
10 Contestants perform during the dress rehearsal for the Miss World Grand Final in Sanya, southern Hainan province, China. The 65th edition of the Miss World Grand Final will kick off on Saturday.
11 A crib is displayed in Luceram, southeastern France, as part of the Circuit des Creches exhibition of several hundred manger scenes depicting the Christian nativity annually displayed in the streets of the medieval mountain village, north of Nice.
12 An image released Friday from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows a view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon. Earth appears to rise over the lunar horizon, with the center of the Earth just off the coast of Liberia (at 4.04 degrees North, 12.44 degrees West) in this composite image. The large tan area in the upper right is the Sahara Desert, and just beyond is Saudi Arabia.
13 A woman decorates a Christmas shop window in Kyiv, Ukraine.
14 People walk on the beach of Biarritz, southwestern France, along the Atlantic Ocean. Temperatures in southwestern France rose an unusual 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit).
Dicembre 20, 2015
1 A man walks his camel across the Liwa Oasis, southwest of the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi.
2 A man dressed as a Santa Claus rides a float pulled by a kayaker, on the Mediterranean sea during the traditional Christmas bath at Nice, southeastern France.
3 FC Barcelona players celebrate during an award ceremony after winning their final match against River Plate 3-0 at the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan.
4 Sri Lankan officer cadets stand to attention for the national anthem as one of their colleagues faints during a passing out parade ceremony for 161 new army officers' graduation in Diyatalawa.
5 Rescuers look for survivors after a landslide hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province. The landslide buried 22 buildings and left 59 people missing, state media reported.
6 A man prepares decorations ahead of the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Sidon, south Lebanon Dec. 19, 2015.
7 A man dressed as Ded Moroz (Old man Frost or Grandfather Frost), the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, walks while selecting the best snowman during the festive pre-holiday competition 'Parade of Snowmen' at the Royev Ruchey Flora and Fauna Park on the suburbs of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
8 Models painted in camouflage colors to blend in with the background pose for Chinese artist Liu Bolin's artwork "Dongji", or Winter Solstice, in Beijing. In this artwork, Liu wants to express his concerns about China and its people, including air pollution problem, he told Reuters.
9 A woman takes a picture with a smartphone on the Smetovi mountain range near Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
10 Visitors are silhouetted against illuminiated trees to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year at Garden of Morning Calm in Gapyeong, South Korea.
11 Dressed in traditional costumes residents of Kisumu participate in a procession with a herd of cattle as they celebrate their culture known as Tero Buru - a practice by the Luo Community in Kenya 100 years ago.
12 People swim in the Mediterranean Sea during the traditional Christmas bath in the French Riviera city of Nice, southeastern France.
13 Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo waves after being crowned Miss World 2015 in Sanya, Hainan, province, China, Dec. 19, 2015.
Dicembre 21, 2015
1 A worshiper lights candles inside the Church of Nativity, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
2 Children play in a park, which is decorated with festive lights, as a part of the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
3 An orangutan named "Pacquiao" dressed in a Santa Claus costume joins an "Animal Christmas Party" at the Malabon zoo in suburban Malabon, north of Manila, the Philippines.
4 People walk along a street decorated with festive illumination for the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration in central Moscow, Russia.
5 Drivers take part in a demolition derby organized by the Malta Motor Sports Association to raise funds for charity, in Ta' Qali, outside Valletta, Malta, Dec. 20, 2015.
6 An Israeli rows in the Yarkon river in Tel Aviv, Dec. 20, 2015.
7 Two-year-old Pengpeng receives nebulizer therapy on the third day at the New Century International Children’s Hospital after China's capital Beijing issued its second ever "red alert" for air pollution.
8 An aerial view shows the site of a landslide, which hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.
9 Contestants comfort Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, top right, after she was incorrectly crowned Miss Universe at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Dec. 20, 2015. Host Steve Harvey made a mistake when announcing the first runner-up, Miss Colombia, as the winner before they took it away and gave it to Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, pictured on the left.
10 A migrant walks past a painting by English graffiti artist Banksy, at the entrance of the Calais refugee camp in Calais, northern France.
11 President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance with a stormtrooper and R2-D2 from Star Wars, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Dec. 18, 2015.
Dicembre 22, 2015
1 People walk through decorations for the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations in central Moscow, Russia.
2 The sun rises behind the Temple of Karnak during the winter solstice sunrise in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor.
3 Students dressed up as Christmas gifts take part in a Christmas parade in Beirut, Lebanon.
4 A petitioner with her grievances written on her clothes walks along a street in Beijing, China.
5 A Hindu priest decorates a "havan kund" or a sacred pit in which fire is lit and offerings are made, ahead of the five-day long mass prayer meetings for world peace at a temple on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.
6 Reveler Jacqueline Fernandez looks on in the rain during the 26th Annual Kensington Market Winter Solstice Parade in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 21, 2015.
7 Visitors ski on a piste made with artificial snow on a warm day in the western German ski resort of Winterberg, some 80km southeast of Dortmund.
8 Blooming cherry trees are seen during winter time in Berlin, Germany.
9 Tourists walk holding hands together beneath a salvaged dinghy with three life jackets - an installation entitled 'Flight' by artist Arabella Dorman - hanging in the nave of St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, in London.
10 The SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off (L) from its launch pad and then returns to a landing zone (R) in this time-lapsed photo at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Dec. 21, 2015.
11 Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway competes during an alpine ski event, the men's World Cup slalom, in Madonna Di Campiglio, Italy.
12 People work on a snow sculpture at the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China.
13 A one-day-old wild sea otter pup lies with its mother inside the Great Tide Pool at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, Dec. 21, 2015.
14 A motor boat sails along the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about minus 20° C (- 4°F), outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Dicembre 23, 2015
1 A man adjusts plastic strings, used to produce mats, inside a mat factory in the rebel-controlled area of Maarshureen town in Idlib province, Syria.
2 A woman (3rd L), who is a relative of several missing people, cries at the site of a landslide that hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. More than 70 people are still missing.
3 Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra spacewalks with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly (not shown) to successfully move the International Space Station's mobile transporter rail car ahead of the docking of a Russian cargo supply spacecraft, Dec. 21, 2015.
4 Shi'ite rebels, known as Houthis, stand around a large banner with Arabic writing that reads,"Muhammed" during the celebration of Moulid Al-Nabi, the birth of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Sana'a, Yemen.
5 Skiers and snowboarders ride a lift up a mountain at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches.
6 A group of school children walk along the street waering face masks in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Because of high pollution mixed with fog, Sarajevo authorities say they closed down schools in the city while volunteers began distributing face masks to those who still decided to get out of the house despite experts' warnings.
7 Seagulls glide over the water's surface on a foggy day at the Idroscalo artificial lake in Milan, Italy.
8 Indian Christians pay their respects at the illuminated St. Mary's Catholic Church in Amritsar, India.
9 Fresh snowfall blankets Elmadag district, near the Turkish capital Ankara.
Dicembre 24, 2015
1 Cross-bearers walk through the church grounds during a Christmas Eve Mass at the Southern Cathedral, an officially-sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing, China.
2 A man dressed as Santa Claus carries flares as he rides on a boat towed by swimmers, in Imperia, near Genoa, Italy.
3 A man dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, gives a present to a boy on the eve of Christmas, in the burn unit of a hospital in Minsk, Belarus.
4 A man performs a fire-eating act during a street show in Baclaran, City of Paranaque, Metro Manila, the Philippines.
5 Vehicles and debris are scattered in an area near Linden, Tennessee, USA. Several people were killed in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas as spring-like storms mixed with unseasonably warm weather spawned rare Christmas time tornadoes in the South.
6 A U.S. service member salutes her fallen comrades during a memorial ceremony for six Airmen killed in a suicide attack, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2015.
7 Kashmiri Muslim women raise their arms as they pray upon seeing a relic of Prophet Mohammad being displayed during the festival of Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi at Hazratbal shrine on a cold winter morning in Srinagar, India.
8 Christian faithfuls hold candles as they attend a Mass service on Christmas eve in Surabaya, Indonesia.
9 The Washington Monument is seen beyond a heavy fog clinging to the Potomac River as a cyclist makes his way along a riverbank path in Washington, D.C., Dec. 23, 2015.
10 A giant inflatable Santa Claus is set up on a glass bridge during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas, at Shiniuzhai tourist resort in Yueyang, Hunan province, China, Dec. 23, 2015.
11 Ivan Timofeenko, co-founder of "Newton Park," a private interactive museum of science, dressed as Santa Claus, pours liquid nitrogen, bearing the temperature of about -196º C(- 320.8º F), on the head of visitor Dmitry Shilov during the "Arctic" scientific show for school children at the "Square of Peace" museum center in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
12 An illuminated Christmas tree is pictured on Brussels' Grand Place during a light show as part as "Winter Wonders" festivities, including a Christmas market and other events, in central Brussels, Belgium.
13 Hundreds of volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes throw their hats in the air during a Christmas charity event as they gather to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea.
Dicembre 25, 2015
1 A U.S. soldier dressed as Santa Claus waves to fellow troops on Christmas day at the U.S. air base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan.
2 Britain's Queen Elizabeth leaves after attending the Christmas Day service at church in Sandringham, eastern England.
3 People from Pakistani Christian community leave a local church after attending Christmas mass at a local church, under security, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
4 Members of the ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin Seals) take a dip in the Orankesee lake as part of their traditional Christmas swimming session in Berlin, Germany.
5 Fireworks are reflected in the waters of the Yenisei River during a ceremony to open the city's Christmas and New Year tree in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Picture taken with long exposure.
6 People pose next to a 76-meter (251-foot-long) cake during Christmas celebrations at a consumer fair in Chandigarh, India.
7 A musical band from Shi'ites community in Bahrain perform at St. Christopher's Cathedral during Christmas Mass in Manama, Bahrain.
8 Russ Cirincione shops in New York, Dec. 24, 2015. Temperatures were expected to rise into the 70s in New York as topsy-turvy winter weather caused the Northeast to experience unseasonable weather for late December.
9 Pope Francis delivers a "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
10 The nearly full moon is seen among Christmas lights at a holiday display near Lenexa, Kan., Dec. 24, 2015. When the moon turns full, at 5:11 a.m. CST, it will be the first full moon to fall on Christmas day since 1977.
Dicembre 27, 2015
1 St. Sophia Square is illuminated to mark the upcoming New Year and Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine.
2 Pope Francis kisses the statue of Baby Jesus as he arrives to celebrate a Mass for families in St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
3 Men travel on a boat near flood-affected houses in Asuncion, Paraguay. More than 100,000 people had to evacuate from their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina due to severe flooding in the wake of heavy summer rains brought on by El Niño, authorities said.
4 A Miami dance team member catches snowflakes during the third quarter of the Sun Bowl NCAA college football game between Miami and Washington State in El Paso, Texas, Dec. 26, 2015.
5 Tanager Tyler and son Mitchell look over a vehicle, Dec. 26, 2015, that wound up in the culvert of their driveway after floodwaters swept it and its four occupants off the road during the previous night, in Pinson, Alabama. The occupants had to be rescued by the fire department.
6 A member of Red Noses Clowndoctors entertains migrants at a registration center in Dobova, Slovenia, before their departure to Austria.
7 Members of the emergency services rescue a group of people from a flooded street in Tadcaster, northern England.
8 Fire photographer Tod Sudmeier gets hit with flying embers from strong winds at the Solimar brush fire in Ventura County, California, Dec. 26, 2015. A wildfire in Southern California burned over 1,000 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of two major highways and led to evacuations, fire officials said.
9 People costumed as Santa Claus run through a statue alley during a Santa Claus Race in Macedonia's capital Skopje.
10 The minaret of a mosque is seen as smog blankets the village of Ponijeri, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dec. 26, 2015.
Dicembre 28, 2015
1 Ethnic Dong children wearing traditional costumes attend Duoye Festival, in Sanjiang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
2 The Waterford crystal ball is shown atop One Times Square during a media preview, Dec. 27, 2015, in New York. Hundreds of thousands of people in Times Square are expected to watch the ball drop at midnight on Dec. 31 to welcome the New Year.
3 Families of wounded Syrian opposition fighters wait for their release at the Lebanese border crossing point of Masnaa. Syrian opposition fighters, some in wheelchairs, on stretchers or using crutches left the Syrian mountain resort of Zabadani toward the Lebanon border, where they will be flown to Turkey.
4 An Afghan shopkeeper peers out through the broken windows of his shop near the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul.
5 Maryna Gasienica Daniel of Poland falls as she competes during an Alpine skiing, women's World Cup Giant Slalom event, in Lienz, Austria.
6 A heavily damaged area is seen in the aftermath of a tornado in Rowlett, Texas, Dec. 27, 2015. At least 11 people lost their lives as tornadoes tore through Texas, authorities said, as they searched home to home for additional possible victims of the freak storms lashing the southern United States.
7 A graduate of the Brazil's School of Santa Claus gets his beard trimmed by students in Rio de Janeiro.
8 This handout photo released by Queensland Rail shows a derailed freight train carrying approximately 200,000 liters of sulphuric acid, east of Julia Creek in northwest Queensland. The authorities have declared an emergency under the Public Safety Preservation Act and have placed a two-kilometer exclusion zone around the crash site.
9 A firefighter gathers hoses while fighting a forest fire near the Basque town of Berango, near Bilbao, northern Spain.
10 Tourists walk above a tea plantation in Enshi, Hubei province, China, Dec. 27, 2015.
11 More than 1,000 eggs are boiled with spices in a pot during a "crazy egg eating" game in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, China, Dec. 27, 2015.
Dicembre 29, 2015
1 Against a gray winter sky, volunteers use shovels atop a pile of sand as they help fill sandbags in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
2 A jogger makes his way along a snow-covered street in the Hudson Park neighborhood in Albany, New York.
3 Members of Iraq's elite counterterrorism service flash the "V" for victory sign in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, after recapturing it from the Islamic State jihadist group.
4 Taliban militants (R), who were arrested by Afghan border police, stand during a presentation of seized weapons and equipment to the media in Jalalabad.
5 People stack wooden pallets prior to the traditional bonfire of New Year's Eve, in Scheveningen, the Netherlands.
6 A paraglider prepares to land at dusk, prior to the contests at the Four-Hills Ski Jumping Tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, Dec. 28, 2015.
7 Pedestrians stop to watch confetti fall as members of the Times Square Alliance perform an "air worthiness test" for the confetti that is similar to what will be used for New Year's Eve in New York.
8 Picador Diego Ochoa reacts while being pinned under a horse as a bull charges it, during a bullfighting festival at the Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, Colombia, Dec. 28, 2015.
9 An overpass lighted in blue is seen during a hazy evening in Jinan, Shandong province, China, Dec. 28, 2015.
10 A Connecticut fan yells for his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between Connecticut and Maryland at Madison Square Garden in New York, Dec. 28, 2015.
11 People watch as an Indian stuntman rides a motorcycle as another drives a car across a vertical wall at the Mahim fair in Mumbai.
Dicembre 30, 2015
1 Submerged roads and houses are seen after several days of heavy rain led to deadly and historic flooding, in an aerial view over Union, Missouri, USA, Dec. 29, 2015.
2 Students hold portraits of deceased former South Korean "comfort women" during a weekly anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea.
3 Thousands of biodegradable balloons in the colors of the Brazilian national flag are released by members of the Commercial Association as a New Year celebration in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
4 Children collect bullet shells off the streets of Sur district in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, after a curfew was partially lifted. Tensions are running high throughout Turkey's restive southeast, as security forces have been imposing curfews in several towns in a bid to root out Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels from urban centers.
5 New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to police officers during a graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in the Manhattan borough of New York, Dec. 29, 2015.
6 People walk past Christmas decorations along the city's historic boardwalk in the Pacific beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Dec. 29, 2015.
7 Eleven-year-old male sea lion Jay paints the character for "monkey" in calligraphy as part of a New Year's Day attraction at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium park in Yokohama, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan.
8 A man points at a glyptodont shell found in Carlos Spegazzini, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Dec. 29, 2015.
9 A follower of the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda carries offerings for Iemanja, goddess of the sea, in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 29, 2015.
10 Young people take a selfie in front of decorations for New Year's celebration on Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia.
11 People wearing bear furs perform during a festival of New Year ritual dances in Comanesti, northern Romania.
12 People dressed in Santa Claus costumes celebrate the upcoming New Year and Orthodox Christmas holiday on the main street in Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Dicembre 31, 2015
1 Fireworks explode over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during a New Year's Eve fireworks display in Sydney, Australia.
2 Indonesian children in costumes gather during a parade for this year's last sundown on Bali island.
3 Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101, during New Year's celebrations in Taipei.
4 Revelers smile during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong.
5 Fireworks are seen over the city's skyline in Hong Kong as part of the 2016 New Year's celebrations.
6 People release balloons to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, Japan.
7 Fireworks explode in front of Malaysia's landmark building, Petronas Twin Towers, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Kuala Lumpur.
8 A couple kisses inside a giant inflatable ball during a countdown event to celebrate New Year in Seoul, South Korea.
9 An Indian dancer taking pictures of his partner is silhouetted against the sky and reflected in the water during the last sunset of the year, on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai.
10 Palestinians celebrate the last day of the year at the seaport in Gaza City.
11 People pass through security checks at the venue of New Year celebrations at the Brandenburger Tor gate in Berlin, Germany.
12 The year "2016" is written in the air with a sparkler on the banks of the Yenisei River in the Taiga district, near the town of Divnogorsk outside Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
13 Boys play in the snow at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey.
14 A footbridge is littered with debris following flooding at Newton Stewart in Scotland, Britain. Torrential rain and gale force winds have battered northern Britain cutting power to thousands of homes and forcing some to evacuate flooded streets in the third major storm in a month.
15 A man with frost on his face runs along the banks of the Neris river as temperatures dipped to -18º C (- 0.4º F) in Vilnius, Lithuania.
16 Road crews pump water off the highway as floodwater covers Interstate 55, in Arnold, Missouri, USA. Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by car, boat or train to a virtual standstill in the St. Louis area.
17 Slovenia's Peter Prevc soars through the air during his trial jump at the second stage of the 64th Four Hills Ski Jumping Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
18 A woman is drenched with water splashed from an office in Montevideo's old district, Uruguay, as a way of celebrating the end of the year.
