2015 - Pictures of the month_DECEMBER - Dec 09 - Dec 15

2015
Pictures of the month : DECEMBER
Dec. 09 – Dec. 15
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2015
Pictures of the month : DECEMBER
Dec. 09 - Dec. 15
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Police standing next to an armored car after searching near
an area in San Bernardino after the shooting, day 2-12-
2015.
Dec. 02 , 2015
December 23, 2015 2

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
Minieh, LEBANON
Reuters / Saturday, December 05,
2015
A boy walks down a staircase with
splashed blood on the walls of a
staircase caused by an explosion
inside a building in Deir Ammar
town, northeast from the city of
Tripoli, Lebanon December 5, 2015.
A suspected Islamist militant and
two members of his family were
killed in northern Lebanon on
Saturday, after the man blew
himself up during an army raid on
his home, security and medical
sources said. The raid took place in
the town...more
Dec. 05 , 2015
December 23, 2015 3

Photographer
Benoit Tessier
Location
PARIS, France
Reuters / Sunday, December 06,
2015
Hundreds of environmentalists
arrange their bodies to form a
message of hope and peace in
front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris,
France, December 6, 2015, as the
World Climate Change
Conference 2015 (COP21)
continues at Le Bourget near the
French capital. REUTERS/Benoit
Tessier
Dec. 06 , 2015
December 23, 2015 4

Photographer
Jon Nazca
Location
ESTEPONA, Spain
Reuters / Monday,
December 07, 2015
Employees of a bar take
pictures with their
mobile phones of
Spain's Prime Minister
and People's Party (PP)
candidate Mariano
Rajoy (not pictured) as
he walks along a street
after an election
campaign rally in
downtown Estepona,
southern Spain,
December 7, 2015.
REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Dec. 07 , 2015
December 23, 2015 5

Photographer
Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
Reuters / Tuesday, December 08, 2015
A migrant sits on her bed after arriving at the sports hall
of the Jane-Addams high school transformed into a new
refugee shelter in Berlin's Hohenschoenhausen district,
Germany, December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dec. 08 , 2015
December 23, 2015 6

Photographer
Mark Blinch
Location
Mississauga, CANADA
Reuters / Tuesday, December 08,
2015
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
employees Brittany Peddie and Faruk
Patel hang signage with English and
Arabic translations during a tour of
the Infield Terminal at Toronto
Pearson International Airport, that is
set up as a temporary port-of-entry
for Syrian refugees entering Canada
in Mississauga, Canada December 8,
2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Dec. 08 , 2015
December 23, 2015 7

Photographer
Muhammad Hamed
Location
AMMAN, Jordan
2015
A Canadian army officer poses next
to drawings by Syrian refugee
children at the Canadian processing
center for Syrian refugees, during a
media tour held by the Canadian
Embassy in Jordan, at Marka airport,
Amman, Jordan, December 8, 2015.
REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Dec. 08 , 2015
December 23, 2015 8

Photographer
Muhammad Hamed
Location
AMMAN, Jordan
A Syrian refugee family register their information
at the Canadian processing center for Syrian
refugees, during a media tour held by the
Canadian Embassy in Jordan, at Marka airport,
Amman, Jordan, December 8, 2015.
Dec. 08 , 2015
December 23, 2015 9

Photographer
Muhammad Hamed
Location
AMMAN, Jordan
A Syrian refugee family leave after
they registered their information at
the Canadian processing center for
Syrian refugees, during a media tour
held by the Canadian Embassy in
Jordan, at Marka airport, Amman,
Jordan, December 8, 2015.
Dec. 08 , 2015
December 23, 2015 10

Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Jose Cabezas
Location
Mejicanos, El Salvador
Reuters / Wednesday, December
09, 2015
The interior of a "destroyer
house" is seen during a patrol to
erase graffiti in the Montreal
neighborhood in Mejicanos, El
Salvador December 9, 2015. The El
Salvadorean police is conducting
an operation to erase graffiti
associated with gangs as part of a
strategy to regain control in gang-
controlled areas in this
neighborhood, according to the
police. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Benoit Tessier
Location
PARIS, France
09, 2015
People gather at the Place to B, in
Paris, France, December 9, 2015, as
the World Climate Change
Conference 2015 (COP21)
continues at Le Bourget near the
French capital. REUTERS/Benoit
Tessier
Dec. 09 , 2015

Islamic State Warriors wiped the gun in
the city of Deir el-Zour, Syria.-Dec 09-
Islamic State took the majority of
weapons from Iraq
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Lehtikuva Lehtikuva
Location
Vantaa, Finland
Reuters / Wednesday, December 09,
2015
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-
moon (C) visits a reception center for
asylum seekers with Finnish Minister of
the Interior Petteri Orpo (2nd L) in
Vantaa, Finland December 9, 2015. Ban
Ki-moon is in Finland on a brief visit to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of
Finland's UN membership.
REUTERS/Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuv
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Reuters Photographer
Location
SOHAE, North Korea
Reuters / Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North satellite
image shows the construction of new propellant
bunkers at the launch pad and engine test stand
at the Sohae Satellite Launch Station in North
Korea on November 27, 2015 and released on
December 9, 2015. North Korea appears close to
completing an upgrade of its rocket launch site
at Sohae, which could be ready to launch larger
rockets from the beginning of 2016, a U.S.
research institute...more
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Kevin Lamarque
Location
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES
Reuters / Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Abigail Fisher, the plaintiff in Fisher v. Texas,
speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in
Washington December 9, 2015. The U.S.
Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared closely
divided over the future of affirmative action in
college admissions as the justices considered a
challenge to the process for picking students
used by the University of Texas at Austin. The
court is weighing for the second time a challenge
to the system used by...more
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Tiksa Negeri
Location
Gambela, Ethiopia
Reuters / Wednesday,
December 09, 2015
A cultural dance group
waits to perform at
Gambela stadium
during Ethiopia's
Nations and
Nationalities Festival in
Gambela town, in
Ethiopia December 8,
2015. REUTERS/Tiksa
Negeri
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Benoit Tessier
Location
PARIS, France
2015
Singer Madonna performs during her
concert at the AccorHotels Arena in
Paris, France, December 9, 2015, on
her Rebel Heart Tour.
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Andres Stapff
Location
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
December 09, 2015
Argentina's President Cristina
Fernandez de Kirchner (L)
dances next to her son and
lawmaker Maximo Kirchner
after giving her final speech
during a rally in front of the
Casa Rosada Presidential
Palace in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, December 9,
2015. REUTERS/Andres Stapff
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Carlo Allegri
Location
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
09, 2015
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim
Cook (C) attends an event for
students to learn to write
computer code at the Apple store
in Manhattan, New York
December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo
Allegri
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
MUHUYA, Congo, the Democratic
Republic of the
09, 2015
Children from the Bantu and
Pygmy communities attend a class
at a school in Muhuya, in
southeastern Democratic Republic
of the Congo, November 25, 2015.
REUTERS/Habibou Bangre
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
JASON REDMOND
Location
CARNATION, UNITED STATES
2015
Flood waters of the Snoqualmie River
surround a residence off State Route
203 during a storm in Carnation,
Washington December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Jason Redmond
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
China Stringer Network
Location
XI'AN, CHINA
2015
Dogs are seen on the roof of a medical
school after photos of these dogs
caused a public outrage on the
Internet, in Xi'an, Shaanxi province,
China, December 6, 2015. Photographs
of laboratory dogs lying muzzled and
abandoned on the roof of a medical
school building sparked public outrage
in China, and spotlights changing
attitudes to animal rights, animal
welfare groups say. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
2015
A general view of a shelter for
migrants inside a hangar of the
former Tempelhof airport in Berlin,
Germany, December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
December 09, 2015
A general view of tents at a
shelter for migrants inside a
hangar of the former Tempelhof
airport in Berlin, Germany,
December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
09, 2015
A woman walks past a row of
portable toilets at a shelter for
migrants inside a hangar of the
former Tempelhof airport in
Berlin, Germany, December 9,
2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
POOL New
Location
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
09, 2015
Hot air balloons fly over Dubai
during the World Air Games 2015,
held under the rules of the
Federation Aeronautique
Internationale (FAI) as part of the
"Dubai International Balloon
Fiesta" event, United Arab
Emirates December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Karim Sahib/Pool
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Chris Wattie
Location
OTTAWA, CANADA
09, 2015
Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau jokingly
covers the mouth of her husband,
Canada's Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau during the Liberal caucus
holiday party in Ottawa, Canada,
December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
POOL New
Location
COLORADO SPRINGS,
UINTED STATES
December 09, 2015
Robert Lewis Dear, 57,
accused of shooting three
people to death and
wounding nine others at a
Planned Parenthood clinic
in Colorado last month,
attends his hearing to face
179 counts of various
criminal charges at an El
Paso County court in
Colorado Springs,
Colorado December 9,
2015. REUTERS/Andy
Cross/Pool
Dec. 09 , 2015

A Ferris wheel is reflected in a
water feature as part of the
Christmas holiday illuminations in
Nice, southeastern France,
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Several
Christmas decorations are now
displayed around the city of Nice.
(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Dec. 09 , 2015

Activist Melissa Crosby listens to fellow speakers during a protest outside of city hall
condemning a recent police shooting, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in San Francisco.
San†Francisco's†police chief wants city officials to arm his department with Tasers amid
continued protests over the shooting death of Mario Woods, who was wielding a knife when
he was shot by police. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Dec. 09 , 2015

A plane takes off from Nellis Air Force Base as the sun sets over a hazy Las Vegas skyline on
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Dec. 09 , 2015

Cattle graze in a pasture against a backdrop
of wind turbines which are part of the 155
turbine Smoky Hill Wind Farm near Vesper,
Kan., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. (AP
Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Dec. 9 , 2015

Supporters of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez wait for her to appear at Plaza de
Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Followers of President Cristina
Fernandez filled Plaza de Mayo to say goodbye on the eve of her leaving office. After 8 years
in office Fernandez will be replaced by Mauricio Macri on December 10th. (AP Photo/Maria
Eugenia Cerutti)Dec. 9 , 2015

British Prime Minister David
Cameron pays respects at a
memorial for the victims,
outside the compound
housing the Colectiv
nightclub, where 60 people
were killed in a fire 40 days
ago, in Bucharest, Romania,
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.
Cameron arrived in Romania
at the start of a two-day visit
to the region during which he
will discuss EU reforms,
including the contentious
issue of limiting welfare
benefits to hundreds of
thousands of Eastern
Europeans living in
Britain.(AP Photo/Vadim
Ghirda)
Dec. 9 , 2015

Photographer
POOL New
Location
LONDON, United Kingdom
December 09, 2015
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of
Cambridge, speaks on a
telephone as she attends a
charity event at city company
ICAP, in central London,
Britain December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Jeremy Selwyn/pool
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Ronen Zvulun
Location
JERUSALEM, Israel
December 09, 2015
Israeli medics evacuate an
Israeli man, injured by what
Israeli military said was a
Palestinian stabbing attack in
the West Bank, at a hospital in
Jerusalem December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Agencja Gazeta
Location
WARSAW, Poland
2015
Men are escorted by guards as they
interrupt the Constitutional Court
session in Warsaw, Poland
December 9, 2015. Poland is locked
in constitutional crisis after the
ruling conservatives appointed five
judges to the highest judicial body
in a move the opposition said was
illegal. REUTERS/Przemek
Wierzchowski/Agencja Gazeta
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Kim Hong-Ji
Location
SEOUL, South Korea
09, 2015
A diver dressed in a Santa Claus
costume swims with sardines
during a promotional event for
Christmas "Sardines Feeding Show
with Santa Claus" at the Coex
Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea,
December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Kim
Hong-Ji
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Alexandros Avramidis
Location
IDOMENI, GREECE
2015
Migrants, who were stranded on the
Greek-Macedonian border, gesture as
they are transferred on buses after a
police operation near the village of
Idomeni, Greece, December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Dylan Martinez
Location
09, 2015
Choristers from St. Paul's
Cathedral choir sing at the Quire
inside St. Paul's Cathedral in
London, Britain December 9, 2015.
The choristers sang hymns on
Wednesday as they prepared for
Christmas, one of the busiest
times of the year. REUTERS/Dylan
Martinez
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Jose Cabezas
Location
Mejicanos, El Salvador
2015
A police officer paints over a graffiti
associated with the Mara Salvatrucha
gang in the Montreal neighborhood in
Mejicanos, El Salvador December 9,
2015. The El Salvadorean police is
conducting an operation to erase
graffiti associated with gangs as part of
a strategy to regain control in gang-
controlled areas in this neighborhood,
according to the police. REUTERS/Jose
Cabezas
Dec. 09 , 2015

Photographer
Jean-Paul Pelissier
Location
MARSEILLE, France
December 09, 2015
A supporter wears a cap
with pictures of Marine
Le Pen (R) and Marion
Marechal-Le Pen (C),
French National Front
political party
candidates for the
second round of the
regional elections in
Marseille, France,
December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Jean-Paul
Pelissier
Dec. 09 , 2015

Dec. 10 , 2015

A metal ring shake
dancer in a skating
program in the
Christmas gig at the
Ocean Park, Hong Kong
Dec. 10 , 2015

M1A2 Abrams battle tank of the Hantan River crossing America in a joint military exercise
between South Korea and the United States annually, in Yeoncheon, South of the
demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Members of Syria's Red Crescent group accompanied the
people of Syria and move articles relief from a rebel-
controlled area to the area due to the control mode near
the city of Aleppo in northern Syria through al-Hajz gate
in the area of Bustan al-Qasr.
Dec. 10 , 2015

A work of art made of glass arrangements and LED lights to decorate in the Christmas season
at the "garden of Light" in Hong Kong.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Singer Madonna (Center) sings alongside guitarist Monte Pittman and her son David Banda
(left) in the Republic square in Paris at a temporary Memorial area for the victims killed in
the terrorist attacks in the tron on November 13 in Paris.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Argentine President Mauricio Macri along
first lady Juliana Awada and their daughter
Antonia greet the crowd from the balcony
of Government House in Buenos Aires.Dec. 10 , 2015

Oxfam activists wearing masks of world leaders rally in COP21,
climate change Conference of the United Nations in Le Bourget,
North of Paris, France.
Dec. 10 , 2015

The lamps are fixed on the fountain in front of the old
Opera House to decorate for Christmas in the city of
Frankfurt, Germany.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Seth Hardwick competes in equestrian
events, the third with a score of 81.0 in the
cowboy skills performed in Las Vegas, on
December 9, 2015.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Kevin Lamarque
Location
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES
Reuters / Thursday, December 10, 2015
Miyoshia Bailey of Chicago struggles to speak
while holding a photo of her slain son Cortez,
during a press conference on gun violence in
the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 10,
2015. Congressional leaders joined advocates
from Newtown Action Alliance and the
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, as well as
over 60 family members of victims and
survivors of gun violence to demand
congressional action to expand background
checks and...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Jose Cabezas
Location
San Salvador, El Salvador
Reuters / Thursday, December 10,
2015
Cosplayers dressed as characters
from the Star Wars movie series
interact with a child during a
charity event organized by a Star
Wars fan club, at the "Eugenia
Duenas" Blind Rehabilitation
Center in San Salvador, El
Salvador, December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Ilya Naymushin
Location
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2015
Nikolai Vasilyev, 62, dressed as
Father Frost, Russian equivalent of
Santa Claus, water-skis along the
Yenisei River outside Siberian city
of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, December
10, 2015. Vasilyev, a teacher of the
Krasnoyarsk Aerospace Academy,
constructed the self-made water
skis to travel on the water surface.
The skis are made of plastic foam
and the sticks are designed to
propel him forward. REUTERS/Ilya
Naymushin
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Grigory Dukor
Location
St. Petersburg, Russia
Reuters / Thursday, December
10, 2015
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
November 20, 2015. For
theatergoers in St Petersburg,
Nacho Duato's "The Nutcracker"
demonstrates the global appeal
of a Christmas classic. When the
curtain rises at the Mikhailovsky
Theatre, among the oldest
opera and ballet houses in
Russia, it's the...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
POOL New
Location
Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
10, 2015
An aerial view of Nad Al Sheba
Desert in Dubai December 9,
2015. REUTERS/Karim
Sahib/Pool
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Photographer
Amir Cohen
Location
RAHAT, Israel
Uda Tarrabin (R) kisses his father
Suliman after arriving home following 15
years in Egypt, in the Tarrabin tribe's
village near Rahat in southern Israel,
December 10, 2015. Egypt has freed
Tarrabin, an Israeli-Arab held in its jails
for 15 years on espionage charges, in
exchange for the release of two
Egyptians held in Israel, Egyptian and
Israeli officials said on Thursday.
REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Danny Moloshok
Location
LOS ANGELES, UNITED
STATES
Reuters / Thursday,
December 10, 2015
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 December
10, 2015. The awards will be
presented on January 10,
2016. REUTERS/Danny
Moloshok
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
KCNA KCNA
Location
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
2015
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
visits the Phyongchon Revolutionary
Site, in this undated photo released
by North Korea's Korean Central
News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang
December 10, 2015. REUTERS/KCNA
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Grigory Dukor
Location
2015
A ballet dancer stretches backstage
during Nacho Duato's "The
Nutcracker" at the Mikhailovsky
November 21, 2015.
REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Location
FUZHOU, CHINA
2015
People look on as a car is stuck
after falling into a stairs of an
underpass, in Fuzhou, Fujian
province, China, December 9,
2015. The driver, surnamed Yang,
in her 30s, backed the car into
the underpass entrance on
Wednesday by mistaking the
accelerator as the brake. No one
was injured during the accident,
local media reported. Picture
taken December 9, 2015.
REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
IDLIB, SYRIA
2015
Civilians who left the Homs district
of Waer under a local truce, arrive
in buses at Idlib city, Syria December
10, 2015. Busloads of Syrians
including rebel fighters left the last
insurgent-held area of Homs under
a rare local truce in Syria's nearly
five-year conflict that will shore up
government control over the city.
The rebels and their families are
being moved to insurgent-held
areas of the northwest near the
Turkish border...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Handout .
Location
Beirut, Lebanon
10, 2015
Two Syrian refugee children
pose while their family
undergoes medical screening
before the beginning of an
airlift to Canada, in Beirut,
Lebanon December 9, 2015.
The first plane load of Syrian
refugees departed from Beirut
on Thursday, aboard a military
aircraft bound for Toronto. The
Liberal government plans to
resettle 10,000 refugees from
Syria's four-year-old civil war
by the end of the year and a
further 15,000 by the end
of...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Handout .
Location
Beirut, Lebanon
2015
Syrian refugees check their baggage
at the beginning of an airlift to
Canada, at the Beirut International
airport December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Corporal Darcy
Lefebvre/Canadian Forces Combat
Camera/Handout via Reuter
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Handout .
Location
Beirut, Lebanon
Sharon Chomyn, director of operations for Immigration, Refugees
and Citizenship Canada, speaks with Syrian refugees waiting to
pass through security at the beginning of an airlift to Canada, at
the Beirut International airport December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Corporal Darcy Lefebvre/Canadian Forces Combat
Camera/Handout via Reuter
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Handout .
Location
Beirut, Lebanon
2015
Canada's ambassador to Lebanon,
Michelle Cameron, offers a teddy bear
to a Syrian child at the beginning of an
airlift of Syrian refugees to Canada, at
the Beirut International airport
December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Corporal Darcy
Lefebvre/Canadian Forces Combat
Camera/Handout via Reuters
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Alexandre Meneghini
Location
HAVANA, CUBA
Reuters / Thursday,
December 10, 2015
Cuban security personnel
detain a member of the
Ladies in White dissident
group during a protest on
International Human
Rights Day, Havana, Cuba
December 10, 2015.
Cuban police detained at
least six protesters
shouting "Freedom" and
"Long live human rights"
in Havana on Thursday
and dissidents reported
100 arrests nationwide
on U.N. Human Rights
Day, when some Cubans
seek to hold
unauthorized
demonstrations.
REUTERS/Alexandre...mo
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Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Umit Bektas
Location
Incirlik, Turkey
German air force Tornado jets and a cargo
aircraft approach to land at an airbase in
Incirlik, Turkey, December 10, 2015. The
first the German air force Tornado
reconnaissance jets will take off for
Turkey's Incirlik air base on Thursday, to
support the military campaign against
Islamic State. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Fabian Bimmer
Location
JAGEL, Germany
A German air force Tornado jet takes off from
the German army Bundeswehr airbase in
Jagel, northern Germany December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Umit Bektas
Location
Incirlik, Turkey
2015
A German air force Tornado jet
approaches to land at an airbase in
Incirlik, Turkey, December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Fabian Bimmer
Location
JAGEL, Germany
A German air force Tornado jet takes off
from the German army Bundeswehr
airbase in Jagel, northern Germany
December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian
Bimmer
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Fabian Bimmer
Location
JAGEL, Germany
A German airforce Airbus A400M
military refuelling aircraft taxis along
the runway at German army
Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel, northern
Germany December 10, 2015.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Umit Bektas
Location
Incirlik, Turkey
A German air force Tornado jet lands at an
airbase in Incirlik, Turkey, December 10,
2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Fabian Bimmer
Location
JAGEL, Germany
Army personnel board a German airforce
Airbus A400M military aircraft at German
army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel,
northern Germany December 10, 2015.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Fabian Bimmer
Location
JAGEL, Germany
Army personnel attend a roll call prior to boarding a
German airforce Airbus A400M military aircraft at
German army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel,
northern Germany December 10, 2015.
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Phil Noble
Location
CARLISLE, United Kingdom
2015
A man throws out flood ruined stock
from a wedding clothing business in
Carlisle, northern England,
December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Phil
Noble
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Jim Urquhart
Location
SEATTLE, UNITED STATES
2015
Demonstrators march during an
anti-Islamophobia rally in Seattle,
Washington, December 10, 2015.
Several hundred showed up to
demonstrate after the recent death
of Hamza Warsame. The 16-year-
old's death is being investigated by
the Seattle Police Department.
REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Patrick Fallon
Location
SAN BERNARDINO, UNITED STATES
FBI agents pack up diving gear after
searching in the water at Seccombe Lake
Park, after last week's shooting in San
Bernardino, California, December 10,
2015. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Sertac Kayar
Location
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey
2015
Riot police use water cannon to
disperse demonstrators during a
protest against the curfew in Sur
district in the Kurdish dominated
southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey,
December 10, 2015. Seven Kurdish
militants and a policeman have been
killed in four days of fighting in a
southeastern Turkish province that has
been under curfew all week, security
sources said. Nusaybin, a district of
Turkey's southeastern province of
Mardin...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Andres Stapff
Location
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri
waves after being sworn-in to office at the
Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Andres Stapff
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Phil Noble
Location
GLENRIDDING, United Kingdom
10, 2015
Residents clear debris from
their businesses as an excavator
dredges the riverbed after it
burst it's banks, flooding the
village of Glenridding in North
West England, December 10,
2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Kacper Pempel
Location
WARSAW, POLAND
2015
Britain's Prime Minister David
Cameron looks on during a wreath
laying ceremony at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier during his visit in
Warsaw, Poland, December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Mike Blake
Location
COVINA, United States
Parents of San Bernardino shooting victim
Yvette Velasco, Marie and Robert Velasco
release a white dove over her casket during
memorial service in Covina, California,
December 10, 2015. Velasco was one of the
14 killed in last week's shooting rampage in
San Bernardino. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
David Mercado
Location
PATACAMAYA, BOLIVIA
2015
Bolivian student Esteban Quispe,
17, walks on a rubbish dump as a
replica of Wall-E character is seen in
Patacamaya, south of La Paz,
December 10, 2015. Quispe built
the Wall-E robot using materials he
obtained from a rubbish dump in
the town located in the highland
Andean region. He hopes to
mechanize agriculture in
Patacamaya by making use of
robots that operate on solar energy,
Quispe told Reuters.
REUTERS/David Mercado
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Ivan Alvarado
Location
SANTIAGO, CHILE
10, 2015
A demonstrator is detained by
riot policemen during a protest
against the private system of
pension fund administrators in
Santiago, Chile, December 10,
2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
IDLIB, SYRIA
2015
Rebel fighters and civilians who
left the Homs district of Waer
under a local truce, arrive in
buses at Idlib city, Syria,
December 10, 2015. Busloads of
Syrians including rebel fighters
left the last insurgent-held area of
Homs on Wednesday under a rare
local truce in Syria's nearly five-
year conflict that will shore up
government control over the city.
The rebels and their families are
being moved to insurgent-held
areas of the...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Norsk Telegrambyra AS
Location
OSLO, Norway
Secretary General of the Tunisian General
Labour Union (UGTT), Mr. Houcine
Abassi, with the diploma and medallion
at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony
in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2015. The
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was
awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for
its decisive contribution to the building of
a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the
wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.
REUTERS/Cornelius Poppe/NTB...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
TT News Agency
Location
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
2015
Nobel medicine or physiology
laureate Professor Tu Youyou (L) of
China receives her award from King
Carl Gustaf of Sweden during the
award ceremony in Stockholm
Concert Hall December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Jonas Ekstromer/TT
News Agency
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
TT News Agency
Location
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
General view of the Blue Hall, with the Table of
Honour (C), during the banquet in Stockholm
City Hall December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jonas
Ekstromer/TT News Agency
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Norsk Telegrambyra AS
Location
OSLO, Norway
Nobel Peace Prize laureates of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, President of the
National Order of Tunisian Lawyers Fadhel Mahfoudh, the Secretary General of the Tunisian
General Labour Union Houcine Abbassi, the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) Abdessatar
Ben Moussa and the President of the Tunisian employers union (UTICA) Wided Bouchamaoui,
salute participants in a torch parade from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Grigory Dukor
Location
2015
Ballet soloist Valeria Zapasnikova
blows into one of her pointe shoes
to warm it up before a rehearsal of
"The Nutcracker" choreographed by
Nacho Duato at the Mikhailovsky
November 20, 2015. For
theatregoers in St Petersburg,
Nacho Duato's "The Nutcracker"
demonstrates the global appeal of a
Christmas classic. When the curtain
rises at the Mikhailovsky Theatre,
among the oldest opera and
ballet...more
Dec. 10 , 2015

Photographer
Damir Sagolj
Location
BEIJING, CHINA
Reuters / Thursday,
December 10, 2015
A migrant worker steps out
of his accommodation in an
area next to a coal power
plant in Beijing during a
smog-free and also the last
day of the city's first "red
alert" for air pollution,
December 10, 2015.
REUTERS/Damir Sago
Dec. 10 , 2015

Dec. 11 , 2015

A woman wearing a
mask walked beneath
the skyscrapers of the
financial district season
smoke between Pudong,
Shanghai, China.
Pollution alert in red, the
first ever by China for
the effect from the
beginning of this week.
Dec. 11 , 2015

Residents travel in their damaged
houses in the area of Sur in Diyarbakir,
Turkey. This area has suffered military
curfew for eight days. Turkey has
waged a successful non-stop against
the stronghold of the PKK rebels in the
Southeast and in northern Iraq, after a
two-year ceasefire with the rebels
broke down in July.
Dec. 11 , 2015

The main locomotive of a Union Pacific
freight train on the tracks before
sunrise, in Sahuarita, Arizona, USA.
Dec. 11 , 2015

A Swiss customs officer armed with more weapons to stand guard at the Bardonnex customs
handles of Switzerland-France near the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva has raised the
alarm on Thursday and said they were looking for the suspects who can contact with
terrorists.
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 100

The slogan "No Plan B" (no plan B) is shown on the Eiffel Tower during the climate change
conference in the world by 2015 (COP21) in Paris, France.
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 101

A giant Santa Claus statue are lighted side path
Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France.
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 102

People watching the fireworks in the event lit giant Christmas tree
at the Christmas season opening 2015 in Beirut, Lebanon.
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 103

A Saudi man teach his sons horseback riding in a desert near the city of Tabuk, Saudi-Arabia.
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 104

Many participants cycling in an event honoring King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the city of
Narathiwat, southern Thailand. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn Maha led events ' bike
ride because the iconic ' Father in Bangkok while people cycling around the country to
celebrate the 88th birthday of the King
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 105

The Commission mounted on the fence in an area of the temporary memorial for the victims
of the shooting on December 2, near the Inland regional center in San Bernardino, California,
United States of America.
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 106

Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 107
Robot BB-8 photographed
actors and directors in a press
conference for their latest movie
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
at a city hotel in Urayasu, near
Tokyo.

Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 108
The tangerines are present in fruit and
vegetable stall at Rungis International Food
Market as buyers prepare for the Christmas
season in Rungis, south of Paris.

Photographer
Mark Blinch
Location
Mississauga, CANADA
10, 2015
Trudeau poses with airport
staff as they await Syrian
refugees to arrive at the
Toronto Pearson International
Airport in Mississauga, Ontario,
December 10, 2015. After
months of promises and weeks
of preparation, the first
planeload of Syrian refugees
was headed to Canada on
Thursday, aboard a military
plane to be met at Toronto's
airport by Trudeau.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 109

Photographer
Valentyn Ogirenko
Location
ODESSA, UKRAINE
Reuters / Friday, December 11, 2015
Darth Mykolaiovych Vader, who is
dressed as the 'Star Wars' character
Darth Vader, poses for a picture as he
dries his mask and helmet with a
hairdryer in the bathroom of his
apartments in Odessa, Ukraine,
December 2, 2015. Darth Vader was
bent on galactic domination, but his
Ukrainian namesake enjoys more
mundane pursuits: local politics,
walking the family dog and a spot of
embroidery. The Ukrainian citizen, who
has changed his...more
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 110

Photographer
Valentyn Ogirenko
Location
Kiev, Ukraine
Rada deputy Oleg Barna removes
Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk from
the tribune, after presenting him a
bouquet of roses, during the
parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine,
December 11, 2015.
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 111

Photographer
Location
TEHRAN, Iran
Reuters / Friday, December 11,
2015
A car drivers past an anti-U.S.
poster in Vali-Asr Square in Tehran,
Iran December 6, 2015.
REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 112

Photographer
Location
TEHRAN, Iran
A woman walks past a painting of Iran's late
leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran
December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb
Homavandi/TIMA
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 113

Photographer
Location
TEHRAN, Iran
Iranian artist Movahhed Beyranvand
puts final touches on his mural in Tehran
December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb
Homavandi/TIMA
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 114

Photographer
Mark Blinch
Location
TORONTO, CANADA
Hagop Manushian, a Syrian refugee who
arrived earlier in the morning, is reunited
with his granddaughter Rita at the
Armenian Community Centre of Toronto
in Toronto, Canada December 11, 2015.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 115

Photographer
Mark Blinch
Location
MISSISSAUGA, Canada
Reuters / Friday, December
11, 2015
Syrian refugees are greeted
by Canada's Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau on their
arrival from Beirut at the
Toronto Pearson
International Airport in
Mississauga, Ontario,
December 11, 2015.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 116

Photographer
Mark Blinch
Location
Mississauga, Canada
Trudeau poses with airport staff as
they await Syrian refugees to arrive at
the Toronto Pearson International
Airport in Mississauga, Ontario,
December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Mark
Blinch
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 117

Photographer
Mark Blinch
Location
MISSISSAUGA, Canada
Syrian refugees are greeted by Canada's
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on their
arrival from Beirut at the Toronto Pearson
International Airport in Mississauga,
Ontario, December 11, 2015.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 118

Photographer
Handout .
Location
UNKNOWN, Iraq
A still image from an Italian Air Force
Predator drone video, released
December 10, 2015 via Italian magazine
L'Espresso, shows images used to
pinpoint targets in Islamic State territory
in Iraq. The weekly magazine released
video filmed by the Italian airforce
during operations between December 5
and 8 in the skies above Iraq. Italian
Predator drones were patrolling the skies
above areas of Iraq controlled by the
Islamic State,...more
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 119

Photographer
Handout .
Location
UNKNOWN, Iraq
A still image from an Italian Air Force
Predator drone video shows images used to
pinpoint targets in Islamic State territory in
Iraq. REUTERS/Italian Air Force/courtesy
L'Espresso magazine
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 120

Photographer
Handout .
Location
UNKNOWN, Iraq
2015
A still image from an Italian Air
Force Predator drone video shows
images used to pinpoint targets in
Islamic State territory in Iraq.
REUTERS/Italian Air Force/courtesy
L'Espresso magazine
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 121

Photographer
Stephane Mahe
Location
LE BOURGET, France
A woman walks past a map showing
the elevation of the sea in the last 22
years during the World Climate
Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at
Le Bourget, near Paris December 11,
2015. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 122

Photographer
Location
BEIJING, CHINA
2015
Members of the Moranbong
Band from North Korea carry
their instruments as they leave a
hotel in central Beijing, China,
December 11, 2015. North
Korea's State Merited Chorus and
the Moranbong Band will
perform at the National Grand
Theatre in Beijing from Saturday
to Monday, Xinhua News Agency
reported. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 123

Photographer
Location
BEIJING, CHINA
2015
A member of the Moranbong Band
from North Korea speaks to the
press outside a hotel in central
Beijing December 11, 2015.
REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 10 , 2015
December 23, 2015 124

Photographer
Location
BEIJING, CHINA
Reuters / Friday, December
11, 2015
A member of the
Moranbong Band from
North Korea gets on a bus
as she leaves a hotel in
central Beijing December
11, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 11 , 2015
December 23, 2015 125

Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 126

At night in Aleppo
Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
2015
Damaged buildings are pictured at
night in Aleppo, Syria December
11, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar
Abdullah
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 127

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
Reuters / Saturday, December 12, 2015
A damaged mosque is pictured at night
in Aleppo, Syria December 11, 2015.
REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 128

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
2015
A graveyard is pictured at night in
Aleppo, Syria December 11, 2015.
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 129

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
2015
Damaged buildings are pictured
at night in Aleppo, Syria
December 11, 2015.
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 130

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
Reuters / Saturday, December
12, 2015
Damaged buildings are
pictured at night in Aleppo,
Syria December 11, 2015.
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 131

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
Reuters / Saturday, December
12, 2015
Damaged buildings are
pictured at night in Aleppo,
Syria December 11, 2015.
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 132

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
2015
A graveyard is pictured at night in
Aleppo, Syria December 11, 2015.
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 133

Photographer
Alexandre Meneghini
Location
HAVANA, CUBA
Reuters / Saturday,
December 12, 2015
A girl watches a concert
by Puerto Rican singer
Olga Tanon in Havana
December 12, 2015.
REUTERS/Alexandre
Meneghini
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 134

Photographer
XXSTRINGERXX xxxxx
Location
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
Reuters / Saturday,
December 12, 2015
Women rest after casting
their votes at a polling
station during municipal
elections, in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia December
12, 2015.
REUTERS/Faisal Al
Nasser
Dec. 12 , 2015
December 23, 2015 135

Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 136

Photographer
Michael Dalder
Location
MUNICH, Germany
2015
Men dressed as 'Krampuss' prepare
to parade at Munich's Christmas
market, December 13, 2015. Young
single men will wear the traditional
attires known as 'Krampusse',
consisting of animal skins and
masks, with large cow-bells to
make loud and frightening noises
and parade through the city. They
follow 'Saint Nicholas' from house
to house in December each year to
bring luck to the good and punish
the idle. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 137

Photographer
Christinne Muschi
Location
MONTREAL, CANADA
Reuters / Sunday, December 13, 2015
Anas Francis is reunited with his cousin Syrian refugee Laila
Beylouneh, 13, at the Welcome Centre in Montreal, Quebec,
December 12, 2015. The second military airlift of refugees
arrived in Montreal on Saturday, and will see a total of 10,000
resettled by year-end and an additional 15,000 by the end of
February, fulfilling the Canadian government's pledge to accept
25,000. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 138

Photographer
Location
ZUNYI, CHINA
An aerial view shows visitors walking in
a maze, at a tourist resort in Zunyi,
Guizhou province, China, December 13,
2015. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 139

Photographer
STRINGER Venezuela
Location
CARACAS, VENEZUELA
Reuters / Sunday, December
13, 2015
Supporters of the
opposition Democratic
Unity coalition stand on the
roof of a building as they
participate in a concert to
celebrate their victory in the
election last Sunday, in
Caracas, Venezuela,
December 13, 2015.
REUTERS/Marco Bello
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 140

Photographer
Suhaib Salem
Location
GAZA CITY, Palestinian
Territories
13, 2015
A Palestinian man stands atop
the roof of his house, that was
damaged by what witnesses
said was Israeli shelling during
a 50-day war in the summer
of 2014, on a rainy day, east of
Gaza City December 13, 2015.
REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 141

Photographer
Hannibal Hanschke
Location
Berlin, Germany
2015
The name tags of volonteers stick
on a locker in a refugee shelter of
Germany's charity organisation
Arbeiter Samariter Bund ASB in
Berlin, Germany, December 12,
2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 142

Photographer
Kacper Pempel
Location
WARSAW, POLAND
13, 2015
A protester flashes a victory
sign as he holds Polish and EU
flags during an anti-
government demonstration in
front of PiS (Law and Justice)
leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski's
house in Warsaw, Poland
December 13, 2015. Anti-
government protesters
gathered outside Kaczynski's
house on the anniversary of
the imposition of a 1981
martial law, imitating an
annual anti-communist
gathering that had taken place
outside the house of
General...more
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 143

Photographer
Paulo Whitaker
Location
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
13, 2015
Demonstrators attend a
protest calling for the
impeachment of Brazil's
President Dilma Rousseff at
Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, December 13, 2015.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 144

Photographer
Daniel Becerril
Location
MONTERREY, Mexico
2015
A cosplayer dressed as
Chewbacca, a character from
the Star Wars movie series,
enters the bathroom during an
event organised by Star Wars
fan club Monterrey in
Monterrey, Mexico, December
13, 2015. REUTERS/Daniel
Becerril
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 145

Photographer
Mark Kauzlarich
Location
Mount Vernon, United States
Supporters hold signs and cheer as
U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Bernie Sanders speaks
during a campaign rally at Cornell
College in Mount Vernon, Iowa
December 13, 2015. REUTERS/Mark
Kauzlarich
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 146

Photographer
Baz Ratner
Location
JERUSALEM, Israel
Reuters / Sunday,
December 13, 2015
An Ultra-Orthodox
Jewish man lights
candles on the eighth
and last night of the
holiday of Hanukkah in
Jerusalem's Mea
Shearim
neighbourhood
December 13, 2015.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 147

Photographer
Ali Hashisho
Location
SIDON, LEBANON
A Lebanon's Hezbollah member reacts
as he carries with others the coffin of
his comrade, Mohamad Sfawi, who was
killed fighting alongside Syrian army
forces in Syria, during his funeral in
Qnarit village, southern Lebanon,
December 13, 2015. REUTERS/Ali
Hashisho
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 148

Photographer
Nacho Doce
Location
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
Reuters / Sunday,
December 13, 2015
A demonstrator wears a
mask depicting Brazil's
former president Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva while
covered with the
Brazilian flag in front of
riot police as he takes a
picture of them during a
protest calling for the
impeachment of Brazil's
President Dilma Rousseff
in Sao Paulo, Brazil,
December 13, 2015.
REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 149

Photographer
Yves Herman
Location
HENIN-BEAUMONT, France
2015
Marine Le Pen, French National
Front political party leader and
candidate for the National Front in
the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
region, waves from her car as she
leaves the polling station after
casting her ballot in the second-
round regional elections in Henin-
Beaumont, France, December 13,
2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 150

Photographer
Jean-Paul Pelissier
Location
MARSEILLE, France
13, 2015
Marion Marechal-Le Pen,
French National Front
political party member and
candidate for National Front
in the Provence-Alpes-Cote
d'Azur (PACA) region,
delivers a speech after
results in the second-round
regional elections in
Marseille, France, December
13, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Paul
Pelissier
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 151

Photographer
Bassam Khabieh
Location
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
Men search for belongings at a site hit
by missiles in the Douma neighborhood
of Damascus, Syria December 13, 2015.
REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 152

Photographer
Neil Hall
Location
A participant peeks from his costume
before the start of the the annual
London Pantomime Horse Race in
Greenwich, Britain December 13,
2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 153

Photographer
Gonzalo Fuentes
Location
PARIS, France
2015
The Eiffel Tower is engulfed in fog
early morning in Paris, December 14,
2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Dec. 13 , 2015
December 23, 2015 154

Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 155

Mr. Abu Mohammed went back in the House after the RAID for Syrian forces is in the town of
al-Nashabiyah in the Ghouta region in the East, the stronghold of the rebels in the East of the
capital, Damascus, Syria.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 156

A cast of Cirque Mechanics used props to
advertising for the new concert "Pedal
Punks" on Times Square, New York City,
and lasted until January 2016.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 157

Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 158
Kashmir protesters fled when tear gas exploded near them
during a protest in the city of Srinagar, India, against the
authorities are expected to implement the food safety law
that would restrict aid rations for every person in this state
down to 5 kilograms from 30 kilograms today.

National Assembly of Kosovo security
forces wearing masks after the opposition
lawmakers break cay interrupt a session of
Parliament in the capital Pristina.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 159

The Houthi people belonging to Shia Muslim, sat
on a truck going on patrol while they slogans
during a gathering of the tribe expressed his
support for the Houthi movement in the capital,
Sana'a, Yemen.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 160

A the people passing by
the huge waves tore
through the wall on a
coastal road in the city of
Legaspi in Albay
province, South of
Manila, while the storm
Melor approached the
city. More than 700,000
people have left the
central part of the
Philippines amid
warnings about the
threat of big waves,
flooding and mudslides,
authorities said.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 161

An Orthodox priest blessing for those
members of the media at the launch of the
Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. Soyuz
spacecraft are scheduled to be launched on
December 15.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 162

Photographer
Mario Anzuoni
Location
HOLLYWOOD, United States
Reuters / Monday, December 14,
2015
Actor Mark Hamill arrives at the
premiere of "Star Wars: The Force
Awakens" in Hollywood, California
December 14, 2015. REUTERS/Mario
Anzuoni
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 163

Photographer
Ammar Awad
Location
JERUSALEM, Israel
2015
An Israeli man stands next to the
scene where a motorist rammed
into a bus stop, injuring at least
nine people before he was shot
dead, according to Israeli police,
in Jerusalem December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 164

Photographer
Toby Melville
Location
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Reuters / Monday, December 14, 2015
A city worker walks through the City of London with St.
Andrew Undershaft church surrounded by business
skyscrapers, December 16, 2014. The architectural
landscape of London never stands still. The City of
London, as the largest financial services and banking
centre in Europe, is no exception. Silhouettes of cranes
pepper the horizon and buildings shoot skywards. Amid
all this change there appears to be one constant: over
50...more
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 165

Photographer
Lucas Jackson
Location
NEW YORK, United States
2015
A man exercises in a park during a
bout of unseasonably warm weather
in the Manhattan borough of New
York December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 166

Photographer
Handout .
Location
VIRGINIA, United States
2015
An artist's rendering of what the
next generation U.S. fighter jet
might look like is seen in this
handout photo provided by
Northrop Grumman Corporation,
December 12, 2015. The
Pentagon's fiscal 2017 budget
request will include $12 billion to
$15 billion to fund war gaming,
experimentation and the
demonstration of new
technologies aimed at ensuring a
continued military edge over
China and Russia, Deputy
Defense Secretary Robert...more
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 167

Photographer
Jonathan Ernst
Location
FAIRFAX, UNITED STATES
Reuters / Monday, December
14, 2015
Activists hold a protest and
vigil against gun violence on
the third anniversary of the
Sandy Hook mass shooting,
outside the National Rifle
Association (NRA)
headquarters in Fairfax,
Virginia December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 168

Photographer
Location
SALTA, Argentina
Reuters / Monday,
December 14, 2015
Aerial view of the
overturned bus which
crashed in Argentina's
northern province of Salta,
December 14, 2015. A bus
carrying Argentine border
patrol officers crashed into
a ravine in Salta on
Monday, killing at least 43
people, while nine were
being treated for injuries,
provincial emergency
official Francisco Marinaro
told local television.
REUTERS/Javier Corbalan
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 169

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
SHIMLA, INDIA
2015
Activists from India's main
opposition Congress party try to
flee after their clothes caught fire
while they were trying to burn an
effigy of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi during a protest in
Shimla, India, December 14, 2015.
Local media reported Sukhwinder
Singh Sukhu, chief of Himachal
Pradesh Congress Committee,
saying that at least five Congress
activists suffered burns on
Monday during the protest against
the central...more
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 170

Photographer
Amit Dave
Location
AHMEDABAD, India
A worker applies colour to strings which will
be used to fly kites, by a roadside in
Ahmedabad, India, December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Amit Dave
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 171

Photographer
Tony Gentile
Location
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN
2015
Pope Francis arrives to attend a
special audience with members of
Italian episcopal conference (CEI) in
Paul VI hall at the Vatican December
14, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 172

Photographer
Mario Anzuoni
Location
14, 2015
Stormtroopers march in at the
world premiere of the film
"Star Wars: The Force
Awakens" in Hollywood,
California, December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 173

Photographer
Mario Anzuoni
Location
HOLLYWOOD, United
States
Reuters / Monday,
December 14, 2015
Harrison Ford poses for a
selfie with a fan.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 174

Photographer
POOL New
Location
Beijing, CHINA
Reuters / Monday,
December 14, 2015
Chinese Paramilitary guards
stand on the stairs after
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed al-Nahyan (R), Crown
Prince of Abu Dhabi and
UAE's deputy commander-
in-chief of the armed forces
leaves the Great Hall of the
People in Beijing on
December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/FRED
DUFOUR/Pool
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 175

Fog covered the Benjamin Franklin Bridge over
the Delaware River in Philadelphia, United States
of America.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 176

Photographer
Toby Melville
Location
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
2015
St Paul's Cathedral is seen
refracted in raindrops on a metal
plaque following heavy rainfall in
the City of London, Britain
December 15, 2014. The
architectural landscape of
London never stands still. The
City of London, as the largest
financial services and banking
centre in Europe, is no exception.
Silhouettes of cranes pepper the
horizon and buildings shoot
skywards. Amid all this change
there appears to be one constant:
over...more
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 177

Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
WASHINGTON, United
States
Reuters / Monday,
December 14, 2015
President Barack Obama
leaves with U.S. Defense
Secretary Ash Carter (L)
after delivering a
statement on the counter-
Islamic State campaign at
the Pentagon in
Washington, December
14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos
Barria
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 178

Photographer
Aly Song
Location
SHANGHAI, CHINA
14, 2015
A woman wearing a face mask
stands on a bridge in front of
the financial district of Pudong
amid heavy smog in Shanghai,
China, December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Aly Song
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 179

Photographer
Ralph Orlowski
Location
KARLSRUHE, Germany
14, 2015
Germany's Christian
Democratic Union (CDU)
secretary general Peter Tauber
and German Chancellor and
leader of the CDU Angela
Merkel vote on a resolution
about refugees at the CDU
party congress in Karlsruhe,
Germany December 14, 2015.
Merkel promised at a congress
of her conservative party on
Monday to reduce substantially
the number of migrants
entering Germany, responding
to rank-and-file concerns about
the influx of a million...more
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 180

Photographer
Alkis Konstantinidis
Location
ATHENS, GREECE
Migrants, who were stranded between
Greece and Macedonia, rest next to
placards hung on a metal fence, outside
the Tae Kwon Do stadium at the
southern suburb of Faliro, in Athens,
Greece, December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 181

Photographer
William Hong
Location
NANZHUANG, CHINA
2015
A worker holds the head of a fox
while killing it with electricity for
its fur at a fox farm in Nanzhuang
village, Shandong province,
China, December 11, 2015. There
are over 60 households in the
village still raising foxes, raccoon
dogs and other animals for the
fur trade. China is the world's
largest fur producer and
exporter, according to state
media. REUTERS/William Hong
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 182

Photographer
Jose Cabezas
Location
14, 2015
Cosplayers dressed as
characters from the Star Wars
movie series joke with an
elevator operator during a
charity event organised by the
El Salvador Star Wars fan club
at the Benjamin Bloom
National Children's Hospital in
December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 183

Photographer
Rupak De Chowdhuri
Location
KOLKATA, India
Labourers unload sacks of rice from a handcart at a
wholesale market in Kolkata, India, December 14,
2015. India's wholesale prices fell for a 13th
straight month in November, but a sharp pickup in
food prices and a pending wage hike for millions of
government employees are likely to keep
policymakers worried about potential inflationary
risks. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 184

Photographer
Suhaib Salem
Location
GAZA CITY, Palestinian
Territories
14, 2015
A masked Palestinian boy
wearing the headband of
Hamas's armed wing takes
part in a rally marking the
28th anniversary of Hamas'
founding, in Gaza City
December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 185

Photographer
Mike Segar
Location
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
2015
Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton stands beneath a
banner as she is introduced before
addressing the 2015 National
Immigrant Integration Conference in
the Brooklyn borough of New York
City, December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Mike Segar
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 186

Photographer
Khuram Parvez
Location
PESHAWAR, Pakistan
Reuters / Monday,
December 14, 2015
A man carries buckets to fill
water from Sardaryab River
to wash his fish shop near
by in Charsadda, near
Peshawar, Pakistan,
December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Khuram Parvez
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 187

Photographer
Mario Anzuoni
Location
2015
Droid BB-8 arrives at the world
premiere of the film "Star Wars:
The Force Awakens" in Hollywood,
California, December 14, 2015.
Dec. 14 , 2015
December 23, 2015 188

Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 189

Immigrant sitting under a banner outside a
home in Olympic Stadium in Faliro, South of
the city of Athens, Greece.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 190

Princess Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, involved
"music therapy" by the drums when she attended the
Christmas party family school in Anna Freud Centre, in
London, England.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 191

A House is decorated as a Christmas gift in
Scholar Green, Northern England.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 192

Workers drag a floating structure to do a temporary
bridge for Magh Mela Festival on the Ganges in
Allahabad, India.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 193

British astronaut Tim Peake, a
member of the crew boarded
the international space station
(ISS), waving Hello from the bus
before the spaceship Soyuz
TMA-19 m launch from Russia's
Baikonur space Center hired
back in Kazakhstan.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 194

Lindt Cafe building is lit to celebrate
a year of service held hostage in this
cafe in the city of Sydney, Australia,
by a person claiming to be a Muslim
cleric performed, two of the
hostages were killed.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 195

The miniature models of many
different types of cars Land Rover
Defender is on display in an
exhibition to promote the charity
auctions car Land Rover Defender
Monday million coming in at
Bonhams auction house in London,
England
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 196

Photographer
Khaled Abdullah
Location
Sanaa, Yemen
2015
Tribesmen loyal to the Houthi
movement hold their weapons at a
gathering to show their support for
the group, in Yemen's capital Sanaa
December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 197

Photographer
Stringer ..
Location
LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY
An ice covered entrance door to the
international gene bank Svalbard Global
Seed Vault (SGSV) near Longyearbyen on
Spitsbergen, Norway, October 20, 2015. Two
consignments of crop seeds will be
deposited next year in a "doomsday vault"
built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard
global supplies. The vault, which opened on
the Svalbard archipelago in 2008, is designed
to protect crop seeds, such as beans, rice and
wheat against the...more
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 198

Another Srebrenica mass grave unearthed
Photographer
Dado Ruvic
Location
KOZLUK, BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
2015
Women from Srebrenica cry
during the exhumation of a mass
grave believed to hold the bodies
of massacre victims from the
1992-1995 war in Bosnia, in the
village of Kozluk, near the eastern
town of Zvornik, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 199

Photographer
Dado Ruvic
Location
KOZLUK, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
International Commission on Missing
Persons (ICMP) forensic experts
search for human remains during the
exhumation of a mass grave believed
to hold bodies of massacre victims
from the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, in
the village of Kozluk, near the eastern
town of Zvornik, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 200

Photographer
Dado Ruvic
Location
KOZLUK, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
A forensic expert from the International
Commission on Missing Persons
uncovers human remains during the
exhumation of a mass grave believed to
hold the bodies of massacre victims from
the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, in the
village of Kozluk, near the eastern town
of Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dado
Ruvic
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 201

Photographer
Dado Ruvic
Location
KOZLUK, BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
Reuters / Tuesday, December
15, 2015
Forensic experts from the
International Commission on
Missing Persons stand near
human remains during the
exhumation of a mass grave
believed to hold the bodies of
massacre victims from the 1992-
1995 war in Bosnia, in the
village of Kozluk, near the
eastern town of Zvornik, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, December 15,
2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 202

Push for peace in Yemen
Photographer
Khaled Abdullah
Location
Sanaa, Yemen
2015
A Houthi militant holds a machine
gun mounted on a patrol truck while
securing the site of a gathering held
by tribesmen loyal to the Houthi
movement to show their support for
the group, in Yemen's capital Sanaa
December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled
Abdullah
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 203

Photographer
Khaled Abdullah
Location
Sanaa, Yemen
2015
Tribesmen loyal to the Houthi
movement perform the traditional
Baraa dance at a gathering held to
show their support for the group,
in Yemen's capital Sanaa
December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 204

Photographer
Shamil Zhumatov
Location
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN
15, 2015
Photographers take pictures
as the Soyuz TMA-19M
spacecraft carrying the crew
of Timothy Peake of Britain,
Yuri Malenchenko of Russia
and Timothy Kopra of the U.S.
as it blasts off to the
International Space Station
(ISS) from the launchpad at
the Baikonur cosmodrome,
Kazakhstan, December 15,
2015. REUTERS/Shamil
Zhumatov
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 205

Photographer
Paul Hackett
Location
London, UNITED KINGDOM
Star Wars collector James Burns, 44,
poses for a photograph with some of
his collection in London December 2,
2015. He said "I've met so many
wonderful people, all over the world.
It's a wonderful community of
likeminded people with an interest in
Star Wars. There's nothing else like it".
REUTERS/Paul Hackett
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 206

Photographer
POOL New
Location
Sydney, Australia
2015
Lindt Cafe siege survivor Marcia
Mikhael is embraced during a
memorial ceremony
commemorating the first
anniversary of the Sydney cafe
siege, in Martin Place, Australia,
December 15, 2015. Australia
marks one year since 18 people
were taken hostage and two killed
by lone gunman, Man Horan
Monis, who was shot and killed by
police, during a siege at the cafe in
Sydney's Martin Place on
December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Lisa
Maree...more
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 207

Photographer
Eric Gaillard
Location
NICE, France
2015
A dog is reflected in the water of a
fountain as it runs by a Ferris
wheel on the place Massena as
part of Christmas holiday season
illuminations in Nice, France,
December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Eric
Gaillard
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 208

Photographer
Tony Gentile
Location
ROME, Italy
15, 2015
A flock of starlings flies in the
dusk sky over Rome, Italy
December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Tony Gentile
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 209

Photographer
Phil Noble
Location
BIRMINGHAM, UNITED
KINGDOM
15, 2015
Nobel peace laureate Malala
Yousafzai wipes her eyes as she
listens to a speech at a Poppies
for Peace in Peshawar event to
mark the 2014 Taliban attack
on the Peshawar Army Public
School, in Birmingham Britain,
December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Phil Noble
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 210

Photographer
Stringer Philippines
Location
LEGAZPI, Philippines
15, 2015
A view of a coastal Pigcale
village hit by Typhoon Melor,
in Legazpi city, Albay province
in the Philippines December
15, 2015. Wide areas of the
central Philippines were
plunged into darkness on
Tuesday as powerful typhoon
Melor barreled into the
coconut-growing region,
causing flooding, storm surges
and forcing almost 800,000
people to evacuate their
homes, officials said.
REUTERS/Rhaydz Barcia
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 211

Photographer
Handout .
Location
CERRO LAS CAMPANAS, Chile
2015
The Gemini Observatory projects a
laser as the night sky and artificial
light of the city are seen at the Cerro
Las Campanas, on the outskirts of La
Serena, Chile, November 13, 2011 in
this handout photo provided by
Gemini Observatory/AURA,
December 14, 2015.
REUTERS/Gemini
Observatory/AURA/Manuel
Paredes/Handout via Reuters
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 212

Photographer
Mike Blake
Location
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, United
States
2015
Star Wars fans Chris Pellitteri, 45,
(Scout Trooper) with his wife
Christine, 36, (Royal Guard) son
Jay, 8, (Stormtrooper) and
daughter Lily, 6, (Ewok) pose for a
photo at their home in Rancho
Cucamonga, California December
10, 2015. Chris saw Star Wars in
1977 at a drive-in when he was 7
years old. He said that friends
and family think they were "a
little crazy for dressing up in Star
Wars costumes, but since they
know most of...more
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 213

Photographer
Ilya Naymushin
Location
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2015
A member of the "Sibspas"
Siberian search and rescue group
dressed as Santa Claus (L),
shakes hands with his teammate,
dressed as Father Frost, the
Russian equivalent of Santa
Claus, as they climb to the rock
named "The Fourth Stolb" (the
Fourth Pillar) at the Stolby
National Nature Reserve during a
training session of the Russian
Emergencies Ministry outside
Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk,
Russia December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Ilya...more
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 214

Photographer
Chris Wattie
Location
OTTAWA, CANADA
2015
Trudeau wipes his eyes after
speaking during the release of the
Truth and Reconciliation
Commission's final report in
Ottawa, Canada, December 15,
2015. Trudeau pledged to work
toward full reconciliation with
Canadian Aboriginals on Tuesday
as he accepted a final report on the
abuses of the government's now-
defunct system of residential
schools for indigenous children.
REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 215

Photographer
Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Location
CARACAS, Venezuela
A Hypsiboas crepitans frog is pictured
at a terrarium in Caracas, Venezuela
November 30, 2015. 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. The
survival of a group of nearly 20 frog and
toad species, which top Venezuela's list
of endangered...more
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 216

Photographer
Stephanie Keith
Location
NEW YORK, USA
15, 2015
People interact with the
"joyful" room at the Museum
of Feelings, a pop-up
installation in New York,
December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 217

Photographer
Alexandre Meneghini
Location
HAVANA, CUBA
2015
Baseball player Alexei Ramirez poses
for photos in Havana, Cuba
December 15, 2015. Cuban baseball
defectors joined a Major League
Baseball goodwill tour that arrived in
Havana on Tuesday in an
unprecedented act of baseball
diplomacy. REUTERS/Alexandre
Meneghini
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 218

Photographer
Mike Blake
Location
LAS VEGAS, United States
Republican presidential candidates (L-
R) former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Senator
Ted Cruz, Governor Chris Christie,
former Governor Jeb Bush and
businessman Donald Trump mix and
chat at the end of the Republican
presidential debate in Las Vegas,
Nevada December 15, 2015.
REUTERS/Mike Blake
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 219

Illegal jade mining in Myanmar
Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
15, 2015
A view of a jade mine dump at
a Hpakant jade mine in Kachin
state, Myanmar November 25,
2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 220

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
2015
Miners search for jade stones at a
mine dump at a Hpakant
REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 221

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
2015
mine dump at a Hpakant jade
mine in Kachin state, Myanmar
November 25, 2015. Using heavy
earth-excavators and explosives,
miners have been tearing into
Myanmar's northern hills in recent
months, in a rush to excavate
more jade from the world's richest
deposits of the gemstone before a
new government takes office next
year. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 222

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
HPAKANT, Myanmar
A miner injects heroin at a mine dump at a
Hpakant jade mine in Kachin state,
Myanmar November 29, 2015. Narcotics
addiction is rife among the gem scavengers
or "handpickers" who flock to the northern
township of Hpakant, producer of some of
the world's highest quality jade, in hopes
of finding lumps of the precious stone
overlooked by big miners. Picture taken
November 29, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya
Tun
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 223

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
HPAKANT, Myanmar
2015
A miner collects used syringes
which miners used to inject
heroin. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 224

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
HPAKANT, Myanmar
2015
Miners take a look at a jade
stone while one of them injects
himself heroin. Narcotics
addiction is rife among the gem
scavengers or "handpickers"
who flock to the northern
township of Hpakant, producer
of some of the world's highest
quality jade, in hopes of finding
lumps of the precious stone
overlooked by big miners.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 225

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
2015
mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine
in Kachin state, Myanmar
November 28, 2015. The National
League for Democracy has said it
will bring in rules and competition
and crack down on rampant
smuggling that deprives the
government of hundreds of
millions of dollars in tax revenue,
but skeptics doubt it will be able to
do much in the remote, rebel-
infested region. REUTERS/Soe Zeya
Tun
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 226

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
2015
Trucks are seen at a jade stone
mine dump at a Hpakant jade
November 25, 2015.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 227

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
2015
A buyer checks a jade stone near a
mine dump at a Hpakant jade mine
in Kachin state, Myanmar
November 29, 2015. China's
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Hua Chunying said she was
unaware of any allegations of
Chinese companies' involvement in
jade smuggling, but added the
country was opposed to such illegal
activities. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 228

Photographer
Soe Zeya Tun
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
2015
A buyer checks a jade stone near
a mine dump at a Hpakant jade
November 29, 2015. Much of the
jade is being smuggled into
China each year, locals say. Jade
is a status symbol in China
widely believed to bring fortune,
wealth and longevity.
Dec. 15 , 2015
December 23, 2015 229
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