City reflections
Strutting in the smog
Airstrikes in Aleppo
Civilians photographed in a damaged building in Syria‘s northern city of Aleppo following a reported air strike by government forces on Monday.
Super Hornets are go
Steer wrestling at the Rodeo
A Christmas craft
New Year’s Eve dive
With the sun on its back
Penguin bowl
Emirati falconer
Lava night
Special forces training
Members of the South Korean Navy Ship Salvage Unit, special forces in charge of rescue missions during maritime accidents, jump into the sea in a winter exercise at Changwon, South Korea
Fishing in the fog
Rehearsing for Indian Republic Day
An Indian contingent of Assam Rifles rehearses for the upcoming Indian Republic Day parade along Rajpath in New Delhi. French soldiers will march down Rajpath on Republic Day along with Indian troops in the presence of President Francois Hollande, who is the chief guest for India’s upcoming 67th Republic Day, to be celebrated on January 26
Flying in the freeze
Bomb in Peshawar
Rescue workers comfort a relative of victim of bomb blast, in Jamrud area of Khyber tribal district, Pakistan. A bomb hit a checkpoint in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar killing ten people and wounding over a dozen, officials said
La Tamborrada
The Alexander Litvinenko inquiry
Marina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, reads a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. British judge Robert Owen is set to release Thursday the findings of a lengthy public inquiry into the 2006 poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Colourful economy
An Iranian man sells colorful ropes at the Tehrans old Bazaar, the place where the main economy trades take place, in Tehran. Reports state that Iranian officials expected the Iranian economy to grow on an average of eight percent over the coming five years following the lifting of sanctions against Iran