Berlin
January 20, 2015
A model presents a creation by designer Rebekka Ruetz at Berlin Fashion Week.
Donetsk, Ukraine
January 22, 2015
At least six civilians were killed when a shell or mortar hit a trolleybus stop in the rebel-controlled city. Windows of shops nearby were blown out by the blast.
Benghazi, Libya
January 21, 2015
A member of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by locals, holds his weapon as he looks through a hole in a wall, during clashes with the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries. The Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries is an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia.
Mianyang, China
January 21, 2015
Acrobats train in a circus in Sichuan province.
Marib, Yemen
January 19, 2015
Tribal soldiers stand guard at the city border, protecting against Houthi militants’ attacks and other violence. Yemen’s cabinet and president resigned this week after Houthis overran the presidential palace.
Melbourne, Australia
January 22, 2015
Serena Williams serves to Vera Zvonareva of Russia during their second-round match at the Australian Open.
Grozny, Chechnya
January 19, 2015
A police officer stands guard during a rally to protest against satirical cartoons of prophet Muhammad. Tens of thousands of people staged the rally against French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the prophet, which the predominantly Muslim region’s leader denounced as “vulgar and immoral.”
Cali, Colombia
January 18, 2015
Russia’s Ekaterina Gnidenko and Australia’s Caitlin Ward (R) fall after a collision during the women's kerin at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
January 20, 2015
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The unmanned rocket blasted off with a next-generation communications satellite designed to provide cellular-like voice and data services to U.S. military forces around the world. Picture taken using long exposure, looking over the campus of Florida Institute of Technologies in Melbourne, about 40 miles from the launch pad.
Mejicanos, El Salvador
January 21, 2015
Members of the 18th Street gang are presented to the media after being arrested, for threatening residents of San Valentin apartments, after a raid in the town on the outskirts of San Salvador. Around 38 families fled their homes after four members of the gang were arrested in the apartment complex on Jan. 18. Many people have been displaced from their homes due to gang-related threats, according to local media.
Linghai, China
January 20, 2015
A wild goose is released in Liaoning province. About eight wild geese, which were found injured, were set free after having their wounds treated by a team of paramilitary policemen.
Kiev, Ukraine
January 21, 2015
A street vendor waits for customers.
Tel Aviv, Israel
January 21, 2015
Medics wheel a wounded man to an ambulance at the scene of a stabbing attack. A Palestinian man stabbed as many as 10 people on a commuter bus before he was shot in the leg by a prison security officer as he tried to escape, police said.
Northern Kosovo
January 21, 2015
Hundreds of miners in Kosovo refused to resurface at the end of their shift to protest a government climbdown on the fate of the Trepca mine, which is claimed by the country's former master, Serbia. Fearing bankruptcy, Kosovo's new government said last week it would take control of the sprawling Trepca mining complex, but backtracked following a furious response from Serbia and intense discussions with Western diplomats.
