Dubain, United Arab Emirate
January 7, 2015
Dancers perform on stage during a dress rehearsal for The Ballet Gala, with stars from Paris Opera at Madinat Jumeirah.
London
January 5, 2015
A Sumatran tiger looks at visiting children from its enclosure during the ZSL London Zoo’s annual stocktake of animals. It requires zookeepers to check on the numbers of every one of its 800 different animal species, including every invertebrate, bird, fish, mammal, reptile, and amphibian.
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Washington, D.C.
January 6, 2015
House Speaker John Boehner kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during the first session of the 114th Congress at the U.S. Capitol.
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Havana, Cuba
January 8, 2015
Cuban pioneers hold letters that read “Fidel,” during the arrival of the Liberty Caravan, which consists of Cuban youth and former rebel fighters who repeat the same journey of Fidel Castro after his victory during the revolution, when he traveled from Santiago in Cuba’s far east toward Havana, where he arrived on Jan. 8, 1959.
Neembucu, Paraguay
January 7, 2015
Anacleto Escobar, right, and his wife, Cayetana Roman, during a ceremony for Escobar’s 100th birthday. The couple was given a house in recognition of the event and of his service in the Chaco War with Bolivia in the early 1930s.
New York City
January 6, 2015
A woman walks down a snowy sidewalk as city was hit by its first snowstorm of the winter season.
Iltsi, Ukraine
January 7, 2015
Men wearing traditional Hutsul clothing take part in Orthodox Christmas celebrations at Holy Trinity Church. The men gather in groups and march around the church three times before spending 12 days traveling house to house singing songs until they've visited every home in the village.
Somewhere in the Indian Ocean
January 5, 2015
The Dongfeng Race Team sails in the 12th Volvo Ocean Race, during Leg 3 between Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Sanya, China.
New York City
January 7, 2015
People gather at Union Square in reaction to the terrorist attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Twelve people were killed, including two police officers, after gunmen opened fire at the offices of the French satirical publication.
New Delhi
January 7, 2015
An Indian street artist dressed as a Hindu deity poses while sitting in an auto-rickshaw.
Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
January 8, 2015
South Korean special warfare command soldiers cover themselves in snow during a winter military training exercise. The troops participate in the endurance exercise in temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius under a scenario to defend the country from any possible attacks from North Korea.
Leicester, England
January 8, 2015
Runners clear the water jump in The Aquafield training Handicap Steeple Chase at Leicester racecourse.
Las Vegas
January 6, 2015
A man shakes hands with a robotic prosthetic hand in the Intel booth at the International Consumer Electronics show.
Chicago
January 7, 2015
A woman walks along a frozen beach at Lake Michigan.
