A Christian Palestinian man dressed up as Santa Claus walks carrying a Christmas tree along Jerusalem’s Old City walls on December 21, 2015, as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas. AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON / AFP / GALI TIBBON
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Masked protesters prepare to throw petrol bombs towards Turkish police using water cannons and tear gas to disperse a demonstration in Istanbul protesting security operations against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey on December 20, 2015.
The number of Kurdish rebels killed in a massive Turkish military offensive in the restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source told AFP, as the operation entered its fifth day. The government has imposed curfews in the mainly Kurdish towns of Cizre and Silopi as security forces battle militants linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). / AFP / Cagdas Erdogan
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter is surrounded by journalists upon his arrival to a press conference on December 21, 2015 in Zurich.
An ethics tribunal of scandal-plagued FIFA today banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years saying they had abused their positions over a 2 million Swiss francs payment made to Platini. / AFP / MICHELE LIMINA
Rescuers look for survivors after a landslide hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong province on December 20, 2015. A massive landslide at an industrial park in southern China buried 22 buildings and left 22 people missing on December 20, state media reported, as more than 1,500 emergency workers searched the scene. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR
A members of UME (Unit Military Emergency) tries to put out a wild fire in Carrio, northwest Spain on December 20, 2015. Some 230 firefighters were dispatched to battle around 100 wildfires which broke out in northwest Spain on Saturday night, emergency services told AFP, but there were no reports of casualties. AFP PHOTO / JESUS VECINO / AFP / JESUS VECINO
Supporters of left wing party Podemos leader and candidate for the upcoming December 20 general election, Pablo Iglesias celebrate the exit poll results during the Spain’s general elections in Madrid on December 20, 2015. An exit poll gave Spain’s ruling conservative Popular Party the largest share of the votes, 26.8 percent, in today’s general election but said the party looked set to lose its absolute majority in parliament. AFP PHOTO/ PEDRO ARMESTRE / AFP / PEDRO ARMESTRE
A baby boy sits on makeshift flotation device made from a wheel interior inside a flooded house in Calumpit, Bulacan, suburban Manila on December 20, 2015. The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose to 45 as several towns remained under water and rain kept falling in northern regions, disaster monitoring officials said. The rain was caused by a cold front, dragged into the country by Typhoon Melor and Tropical Depression Onyok which hit the Philippines in succession last week. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS / AFP / NOEL CELIS
A woman wears a mask as she rides her bicycle along a street near Tiananmen Square on the third day of a “red alert” for pollution in Beijing on December 21, 2015. Beijing has ordered 2,100 factories to suspend or reduce production as part of its “red alert” measures to deal with smog, the government said on December 21, as the city remained shrouded under toxic haze for the third consecutive day. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO / AFP / WANG ZHAO
A man fancy dressed as a tiger during the celebration of the Fair of Christmas and New Year in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Mexico, on December 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ Pedro PARDO / AFP / Pedro PARDO
Iraqi relatives carry the coffin of a newly-wed soldier decorated with his wife’s wedding dress during the funeral of some of the 10 soldiers killed the previous day in a so-called friendly fire from a US-led coalition aircraft west of Baghdad, on December 19, 2015 in the Shiite holy city of Najaf. Iraq has opened an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of 10 Iraqi soldiers in a coalition air strike west of Baghdad, the defence minister said. According to the joint command, the incident occurred when two coalition strikes allowed Iraqi ground forces to advance rapidly towards positions held by fighters of the Islamic State group south of their stronghold of Fallujah.
/ AFP / HAIDAR HAMDANI
A man walks his camel across the Liwa Oasis, southwest of the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, on December 20, 2015. / AFP / KARIM SAHIB
Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is crowned Miss Universe 2015 on stage during the 2015 MISS UNIVERSE show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, California, on December 20, 2015. Miss Philippines was named Miss Universe, but in a drama-filled turn worthy of a telenovela. The pageant’s host comedian Steve Harvey, also a talk show host, misread the card which he said had Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner. AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACON / AFP / VALERIE MACON
Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (L) is mistakenly crowned Miss Universe 2015 by Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega (R) during the 2015 MISS UNIVERSE show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, California, on December 20, 2015. Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was named Miss Universe, but in a drama-filled turn worthy of a telenovela. The pageant’s host comedian Steve Harvey, also a talk show host, misread the card which he said had Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner. AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACON / AFP / VALERIE MACON
A group of lemurs prepare to open a Christmas package filled with food on December 23, 2015 at the zoo in La Fleche, northwestern France. / AFP / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER
The child of Kurdish migrants stands outside a tent at the Grande Synthe migrant camp near Dunkerque in northern France on December 23, 2015.
More than 2,000 migrants, mostly Iraqis and Kurds, live in the camp. The UN refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said this week more than one million migrants and refugees reached Europe this year, most of them by sea, more than four times the figure for 2014. / AFP / DENIS CHARLET
A Pakistani Muslim celebrates the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Lahore on December 23, 2015. The birthday of Prophet Mohammed, also known as ‘Milad’, is celebrated during the Islamic month of Rabi al-Awwal, which falls on December 24, 2015 in Pakistan. AFP PHOTO / Arif ALI / AFP / Arif Ali
Kashmiri Muslim women react as an unseen priest displays a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammed during Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar on December 24, 2015. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the shrine in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir to offer prayers on the Prophet’s birth anniversary. AFP PHOTO/ Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
A picture shows frescoes in the Criptoporticus Domus, one of six restored domus at UN World Heritage Site Pompeii, on December 24, 2015 during the official opening to the public. The six domus restorations were carried out under the 105-million euro Great Pompeii Project funded by the European Commission and aimed at safeguarding the unique UNESCO World Heritage site. AFP PHOTO / MARIO LAPORTA / AFP / MARIO LAPORTA
Pope Francis kisses a figurine of baby Jesus during a mass on Christmas eve marking the birth of Jesus Christ on December 24, 2015 at St Peter’s basilica in Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO / AFP / VINCENZO PINTO
Myanmar nationals Zaw Lin (L) and Win Zaw Tun (R) leave the Koh Samui provincial court following their death sentence in Koh Samui on December 24, 2015. The Thai court on December 24 sentenced Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun to death for murdering a pair of British holidaymakers, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, on the nearby Thai island of Koh Tao in 2014, in a case that sullied the kingdom’s reputation as a tourist haven and raised questions over its justice system. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI / AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Students wearing face masks walk across the street in a line in Jinan, in east China’s Shandong province amongst heavy air pollution on December 24, 2015. Ten Chinese cities were on red alert for smog on December 24, state media reported, as large swathes of the country suffered through their fourth wave of choking pollution this month. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR
Indonesian search and rescue team members gather the dead body of a baby during an operation in the Sulawesi sea, near Kolaka city on December 24, 2015. The death toll from a ferry disaster in central Indonesia has climbed to 20, an official said on December 24, though nearly 60 people remain missing five days after the boat sank in rough seas. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR
Long flames sprout up from the Museu da Lingua Portuguesa (Portuguese Language Museum) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 21, 2015. AFP PHOTO/Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP / Miguel Schincariol
Riot police throw water at students during a demo in demand of free state universities and for the quality of public education in Santiago, on December 22, 2015. / AFP / Claudio Reyes
People take pictures of the statue of Christ the Redeemer illuminated by Brazil-based French lighting designer Gaspare Di Caro reading “Merry Christmas” at the Corcovado hill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA
Gay rights activists dressed up as Orthodox priests kiss next to the Metropolitan church in Athens on December 22, 2015.
The Greek parliament was due to vote on December 22 on granting same-sex couples the right to a civil union, despite strong opposition from the influential Orthodox church. The Greek government is seeking to meet its obligations after it was condemned for anti-gay discrimination by the European Court of Human Rights in 2013. / AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
A protester kicks a tear gas cannister during a demonstration in Diyarbakir on December 22, 2015 to denounce security operations against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey.
The Turkish army on December 21 engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militants as the military pressed on with one of its biggest recent domestic operations and controversial curfew orders were expanded to a new area in the Kurdish-dominated southeast. The army has since last week pursued a relentless campaign against PKK rebels in the two southeastern towns of Cizre and Silopi, in a bid to root out militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
/ AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN
(Front L-R) Barcelona forward Andres Iniesta, forward Lionel Messi, forward Neymar and forward Luis Suarez celebrates with his teammates around the FIFA Club World Cup trophy on the podium of the Club World Cup football tournament final in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo on December 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA
Vendors wait for customers amongst Christmas lanterns known locally as ‘parol’ on display along a street in Manila on December 22, 2015. Parol are star-shaped Christmas lanterns patterned to resemble the Star of Bethlehem, and are made from bamboo covered with paper. They are displayed in houses, offices, buildings, and streets, and according to Filipino tradition and beliefs, also represent the victory of light over darkness. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Steven Nyman of USA competes in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Men’s Downhill on December 19, 2015 in Val Gardena, northern Italy. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN / AFP / OLIVIER MORIN
A supporter wears a t-shirt featuring the face of Chelsea’s former Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho before the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge in London on December 19, 2015. Jose Mourinho attended the Championship match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Middlesbrough today in his first public appearance since being sacked as Chelsea manager on Thursday.
AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL / AFP / LEON NEAL
Shoppers are reflected in a shop window as they walk along Oxford Street, one of the main shopping streets in central London, on December 22, 2015. Britain’s retail sales rebounded sharply in November, helped by buying on ‘Black Friday’ when items are heavily discounted in the run-up to Christmas, official data showed last week. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL / AFP / BEN STANSALL
A worker looks at bamboo skewered pigs being turned as they are roasted over hot coals in Manila on December 23, 2015. “Lechon”, or roasted pig, has always been regular fare at Philippine festivities, especially during Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Philippine Christmas season runs from December until the second week of January. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS / AFP / NOEL CELIS
A Christian Palestinian man dressed up as Santa Claus walks carrying a Christmas tree along Jerusalem’s Old City walls on December 21, 2015, as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas. AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON / AFP / GALI TIBBON
A Lebanese Muslim Sufi boy has his cheek pierced with a spike during a ritual ceremony to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed, known in Arabic as “al-Mawlid al-Nabawi”, on December 23, 2015 in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT
US President Barack Obama arrives on the 18th hole of the Mid-Pacific Country Club’s golf course December 21, 2015 in Kailua, Hawaii. Obama and the First Family are in Hawaii for vacation. / AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI
