DECEMBER 2016 - Pictures of the month - Dec.̣ 21 - Dec.27

DECEMBER 2016
Pictures of the month
Dec. 21 – Dec.24
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DECEMBER 2016
Pictures of the month
Dec. 21 – Dec.27
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Women wage war on Islamic State
Sinjar, Iraq
Asmaa Waguih Perspective by Asmaa Waguih
Women fighters at a Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) militant base on Mount
Sinjar in northwest Iraq, just like their
male counterparts, have to be ready for
action at any time. Smoke from the
front line, marking their battle against
Islamic State, which launched an
assault on northern Iraq last summer, is
visible from the base.
Reuters photographer Asmaa Waguih
spent time with the women who have
taken up arms.
Updated 30 Apr 2015
GALLERY PHOTOS

A fighter adjusts her scarf while another carries a
picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah
Ocalan.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

I had asked to go to Mount
Sinjar because I knew there
were Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK) militant bases there
and that women would be
among the fighters. They
were very kind and
welcoming towards me but
they had work to do.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

Ever since the Islamic State took
over Mount Sinjar and declared
its cross-border caliphate last
year, many minority Yazidis have
joined forces with PKK fighters
and Kurdish peshmerga fighters
from Iraqi Kurdistan who
defended their lands.
Grateful to the Kurds, many
Yazidis decided to join with
them to fight Islamic State and
free the rest of Sinjar.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

Fighter stand near a position hit by Islamic State car bombs.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

Male and women fighters worked together, side by side. All of
the fighters, whether women or men, don’t get married,
choosing to sacrifice their personal lives for the cause they
believe in.
Many women I met were from families who were staunch
supporters of the PKK, often with other members joining up.
The fighters were willing to give up having a family of their
own to defend their land, dying in the process if necessary.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

Haval Raperin, a member and leader of a group of PKK fighters combs her hair.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

A displaced Yazidi family, including
a fighter, who live in tents nearby,
chant slogans as a military convoy
carrying the body of a Yazidi fighter
passes by.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
Some of the women had cut
links with home. The fighters
came from different parts of
Kurdistan but spoke a common
dialect of Kurdish so they could
understand each other.
They addressed each other as
“comrade” and it was clear that
they supported each other in
whatever challenge they faced.
GALLERY PHOTOS

WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
These women and their male
counterparts are an example of
what some may see as an
extreme example of patriotism.
They are very organised and
strong-minded women.
It makes me feel that being a
Kurd is something very unique.
You always have another
language and country that are
part of your identity, while
dreaming of a land of your own:
an ideal that you’ll defend, come
what may.
GALLERY PHOTOS

WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

Tents where displaced Yazidi families live are pitched near Sinjar.
WOMEN WAGE WAR ON
ISLAMIC STATE
GALLERY PHOTOS

Dec. 21 , 2016

Highland Guatemalans mark
St. Thomas festival
Men carry statues of different
religious icons during a procession in
honor of Saint Thomas, the patron
saint of Chichicastenango,
Guatemala, Wednesday, Dec. 21,
2016. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Dec. 21 , 2016

Women and children attend a
celebration honoring Saint Thomas,
the patron saint of Chichicastenango,
Dec. 21 , 2016

A man launches a firecracker
during a celebration honoring
Saint Thomas, the patron saint
of Chichicastenango,
Guatemala, Wednesday, Dec.
21, 2016. (AP Photo/Moises
Castillo)
Dec. 21 , 2016

Masked dancers perform outside
St. Thomas church during a
celebration honoring the patron
saint of Chichicastenango,
Dec. 21 , 2016

Indigenous women watch
fireworks being launched during
celebrations honoring Saint
Thomas, the saint patron of
Chichicastenango, Guatemala,
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. (AP
Photo/Moises Castillo)
Dec. 21 , 2016

A costume mask and hats sit on a marimba instrument during a break at celebrations
honoring Saint Thomas, the patron saint of Chichicastenango, Guatemala, Wednesday, Dec.
21, 2016. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Dec. 21 , 2016

Vendors set up early in the morning
during a week-long celebration
honoring Saint Thomas, the patron saint
of Chichicastenango, Guatemala,
Dec. 21 , 2016

People buy cotton candy outside
El Calvario church during
celebrations honoring Saint
Thomas, the patron saint of
Dec. 21 , 2016

Members of a brotherhood pray
after a procession in honor of
Saint Thomas, the patron saint of
Dec. 21 , 2016

Men carry an elaborate statue of
Saint Thomas during a celebration
honoring the patron saint of
Dec. 21 , 2016

Men carry a religious statue
during a procession in honor of
Saint Thomas, the patron saint
of Chichicastenango, Guatemala,
Dec. 21 , 2016

Colombia
A woman lights candles before
the grave of a relative at the
"Jardines de la Aurora" cemetery
in Cali, department of Valle del
Cauca,, on Dec. 7, during the
celebration of the Day of the
Candles-- one of the most
important religious holidays in
Colombia which marks the
beginning of the Christmas
holidays.
Luis Robayo / AFP - Getty Images
Dec. 7 , 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

England
People look at Christmas lights
that are displayed on houses
in Trinity Close in Burnham-
on-Sea on Dec. 8, in Somerset.
Since the lights were first
turned on ten years ago, the
houses in the close have
raised tens of thousands of
pounds for various charities
including a local cancer
hospital. The display will be lit
every night until January 4th.
Matt Cardy / Getty Images
Dec. 8 , 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

Greece
A child poses for pictures
in front of Christmas
decorations in Mytilene,
on the northeastern island
of Lesbos, Dec. 15.
Lefteris Pitarakis / AP
Dec. 15 , 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

Philippines
Filipinos have their picture
taken inside a dome
decorated with Christmas
lanterns at a park in Pasay
City, south of Manila, Dec.
20.
Mark R. Cristino / EPA
Dec. 20 , 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

Brooklyn
A nutcracker stands in the doorway of
a Dyker Heights home in New York on
Dec. 21, 2016.
Mohammed Elshamy / Getty Images
Dec. 21 , 2016

Ukraine
People take pictures next to an
illuminated Christmas tree in
front of the St. Sophia
Cathedral in central Kiev, Dec.
21.
Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters
Dec. 21 , 2016

Photographer
Carlos Barria
Location
PALM BEACH, UNITED STATES
Reuters / Wednesday, December
21, 2016
Members of the media are seen
reflected on a door window as
President-elect Donald Trump
attends a meeting at Mar-a-Lago
estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Dec. 21 , 2016

Dec. 22 , 2016

Syrian girl Bana al-Abed, known
as Aleppo's tweeting girl, hugs
her mother Fatemah during an
interview in Ankara, Turkey. The
young Syrian girl was one of
thousands of people evacuated
from once rebel-held areas of
Aleppo in the last days under a
deal brokered by Turkey and
Russia. She was evacuated on
Monday and Turkish officials
promised then she would come
to Turkey with her family.
ADEM ALTAN / AFP - Getty
Images-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

Vietnamese artist Quoc Co Giang holds
up his brother Quoc Nghiep Giang as
they try to break the Guinness World
Record by climbing stairs with one
carrying the other on head to head
balancing at the Cathedral of Girona.
The Giang brothers broke the record
with 90 stairs in 52 seconds.
PAU BARRENA / AFP - Getty Images-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

Migrants stand in line to receive
free food outside a derelict
customs warehouse in Belgrade,
Serbia.
MARKO DJURICA / Reuters-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

People cry during a mass for the
victims of the fireworks market
explosion in Tultepec, Mexico
state, on December 22, 2016.
Mexico worked to identify charred
bodies left by an explosion that
killed at least 33 people at its
biggest fireworks market, as
authorities investigated what
caused the multi-colored salvo of
destruction. Rescue workers were
still searching for bodies - or
survivors - in the smoldering
wreckage of the San Pablito
market.
PEDRO PARDO / AFP - Getty
Images-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

Vendors offer decorative items for
the upcoming Christmas holiday in
Bangalore, India. People hang
Christmas stars in front of the house
entrance for prosperity to enter their
premises.
JAGADEESH NV / EPA-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

Young people enjoy a pillow fight
at the Old Town Square in Prague,
Czech Republic.
FILIP SINGER / EPA-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

A rainbow spans over Nicosia,
Cyprus during stormy weather.
KATIA CHRISTODOULOU / EPA-
22
Dec. 22 , 2016

The flag-wrapped coffin of late Ambassador Karlov is carried to a
plane during a ceremony at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, Dec.
20, 2016. Karlov was assassinated on Dec. 19, during a cultural event
at an art gallery in the Turkish capital, by off-duty Turkish policeman
Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, who had been serving in Ankara's riot police
for two years.
Umit Bektas / Reuters-20
Dec. 20 , 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

Karlov's wife Marina reacts next to the flag-
wrapped coffin during a ceremony at
Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 20.
Umit Bektas / Reuters-20
Dec. 20 , 2016
GALLERY PHOTOS

The guard of honor carry the coffin during funeral
service for Russia's ambassador to Turkey, in
Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, on Dec. 22.
Nikita Shvetsov / Anadolu Agency - Getty Images-
22
Dec. 22 , 2016

.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a
farewell ceremony for Karlov at the Foreign
Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Dec. 22.
Alexei Nikolsky / AP-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

The Russian Orthodox Church
Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
Kirill conducts a memorial service
for Karlov at the Christ the Savior
Cathedral, in Moscow, Dec. 22.
Maxim Shipenkov / EPA-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

Russian servicemen carry a coffin
after a farewell ceremony at the
offices of the Russian Foreign
Ministry, Dec. 22.
Shcherbak Alexander / Zuma
Press
Dec. 22 , 2016

Soldiers march to the funeral of the
ambassador at the Khimkinskoye
cemetery.
Ilya Pitalev / TASS via Getty Images-22
Dec. 22 , 2016

Soldiers shoot their rifles at the
Karlov's funeral, Dec. 22.
Ilya Pitalev / TASS via Getty ImagesDec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Ammar Awad
Location
ERBIL, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday,
December 22, 2016
A man wounded in a bomb
attack in Kokjali receives
treatment at a hospital in
the northern Iraqi city of
Erbil. REUTERS/Ammar
Awad
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Omar Sobhani
Location
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
Reuters / Thursday,
December 22, 2016
An Afghan man removes
burnt items from the house of
an Afghan member of
parliament which was
attacked by Taliban last night
in Kabul, Afghanistan.
REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Hannibal Hanschke
Location
BERLIN, Germany
Reuters / Thursday, December 22,
2016
Workers place concrete barriers
outside the Christmas market at
Breitscheid square in Berlin,
Germany, following an attack by a
truck which plowed through a crowd
at the market on Monday night.
REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Juan Medina
Location
MADRID, SPAIN
Reuters / Thursday, December
22, 2016
Sergia holds up a photocopy of
the winning ticket number she
bought as she joins others
celebrating outside the kiosk
where the winning number was
sold in Spain's Christmas Lottery
"El Gordo" (The Fat One) in
Madrid, Spain. REUTERS/Juan
Medina
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Reuters Photographer
Location
Masar-I-Scharif, Afghanistan
22, 2016
A German Armed forces,
Bundeswehr soldier, looks out
from a Christmas market booth
selling punch at Camp Marmal in
Masar-i-Scharif, Afghanistan.
REUTERS/Gregor Fischer/Pool
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Stefan Wermuth
Location
LONDON, United Kingdom
2016
Actor Roy Hudd, who plays the
pantomime dame role of Mother
Goose, prepares in his dressing room
before a performance of "Mother
Goose" at Wilton's Music Hall in
London, Britain. REUTERS/Stefan
Wermuth
Dec. 22 , 2016

BERLIN CHRISTMAS MARKET REOPENS
Photographer
Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
Reuters / Thursday,
December 22, 2016
Police patrol at the
re-opened
Christmas market at
Breitscheid square
in Berlin, Germany,
December 22, 2016,
following an attack
by a truck which
plowed through a
crowd at the market
on Monday night.
REUTERS/Fabrizio
Bensch
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
2016
Flowers and candles are placed near
the Christmas market at Breitscheid
square. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
2016
People mourn beside flowers and
candles placed at the Christmas
market at Breitscheid square.
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dec. 22 , 2016

Fabrizio Bensch
Location
BERLIN, Germany
2016
People leave the re-opened
Christmas market at Breitscheid
square. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Reuters TV
Location
UNKNOWN, Germany
2016
A still image taken from a short
'selfie' video clip from a social
media website purportedly shows
Anis Amri at an unknown location.
Social Media/via Reuters TV
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Baz Ratner
Location
GIVAT ZEEV, Palestinian
Territories
22, 2016
A construction site is seen in
the Israeli settlement of Givat
Zeev, in the occupied West
Bank December 22, 2016.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Marko Djurica
Location
BELGRADE, Serbia
22, 2016
A migrant stands outside a
derelict customs warehouse in
Belgrade, Serbia.
REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Edgard Garrido
Location
TULTEPEC, Mexico
22, 2016
Relatives and friends accompany
the coffin of a victim of an
explosion at a popular fireworks
market on Mexico City's
outskirts, in Tultepec.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Dec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Andrew Kelly
Location
NEW YORK, United States
Reuters / Thursday,
December 22, 2016
Workers take photos
through the turnstiles at the
96th Street Station during a
preview event for the
Second Avenue subway line
in Manhattan, New York
City. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Dec. 22 , 2016

Hunter Masami Hata shoots at a duck.
JAPAN’S FEMALE HUNTERSDec. 22 , 2016

Photographer
Thomas Peter
Location
OI, JAPAN
22, 2016
Hunters Chiaki Kodama (R) and
Aoi Fukuno drag a deer that
Kodama shot through a forest
outside Oi, Fukui Prefecture,
Japan, November 17, 2016.
REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Dec. 22 , 2016

"It's exciting to finally see with my
own eyes what I read in textbooks to
get my license," said Aoi.
Dec. 22 , 2016

The national association's
website has a blog page titled
"Aspire to be a Female
Hunter!", where women write
about their hunting
experiences. One writer noted
the "kind gesture" when she
found portable toilets for
female hunters in rest huts.
In some prefectures, women
can sign up for hunting
courses or join a hunting tour.
Others, like Kodama, provide
on-the-hunt training.
Dec. 22 , 2016

Hunter Fujiko Nagata carries her
son Ryo as she removes the hide of
a boar at her gutting station.
Dec. 22 , 2016

Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Sergei Karpukhin
Location
MOSCOW, Russia
Reuters / Friday, December
23, 2016
Journalists listen to Russian
President Vladimir Putin
during his annual end-of-
year news conference in
Moscow, Russia.
REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
China Stringer Network
Location
MOHE, China
23, 2016
A dancer performs on a
tree in temperatures below
minus 37 degrees Celsius
(minus 34.6 degrees
Fahrenheit) in Mohe,
Heilongjiang province,
China. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Fabian Bimmer
Location
HAMBURG, Germany
Reuters / Friday, December 23, 2016
A lioness opens up Christmas presents in her
enclosure in Hagenbeck's zoo in Hamburg,
Germany. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Darrin Zammit Lupi
Location
VALETTA, Malta
Reuters / Friday, December 23,
2016
Two airliners pass in the sky
above Malta as the drama of a
hijacked Libyan Afriqiyah
Airways Airbus A320 is played
out on the runway beneath at
Malta Airport. REUTERS/Darrin
Zammit-Lupi
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Darrin Zammit Lupi
Location
VALETTA, Malta
2016
Maltese troops survey a
hijacked Libyan Afriqiyah
Airways Airbus A320 on the
runway at Malta Airport.
REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
China Daily China Daily
Information Corp - CDIC
Location
BEIJING, CHINA
2016
Rescue workers try to put out a
fire after a natural gas pipeline
explosion in Beijing, China.
China Daily/via REUTERS
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Thomas Peter
Location
YOUTONG, CHINA
Reuters / Friday,
December 23, 2016
Men attend Sunday
service at a makeshift,
tin-roofed church in
Youtong village, China.
REUTERS/Thomas
Peter
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
David W Cerny
Location
PRAGUE, Czech Republic
Czech Republic's tennis player Petra
Kvitova reacts during a news
conference after she was injured on
Tuesday when she fought off an
intruder in her home, damaging all
the fingers on her playing hand, in
Prague, Czech Republic.
REUTERS/David W Cerny
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Ammar Abdullah
Location
IDLIB, SYRIA
2016
A Ferris wheel stands in the rebel-
controlled area of Maaret al-Numan
town in Idlib province, Syria.
REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
MILAN, ITALY
Italian Police officers work next to the body
of Anis Amri. A police chief said his men had
no idea they might be dealing with Amri
when they approached him at around 3 a.m.
outside a station in Sesto San Giovanni, a
suburb of the northern city of Milan.
REUTERS/Stringer
SUSPECT IN BERLIN TRUCK
ATTACK SHOT DEAD
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
MILAN, ITALY
The body of Anis Amri is seen covered with a
thermal blanket next to Italian officers. The
suspect - 24-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri -
traveled to Italy from France, triggering a spate
of criticism from euroskeptics over Europe's
open-border Schengen pact. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
MILAN, ITALY
2016
The body of Anis Amri, the
suspect in the Berlin Christmas
market truck attack, is seen
covered with a thermal blanket
next to Italian officers in a
suburb of the northern Italian
city of Milan, Italy.
REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
MILAN, ITALY
The body of Anis Amri. Milan police chief Antonio De
Iesu told reporters that Amri had arrived in Milan's
main railway station from France at around 1 a.m.
and had then traveled to Sesto San Giovanni, where
two young policemen approached him because he
looked suspicious. "We had no intelligence that he
could be in Milan," De Iesu said. "They had no
perception that it could be him otherwise they would
have been much more...more
Dec. 23 , 2016

Photographer
Mussa Qawasma
Location
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian
Territories
23, 2016
A man tends to a Palestinian
protester, dressed as Santa
Claus, after inhaling tear gas
fired by Israeli troops during
clashes in the West Bank
city of Bethlehem.
REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
Dec. 23 , 2016

Starry nights and empty
streets in Syria
Idlib, Syria
Reuters Photographer

Stars fill the night sky over the Syrian rebel-
held city of Idlib, and the streets are eerily
quiet. The calm might not last much longer.
Now that Syrian government forces have
recaptured Aleppo in a crushing offensive, they
are likely to turn their attentions to Idlib.
Thousands of refugees from Aleppo have been
evacuated there, and U.N. Special Envoy Staffan
de Mistura has warned the city could face the
same fate as Aleppo.
Dec. 23 , 2016
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Idlib used to bustle with people before the Syrian war began in 2011, but now few residents
venturing outside their homes at night.
Dec. 23 , 2016

Sometimes aircraft can be heard overhead. Syrian and Russian warplanes and helicopters have
carried out strikes for months against rebels in Idlib province, which lies southwest of Aleppo.
Dec. 23 , 2016

Resident Abdullah Haj Asaad, 29, says he no longer
sends clothes from his sewing shop to the markets
at night.
"Nowadays, we can only send the finished goods in
the morning, cars stop driving at night because of
thieves and bandits fearing looting and theft," he
said.
Dec. 23 , 2016

"I used to go out with my friends to
cafes at night and stay up until
dawn, we never used to check our
watches."
But now "we hang out at a different
friend's house every weekend and
sleepover until morning," he added.
Dec. 23 , 2016

"In case of emergencies we can get out at night, but that's still very risky."
Dec. 23 , 2016

Dec. 23 , 2016

Dec. 24 , 2016

Pope Francis kisses a statue of baby Jesus as
he leads the Christmas Eve Mass in Saint
Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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Dec. 24 , 2016

Virginia
Santa Claus water skis with elves on
the Potomac River in Alexandria, just
down the river from the nation's
capital.
Paul J. Richards / AFP - Getty Images
Dec. 24 , 2016

China
Faithful from a Catholic church take
part in a Christmas Eve parade in
Shanghai.
Aly Song / Reuters
Dec. 24 , 2016 PHOTOS: Let it Glow! Christmas Lights Shine Around the World

Belarus
People dressed as Father Frost and Snow
Maidens march along a street during a
traditional Christmas parade in Minsk. Most
of the Christians in Belarus are Orthodox and
will celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7.
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Dec. 24 , 2016

.
Lebanon
Chloe, a Lebanese Christian
teenager dressed as Santa Claus,
hands a gift to a Syrian refugee
during a gift distribution in
Dbayeh, north of Beirut.
Patrick Baz / AFP - Getty Images
Dec. 24 , 2016

Iraq
Christians attend a Christmas Eve service at the
Mar Shimoni church in Bartalla, near Mosul, for
the first time since its recapture from ISIS in a
massive military operation. ISIS seized Bartalla
and swathes of other territory north and west of
Baghdad in the summer of 2014, leaving
Christians with the grim choices of conversion,
paying a tax, fleeing or death.
Safin Hamed / AFP - Getty Images
Dec. 24 , 2016

Germany
Thousands of people gather near a Christmas
tree for the "Grand Bell Ringing" in
Frankfurt. The event is held before major
religious holidays and involves 10 inner city
church towers ringing their bells for a 30-
minute concert.
Arne Dedert / EPA
Dec. 24 , 2016

New York
Santa Claus ice skates in the rain at
Rockefeller Center.
Andrew Kelly / Reuters
Dec. 24 , 2016

Hong Kong
Children hold candles during a service
at St. Paul's Cathedral.
Tengku Bahar / AFP - Getty Images
Dec. 24 , 2016

Pakistan
A man decorates a tree for Christmas in a
Christian neighborhood of Islamabad.
B.K. Bangash / AP
Dec. 24 , 2016

India
A child lights candles at the
Sacred Heart Cathedral in New
Delhi.
Rajat Gupta / EPA
Dec. 24 , 2016

Vatican
The Nativity scene, background left,
and a Christmas tree adorn St. Peter's
Square prior to the start of the
Christmas Eve Mass.
Alessandra Tarantino / AP
Dec. 24 , 2016

Germany
Santa Claus rides a scooter to an
annual biker's meeting in Hagen.
Ina Fassbender / AFP - Getty Images
Dec. 24 , 2016

Members of the volunteer Water
Skiing Christmas Show, including a
water skiing Santa Claus with
elves, reindeer, the Grinch, and
others, water ski on the Potomac
River, in Alexandria, Virginia on
Dec. 24.
PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP - Getty
Images
Dec. 24, 2016

People gather by a
Christmas tree near
damaged buildings during
Christmas eve in al-
Hamidiyah neighborhood
in the old city of Homs,
Syria on Dec. 24.
PHOTOS: Christmas Eve
Marked With Solemn
Masses, Silly Santas
Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
Dec. 24 , 2016

Iraqi forces guard the entrance to a Christmas Eve Mass at
the Assyrian Orthodox church of Mart Shmoni, in Bartella,
Iraq on Dec. 24.
For the 300 Christians who braved rain and wind to attend
the mass in their hometown, the ceremony provided them
with as much holiday cheer as grim reminders of the war
still raging on around their northern Iraqi town and the
distant prospect of moving back home. Displaced when
the Islamic State seized their town in 2014, they were
bused into the town from Irbil, capital of the self-ruled
Kurdish region, where they have lived for more than two
years.
Cengiz Yar / AP
Dec. 24 , 2016

Iraqis attend Christmas Eve
Mass in the Assyrian
Orthodox church of Mart
Shmoni, in Bartella , Iraq on
Dec. 24
Dec. 24 , 2016

A Deacon walks amid rubble in
a destroyed part of the church
after taking part in the
Christmas Mass at the Mar
Shimoni Church on Dec. 24 in
Bartella, Iraq.
Chris McGrath / Getty Images
Dec. 24 , 2016

Photographer
Location
CHANGSHA, CHINA
Reuters / Saturday,
December 24, 2016
A man dressed in Santa
Claus costumes drops
presents ahead of
Christmas to tourists in
Changsha, Hunan
province, China,
December 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 24 , 2016

Dec. 25 , 2016

A soldier stands watch on the rooftop as people arrive for the
Christmas Day mass at Mar Hanna church in Qaraqosh on Dec. 25, 2016
in Mosul, Iraq.
The predominantly Christian towns of Bartella and Qaraqosh on the
outskirts of Mosul were recently liberated from ISIS as part of the
Mosul offensive. The towns were heavily damaged and churches
burned and defaced while under militant control. Christian
communities around Mosul celebrated Christmas Day as the Mosul
offensive continues.
Dec. 25 , 2016

An Iraqi soldier lights
candles during Christmas
celebrations at the al-Tahira
al-Kubra church in the
formerly ISIS-held town of
al-Hamdaniya, east of Mosul
on Dec. 25. Hundreds of
Iraqi Christians held prayers
at a church in the recently
recaptured town for the first
time since 2014, with the
attendance of the U.S.-led
coalition officers and senior
Iraqi officers.
AHMED JALIL / EPA
Dec. 25 , 2016

A soldier from the U.S Army
stands guard next to a defaced
Christian statue during
Christmas Day mass at Mar
Hanna church in Qaraqosh on
Dec. 25 in Mosul.
Dec. 25 , 2016

Iraqi Christians attend a mass on
Christmas at an Orthodox church
in the town of Bashiqa, east of
Mosul on Dec. 25.
Khalid al Mousily / Reuters
Dec. 25 , 2016

U.S. soldiers attend a Christmas
Eve service for Iraqi Christians at
the Saint John's church in the
town of Qaraqosh, east of Mosul,
on Dec. 25.
Dec. 25 , 2016

Priests lead a Christmas Day mass at
Mar Hanna church in Qaraqosh on
Dec. 25, in Mosul.
Dec. 25 , 2016

Iraqi Christians attend a
mass on Christmas at an
Orthodox church in the
town of Bashiqa, east of
Mosul on Dec. 25.
Khalid al Mousily /
Reuters
Dec. 25 , 2016

Iraqi security forces clean the
square of Saint John's Church before
a Christmas Eve service in the town
of Qaraqosh on Dec. 25.
Dec. 25 , 2016

GEORGE MICHAEL: 1963-2016
Photographer
Fred Prouser
Location
LOS ANGELES, United States
Reuters / Sunday, December 25,
2016
Singer George Michael performs
"Living For The City" during the
VH1 Honors Awards concert April
10, 1997 in Los Angeles.
REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Apr. 10 , 1997
GALLERY PHOTOS

Photographer
David Gray
Location
Reuters / Sunday, August 12,
2012
George Michael performs
during the closing ceremony
of the London 2012 Olympic
Games at the Olympic
Stadium August 12, 2012.
REUTERS/David Gray
Aug. 4, 2012
GALLERY PHOTOS

Photographer
Heinz-Peter Bader
Location
VIENNA, Austria
Reuters / Sunday,
December 25, 2016
George Michael performs
on stage during his
"Symphonica" tour
concert in Vienna
September 4, 2012.
REUTERS/Heinz-Peter
Bader
Sep. 4, 2012
GALLERY PHOTOS

An athlete dressed as a clown
jumps into the Mediterranean
sea as he takes part in the Copa
Nadal in the Spanish port of
Barcelona in Barcelona on Dec.
25, 2016. The Copa Nadal
(Christmas Cup) is a traditional
swimming competition that takes
place in Barcelona every
December 25th, where
participants swim 200 meters in
the open sea in the port of
Barcelona.
Manu Fernandez / AP
Dec. 25 , 2016

Filipino villagers hear mass
in front of a church on
Christmas Day in the town of
Kawit, Cavite province,
Philippines on Dec. 25.
FRANCIS R. MALASIG / EPA
Dec. 25 , 2016

An Iraqi odontology student
dressed as Santa Claus
distributes gifts to impoverished
children outside their shanty
home in the Iraqi holy Shiite city
of Najaf on Dec. 25.
HAIDAR HAMDANI / AFP - Getty
Images
Dec. 25 , 2016

Anita Monk and her
neighbor John Everett
dance during a Christmas
dinner event for older
people at Hammersmith
and Fulham Town Hall in
London on Dec. 25.
Kevin Coombs / Reuters
Dec. 25 , 2016

U.S. soldiers enjoy a Christmas dinner
at an army base in Karamless town,
east of Mosul, Iraq on Dec. 25.
PHOTOS: Iraqis Celebrate Christmas
Near Mosul After ISIS Pushed Out
Ammar Awad / Reuters
Dec. 25 , 2016

Runners dressed as Santa
Claus take part in the
annual Christmas race on
the streets of Skopje,
Macedonia on Dec. 25.
Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters
Dec. 25 , 2016

Irish backpacker Genna
Woods adjusts the small
Christmas tree she planted in
the sand as she celebrates
Christmas at Sydney's Bondi
Beach in Australia, on Dec.
25.
David Gray / Reuters
Dec. 25 , 2016

A Pakistani man decorates a
tree in a Christian
neighborhood of Rawalpindi,
Pakistan, to celebrate
Christmas on Dec. 25.
B.K. Bangash / AP
Dec. 25 , 2016

A Christian priest holds a
chalice at a prayer session
inside a church during
Christmas celebrations in
Chandigarh, India on Dec. 25.
Ajay Verma / Reuters
Dec. 25 , 2016

Revolutionary War re-
enactors walk along a
path before the re-
enactment of Gen. George
Washington's Christmas
Day crossing to New
Jersey on Dec. 25, in
Washington Crossing, Pa.
Mel Evans / AP
Dec. 25 , 2016

Visitors look at the esplanade
where the down-home 15th
birthday party for Rubi Ibarra
will take place in the village of
Laguna Seca, San Luis Potosi
State, Mexico, Dec. 25. Millions
of people responded to the
invitation for Rubi's Dec. 26th
coming of age party in rural
northern Mexico, after her
parent's video asking
"everybody" to attend went
viral.
Enric Marti / AP
Dec. 25 , 2016

Surrounded by a horde
of journalists and a
drone flying overhead,
Rubi Ibarra arrives at the
site of a Mass that is part
of her 15th birthday
party, Dec. 26. An
estimated 300 were on
hand for the Mass.
Enric Marti / AP
Dec. 25 , 2016

Mexican teenager Rubi arrives
to party, navigating her way
through the crowd.
MARIO GUZMAN / EPA-25
Dec. 25 , 2016

Rubi Ibarra looks at her mother
Anaelda as journalists struggle to
get images during her Mass.
Enric Marti / AP-25
Dec. 25 , 2016

A couple, who traveled from
Mexico City with a group of
bikers, pose for a photo
backdropped by a banner
welcoming visitors to Rubi
Ibarra's quincea?era.
Enric Marti / AP-25
Dec. 25 , 2016

Photographer
POOL New
Location
ENGLEFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM
2016
Prince George, the son of the
Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, sucks a sweet as he
leaves following the morning
Christmas Day service at St
Mark's Church in Englefield,
near Bucklebury in southern
England, Britain, December 25,
2016. REUTERS/Andrew
Matthews/Pool
Dec. 25 , 2016

Photographer
Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Location
Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Reuters / Sunday, December
25, 2016
A dye factory worker suns
fabric after washing them in
Narayanganj near Dhaka,
Bangladesh, December 25,
2016. REUTERS/Mohammad
Ponir Hossain
Dec. 25 , 2016

Photographer
Nacho Doce
Location
FERROL, SPAIN
2016
Santi Diaz Mosquera, 41, a
'percebeiro' (barnacle fisherman),
looks at cracks on rocks before
collecting barnacles on the coast of
Ferrol, in the northwestern Spanish
region of Galicia, December 15,
2016. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Dec. 25 , 2016

Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Ezra Acayan
Location
BATANGAS, Philippines
Reuters / Monday,
December 26, 2016
A boy stands at a partially
damaged port, as strong
waves hit the shore after
Typhoon Nock-Ten hit
Mabini, Batangas, in the
Philippines December 26,
2016. REUTERS/Ezra
Acayan
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Amir Cohen
Location
JERUSALEM, Israel
Reuters / Monday, December
26, 2016
A members of the Prizma
Ensemble wearing full solid-
coloured bodysuits takes part in
a festival for the Jewish holiday
of Hanukkah on the light train in
Jerusalem December 26, 2016.
REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Reuters Staff
Reuters / Monday, December 26,
2016
General view of a fan with Jamie
Vardy masks on the seats before the
Leicester City v Everton match
December 26, 2016. Action Images
via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Amit Dave
Location
AHMEDABAD, India
26, 2016
A worker applies colour to
strings which will be used to
make kites, alongside a road in
Ahmedabad, India, December
26, 2016. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Baz Ratner
Location
BEER SHEVA, Israel
26, 2016
A murmuration of migrating
starlings is seen across the
sky near the city of Beer
Sheva, southern Israel
December 26, 2016.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Eddie Keogh
Location
GORING, United Kingdom
26, 2016
A woman looks at tributes
outside the house of singer
George Michael, where he died
on Christmas Day, in Goring,
southern England.
REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Eddie Keogh
Location
GORING, United Kingdom
2016
Candlelit tributes are seen
outside the house of singer
George Michael, where he died
on Christmas Day, in Goring,
southern England, Britain
December 26, 2016.
REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Dec. 26 , 2016

Afghan refugee Setayesh Hassan, 5, sits around a
table after eating her lunch at the refugee camp of
Oinofyta, about 58 kilometers (36 miles) north of
Athens, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. (AP
Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Dec. 26 , 2016

Afghan refugee Ghullam Tahiri,
40, trims his beard at the refugee
camp of Oinofyta about 58
kilometers (36 miles) north of
Athens, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Dec. 26 , 2016

An Afghan refugee woman carries her son in a
crate at the refugee camp of Oinofyta about 58
kilometers (36 miles) north of Athens, Monday,
Dec. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Dec. 26 , 2016

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe strums a pineapple-shaped ukulele
presented to him by Hawaii Gov. David Ige at a dinner held in Abe's honor,
Monday, Dec. 26, in Honolulu. Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and
memorials Monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that
plunged the United States into World War II. The USS Arizona Memorial at
Pearl Harbor was closed to the public Tuesday when Abe visited the historic
site, joined by President Barack Obama, who is vacationing in Hawaii with his
family.
Marco Garcia / AP
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Ilya Naymushin
Location
KRASNOYARSK, RUSSIA
Reuters / Monday, December 26, 2016
A worker lowers the Russian national
flag to half-mast on a roof of the city
administration building, as the country
observes a day of mourning for victims
of the Tu-154 plane which crashed into
the Black Sea on its way to Syria on
Sunday, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia,
December 26, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya
Naymushin
Dec. 26 , 2016

Photographer
Maxim Shemetov
Location
SOCHI, RUSSIA
2016
Flowers in memory of passengers
and crew members of Russian
military Tu-154, which crashed
into the Black Sea on its way to
Syria on Sunday, are placed at an
embankment in the Black Sea
resort city of Sochi, Russia,
December 26, 2016.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Dec. 26 , 2016

Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Handout .
Location
Sochi, Russia
Reuters / Tuesday, December 27,
2016
A handout photo, provided by the
Russian Emergencies Ministry,
shows the wreckage of the
crashed military Tupolev TU-154
plane lifted from the waters of the
Black Sea during a search
operation near Sochi, Russia,
December 26, 2016. Vladimir
Velengurin/Russian Emergencies
Ministry via REUTERS
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Kim Hong-Ji
Location
GUNPO, South Korea
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 27, 2016
An employee controls the
arms of a manned biped
walking robot "METHOD-2"
during a demonstration in
Gunpo, South Korea,
December 27, 2016.
REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Neil Hall
Location
2016
Tributes to singer George Michael
are seen outside of his home in
north London. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Jaime Saldarriaga
Location
CALI, COLOMBIA
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 27, 2016
Picador Rafael
Torres reacts while
being pinned under
a horse as a bull
charges at it during
a bullfighting
festival at the
Canaveralejo
bullring in Cali,
Colombia,
December 26, 2016.
REUTERS/Jaime
Saldarriaga
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Location
XIANGYANG, China
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 27, 2016
People demonstrate a
home-made "smog
cannon" which fires
cannonballs made of
"water and tobacco tar"
to remind people the
importance of protecting
environment, in
Xiangyang, Hubei
province, December 27,
2016. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Location
DHAKA, Bangladesh
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 27, 2016
A Bangladeshi girl plays on
a swing, in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, December 27,
2016. REUTERS/Mohammad
Ponir Hossain
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Andrew Kelly
Location
NEW YORK, United States
Reuters / Tuesday, December
27, 2016
A screen in Times Square
features the image of late
singer George Michael in
Manhattan, New York City,
December 26, 2016.
REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Dec. 27, 2016

President Barack Obama
and Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo shake
hands as they are
photographed at the
start of a bilateral
meeting at Camp H.M.
Smith, Hawaii, Dec. 27.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
Dec. 27 , 2016

A boat carrying President Barack Obama and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passes the
USS Missouri at Joint Base Pearl Harbor
Hickam on Dec. 27, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mr. Abe
will be the first Japanese prime minister to visit
Pearl Harbor with a U.S. president and the first
to visit the USS Arizona Memorial.
Kent Nishimura / Getty Images
Dec. 27 , 2016

Prime Minister Abe and U.S.
President Obama participate in
a wreath-laying ceremony.
KEVIN LAMARQUE / Reuters
Dec. 27 , 2016

Abe and Obama toss flower
petals into the Wishing Well
at the USS Arizona Memorial.
Dennis Oda / AP
Dec. 27 , 2016

President Barack Obama listens
as Prime Minister Abe speaks on
Kilo Pier overlooking the USS
Arizona Memorial as part of a
ceremony to honor those killed
in the Japanese attack on the
naval harbor.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
Dec. 27 , 2016

Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe embraces a
World War II Pearl Harbor
survivor after he and
President Barack Obama
spoke.
Dennis Oda / AP
Dec. 27 , 2016

Afghan refugee children gather
around two volunteering
teachers during a class at a
makeshift school in the refugee
Athens, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016.
(AP Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
Dec. 27 , 2016

An Afghan refugee boy walks
to attend a class at a
makeshift school in the
refugee camp of Oinofyta
about 58 kilometers (36
miles) north of Athens,
Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. (AP
Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
Dec. 27 , 2016

Tharwat, a 6-year-old Afghan
refugee girl stands at the doorway
of her family's shelter at the
refugee camp of Oinofyta about
58 kilometers (36 miles) north of
(AP Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
Dec. 27 , 2016

Afghan refugee Nagina
Hafizullah, 6, teaches her
younger brother Omar, 4,
how to ride a scooter near
their family's tent at the
Dec. 27 , 2016

Afghan refugee children attend
a yoga session during a class at a
makeshift school in the refugee
(AP Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
Dec. 27 , 2016

An Afghan refugee boy looks up
while attending a yoga session
during a class at a makeshift school
in the refugee camp of Oinofyta
about 58 kilometers (36 miles)
north of Athens, Tuesday, Dec. 27,
2016. (AP Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
Dec. 27 , 2016

Afghan refugee children
gather around two
volunteering teachers
during a class at a
makeshift school in the
Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016.
(AP Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
Dec. 27 , 2016

Afghan refugee children play in a
yard at the refugee camp of
Oinofyta about 58 kilometers (36
miles) north of Athens, Tuesday,
Dec. 27, 2016. (AP
Dec. 27 , 2016

Afghan refugee children
attend a yoga session during
a class at a makeshift school
in the refugee camp of
Oinofyta about 58 kilometers
(36 miles) north of Athens,
Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Erik de Castro
Location
MANILA, Philippines
2016
Residents sift through the ruins
of their houses after a fire razed a
squatter colony, in Quezon city,
Metro Manila in the Philippines.
REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Erik de Castro
Location
MANILA, Philippines
2016
A fire victim collects recyclable
materials from the ruins of his
house. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Erik de Castro
Location
MANILA, Philippines
2016
A fire victim sleeps near the ruins
of houses. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Erik de Castro
Location
MANILA, Philippines
2016
A view of the ruins of houses.
REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Erik de Castro
Location
MANILA, Philippines
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 27, 2016
Fire victims take shelter on
a sidewalk. REUTERS/Erik
De Castro
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Neil Hall
Location
2016
Tributes to singer George Michael
are displayed outside of his home
in north London, Britain.
REUTERS/Neil Hall
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Benoit Tessier
Location
CARANTEC, France
27, 2016
Winter swimmers enjoy a
Christmas bath in Carantec,
Western France.
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Ammar Awad
Location
BARTELLA, Iraq
27, 2016
An internally displaced man
has his beard trimmed as
people flee the Islamic State
stronghold in the town of
Bartella, east of Mosul.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Khalil Ashawi
Location
ALEPPO, SYRIA
2016
Turkish military vehicles drive in
al-Rai town, northern Aleppo
province, Syria. REUTERS/Khalil
Ashawi
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Clodagh Kilcoyne
Location
VENTRY, Ireland
2016
Sheep graze in a field on the Slea
Head road in Ventry, Ireland.
REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Dec. 27 , 2016

Photographer
Alexandre Meneghini
Location
HAVANA, CUBA
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 27, 2016
Yazuli Lloret, 15, poses for
a photographer at the
Cathedral Square in
Havana, Cuba.
REUTERS/Alexandre
Meneghini
Dec. 27 , 2016
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