DECEMBER 2017 - Pictures of the day - Dec.15 - Dec.21, 2017

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DECEMBER 2017Pictures of the day

Dec.15 – Dec.21, 2017

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DECEMBER 2017Pictures of the dayDec.15 – Dec.21, 2017 Sources : reuters.com , AP images , nbcnews.com , …

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A helicopter drops water while trying to keep a wildfire from jumping Santa Ana Road near Ventura, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Dec.9, 2017

Fires advanceChristmas lights illuminate a house as the growing Thomas Fire advances toward Santa Barbara County seaside communities on Dec. 10 in Carpinteria, California.

— David McNew / Getty Images

Dec.10 , 2017

Many ClausSantas get some holiday exercise through the streets of Glasgow, Scotland on Dec. 10.The annual Santa dash welcomed over 8,000 racers dressed as Old Saint Nick. Since it started in 2006, the event has helped raise over $250,000 for charity.— Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images

Dec.10 , 2017

Eating snowA dog jumps to catch a

snowball in Godewaersvelde,

France, on Dec. 11.

— Philippe Huguen / AFP -

Getty Images

Dec.11 , 2017

A man stands on top of a small hill at the Tio Pio park in Madrid, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Dec.11, 2017

Military school students rest during their annual ball in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Dec.12, 2017

Ice festivalWorkers carve the sculpture "Snow Song Winter Olympics" for the Harbin Ice Festival on Dec. 12 in Harbin, China.The annual festival runs from Dec. 20 until Feb. 28.— Tao Zhang / Getty Images

Dec.12 , 2017

People walk past a sculpture titled "Empty Bundle" by the artist Yang Tao as a ray of sunlight hits it at an upscale shopping mall in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Dec.13, 2017

Fans of Brazil's Flamengo soccer team light flares in the stands

during a Copa Sudamericana final championship soccer match

against Argentina's Independiente at Maracana stadium in Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec.13, 2017. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Dec.13, 2017

An Afghan child looks on as she leans on her mother after their arrival on a Greek ferry at the port of Piraeus near Athens, early Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/PetrosGiannakouris)

Dec.13, 2017

A woman passes by a menorah on Independence Mall in Philadelphia ahead of the second night of Hanukkah, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Dec.13, 2017

Reuters / Thursday, December 14, 2017A masked Palestinian protester throws a stone at Israeli forces during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dec.14 2017

Reuters / Thursday, December 14, 2017French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take part in a group photo on the launching of the Permanent Structured Cooperation, or PESCO, a pact between 25 EU governments to fund, develop and deploy armed forces together, during an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Dec.14, 2017

Demonstrators protest against reforms to the retirement and pension system, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Dec.14, 2017

December 15, 2017

Buildings pierce through clouds as morning fog and air pollution shroud Skopje, Macedonia, on Dec. 15.The city was almost brought to a standstill after a second day of heavy pollution.— Robert Atanasovski / AFP - Getty Images

Dec.15, 2017

Friday clashesPalestinian protesters carry the body of

Yasser Sokar, 23, after he was shot during

clashes near the border with Israel east of

Gaza City on Dec. 15.

Violent protests over President Donald

Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as

Israel's capital have entered a second

— Mohammed Saber / EP

Dec.15 , 2017

Reuters / Friday, December 15, 2017An Israeli soldier shouts as he aims his weapon during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the West Bank city of Hebron. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Dec.15 , 2017

Firefighters continue to battle the Thomas fire , a wildfire near Fillmore, California. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Dec.15 , 2017

Workers process fox fur with machinery at a fur market in Chongfu, Zhejiang province, China. REUTERS/William Hong

Dec.15 , 2017

A Rohingya refugee prays inside a

makeshift mosque at the Kutupalong

refugee camp near Cox's Bazar,

Bangladesh. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Dec.15 , 2017

Chairman Ajit Paid drinks coffee ahead of the vote on the repeal of so called net neutrality rules at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

Dec.15 , 2017

Light illuminates the mountain range and hills during the sunrise over the Nagarkot valley, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Dec.15 , 2017

Mourners pay their respects outside St Paul's Cathedral after a memorial service in honour of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, in London, Britain. REUTERS/Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool

Dec.15 , 2017

Mamataz Begum 18, a Rohingya refugee

stands at the entrance of her temporary

shelter at the Kutupalong refugee camp

near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Dec.15 , 2017

Visitors gather near an open-air monitor during a

live broadcast, showing Russian President

Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year news

conference, at the Bobrovy Log ski resort in the

Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Dec.15 , 2017

An elderly woman is carried in a blanket after casting her vote at a polling station during the last phase of Gujarat state assembly election in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Dec.15 , 2017

A woman reacts as Argentine policemen fire rubber bullets during clashes outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Dec.15 , 2017

Muslim women stand in a queue as they wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the last phase of Gujarat state assembly election in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Dec.15 , 2017

Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a rally marking the 30th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemDec.15 , 2017

Students study ahead of the entrance exam for postgraduate studies, at a library in Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

Dec.15 , 2017

Monkeys hug amid snow at Huaguo mountain in Lianyungang,

Jiangsu province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

Dec.15 , 2017

An official puts up a portrait of

Zimbabwe�s President Emmerson

Mnangagwa ahead of a meeting of the

ZANU-PF central committee in

downtown Harare, Zimbabwe.

REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Dec.15 , 2017

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley briefs the media in front of remains of Iranian "Qiam" ballistic missile provided by Pentagon at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Dec.15 , 2017

People work on a helicopter that crashed in Port Boue, near the international airport in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Dec.15 , 2017

Saslong mountain is seen during the Men's Alpine Ski World Cup Downhill training session. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Dec.15 , 2017

The Soyuz MS-05 capsule carrying the crew

of Paolo Nespoli of Italy, Sergey Ryazanskiy

of Russia and Randy Bresnik of the U.S lands

in a remote area outside the town of

Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan.

REUTERS/Dmitry Lovetsky/Pool

Dec.15 , 2017

Surfing giant waves in Portugal

A surfer drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

Dec.15 , 2017

Reuters / Friday, December 15, 2017A Palestinian man with a knife and what looks like an explosive belt lies on the ground after being shot by Israeli border policemen near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 15, 2017. Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians and wounded 150 others with live fire on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital entered a second week. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiersDec.15 , 2017

A rescue worker shouts next to a Palestinian with a knife next to him after he was shot by Israeli border policemen near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dec.15 , 2017

The man was one of three Palestinians shot dead by Israeli troops on Friday, medical officials said. Palestinians—and the wider Arab and Muslim world—were incensed at Trump's Dec. 6 announcement, which reversed decades of U.S. policy reticence on Jerusalem, a city where both Israel and the Palestinians want sovereignty.Photos: Demonstrators protest Trump's Jerusalem announcement — Oren Ziv / AFP - Getty Images

Dec.15 , 2017

Reuters / Friday, December 15, 2017Wheelchair-bound Palestinian demonstrator Ibrahim Abu Thuraya, who according to medics was killed later during clashes with Israeli troops, gestures during a protest near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza City December 15, 2017. A military spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the wheelchair-bound protestor. Abu Thuraya, 29, was a regular at such demonstrations. In media interviews, he said he had lost both his legs in a 2008 Israeli missile strike in Gaza. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Dec.15 , 2017

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the West Bank city of Nablus December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Dec.15 , 2017

Israeli policemen detain a Palestinian protester after Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Dec.15 , 2017

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at a protest near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza City December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Dec.15 , 2017

A Palestinian demonstrator takes cover during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza City December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Dec.15 , 2017

A Palestinian protester slings

stones towards Israeli soldiers

during clashes on the Israeli

border following a protest against

U.S. President Donald Trump's

decision to recognize Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel, east of

Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017.

(AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Dec.15, 2017

President Donald Trump cuts a red tape while speaking about deregulation at the White House. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Dec.15 , 2017

Protesters pull down a scaffold to build a barricade during clashes with police outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Dec.15 , 2017

Reuters / Saturday, December 16, 2017A crew member of MV Open Arms, the search and rescue ship of Proactiva Open Arms, carries a migrant baby before passing it to crew members of MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres, during a mid-sea transfer of migrants in the central Mediterranean off the coast of Libya. REUTERS/Darrin ZammitLupi

Dec.15, 2017

Reuters / Saturday, December 16, 2017People walk between candles during the "One Million Stars" event by Swiss humanitarian organisation Caritas as a sign of solidarity and cohesion with the infirm and the poor, in front of the Swiss Federal Palace (Bundeshaus) in Bern, Switzerland. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Dec.15, 2017

December 16, 2017

The Nutcracker still thrives on magic and whimsy, 125 years after premiere

Tchaikovsky's ballet debuted on Dec. 18, 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Initially unsuccessful, it later became global Christmas tradition.

Dancers from the Czech National Ballet wait backstage during a performance at the National Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, on Dec. 16.

— Martin Divisek / EPA

Dec.16, 2017

Dancers from Australia's national ballet company rehearse on stage at the Opera House in Sydney on May 1.

— David Moir / EPA

Dec.16, 2017

A dancer from the Czech National Ballet stretches in a stage corner before a performance at the National Theatre in Prague on Dec. 16.

Dec.16, 2017

Dancers warm up backstage in Prague on Dec. 16.

Dec.16, 2017

Dancers apply make-up and add the finishing touches to their stage costumes backstage in Prague on Dec. 16.

Dec.16, 2017

Stage technicians look over the performance as a dancer waits in the wings to go on stage in Prague on Dec. 16.

Dec.16, 2017

Alex Grayson, Aaron Plous, Maria Kashvili, and Tenzin Niles rehearse in New York on Nov. 9, 2017. Friends and classmates at the School of American Ballet, Maria and Alex share the role of Marie in New York City Ballet's production of "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker."

— Andrew White / Redux Pictures

Dec.16, 2017

Members of the Houston Ballet rehearse at their studio, in Houston in November. The company had to hold their performance at Smart Financial Centre and the Hobby Center this year, and gave 10 fewer performances than usual, because its home stage at the WorthamTheater Center was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey.— Elizabeth Conley / Houston

Dec.16, 2017

Cast members rehearse at the Miami City Ballet in Miami Beach, Florida on Nov. 10. Isabel and Ruben Toledo redesigned the classic production to reflect the spirit and temperature of Miami.

— Scott McIntyre / Redux Pictures

Dec.16, 2017

Dancers perform at the National

Theater in Santo Domingo,

Dominican Republic, on Dec. 13.

Multiple dance companies

participated in the show, including

Ballet Nacional Dominicano,

Escuela Nacional de Danza

(Endanza) and Ballet Concierto

Dominicano.

— Orlando Barria / EPA

Dec.16, 2017

A dancer performs in Santo Domingo on Dec. 13.

— Orlando Barria / EPA

Dec.16, 2017

Dancers during a photocall for the Birmingham Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker at the Birmingham Royal Ballet on Nov. 24.

— Aaron Chown / Zuma Press

Dec.16, 2017

An eagle, the symbol of Sri Lanka's Air Force flies away as a soldier

attempts to control it during a welcome ceremony for Malaysia's

Prime Minister Najib Razak (not pictured) in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Dec.16, 2017

Catalin Mccary gets his hair cut at Strong's Barber Shop in Selma, Alabama. Photo taken December 16. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Dec.16, 2017

Opposition supporters strand on a barricade, during a protest over the disputed presidential election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/ Jorge Cabrera

Dec.16, 2017

A professional diver dressed as Santa Claus entertains school children in a huge aquarium inside a Ocean Park in Manila, Philippines. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Dec.16, 2017

A Rohingya refugee child looks on in front of it's temporary shelter at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Dec.16, 2017

Firefighters keep watch on the Thomas wildfire in the hills and canyons outside Montecito, California. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Dec.16, 2017

A man dressed as Santa Claus takes part in the traditional Christmas season swim in Nice, France. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Dec.16, 2017

Reuters / Saturday, December 16, 2017

Head of Russian state oil firm Rosneft Igor Sechin

(standing L) shakes hands with Venezuela's Oil Minister

and President of the Venezuelan state oil company

PDVSA Manuel Quevedo, in front of Venezuela's

President Nicolas Maduro, in Maiquetia, Venezuela.

Miraflores Palace/via REUTERS

Dec.16, 2017

December 17, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 17, 2017French skipper Francois Gabartcelebrates with safety flares as he sails the trimaran Macif into Brest harbourfollowing his successful solo, non-stop around the world record of 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds, in Brest, France. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Dec.17, 2017

Children cry as they wait with their family for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after it was opened by Egyptian authorities for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Dec.17, 2017

Afghan men play cricket on a field covered in snow on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Dec.17, 2017

Romanians sporting black cloths over their mouths and eyes protest

against the ruling leftist Social Democrat party plans to overhaul

judicial legislation in Bucharest, Romania. Inquam Photos/Octav

Ganea/via REUTERS

Dec.17, 2017

Policemen search for missing

residents after a mudslide in Villa

Santa Lucia, Chile. REUTERS/Alvaro

VidalDec.17, 2017

A commuter climbs stairs during a morning snow fall in Lausanne, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Dec.17, 2017

Rescue workers carry two bodies found in the area where Hilda Hernandez, the sister of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and five others died when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in San Matias, Honduras. REUTERS/ Jorge Cabrera

Dec.17, 2017

Australian players celebrate after winning the third Ashes cricket test match. REUTERS/David Gray

Dec.17, 2017

The land is covered after residents were required to move out from the low-cost dwellings near apartment blocks under construction at a village, which is mainly inhabited by migrant workers, in Tongzhou district of Beijing. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Dec.17, 2017

An opposition supporter stands in front of a burning barricade, during a protest over the disputed presidential election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/ Jorge Cabrera

Dec.17, 2017

A woman sits inside a polling station during the presidential election, in Santiago, Chile. REUTERS/Pablo SanhuezaDec.17, 2017

An activist dresses up as a soldier wearing a pig mask during a protest against a law that militarises crime fighting in the country in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Dec.17, 2017

A policeman takes position after gunmen attacked the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta, Pakistan. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Dec.17, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 17, 2017Flowers from mourners are seen outside the home of billionaire founder of Canadian pharmaceutical firm Apotex Inc., Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, who were found dead under circumstances that police described as "suspicious" in Toronto. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Dec.17, 2017

People dressed as Santa Claus enjoy the snow during the Saint Nicholas Day at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseDec.17, 2017

People dressed as Santa Claus parade during the Santa Claus summit in Rakvere, Estonia. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Dec.17, 2017

Icelander Einar Sveinsson, dressed as

Santa Claus, signs the cast of Ely Daniela

Vasquez during a visit to the Benjamin

Bloom National Children Hospital in San

Salvador, El Salvador. REUTERS/Jose

Cabezas

Dec.17, 2017

People dressed as Santa Claus run during a Christmas race in Venice, Italy. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

Dec.17, 2017

People dressed as Santa Claus row during a Christmas regatta in Venice, Italy. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

Dec.17, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 17, 2017Photographers take pictures as the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft carrying the crew of Norishige Kanai of Japan, Anton Shkaplerov of Russia and Scott Tingle of the U.S. blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. REUTERS/ShamilZhumatov

Dec.17, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 17, 2017Migrants rest on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and MedecinsSans Frontieres, as it approaches the Italian island of Sicily after rescue operations in the central Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, December 17, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Rescue on the MediterraneanDec.17, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 17, 2017A migrant holds a rope to keep his balance on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres, as it approaches the Italian island of Sicily after rescue operations in the central Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, December 17, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Dec.17, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 17, 2017A migrant stands on the deck of the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and MedecinsSans Frontieres, as it passes the Maltese island of Gozowhile making its way to the Italian island of Sicily after rescue operations in the central Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, December 17, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin ZammitLupi

Dec.17, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 17, 2017Migrants rest on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterraneeand Medecins Sans Frontieres, as it approaches the Italian island of Sicily after rescue operations in the central Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, December 17, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Dec.17, 2017

Monterey, MexicoParticipants take part in the annual "Run Santa Run" race at FundidoraPark on Dec. 17.— Daniel Becerril / Reuters

Dec.17, 2017 Jolly Santas herald holiday seasonMen (and women!) around the world are suiting up for Christmas with white beards and red costumes.

Venice, ItalyPeople wearing Santa Claus costumes row on the Grand Canal on Dec. 17.— Andrea Merola / AP

Dec.17, 2017

MoscowA man dressed as Santa talks on his phone at a bus station on Dec. 17.— Mladen Antonov / AFP -Getty Images

Dec.17 2017

Pristina, KosovoParticipants wearing

Santa Claus costumes

take part in a charity run

on Dec. 17.

— Valdrin Khemaj / EPA

Dec.17, 2017

BrusselsHarley Davidson bikers ride to their

meeting at the Parc du Cinquantenaire

on Dec. 17.

— Eric Vidal / Reuters

Dec.17, 2017

BrusselsMore than one hundred Harley

Davidson bikers dressed as Santa

Claus meet at the Parc du

Cinquantenaire on Dec. 17.

— Eric Vidal / Reuters

Dec.17, 2017

BerlinAn actor dressed as Santa Claus pretends to retrieve a lost package near the top of the Kollhoff Tower on Dec. 17.— Carsten Koall / Getty Images

Dec.17, 2017

Vigo, SpainGirls dressed up as Santa Claus pose on

motorbikes during the "Papanoelada" on

Dec. 16.

— Miguel Riopa / AFP - Getty Images

Dec.16, 2017

Nice, FranceA man waits to take part in the traditional Christmas season swim on Dec. 17.— Eric Gaillard / Reuters

Dec.17, 2017

December 18, 2017

Reuters / Monday, December

18, 2017

Migrants wait to disembark

from the MV Aquarius, a search

and rescue ship run in

partnership between SOS

Mediterranee and Medecins

Sans Frontieres, after it arrived

in Pozzallo on the island of

Sicily, Italy, December 18, 2017.

REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Dec.18, 2017

Migrants wait for the MV Aquarius, a search

and rescue ship run in partnership between

SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans

Frontieres, to enter Pozzallo on the island of

Sicily, Italy, December 18, 2017.

REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Dec.18, 2017

A migrant child looks through a porthole as they wait for the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterraneeand Medecins Sans Frontieres, enters Pozzallo on the island of Sicily, Italy. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Dec.18, 2017

DEADLY TRAIN DERAILMENT IN WASHINGTON

The scene where an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over interstate highway I-5 in DuPont, Washington, December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola

Dec.18, 2017

The scene where an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over interstate highway I-5. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola

Dec.18, 2017

Traffic moves by the scene where an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over interstate highway I-5. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola

Dec.18, 2017

Rohingya refugees boys play at a

makeshift bamboo bridge at the

Kutupalong refugee camp near

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Dec.18, 2017

A Rohingya refugee waits for a blanket

distribution at the Balukhali camp near

REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Dec.18, 2017

Reuters / Monday, December 18, 2017Rohingya refugee Yasin Arfat, 6, who suffers from diphtheria, lays on a bed at a Medecins Sans Frontieres(MSF) clinic near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) from November 3 through December 12, a total of 804 suspected diphtheria cases including 15 deaths were reported among the displaced Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Dec.18, 2017

Rohingya refugee children gather in children's playground at the Kutupalongrefugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Dec.18, 2017

Surfer Joel Parkinson competes

during the Billabong Pipe Masters

at the Banzai Pipeline in Pupukea

on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Dec.18, 2017

The owner of a car wash business poses for a photo in Selma, Alabama. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Dec.18, 2017

The Edmund Pettus Bridge is pictured in Selma, Alabama. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Dec.18, 2017

People walk on the rubble of a house which according to the local media was damaged in a gunbattle between suspected militants and Indian security forces in Batmurran village in south Kashmir's Shopian district. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Dec.18, 2017

Supporters of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate the initial poll results outside the party office in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Dec.18, 2017

An aircraft performs during Qatar's National Day celebrations in Doha, Qatar. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

Dec.18, 2017

A warning sign reads "beware of icicles" beside snow and ice covered trees near a street towards the Feldberg mountain, outside Frankfurt, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Dec.18, 2017

A man attends the inauguration of memorial at the site of last year's truck attack in a Christmas market, which killed 12 people and injured many others, at Breitscheidplatz square in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Dec.18, 2017

Demonstrators clash with police (not pictured) as lawmakers debate a pension reform measure, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. REUTERS/Martin Aosta

Dec.18, 2017

A man is seen at the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) building after it was set on fire by Kurdish protesters in Pera magroondistrict in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. REUTERS/AkoRasheed

Dec.18, 2017

Albania's opposition lawmakers throw smoke bombs inside the Parliament during the election of the new prosecutor, in Albanian Parliament in Tirana, Albania. REUTERS/STRINGER

Dec.18, 2017

An aerial view of a mudslide in

Villa Santa Lucia, Chile.

REUTERS/Alvaro Vidal

Dec.18, 2017

Reuters / Monday, December 18, 2017Palestinian demonstrators hold a birthday party during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Dec.18, 2017

A winter swimmer dives into the icy waters of a river at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

Dec.18, 2017

A police officer assists a colleague during clashes with demonstrators as lawmakers debate a pension reform measure, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. REUTERS/Martin Acosta

Dec.18, 2017

Workers remove snow during a heavy

snowfall in Kiev, Ukraine.

REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Dec.18, 2017

Newly elected president of the ANC Cyril Ramaphosa during the 54th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Dec.18, 2017

Inmates embrace their brides

during a community wedding

organized by Coracao Solidario

(Solidarity Heart) at the male prison

Lemos de Brito at Bangu, largest

prison complex in Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Dec.18, 2017

An aerial view shows boats, moored on the bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Dec.18, 2017

Prima ballerina Cecilia Kerche of the Rio

de Janeiro's Municipal Theatre, performs

during a protest of the theatre's artists

against the non-payment of their salaries

and the economic crisis in Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Ricardo

Moraes

Dec.18, 2017

ManilaA professional diver dressed as

Santa Claus swims in an

aquarium at Ocean Park on Dec.

18, 2017.

— Romeo Ranoco / Reuters

Dec.18, 2017

December 19, 2017

Persecuted Rohingya Muslims flee violence in MyanmarSHAH PORIR DWIP, BANGLADESH

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANISH SIDDIQUI AND REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHERS. REPORTING BY ROBERT BIRSEL.

Attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on the Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state triggered a response by the army and Buddhist vigilantes so brutal a senior U.N. official denounced it as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.Days, weeks and months after the Aug. 25 violence, more than 600,000 Rohingya fled to Muslim Bangladesh, trekking over mountains and through forests and rice fields inundated by monsoon rain.

GALLERY PHOTOS

Many of the refugees were traumatized, exhausted and hungry, some wounded by bullets, knives or clubs, many with burns. Many women said they had been raped.

All of the refugees brought accounts of a campaign of murderous violence and arson by the Myanmar security forces and Buddhist civilians that they believed was aimed at driving them out of the country.

Mostly Buddhist Myanmar denies the accusations.

GALLERY PHOTOS

Myanmar says the rebels responsible for the Aug. 25 attacks on about 30 security posts and an army camp - the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army - are terrorists and it is they who unleashed most of the violence and arson that reduced hundreds of Rohingya villages nestled in emerald-green rice fields to grey ash.

A burned Rohingya village near Maungdaw, north of Rakhine state, Myanmar.

27 SEP 2017. MAUNGDAW, MYANMAR. REUTERS/SOE ZEYA TUN

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The Rohingya have long faced discrimination and repression in Rakhine where bad blood with ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, stemming from violence by both sides, goes back generations.

Rohingya are not regarded as an indigenous ethnic minority in Myanmar - the government even refuses to recognise the term "Rohingya", instead labelling them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Most have been denied citizenship under a law that links nationality to ethnicity.

Kulsuma Begum cries because she has lost her daughter and said her husband and son-in-law were killed by military in Myanmar.

27 OCT 2017. COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/HANNAH MCKA

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They have long lived under apartheid-like conditions, with little access to even the limited opportunities in education and employment open to their Buddhist neighbours in one of Myanmar's poorest regions.

About one million Rohingya were believed to have been living in Rakhine state before the latest violence. Bangladesh was already home to 400,000 of them who had fled earlier repression.

9 OCT 2017. PALANG KHALI, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/DAMIR SAGOLI

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The new arrivals, many landing by boat after being ferried across a border river, crammed into the existing refugee camps in the Cox's Bazar district, many camping out in the rain - lucky ones able to string up a piece of plastic - beside muddy tracks.

Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest and most crowded countries, initially said the Rohingya were not welcome and ordered border guards to push them back.

2 OCT 2017. COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/CATHAL MCNAUGHTON

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But it quickly changed its stand in the face of the scale of the exodus and began gearing up, with the help of U.N. and other aid agencies, to cope with the fastest-developing refugee crisis the world had seen in years.The crisis has raised grave doubts about Myanmar's transition from military-ruled pariah to budding democracy, and about the commitment to human rights of the democracy leader who struggled to end nearly 50 years of harsh military rule - Aung San Suu Kyi.The generals remain in full charge of security under a constitution they drafted, even though Suu Kyi runs the government.

14 SEP 2017. COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/DANISH SIDDIQU

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Analysts say Suu Kyi has to avoid angering the army and alienating supporters by being seen to take the side of a Muslim minority that enjoys little sympathy in a country that has seen a surge of Buddhist nationalism.Nevertheless, the failure of the Nobel peace laureate to speak out forcefully in defence of the Rohingyawould seem to have irreparably damaged her reputation overseas.The international community is demanding that the Rohingya be allowed to go home in safety, and Bangladesh and Myanmar have begun talks on repatriation, but huge doubts remain about the Rohingyaever being able to return in peace to rebuild their homes and till their fields.

7 SEP 2017. TEKNAF, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN

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Bangladeshi workers carry a piece of metal in Dhaka, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Dec.19, 2017

Rohingya refugee Omar Khan (L), who says he is a former general of Myanmar army, poses for a picture as he sits at his temporary shelter at the Kutupalongrefugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Dec.19, 2017

Reuters / Tuesday, December 19, 2017

A Palestinian demonstrator dressed as Santa

Claus hurls stones towards Israeli troops

during clashes at a protest against U.S.

President Donald Trump's decision to

recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,

near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Dec.19, 2017

South Korean and U.S. Marines take part in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Dec.19, 2017

A cyclist pushes his bicycle over the snow-covered Feldberg mountain, outside Frankfurt, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Dec.19, 2017

French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier stands next to his figure made by French sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray at the Grevin wax museum during the presentation of his waxwork in Paris. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Dec.19, 2017

Reuters / Tuesday, December 19, 2017Nikolai Vasilyev, 64, dressed as Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, water-skis along the Yenisei River outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Vasilyev, former teacher of the Siberian State Aerospace University, constructed the water skis out of plastic foam and designed the sticks to propel him forward, while travelling on the water surface. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Dec.19, 2017

Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) stands in an elevator as he arrives for a nomination vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Dec.19, 2017

Reuters / Tuesday, December 19, 2017German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a candle as she attends the inauguration of memorial at the site of last year's truck attack in a Christmas market, which killed 12 people and injured many others, at Breitscheidplatz square in Berlin. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Dec.19, 2017

Pedestrians cross the Millennium footbridge in London. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Dec.19, 2017

People are seen outside the Directorate of province building after it was set on fire by Kurdish protesters in Pera magroondistrict in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Dec.19, 2017

A cow is transported by a helicopter after a mudslide in Villa Santa Lucia, Chile. REUTERS/Alvaro Vidal

Dec.19, 2017

A man sits on his Russian-made Ural motorbike as he checks the Internet at a hotspot in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghin

Dec.19, 2017

A portrait of Kim Jong-hyun, the lead singer of top South Korean boy band SHINee, is seen on an altar during a memorial service for him in Seoul, South Korea. Yonhap/via REUTERS

Dec.19, 2017

Police and demonstrators clash as lawmakers debate a pension reform measure, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. REUTERS/Martin AostaDec.19, 2017

People are seen on a pier in front of a giant illuminated Christmas ball in Larnaca, Cyprus. REUTERS/YiannisKourtoglou

Dec.19, 2017

Somali refugees study the Quran at a school in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Dec.19, 2017

A house which was damaged by recent shelling is seen in the government-held village of Novoluhanske, Ukraine. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

Dec.19, 2017

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Outside London's Piccadilly theatre where tickets cost up to 110 pounds and a banner advertising the musical "Annie" reads "It's a hard knock life", Bryan and Kevin sleep in small tents on the street.

They are among almost 1,000 people who sleep rough in the British capital, according to official figures, while more than 4,000 are on the streets across the country every night.

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Andrew, who now has a place to live but returns to hang out with his homeless friends under the bridge, recalls how he was offered drugs on his first night on the streets: "I said 'no mate, I'm not into that' and he said 'It’s a free trial, no strings.'"While he has escaped the streets, Andrew is pessimistic about John's future. "He won't get himself off the streets, it’s almost impossible without help," he said.As to the financial impact, the National Audit Office, parliament's spending watchdog, said local authorities had spent 1.15 billion pounds ($1.54 billion) on homelessness services in 2015-16. 26 OCT 2017. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. REUTERS/MARY TURNER

Oct.26, 2017

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But critics say the Conservatives, who have been in power since 2010, have done little to find solutions and warn that the problem could get even worse."We heard that over the next 10 years, if the current trajectory stays as it is, the 160,000 people who are homeless in a year could increase by 25 percent and the 9,100 people sleeping rough could rise by 76 percent," the PAC report said.

9 NOV 2017. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. REUTERS/MARY TURNER

Nov.9, 2017

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Bryan, 51, who last year nearly died from pneumonia, became homeless after personal problems led him to drink and drugs.

"It's worse than it used to be right now, but I think it's down to a lot of things," he says. "The way people are now - everything is going up and costing more and then the other stuff, services and care, humanity, it's going down."

There is wide agreement that the problem has become worse in the last seven years, leading to criticism of the Conservative government's approach and accusations that its austerity policies, including changes to welfare payments for housing, are partly to blame.

4 DEC 2017. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. REUTERS/MARY TURNER

Dec.4 2017

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Dec.5, 2017

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In a report this week, parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) called the extent of homelessness across England "a national crisis".

"The latest official figures hammer home the shameful state of homelessness in England and the abject failure of the government's approach to addressing the misery suffered by many thousands of families and individuals," PAC chairman Meg Hillier said.

Dec.17, 2017

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"All you really want is a gaff (place) of your own," says Jimmy, who beds down in a subway near Waterloo Station.

"People come from out of town into the city at Christmas - you make more money - so it's harder for us who are here all the time," said Jimmy, 51, who originally hails from Glasgow in Scotland.

Dec.17, 2017

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NAO head Amyas Morse said in September the government's "recent performance in reducing homelessness therefore cannot be considered value for money."The government has set a target of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and abolishing it by 2027. Last week, Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers the government would spend 500 million pounds on tackling homelessness and was putting in projects to tackle rough sleeping."We do not want to see anybody who is homeless or anybody who is sleeping rough on our streets," May said.

Dec.17, 2017

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17 DEC 2017. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. REUTERS/MARY TURNE

There is both a human and financial cost to the problem. The average age of death of someone who is rough-sleeping is 47 and people living on the street are 17 times more likely to be the victims of violence than those in settled accommodation.

"I'm getting to a point where I can't do it anymore, I'm trying to save my money but it's hard," said John, 19, one of a small group of men living under Waterloo Bridge

Dec.17, 2017

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Meanwhile for some of those who have been homeless for a number of years, getting off the streets can be difficult, especially for those battling drug additions.

One of those is Bryan outside the Piccadilly Theatre. Despite his problems, he says he refuses to take any money from children, recalling how one girl recently tried to give him her pocket money.

"Afterwards I sat and I cried," he said.

Dec.17, 2017

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The charity Shelter estimates more than 300,000 people in Britain are homeless, a figure which has risen by 13,000 in a year. It says one in every 200 people in England are homeless and 128,000 children will be without a home this Christmas.

Official figures show that there were 4,134 rough sleepers counted on a single night in autumn 2016, an increase of 134 percent since 2010 when there were fewer than 1,800.

Dec.19, 2017

December 20, 2017

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the West Bank city of Nablus December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Dec.20, 2017

A protester jumps over a wall during a protest near Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dec.20, 2017

Israeli forces fire towards Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Dec.20, 2017

A Palestinian protester throws a stone at Israeli forces near Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dec.20, 2017

A Palestinian protester holds stones as others hide behind a barricade from Israeli forces during a protest near Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dec.20, 2017

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Dec.20, 2017

Riot policemen stand next to a figure during clashes with healthcare employees and students who refuse new government policies about health system in La Paz, Bolivia. REUTERS/David Mercado

Dec.20, 2017

A snowboarder walks on the Peak Walk bridge at Glacier 3000 in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseDec.20, 2017

A motorcyclist rides amid snow in Dalian, Liaoning province, China. REUTERS/StringerDec.20, 2017

Ultra Orthodox Jewish men light candles on the last night of the holiday of Hanukkah outside their home at Jerusalem's Mea Shearimneighborhood. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Dec.20, 2017

December 21, 2017

South Korean soldiers patrol along a

barbed-wire fence near the militarized

zone separating the two Koreas, in

Paju, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim

Hong-Ji

Dec.21, 2017

Children dressed in Santa Claus costumes sit inside a classroom before participating in Christmas celebrations at a school in Chandigarh, India. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

Dec.21, 2017

Rohingya refugees stand on a road at

the Shamlapur refugee camp near

Dec.21, 2017

A Rohingya refugee baby girl sleeps

inside her family's temporary shelter at

the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's

Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Alkis

Konstantinidis

Dec.21, 2017

A man sits at the scene of an incident involving a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians at a crowded intersection near the Flinders Street train station in central Melbourne, Australia. AAP/Joe Castro via REUTERS

Dec.21, 2017

A young girl jumps in between water sprinklers in Retiro park in Madrid, Spain. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Dec.21, 2017

Aspiring models wait for their turn to be judged during auditions for the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Dec.21, 2017

Protesters who call for an immigration bill addressing the so-called Dreamers, young adults who were brought to the United States as children, rally in the Cannon Tunnel on Capitol Hill. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Dec.21, 2017

Indonesian policemen hold rifles while

guarding recaptured U.S. citizen and inmate

Christian Beasley, who escaped from

Kerobokan Prison, at Badung police station

in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Antara

Foto/Nyoman Budhiana/via REUTERS

Dec.21, 2017

Bristol City's Bobby Reid and Korey Smith celebrate versus Manchester United. REUTERS/David Klein

Dec.21, 2017

People walk under festive decorations for the upcoming New Year and Christmas season in central Moscow, Russia. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

Dec.21, 2017

Honduran opposition

candidate Salvador Nasralla

addresses the media during

his arrival at Toncontin airport

after visiting the U.S., in

Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Dec.21, 2017

India's former telecommunications minister Andimuthu Raja's supporters celebrate after a hearing outside a court in New Delhi, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Dec.21, 2017

A man exercises early in the morning along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Dec.21, 2017

Rohingya refugee children play at

the Shamlapur refugee camp near

Dec.21, 2017

Rohingya refugee children play

outside the Shamlapur refugee

camp near Cox's Bazar,

Bangladesh. REUTERS/Marko

Djurica

Dec.21, 2017

Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz arrives for talks with the Christian Social Union (CSU) to form a new government in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Dec.21, 2017

UKRAINE'S WINTER WAR HEATS UPFighting in eastern Ukraine has escalated to the worst level in months, say officials monitoring the conflict.

A woman cleans up debris near her house damaged by recent shelling in the rebel-held town of Yasynuvata, Ukraine December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Dec.21, 2017

Ukrainian serviceman fires a machine-gun at his position on the front line at the industrial zone of the government-held town of Avdiyivka, Ukraine, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

Dec.13, 2017

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A woman reacts near her house, which was damaged by recent shelling, in the government-held village of Novoluhanske, Ukraine, December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

Dec.19, 2017

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The remains of a rocket shell are seen after recent shelling in the government-held village of Novoluhanske, Ukraine, December 19, 2017. REUTERS/OleksandrKlymenko

Dec.19, 2017

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Ukrainian servicemen patrol area

after recent shelling in the

government-held village of

Novoluhanske, Ukraine, December

19, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr

Klymenko

Dec.19, 2017

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Ukrainian servicemen patrol area after

recent shelling in the government-held

village of Novoluhanske, Ukraine,

December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr

Klymenko

Dec.19, 2017

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A man reacts as he removes debris in front of his house, which was damaged by recent shelling, in the government-held village of Novoluhanske, Ukraine, December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

Dec.19, 2017

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People clean their balcony at a residential block damaged by recent shelling in the rebel-held town of Yasynuvata, Ukraine December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Dec.21, 2017

A woman watches a residential block damaged by recent shelling through a broken window in the rebel-held town of Yasynuvata, Ukraine December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Dec.21, 2017

A man removes debris at a residential block damaged by recent shelling in the rebel-held town of Yasynuvata, Ukraine December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Dec.21, 2017

Russian and Ukrainian military officers work at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) in the town of Soledar, Ukraine December 17, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

Dec.21, 2017

Russian military officers serving at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) march in the town of Soledar, Ukraine December 17, 2017. REUTERS/OleksandrKlymenko

Dec.21, 2017

A man inspects his house, which was damaged by recent shelling, in the government-held village of Novoluhanske, Ukraine, December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

Dec.21, 2017

People gather near a residential block damaged by recent shelling in the rebel-held town of Yasynuvata, Ukraine December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Dec.21, 2017

People walk next to a residential block damaged by recent shelling in the rebel-held town of Yasynuvata, Ukraine December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Dec.21, 2017

CAR HITS PEDESTRIANS IN MELBOURNE

Australian police stand near a crashed vehicle after they arrested the driver of a vehicle that had ploughed into pedestrians at a crowded intersection near the Flinders Street train station in central Melbourne. REUTERS/Luis Ascui

Dec.21, 2017

Reuters / Thursday, December 21, 2017A police officer detains a suspect following the car incident. An Australian man of Afghan descent with a history of mental health issues drove a car into Christmas shoppers in the city of Melbourne on Thursday, injuring 19 people, but police said they did not believe the attack was terror-related. Twitter / @LACHLANVE/ via REUTERS

Dec.21, 2017

Police and emergency services attend to the scene of an incident involving a vehicle on Flinders Street. NINE NETWORK/Reuters TV via REUTERS

Dec.21, 2017

Police officers detain a suspected man following the car incident at Flinders St station in Melbourne. Twitter / @LACHLANVE/via REUTERS

Dec.21, 2017

Reuters / Thursday, December 21, 2017Police and emergency services attend to the scene of an incident involving a vehicle on Flinders Street, as seen from Swanson Street, in Melbourne, Australia December 21, 2017. NINE NETWORK/Reuters TV via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. AUSTRALIA OUT. NEW ZEALAND OUT. PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT. NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA-BASED INTERNET SITES, MOBILE PLATFORMS OR SITES OF MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS BASED IN THOSE COUNTRIES, NVO CLIENTS/ SMH.COM.AU/NEWS.COM.AU

Dec.21, 2017

President Trump celebrates with Congressional Republicans after the U.S. Congress passed sweeping tax overhaul legislation, on the South Lawn of the White House. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Dec.21, 2017

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