Posted January 3rd, 2013 at 1:58 pm (UTC-4)
A student attending a winter military camp reacts during a training session in Ansan, south of Seoul, South Korea. Hundreds of students between 11 and 17 years old attend winter boot camp training courses every year. (Reuters)
Palestinians perform during a rally celebrating the 48th anniversary of the Fatah movement, in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AP)
Indian daredevils perform car and bike stunts during an annual fair in Mumbai. (AFP)
High waves hit the coastline in Saint-Gilles, western part of French overseas’ island of La Reunion, as cyclone Dumile lashed the island. Winds of up to 180 kilometers per hour (110 miles per hour) and torrential rain caused extensive damage to the electricity network after cyclone Dumile passed within 90 kilometers of the island’s west coast. (AFP)
Iranian mourners attend a ceremony commemorating Arbaeen, the final day of the annual 40-day mourning period for the seventh century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in Tehran. (AP)
Zoo keeper Jeff Lambert with leaf insects during the annual stock take at London Zoo, UK (Reuters)
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a tannery in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China. (Reuters)
A devotee smokes hashish outside the shrine of Muslim Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh during his death anniversary in Lahore, Pakistan. Devotees celebrate the last of three days of the 969th festival of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh. (Reuters)
A father reacts after the death of two of his children, whom activists said were killed by shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, at al-Ansari area in Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters)
Neighborhood of Xeren, municipality of Duque de Caxias, some 50 km from Rio de Janeiro’s downtown in Brazil is seen after heavy downpours caused the overflowing of rivers and triggered mudslides. (AFP)