![Chadian soldiers, who are fighting in support of Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, ride on their trucks in a convoy on the road leading to Damara, about 70km (44 miles) north of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. (AP) Central African Republic Unrest](http://blogs.voanews.com/photos/files/2013/01/ap_car_soldiers_02Jan13-975x517.jpg)
Vojnici iz Čada bore se na strani predsjednika Centralnoafričke Republike Fransoa Bozizea. (AP)
Vojnici iz Čada bore se na strani predsjednika Centralnoafričke Republike Fransoa Bozizea. (AP)
Pope Benedict XVI leads his Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Reuters)
A trader wearing ‘Happy New Year’ glasses works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP)
A mousque silhouetted against sunset in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)
A woman harvests sugarcane at the Montelimar sugar mill on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua. (Reuters)
Worshipers strike a giant bell to celebrate the New Year at Zojoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan. (AP)
Fireworks explode behind the Opera House during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia. (AP)
Young monks have their meal in the changlie monastery in Aba prefecture, Sichuan province, China. (Tongqi Huang/China/VOA reader)
Fireworks explode in front of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre over the Victoria Harbor as celebrating the 2013 New Year in Hong Kong. (AP)
Central African Republic soldiers patrol in a street of Bangui. Authorities have enacted a curfew ahead of a possible rebel move on the city. (AFP)
The Hubble Space Telescope captures a spectacular image of the bright star-forming ring that surrounds the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097. In this image, the larger-scale structure of the galaxy is barely visible: its comparatively dim spiral arms, which surround its heart in a loose embrace, reach out beyond the edges of this frame. (NASA/ESA/Hubble)
Denver Broncos’ head coach John Fox (C) gets a cooler poured over his head by Wesley Woodyard (R) and Demaryius Thomas (rear, partially obscured) after winning their NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Denver, Colorado, USA, December 30, 2012. (Reuters)
Fireworks explode near the Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. (Reuters)
Clouds roil over the White House in Washington, D.C. as the nation’s capital has less than 48 hours to avert the fiscal cliff, a series of tax increases and spending cuts set to take hold on January 1, 2013. (AP)
Meni na kraju sveta u jednom restoranu u Hongkongu. Večera košta 272 dolara. (Reuters)
A police officer dressed in a Santa Claus costume, with the blue color representing the police, walks in Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP)
Majanski sveštenik-šaman, čija titula znači “čuvar dana”, pali vatru na jednoj arheološkoj lokaciji u Gvatamala sitiju pred proslavu praznika Oklajuj Baktuna 21. decembra, kada prema kalendaru Maja počinje nova era u ljudskoj civilizaciji. Arheolozi kažu da ne postoje dokazi da su Maje ikada proricale smak sveta na taj dan. (AP)
Erupcija vulkana Tunurahua u Ekvadoru.(AFP)
Severnkoreanci su juče obeležili godišnjicu smrti Kim Džong Ila (desno) čija je statua statua stoji do statue njegovog oca, bivšeg predsednika Kim Il Sunga. (AP)
Južnokorejska predsednička kandidatkinja Park Geun-hi na izbornom skupu u Seulu. Park je kandidatkinja vladajuće Partije Saenuri. (AP)
Neonsko srce na ulazu zgrade Evropskog parlamenta u Briselu. Srce, visoko 15 metara, a teško 275 kilograma nalazilo se ispred gradskog dvorca u Pragu tokom prvog predsedničkog mandata Vaclava Havela. (Reuters)
Spor između Palestinca i izraelskog vojnika na Zapadnoj obali blizu Nablusa. (AFP)
Hodočasnik na grobu prodavca voća i povrća čije je samospaljivanje pre dve godine pokrenulo revoluciju u zemlji i Arapsko proleće u regionu. (AFP)
Dvadeset hiljada plovećih kuglica na reci, koje simbolizuju novogodišnje želje mnogih žiteja Singapura. (Reuters)
Indijski vojnik probija se motociklom kroz staklo na otvaranju Indo-ASEAN moto relija u Guvatiju u Indiji. (Reuters)
Snimak galaksije M33 od pre 3 miliona godina kada se posle gravitacionog kolapsa pretvorila u novo sazvežđe. (AFP/NASA)
Slovenački takmičar Jakov Fak (u sredini) na startu trke od 15 km na Svetskom kupu skijaškog trčanja na Pokljuci. Fak je osvojio drugo mesto. (AP)
Protest u Madridu protiv poluprivatizovanja zdrastvenog sistema Španije. (AP)
Noaružani učitelj Korana na času sa učenicima u jednoj verskoj školi u Dusamaribu, centralnoj Somaliji. (Reuters)
Takmičari “Trke u bojama” u Rio de Žaneiru. Posle svakog kilometra koji prođu, takmičari budu zasipani prahom u raznim bojama. Staza je duga pet kilometara. (Reuters)
Palestinci se mole za obolelog predsednika Ugo Čaveza u crkvi Vitlejem na Zapadnoj obali. Čavez je veliki pobornik nezavisnosti Palestine. (AP)
Dosadašnji japanski premijer Jošiko Noda podnosi ostavku posle poraza njegove Demokratske stranke na upravo održanim parlamentarnim izborima. (AP)
Dolomiti pred starta Svetskog skupa u slalomu u Alta Badiji, Italiji. (AFP)
Uginuli morski pas na obali Den Helder u Holandiji. (AFP)
Božićni ukrasi napravljeni od ispražnjenih metaka u garaži u nemačkoj vojnoj bazi blizu Mazar-e-Šarifa na severu Avganistana. (Reuters)
Izgradnja novog Svetskog trgovinskog centra u Njujorku skoro je pri kraju. Kada budu završene, dve kule od po 104 sprata, zameniće Svetski trgovinski centar srušen u terorističkim napadima 11. septembra, 2001. (AFP)