12月最后一周 | 镜头中的世界

New York, US

美国纽约

A girl catches confetti (五彩纸屑) during the annual New Year’s Eve confetti test in Times Square

Beijing, China

中国北京

A man wearing a mask looks out from a bus in amid high levels of air pollution in the Chinese capital

Delhi, India

印度德里

A man holds a toy gun to another particpant in a mock bus hijack exercise (演习) as part of an anti-terrorist drill

Stirling, UK

英国斯特灵

Lions at the Blair Drummond safari park explore left over Christmas trees decorated with meat and spices by their keepers

London, UK

英国伦敦

Bavarian darts fans pose outside Alexandra Palace, which is holding the William Hill World Darts Championships

Ramallah, West Bank

约旦河西岸拉马拉

A Palestinian woman lies on the ground at the Qalandiya checkpoint (检查点) after being shot for attempting to stab Israeli officers, say Israeli police

Kathmandu, Nepal

尼泊尔加德满都

A young Gurung woman wearing traditional costume bows her head during a parade during the New Year celebration known as Tamu Lhosar

Allahabad, India

印度阿拉哈巴德

A Sikh man takes part in the Nagar Kirtan, a festival celebrating the birth of Guru Gobind Singh in 1666

Badajoz, Spain

西班牙巴达霍斯
Francisco Núñez, 112, says he does not like his town’s daycare centre because it is full of old people

Germany

德国
Practising since she was four, Russian-born former gymnast Julia Günthel, also known as Zlata, moulds her body into abnormal shapes for her latest calendar

Dhaka, Bangladesh

孟加拉国达卡

A bodybuilders poses before competing in the national championships

Perth, Australia

澳大利亚珀斯

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer congratulates a junior surf lifesaver who won a beach flag race

Kiev, Ukraine

乌克兰基辅

Former subway worker Volodymyr Chaika, 65, has spent more than 15 years decorating three floors of an apartment block in a traditional Ukrainian style

Damascus, Syria

叙利亚大马士革

The body of Haya, a 3-year-old Syrian girl, lies at a makeshift morgue (太平间) in the rebel-held town of Douma after reported air strikes

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

沙特麦加

Pilgrims touch the Kaaba, the sacred Muslim shrine, at the Great Mosque

Dhaka, Bangladesh

孟加拉国达卡

A boy plays in a field of dry rice in Muktarpur, on the outskirts of the city

Oberpfalz, Germany

德国上普法尔兹

Carol singers gather for the launch of their annual charity fundraiser

Paris, France

法国巴黎

Smog obscures the Eiffel Tower in the background as workers clean the windows of the Montparnasse tower

Athens, Greece

希腊雅典

Snow in the Penteli mountains turns the landscape colourless

Munnar, India

印度慕纳尔

On a rainy day a man walks through a tea garden in the city

Hanoi, Vietnam

越南河内

A colourful view from above of street-sellers, some of whom use their bikes as a mobile kitchen

Skopje, Macedonia

马其顿斯科普里

Protestors wear masks against air pollution and calling for new measures to alleviate the country’s suffocating air pollution

Australia

澳大利亚

Astronauts capture intricate cloud formations from the International Space Station

Chester, UK

英国切斯特

Keepers at the city zoo are celebrating after the birth of a rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, seen left with its mother

London, UK

英国伦敦

Ice forms on a fence post in Clapham Common park as tempratures drop in the capital

Belgrade, Serbia

塞尔维亚贝尔格莱德

A man wrapped in a blanket walks in front of an abandoned warehouse

Huangshan City, China

中国黄山

A relaxed giant panda chews bamboo in Xiuning Panda Park

Gaza, Gaza Strip

加沙

People walk at the beach on a cold day in the coastal city

London, UK

英国伦敦

Flowers, photographs and candles are left outside the home of George Michael in Highgate following his death on Christmas Day

Rura, India

印度卢拉

Officials and bystanders gather at the scene of a derailed train in Uttar Pradesh (北方邦). At least two people died and 28 were injured in the accident

Dali, China

中国大理

A couple pose for a wedding photo at Erhai lake in China’s Yunnan province

Ibi, Spain

西班牙伊维

Revellers (狂欢者) dressed in mock military garb (装束) take part in the ‘Enfarinats’ battle. During this 200-year-old traditional festival participants known as Els Enfarinat dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d’etat (政变) as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers (爆竹) outside the city town hall as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Innocents

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

阿联酋阿布达比

Andy Murray hits a return to Rafael Nadal of Spain during the official players launch of 2016 Mubadala Tennis Championship at Al Maryah Island

St Petersburg, Russia

俄罗斯圣彼得堡

People dance during a Christmas ball. Cadets of the Naval Academy and Suvorov Military School and students of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet gathered for their first ball in the Saint George Hall of the Mikhailovsky Castle, restoring the old tradition of Russian officers and noble maidens

Manila, Philippines

菲律宾马尼拉

Residents sift through the ruins of their houses after a fire razed a squatter colony (非法居住区) in Quezon city

San Sebastián, Spain

西班牙圣塞巴斯蒂安

People run during sunrise at La Concha beach

Heihe, China

中国黑河

A winter swimmer throws hot water into cold air

Madrid, Spain

西班牙马德里

A baby Bornean orangutan called Sabah is pictured at Madrid zoo

Changchun, China

中国长春

A car drives through rime at a park. Rime (雾凇) is frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapour in cloud or fog

Tynemouth Longsands, UK

英国泰恩维尔

Walkers take a stroll along the beach at sunrise

Sochi, Russia

俄国索契

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial beside the Black Sea for victims of a military plane crash

Camarines Sur, Philippines

菲律宾南甘马粦

People stand next to toppled trucks in the town of Pil after Typhoon Nock-Ten

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

墨西哥圣路易斯波托西

Rubi Ibarra dances during her 15th birthday party, which was attended by thousands of people after her parents’ video invitation to the event went viral online

Gunpo, South Korea

韩国军埔

Engineers test a four-metre-tall manned robot named Method-2 in a lab of Hankook Mirae Technology. The giant humanoid robot bears a striking resemblance those of the movie Avatar and is claimed by its creators to be a world first

Beijing, China

中国北京

A man skates on a frozen river

Melbourne, Australia

澳大利亚墨尔本

Spectators play an improvised game of cricket in the stands as rain delays play on the field during the second day of the second Test between Australia and Pakistan

Amritsar, India

印度阿姆利则

Schoolchildren sit on a rickshaw before a performance

Dhaka, Bangladesh

孟加拉国达卡

A girl plays on a swing

Donbass, Ukraine

乌克兰顿巴斯

Anzhelika Presnyakova, a former judge who was freed from captivity (囚禁) as a goodwill gesture by the Donetsk People’s Republic, is met by Volodymyr Ruban, head of an organisation of Ukrainian army veterans that negotiated the release

Hamburg, Germany

德国汉堡

The paddle steamer “Louisiana Star” carrying tourists sets off along the river Elbe

Dingle, Ireland

爱尔兰丁格尔

Phil McSweeney in costume during an Irish tradition of Hunting of the Wren festival held every St. Stephen’s Day

London, UK

英国伦敦

Harrods butlers serve mince pies, tea and coffee to queuing crowds before the opening of the winter sale in Knightsbridge

Brest, France

法国布雷斯特

French skipper Thomas Coville holds a flare onboard his Sodebo Ultim multihull as he arrives in port, after slashing eight days off the world record for solo non-stop circumnavigation (环球旅行) of the world, completing the journey in 49 days and three hours

Moscow, Russia

俄罗斯莫斯科

Military personnel salute in front the home stage building of the Alexandrov Ensemble. The defence ministry told agencies there was no sign of any survivors at the crash site and that 10 bodies had been recovered off the coast of Sochi, as authorities pledged to dispatch an additional 100 divers to aid in the search

Bartella, Iraq

伊拉克巴特拉

A woman displaced from Mosul with her children wait at a gathering point 19 miles away

Lacock, UK

英国拉科克

Riders meet for the Avon Vale hunt near Chippenham, Wiltshire. Boxing Day is traditionally the biggest day in the hunting calendar and, despite the ban that came into force in 2004, today is expected to attract thousands of supporters to meets across the country

Chennai, India

印度金奈

Women pour milk into the sea as an offering during a ceremony for the victims of the 2004 tsunami at Marina beach. The earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004 killed more than 230,000 people and devastated coastal communities, including the shorelines of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala

Leicester, UK

英国莱切斯特

Thirty thousand Jamie Vardy masks on the seats of the King Power Stadium before the Premier League match between Leicester City and Everton

Edinburgh, UK

英国爱丁堡

The Royal Scots Greys Monument on Princes Street gets a covering of snow on Boxing Day morning

Jerusalem

耶路撒冷

Members of the Israeli artist group Ensemble Prizma perform on a train during a street art festival

Qaraqosh, Iraq

伊拉克克拉克斯

Under heavy security at the Mar Hanna church, a woman leaves Christmas day mass. The town on the outskirts of Mosul was recently liberated from Isis forces

Dhaka, Bangladesh

孟加拉国达卡

A dye factory worker suns fabric after washing it

Haifa, Israel

以色列海法

People stand opposite a blaze that erupted in a fuel tank at an oil refinery

Taiyuan, China

中国太原

A villager prays during a Christmas Eve mass at a Catholic church in Shanxi province

Karachi, Pakistan

巴基斯坦卡拉奇

Pakistani army cadets perform during a guard- mounting ceremony for the father and founder of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Bhopal, India

印度博帕尔

Children dressed up as Santa Claus stand next to a crib during prayers at a church in the city