January 24, 2014
A woman kneels as she appeals to Ukrainian police troops at the site of clashes with anti-government protesters in Kyiv. Protesters erected more street barricades and occupied a government ministry building on Friday after the failure of crisis talks.
Young boys mourn during the funeral of Bilal Samir Oweida, a 20-year-old Palestinian, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Oweida was "shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers" east of Jabaliya according to a spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry. Israeli forces said Oweida had entered "a prohibited area".
A Thai anti-government protester waves a national flag during ongoing rallies at a protest site at Victory Monument in downtown Bangkok. A court threw the decision on whether to delay an election due to deadly unrest back to the government and election commission, leaving the controversial vote mired in uncertainty.
An Egyptian man stands in rubble after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo. Three bombings hit high-profile areas around Cairo on Friday, including a suicide car bomber who struck the city's police headquarters.
People ride their motorcycles through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia. Torrential rains in recent days have increased the number of flooded areas, causing 64,000 people to be displaced from their homes.
Women hold posters of Ugur Mumcu, Turkey's best-known investigative journalist, who was killed in 1993, and one of Ali Ismail Korkmaz, a Turkish student killed during last summer's protests, as thousands of people gathered to commemorate the anniversary of Mumcu's death in Ankara. Banner in the background reads: " We are living days without Ugur (which also means luck)."
Children play with bubble toy guns under Chinese lunar New Year decorations at a park in Beijing. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the New Year, which welcomes the Year of the Horse, falls on January 31.
An Iranian woman makes a snowwoman in a competition in Dizin north of the capital Tehran, Iran. Some 600 Iranians participated in a snow festival organized by Iran's ski federation at the Dizin ski resort.
خبرنگاران حاضر در محل برگزاری نشست خبری پایانی مذاکرات اتمی ایران ۱+۵ در لوزان
A macaque looks out from a cage after being rescued in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. About 93 wild animals, rescued recently by police and animal protection group from local markets and restaurants, are being transported to a national park in Puer to be released back to the wild, according to local media.
A macaque looks out from a cage after being rescued in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. About 93 wild animals, rescued recently by police and animal protection group from local markets and restaurants, are being transported to a national park in Puer to be released back to the wild, according to local media.
A macaque looks out from a cage after being rescued in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. About 93 wild animals, rescued recently by police and animal protection group from local markets and restaurants, are being transported to a national park in Puer to be released back to the wild, according to local media.
A man rides his bike on the beachfront of the Promenade des Anglais, on a sunny winter day in Nice, France.
A woman crochets as she sells wool in Ahmadabad, India.
A newly born giraffe explores its surroundings next to its mother, Gusti, in the Leipzig Zoo in Germany. The giraffe was born on Jan. 18, 2014 and is the first offspring of a Rothshild's giraffe in the zoo.