December 14, 2015

A person views the fog shrouded Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River in Philadelphia, USA.

Police take away a supporter of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang near the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court during his trial. Pu is charged with provoking trouble with commentaries on social media that were critical of the ruling Communist Party.

A man rides a horse through flames during the annual "Luminarias" celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's day - Spain's patron saint of animals - in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, northwest of Madrid.

An aerial view shows visitors walking in a maze, at a tourist resort in Zunyi, Guizhou province, China.

Devotees cross a pontoon bridge after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during Magh Mela festival in Allahabad, India.

Kashmiri protesters run as a tear gas shell explodes near them during a protest in Srinagar, India, against an intended enforcement of food safety act which will limit the subsidized ration per person in the state to 5 kilos from the present 30 kilos.

A worker applies color to strings which will be used to fly kites, by a roadside in Ahmedabad, India.

A resident walks past big waves spilling over a wall onto a coastal road in the city of Legaspi in Albay province, south of Manila, as typhoon Melor approaches the city. More than 700,000 people fled the central Philippines amid threats of giant waves, floods and landslides as the powerful typhoon approached the archipelago nation, officials said.

Kosovo parliament security wear gas masks after opposition lawmakers released a tear gas canister disrupting a parliamentary session in the capital Pristina.

Costumed cast from the Cirque Mechanics’ new production, “Pedal Punk” make their way through Times Square, New York, to promote the show which is playing at the New Victory Theater through Jan. 3, 2016.

A giant illuminated Santa Claus is seen on the Promenade Des Anglais as part of holiday season decorations in Nice, France.

An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Dec. 15.