December 4, 2015

Egyptian policemen guard the scene of the El Sayad restaurant which was attacked in Cairo. More than a dozen were killed and wounded in the fire-bombing.  Reports said three men on a motorcycle threw Molotov cocktails into the club in the Agouza district and then fled.

Le centre-ville de Kinshasa sous les eaux, le 4 janvier 2017. (VOA/TopCongo)

A memorial is seen near the Inland Regional Center as the community remembers those injured and killed during a mass shooting Wednesday at the center in San Bernardino, California.

A man carries gas canisters through floodwaters on a street in Chennai, India. Thousands of rescuers are racing to evacuate victims of the Tamil Nadu flooding, which has claimed nearly 300 lives since Nov. 9.

Cars pass by and people gather around La Bonne Biere cafe in Paris. The cafe where five people were killed by a squad of Islamic extremist gunmen on Nov. 13, terrorizing central Paris, reopened for business Friday.

Wind-blown frost clings to berries following a snowstorm on Little Jackson Mountain, near Weld, Maine.

Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) car's blue lights flash in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Italy. Extra pilgrims and tourists coming for the Holy Year, which runs through Nov. 20, 2016, pose challenging logistics for both Vatican and Italian security forces.

A referee watches as Boston Celtics Kelly Olynyk (41) swings from the basket after dunking during the second half of a regular-season NBA basketball game in Mexico City.

A woman drinks coffee at a stand with artificial flowers during the "Memorial and Stone Working-2015" exhibition in Minsk, Belarus.

Young ballerinas watch company dancers rehearse "The Nutcracker" at the Cincinnati Ballet rehearsal studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2015. "The Nutcracker," widely popular with ballet companies in North America, has survived over 120 years and is mostly performed during the holiday season.

The Christmas tree of the Christmas Market is reflected in two windows in downtown Frankfurt, Germany.

A man washes his rickshaw on the shores of the Sardaryab River in Charsadda near Peshawar, Pakistan.

People dressed as Storm Troopers stand at a bar as they pose for a photograph holding cans of beer at the "For The Love of The Force" Star Wars fan convention in Manchester, northern England.

A man reads a newspaper as he sits underneath trees in autumn colors in a park in Tokyo.