December 18, 2018

Students prepare for an event marking the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn departs the US District Court in Washington after his sentencing was delayed.

A police honor guard carries the casket out of All Saints Catholic Church after funeral service for Dekalb County Police officer Edgar Flores, in Dunwoody, Georgia, United States.

A local is seen after a fire at Educandos neighborhood, on a branch of the Rio Negro, a tributary to the Amazon river, in the city of Manaus, Brazil.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from the right, back) attends a military show before a meeting of the Defense Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia.

Indigenous people demonstrate in front of the presidential palace in Asuncion to demand the resignation of the president of the Indigenous Paraguayan Institute (Indi), Ana Maria Allen Davalos, saying they are often expelled from their land by foreigners.

Paratroopers from the Qatari armed forces take part in Qatar's National Day celebrations in Doha.

British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, dressed as an angel, stands with other anti-fracking activists, dressed as Joseph and the three wise men, as they demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London.

French-Italian model and singer Carla Bruni stands next to a wax sculpture of herself during its opening appearance, on Dec.17, 2018 at the Musee Grevin wax museum in Paris.

People stand in the entrance of International Fair in Thessaloniki, Greece.

A man blows huge soap bubbles for visitors at the Piazza del Popolo in downtown Rome, Italy.