December 22, 2016

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Krill, on podium, conducts a religious service for killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov inside the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman in a gathering in Ankara.

Images of Uruguayans disappeared during the 1973-1985 military dictatorship are displayed on the hull of an abandoned ship aground in the bay of Montevideo, Dec. 21, 2016.

Locals walk past a lit Christmas display at a park in Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines.

A surfers paddles near the Mavericks surf spot off Pillar Point Harbor, Dec. 21, 2016, in Half Moon Bay, California.

A man wounded in a bomb attack receives treatment at a hospital in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.

Republican State Senator Norman Sanderson holds his head while fellow Republican Senator Andrew Brock (R) looks during a failed attempt to repeal the controversial HB2 law limiting bathroom access for transgender people in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Dec. 21, 2016.

Afghan men inspect the remains of their belongings at the house of parliament member Mir Wali in the aftermath of gunmen's attack in western Kabul.

An automobile drives on a solar panel road during its inauguration in Tourouvre, Normandy, northwestern France.

Portuguese big wave surfer Nuno Santos wears a Santa Claus hat and holds a violin as he rides a wave off Praia do Norte in Nazare.

Monica celebrates in her lottery office after selling the second Christmas lottery prize ''El Gordo'' with the number 04536, in Pamplona, northern Spain.

People dine at the "Dinner in the Sky" restaurant, overlooking the city center area with the Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia.

Vietnamese artist Quoc Co Giang (down) and his brother Quoc Nghiep Giang try to break the Guinness World Record by climbing stairs with one carrying the other on head to head balancing at the Cathedral of Girona, Spain.