December 28, 2016

Pope Francis receives an balloon flower during a performance of the Golden Circus in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama, second from right, toss flower petals into the Wishing Well at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 27, 2016.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a blast in Kabul.

A car drives through rime at a park in Changchun, Jilin province, China, Dec. 27, 2016.

Revelers dressed in mock military garb take part in the "Enfarinats" battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi.

A winter swim lover throws hot water into cold air in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, Dec. 27, 2016.

Participants dance during a Christmas ball in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 27, 2016.

A Christmas tree and skyscrapers illuminated for New Year celebration are seen in downtown Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia.

A worker walks through the Ice Castles during final preparations in Midway, Utah, Dec. 27, 2016. Hundreds of thousands of icicles make up the 20-foot walls, jagged mazes and fountains of the castle.

A woodcutter rides horses laden with wood during a deforestation near Sofia, Bulgaria.

Residents sift through the ruins of their houses after a fire razed a squatter colony, in Quezon city, Metro Manila in the Philippines.

Yazuli Lloret, 15, poses for a photographer at the Cathedral Square in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 27, 2016.