December 29, 2015

Against a gray winter sky, volunteers use shovels atop a pile of sand as they help fill sandbags in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

A jogger runs along a snow-covered street in the Hudson Park neighborhood, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y.

Members of Iraq's elite counterterrorism service flash the "V" for victory sign in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, after recapturing it from the Islamic State jihadist group.

Taliban militants (R), who were arrested by Afghan border police, stand during a presentation of seized weapons and equipment to the media in Jalalabad.

People stack wooden pallets before the traditional bonfire of New Year's Eve, in Scheveningen, the Netherlands.

A paraglider prepares to land at dusk, prior to the contests at the Four-Hills Ski Jumping Tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, Dec. 28, 2015.

People stop to watch confetti fall as members of the Times Square Alliance perform an "air worthiness test" for the confetti that is similar to what will be used for New Year's Eve in New York.

Picador Diego Ochoa reacts while being pinned under a horse as a bull charges it, during a bullfighting festival at the Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, Colombia, Dec. 28, 2015.

An overpass lighted in blue is seen during a hazy evening in Jinan, Shandong province, China, Dec. 28, 2015.

A Connecticut fan yells for his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between Connecticut and Maryland at Madison Square Garden in New York, Dec. 28, 2015.

People watch as an Indian stuntman rides a motorcycle as another drives a car across a vertical wall at the Mahim fair in Mumbai.