January 6, 2015

A brand ambassador tests Samsung's Gear VR headset at the Samsung Galaxy booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

A protester holding a Bahraini flag confronts a riot police vehicle in an attempt to stop it from entering the village of Bilad Al Qadeem. Bahraini police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to scatter protesters who gathered outside the home of Sheikh Ali Salman, a Shi'ite Muslim opposition leader, witnesses said, after he was placed in custody for another 15 days.

The hearse car carrying the casket of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo is escorted by members of the New York State Police as it arrives at St. Ignatius Loyola Church for funeral service in Manhattan, New York City.

A dog called Snowball, rescued from a dog meat farm in South Korea, settles into the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria shelter. A total of 23 dogs destined to be killed for human consumption in South Korea are being imported into the United States this week to be put up for adoption as pets, in the first such dog rescue of its kind.

A Bulgarian man breaks the ice as he wades in the icy waters of the Tundzha river, in front of others who are dancing and singing during a celebration to commemorate Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer.

This image, taken from a video by the Al-Youm al-Saabi newspaper, shows an Egyptian police officer being blown up as the bomb he was trying to defuse detonated outside a petrol station in Cairo. The officer was killed while trying to defuse a bomb and three employees were  wounded when the device, hidden in a flower pot, exploded near a police station on Al-Harram street, a busy avenue leading to the pyramids. Jihadists are claiming responsibility.

Beluga whales and their trainers present "The Heart of Ocean" show at the Harbin Polarland in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China.

Simon Ammann from Switzerland is carried out of the finish area after he crashed during the final jumping of the 63rd four-hills Ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria.

A man looks over the partially frozen Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline.

Toyota driver Alejandro Yacopini of Argentina drives during the 2nd stage of the Dakar Rally 2015, from Villa Carlos Paz to San Juan, Argentina.