wpostServer: http://css.washingtonpost.com/wpost
Images from around the world Take a look at some of the week’s best photographs from around the globe.
Jan. 19, 2013
A firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire that engulfed a residential area in Manila. Almost 50 houses were destroyed leaving a hundred families homeless, according to local media reports.
Noel Celis
/
AFP/Getty Images
Related Content
Jan. 19, 2013
South African artists perform during the opening ceremony of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football competition at City stadium in the Soweto neighborhood of Johannesburg.
Alexander Joe
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 19, 2013
Ethnic Turks gather in front of the offices of Armenian newspaper "Agos" during a commemoration ceremony for slain journalist Hrant Dink in Istanbul. Dink, one of the most prominent voices of Turkey's shrinking Armenian community, was killed by a gunman on Jan. 19, 2007. The 52-year-old Dink campaigned for reconciliation but was hated by Turkish nationalists for calling the World War I massacres of Armenians a genocide.
MIRA
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 19, 2013
An Indian army conductor leads a military band during rehearsals for the upcoming Beating Retreat ceremony near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. The ceremony is held annually on Jan. 29.
Altaf Qadri
/
AP
Jan. 19, 2013
Palestinian activists stand by the tents in the village of Beit Iksa in the West Bank, between Ramallah and Jerusalem. Palestinian activists have set up a protest camp in Beit Iksa to demonstrate against what they say is an Israeli land grab. The Palestinian activists seem to be adopting a tactic used by Jewish settlers, who establish communities hoping the territory will remain theirs once structures are built.
Majdi Mohammed
/
AP
Jan. 18, 2013
A Belarusan Orthodox man plunges into icy waters as a priest blesses him on the eve of the Epiphany holiday in Pilnitsa, Belarus. Thousands of believers brave freezing temperatures by jumping into holes cut in ice to mark Epiphany as they take part in a baptism ceremony.
Viktor Drachev
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 18, 2013
F5 Tiger fighter jets of the Swiss Air Force fly before the Men's Combined race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland.
Olivier Morin
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 18, 2013
Members of the Kosovo Police take part in a graduation ceremony in the town of Vucitrn. Kosovo Academy for the Public Safety today held graduation ceremony of 44th generation of police officers (cadets) of the Kosovo Police.
Armend Nimani
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 18, 2013
A giant sculpture of a baby, titled “Planet,” is unveiled in Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay. “Planet,” created by British artist Marc Quinn in 2008, represents a 7-month-old made out of painted bronze and steel, with the illusion of being weightless and suspended midair. This sculpture is the newest addition at the Gardens by the Bay, one of the city-state's newer attractions.
Wong Maye-E
/
AP
Jan. 17, 2013
A worker places a new poster of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that overlooks the Ayalon freeway in Tel Aviv. Legislative elections in Israel will be held Tuesday.
Ariel Schalit
/
AP
Jan. 17, 2013
A model looks up as she and fellow models listen to final instructions for the Marcel Ostertag show at Berlin’s
Mercedes-Benz
Fashion Week.
Tobias Schwarz
/
Reuters
Jan. 17, 2013
Indian military bands practice during preparations for the Beating Retreat ceremony near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. The ceremony is held annually on Jan. 29.
Saurabh Das
/
AP
Jan. 17, 2013
Indonesian workers ride on a truck as they are evacuated from Jakarta’s business district. Monsoon rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital Thursday, and many businesses and government offices closed. Weather officials warned that the rains could get worse over the next few days, and news reports said thousands of people in Jakarta and its satellite cities had been forced to leave their homes because of the torrential downpours.
Beawiharta
/
Reuters
Jan. 17, 2013
Sabine Conrad plays with her French sheepdog, El Lobo, in front of the snow-covered skyline of Erfurt, Germany. Weather forecasts predict cold winter weather during the next few days in Germany.
Jens Meyer
/
AP
Jan. 16, 2013
An Indian Sikh youth performs a fire-breathing act during a religious procession in Amritsar. The procession took place ahead of the 348th anniversary of the birth of the 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, which falls on Jan. 18.
Narinder Nanu
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 16, 2013
Syrian rebels launch a missile near the Abu Baker brigade in Albab. Universities were closed across Syria to mark a day of mourning called after twin blasts tore through an Aleppo campus while students were writing exams, killing at least 87 people.
Elias Edouard
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 16, 2013
The body of a sperm whale lies on a Paraparaumu beach on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand. Hundreds of people gathered to see the whale, which washed up on the beach overnight.
Marty Melville
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 16, 2013
Kashmiri Muslims pray outside the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Naqashbandi in Srinagar, India. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims congregated at the shrine on the anniversary of the death of the saint, offering prayers in a three-day festival that concluded Wednesday.
Dar Yasin
/
AP
Jan. 14, 2013
Tamers try to control a bull during the sport called Jallikattu in Palamedu, India. Jallikattu is an ancient sporting event of the Tamils played during the harvest festival.
Arun Sankar K.
/
AP
Jan. 14, 2013
An Indian army band performs as soldiers march during a parade to mark Indian Army Day, an annual event honoring the military, in New Delhi.
Tsering Topgyal
/
AP
Jan. 14, 2013
Pakistan Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri addresses his supporters behind bulletproof glass at an anti-government rally in Islamabad. Thousands of protesters rallied in the streets of the Pakistani capital for a second day despite early-morning clashes with police who fired shots and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Muhammed Muheisen
/
AP
Jan. 14, 2013
Police officers stand near a train that derailed into a residential building in Saltsjoebaden, Sweden. A domestic worker stole the train and drove it into the building and was taken to a hospital after the crash.
Jonas Ekstromer
/
AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 14, 2013
Richard and Samantha Stretton enjoy a walk near the Angel of the North sculpture overlooking Gateshead in northeast England.as the season's first snow hit large parts of the country and a second heavier band was expected over central and eastern England.
Owen Humphreys
/
AP
Jan. 13, 2013
Demonstrators wave flags that read “Fury” during a protest against the policies of Taiwan’s China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou, in Taipei, Taiwan. Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators took to the streets of Taipei in the largest anti-government action since Ma was reelected to a second four-year term a year ago.
Wally Santana
/
AP
Jan. 13, 2013
A Muslim prays during the last day of the three-day Islamic Congregation on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The gathering, held each year since 1966, aims to revive the tenets of Islam and promote peace through prayer.
Pavel Rahman
/
AP
Jan. 13, 2013
Thousands of demonstrators march in Paris to protest France’s planned legalization of same-sex marriage.
Charles Platiau
/
Reuters
Jan. 13, 2013
People throw portraits of members of Russia’s parliament in the garbage during a protest rally in Moscow. Thousands of people gathered in central Moscow for a protest against Russia’s new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Protesters carried posters depicting President Vladimir Putin and members of Russia’s parliament, who overwhelmingly voted for the law last month. The word “shame” was written in red over the faces.
Ivan Sekretarev
/
AP
Jan. 13, 2013
Belarusan villagers perform during a celebration of the “Tsary” rite in the village of Semezhevo, 90 miles south of the capital, Minsk. This unique rite marking the New Year, which, according to the Julian calendar, falls 13 days after the Gregorian calendar’s New Year’s, originated from the 18th century and now takes place only in Semezhevo.
Vasily Fedosenko
/
Reuters
Jan. 13, 2013
Workers fix a light post, one of many that will illuminate the vast grounds receiving the millions of Hindus who will congregate in Allahabad, India, over the next couple of months to celebrate the Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela, which starts Monday and stretches over 55 days, attracts ash-covered holy men who run into the frigid waters in the hopes of cleansing their sins, a smattering of international celebrities and millions of ordinary Indians.
Roberto Schmidt
/
AFP/Getty Images
FEATURED PHOTO GALLERIES
Photos of the day
Oklahoma tornado wreckage, London terrorism attack, NASA’s Dream Chaser, Triton unmanned aircraft and more.
The Herndon Climb
The Herndon Monument climb is the traditional culmination of plebe year at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Animal views
Fun and fascinating creatures around the world.
???initialComments:true! pubdate:01/13/2013 15:20 EST! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:1/27/13 3:20 EST! currentDate:5/22/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:false! displayComments:true!
Section:/world
Loading...
Comments