Britain's Harry (R) and Meghan (L), Duke and Duchess of Sussex attend the annual Endeavour Fund Awards at Mansion House in London, Britain, 05 March 2020. The event is the couple's first joint official royal engagement since announcing their intention of giving up Royal duties after 31 March 2020. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
A doctor holds a hand of COVID-19 patient inside a sealed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) room at the Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, in Istanbul, Turkey, 07 December 2020 (issued 09 December 2020). According to latest reports, Turkey recorded 33,198 new coronavirus infections on 08 December 2020, the highest daily number in Europe. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic more than 15,000 people have died in Turkey, including 211 health workers, who take care of coronavirus patients, according to Turkey Medical Association. Turkish government in November 2020 has signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of Chinese manufacturer Sinovac coronavirus vaccine ‘CoronaVac’, to be delivered in batches between December 2020 and February 2021. Turkey is also in talks to increase the amount of coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech companies, from initial one million doses. Healthcare workers, people aged 65 and above, disabled people, people who stay in shelters and those living in crowded places will be vaccinated in the first stage, Turkish Health Ministry said. EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA
Los Angeles Dodgers' fans watch game two of the World Series 2020 between the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers, at a drive-in is organized on the grounds of Dodger Stadium (foreground) amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California, USA, 21 October 2020. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT
A man wearing a protective face mask walks at the riverside park along the Yangtze River, in Wuhan, China, 06 April 2020. Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, will lift the lockdown on 08 April allowing people to leave the city after more than two months. According to Chinese government figures over 2,500 people have died of Covid-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Wuhan since the outbreak began. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
British artist Grayson Perry poses next to his work 'Very Large Very Expensive Abstract Painting' during a photo-call for 'Grayson Perry: The MOST Specialest Relationship' in London, Britain, 14 September 2020. The exhibition looks at American culture and runs from 15 September through to 31 October 2020 at the Victoria Miro gallery in London. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
A man mourns near coffin of his relative who died from Covid-19 at the Kucukcekmece Municipality Morgue in Istanbul, Turkey, 04 December 2020. The Health Ministry has registered 32,381 more coronavirus infections, including 6,511 symptomatic cases, for the past 24 hours. The new symptomatic cases raised the overall patient count to 520,167. The country's death toll rose by 187 to 14,316, according to the ministry, while the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality reported 232 deaths of an 'infectious disease' for the city alone. Turkey ranked first among European countries in the number of patients Covid-19. EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA
Lawyer to US President Donald J. Trump and former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani and Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis (not pictured) speak about the president’s legal challenges to his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden in the Republican National Committee Headquarters in Washington, DC, USA, 19 November 2020. President Trump is still promoting baseless claims of massive voter fraud, alleging that he actually won the election. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
A photograph of Breonna Taylor, who was killed in her own apartment by Louisville police officers, is projected onto a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, USA, 06 July 2020. While other Confederate statues along Monument Avenue were coming down, a lawsuit was temporarily preventing the Lee statue from being removed. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
An image made with a drone shows an ocean fisherman preparing to cast his reel in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA, 18 June 2020. The rough seas and hidden shoals surrounding the Outer Banks have caused more than 2,000 shipwrecks, earning it the nickname 'The Graveyard of the Atlantic.' EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
Supporters of US President Donald J. Trump stand by the door to the Senate chambers after they breached the US Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021. Protesters stormed the US Capitol where the Electoral College vote certification for President-elect Joe Biden took place. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
A supporter of US President Donald J. Trump sits on the desk of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after supporters of US President Donald J. Trump breached the US Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021. Protesters stormed the US Capitol where the Electoral College vote certification for President-elect Joe Biden took place. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
A volunteer claiming his friend died of Covid-19 sits next to flowers placed in memory for Covid-19 victims in Wuhan, China, 04 April 2020. China held a nationwide mourning on 04 April for people who died due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the COVID-19 disease. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
Czech Press Photo 2020 -1st Prize Daily Life Category |
Men wear masks as they sit in the metro in Prague, Czech Republic, 17 March 2020. According to media reports, the Czech government decided to impose a two-week quarantine in the country on the evening of 15 March, and ban all international travel from 16 March 2020. Currently 383 cases of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the Covid-19 disease, have been officially confirmed in Czech Republic. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Women are evacuated out of the scene as security officers search for attackers during an ongoing gunfire and explosions in Nairobi, Kenya, 15 January 2019. According to reports, a large explosion and sustained gunfire sent workers fleeing for their lives at an upscale hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA *** This image by epa photographer Dai Kurokawa, won the Spot News - Second Prize, Singles award in the World Press Photo 2020 Contest as it was announced by World Press Photo on 16 April 2020.
Dust rises after an explosion during a combat simulation against Hezbollah at a model of a Lebanese village during a large-scale military exercise at the Shizafon military base in southern Israel, 23 January 2019. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas 'not to examine Israel's military power'. In addition, media reports that Netanyahu also stopped the 15 million US dollar Qatari fund transfer to Hamas in Gaza Strip, a donation by Qatar to pay the salaries of Gaza's civil servants. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
An Israeli swimming with his dog in the Red Sea, in Eilat, southern Israel, 15 September 2018 (issued 17 September 2018), on a hot summer day. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
A dancer of the Czech National Ballet relaxes after a rehearsal of 'Swan Lake' at the National Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, 13 February 2019. Swan Lake ballet is one of the famous of all classical ballets, the most frequently performed and the most popular worldwide. The new Czech National Ballet production is a revival of the story’s version created by the world-renowned choreographer John Cranko, the founder of the Stuttgarter Ballett. The Czech National Ballet is the first big company to have been granted the approval to stage the piece outside Germany. Up to the present day, the Czech National Theatre has staged 12 adaptations of Swan Lake. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Kate Miller-Heidke of Australia (C) performs during the First Semi-Final of the 64th annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) at the Expo Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel, 14 May 2019. The Second Semi-Final takes place on 16 May, with the Grand Final being held on 18 May. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
Affected people receive treatment after a gas attack on al-Shifunieh village, in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, 25 February 2018 (reissued 20 February 2019). Mohammed Badra, Syrian staff photographer of the european pressphoto agency (epa), has been nominated for the World Press Photo of the Year 2019 with his picture of people receiving treatment after a suspected gas attack in Syria in 2018, the World Press Photo Foundation announced on 20 February 2019. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
German Chancellor Angela Merkelduring a press statement with Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte (unseen) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 18 June 2018. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte meet for bilateral talks. EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER
White helmet volunteer carries an injured boy to an ambulance after bombing, in the rebel-held Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, 22 February 2018. More than 42 people got killed in Douma after several airstrikes and shelling by forces allegedly loyal to the Syrian Government. At least 80 people got killed in Eastern Ghouta on the same day, according to local sources. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
Indian students practice various postures of Pole Mallakhamba, during the training session at Shree Samarth Vyayam Mandir in Mumbai, India, 27 April 2018. Mallakhamba arose in the western state of Maharashtra centuries ago. It was originally practiced by wrestlers and soldiers as a strength training exercise. 'Malla' means 'wrestler' and 'Khamb' means 'pole' in Marathi, though the term is the same in Kannada and Tamil. It is a sport of strength and power, which provides a complete exercise for the entire body in a short period of time. Mallakhamba requires the strength of wrestling and the flexibility of gymnastics and yoga, and practitioners must combine those elements to perform aerial yoga poses while gripping a vertical pole. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Affected children receive treatment after a gas attack on al-Shifunieh village, in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, 25 February 2018 (issued 26 February 2018). According to activists working in the area, more than 18 people were affected by poisenous gas, and one child was killed, during an attack on the village of al-Shifunieh. Government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are currently conducting an air and ground offensive in Eastern Ghouta. The offensive was initiated soon after the United Nations passed a resolution calling for a 30-day cessation of hostilities in Syria. EPA-EFE
A fisherman pulls a fishing net from the Dojran lake, in Djordan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 04 January 2017. Dojran lake provides 90 per cent of the fish that Macedonian orthodox believers eat during the Christmas fasting, especially on Christmas eve. 15 years ago the Dojran lake was on the verge of ecological disaster because it was running out of water and the flora and fauna in it was dying out, but a canal providing new streams of water was made and brought the lake back to life. The lake although small by surface, it is the main source of sweet water fish for Macedonia. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI
A Rajasthani boy dressed up like the Hindu God Shiva, waits for alms during the Pushkar Fair, also called Pushkar ka Mela, one of the world's largest cattle fair, in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, 12 November 2013. The festival hosts around 50,000 camels which are sold, decorated, shaved and raced. Every year thousands of devotees throng the lake of Puskar around the full moon day of Kartik Purnima, during October-November to take a holy dip. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Thousands of Israelis take part in a mass yoga class, on a 1,500 yoga mats pieced together in a puzzle artwork, at the Rabin Square during the International Yoga Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, 21 June 2017. In recent years yoga has gained great popularity in Tel Aviv and takes a prominent role in the city's urban lifestyle. The World marks the International Day of Yoga on 21 June. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Rajasthani camel vendors and buyers interacts during the Pushkar Fair or Pushkar ka Mela, one of the world's largest cattle fairs, in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, 11 November 2013. Around 50,000 camels are sold, decorated, shaved and raced at the event. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
An Indian Muslim bride dressed in traditional marriage attire takes part in a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, 23 November 2016. Around 21 couples got married during the ceremony which was organized by social worker Sabira Sikwani, for the financially weaker strata of the society where couples tie the knot under the same roof at the same time. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Indian Shiite Muslim mourners flagellate themselves during a religious procession held on the ninth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, in Mumbai, India, 04 November 2014. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is observed around the world for 10 days of mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Husain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
South African President, Thabo Mbeki (2-L) dances with one of the acts at the final African National Congress (ANC) rally being held before the third democratic elections on the 14 April 2004 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, 04 April 2004. The amin guest is former State President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nelson Mandela who also address the huge croud about the importance of voting in the upcoming elections. South Africa holds it's general and Presidencial elections on 14 April and the African National Congress (ANC) leader looks set to regain the four year term of president. Others in photo are unidentified. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Township residents queue with their dogs in the informal settlement of Kliptown in Soweto, South Africa on Monday 05 April 2004. A volunteer organisation Community-Led Animal Welfare (CLAW) provides basic veterinary services, including sterlilisation free of charge at informal clinics to the poorest of the poor in the townships surrounding South Africa's largest city. At the country's third democratic elections a week ago, parties' campaigns are focusing on service delivery, especially to impoverished communities such as this. Animal issues, however are not high on the list of priorities. EPA/JON HRUSA
A Palestinian ambulance was shot with tear gasby Israeli Border Police during an Israeli - Palestinians protesting Rally against the separated wall in Al Ram east Jerusalem neighborhood, Saturday 26 June 2004. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
An overhead view taken as Germany's waterpolo captain Patrick Weissinger (holding the ball) gives a team talk before the start of the game against Italy in a preliminary round game at the Olympic Aquatic Centre Thursday 19th August 2004. EPA/Kim Ludbrook EPA/Kim Ludbrook
A Palestinian boy rides his bicycle along the controversial Israeli "separation wall" or barrier in the Jerusalem sector of the town of Abu Dis in Arab East Jerusalem as the sun sets on Friday, 20 August 2004. The 8-meter-high cement wall divides this Arab town in two. Israel's Attorney General Menachem Mazuz warned that the decision on the separation fence by the International Court of Justice in The Hague could lead to anti-Israel actions in international forums that might include sanctions. The report was presented to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. EPA PHOTO / JIM HOLLANDER
A boy with a Ronaldo soccer t-shirt sits among the Sudanese heads of families waiting to be processed early in the morning outside a food distribution centre on the first day of distribution in Muhajiriyah IDP camp home to more than 35 000 IDP's who have gathered over the past few months in SLA (Sudan Liberation Army) rebel controlled South Darfur, Sudan, Friday 22 October 2004. UN secretary general Kofi Anan is appealing for donors to help urgently meet a shortfall of 200 million dollars needed for its humanitarian programme in war torn Darfur which has seen more than 1.5 million Sudanese people displaced. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
A file picture dated 06 August 2003 of a LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) rebel observing a ceasefire and sitting at the 'New' bridge amongst a bullet riddled house and car in Freeport, Monrovia.
The picture is part of Nic Bothma's winning portfolio in the Fuji Press Photographer of the Year Awards. The
South African photographer working for the European Pressphoto Agency (epa), has been named 16 November 2004 Fuji Film Photographer of the Year for 2003, the most prestigious award of its kind in Africa. Bothma's images of life in west Africa over the last year, including conflict scenes, lifestyl
A file picture dated 06 August 2003 of a LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) rebel observing a ceasefire and sitting at the 'New' bridge amongst a bullet riddled house and car in Freeport, Monrovia. The picture is part of Nic Bothma's winning portfolio in the Fuji Press Photographer of the Year Awards. The South African photographer working for the European Pressphoto Agency (epa), has been named 16 November 2004 Fuji Film Photographer of the Year for 2003, the most prestigious award of its kind in Africa. Bothma's images of life in west Africa over the last year, including conflict scenes, lifestyle
A file picture dated 25 September 2003 of Nigerian Amina Lawal and her two-year-old baby Wasila at the Sharia court of appeal to hear the verdict of her appeal against the death sentence for adultery. She sits whilst lawyers stand behind her as the judge enters the courtroom in the Northern Nigerian town of Katsina. The picture is part of Nic Bothma's winning portfolio in the Fuji Press Photographer of the Year Awards. The South African photographer working for the European Pressphoto Agency (epa), has been named 16 November 2004 Fuji Film Photographer of the Year for 2003, the most prestigious award of its kind in Africa
Two mime artists stand absolutely still during a mime act in central Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday 15 December 2004. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Senegalese boys play football on the sandy streets of Nordfoire neighbourhood in Dakar,Senegal Monday 20 December 2004. Football is Senegal's national sport and enjoyed on beaches,streets and any open ground in the West African nation. Senegal is a former French colony and football fans around the country await to hear if FrenchmanThierry Henry who plays for Arsenal, will become the first British-based star to be crowned FIFA World Player of the Year. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
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A mother weeps over the dead body of her child at Silver beach in Cuddalore about 185 km south on Madras on Monday, 27 December 2004, after a tidal wave hit on Sunday, 26 December, 2004. More than 1,000 people died along eastern coastal India Sunday after a powerful earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered massive tidal waves. Officials said thousands were feared missing. Unofficial reports put the toll at 3,000, New Delhi Television reported. EPA/HARISH TYAGI
A mother holds her son on her lap in one of the largest refugee camps in the most devastated tsunami area of southern Sri Lanka, Galle, Sunday 09 January 2005. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
A competitor in the World Barefoot water skiing championships takes to the air while doing the women's jump section outside Witbank, South Africa, 21 April 2005.Countries who entered included South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Picture dated 22 October 2004 of a Sudanese aid worker from the French aid organisation Solidarite watches over the heads of families who sit and wait to be processed early in the morning outside a food distribution centre in Muhajiriyah Internally Displaced Peolples camp home to more than 35 000 IDP's South Darfur, Sudan Friday 22 October 2004. Monday 20 June 2005 is world refugee day. More than 2 million people have been displaced from their homes since 2003 in Darfur, Sudan. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
Nic Bothma (L) of European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) is awarded by Italian presenter Milly Carlucci as best tele-press photographer of the year at the Ischia journalism Award event, late Saturday, 10 July 2005. EPA/CIRO FUSCO
Angered residents of Alexandra Township clash with policemen after residents of the area where to be evicted from their houses, Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday 1 August 2005. South Africa sees the end of a five-day Land Summit in Johannesburg on Sunday, where delegates rejected a land reform policy based on the willing buyer/willing seller principle. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
A file photo dated Wednesday, 09 June 2004 of a Palestinian woman clashing with Israeli soldier during a demonstration against the controversial security barrier near the West Bank village of Al-Zawiya, north west of Qalqelya city. This image made by epa photographer Alaa Badarneh won the prestigious 2005 Qattan Journalism Prize by Tom Hurndaal Prize committee. In a statement, the the committee says Alaa won the prize for 'photos taken in a different perspective of photojournalism that has strong photos with humanitarian touch that his lens captures. That try to represent what is different from what is shown daily. His photos are recognized as correct angel and eye catching that motivates the viewer to know more about the story.' EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
A file photo of Palestinian child crying as he and his mother wait to cross Howara check point near Nablus, Thursday 15 January 2004. This image made by epa photographer Alaa Badarneh won the prestigious 2005 Qattan Journalism Prize by Tom Hurndaal Prize committee. In a statement, the the committee says Alaa won the prize for 'photos taken in a different perspective of photojournalism that has strong photos with humanitarian touch that his lens captures. That try to represent what is different from what is shown daily. His photos are recognized as correct angel and eye catching that motivates the viewer to know more about the story.' EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
Civic United Front (CUF) supporters run from teargas during post-election violence in the streets of Stone Town Zanzibar Monday, 31 October 2005. Police arrested and beat scores of CUF supporters during running battles along the narrow streets and alleys of the ancient tourist town. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Palestinian Mahfoza Oude (75) cries on one of her olive trees in the West Bank village of Salem, Monday 27 November 2005. Mahfoza and other villagers lost dozens of their olive trees after they were chopped down by Israeli settlers from the nearby Elon Morei Settelment. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
An Iraqi woman shows her finger stained with ink after voting at a pollling station in Baghdad on Thursday 15 December 2005. Iraqis headed for polling stations Thursday to elect the first permanent parliament since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Immediately after the 6,200 polling stations opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT), explosions were heard in Baghdad and Ramadi despite tight security measures implemented for the vote. EPA/ALI HAIDER
USA's Chelsea Davis strikes her face on the diving board as she dives during the preliminary round of the women's 3m springboard competition at the FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada, Friday 22 July 2005. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO WORLD PRESS PHOTO
Former LRA fighter Opiro Joseph (14) pushes three orphans in a wheel-barrow at the GUSCO former child combatants re-habilitation centre in the northern Ugandan town of Gulu, Sunday 19 February 2006. Former LRA child soldiers and war orphans under the age of 16 are housed in the centre which re-habilitates them back into society. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
A Palestinian boy peers at an Israeli soldier taking position at his family's house in Beta village near the West Bank City of Nablus, Monday 20 March 2006. Israeli soldiers raided the village early Monday in search for militants. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
Kashmiri muslims walk under a Chinar tree on a hilltop on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-held Kashmir, Saturday, 13 May, 2006. Kashmir, known for its mountains, lakes, forests and moderate weather was one of Asia's most popular tourist destinations among Indian and foreign tourists until a Muslim separatist rebellion broke out in the region at the end of 1989 which according to officials has claimed more than 60,000 lives. With the situation improving, many tourists have started returning to Kashmir. EPA/ALTAF QADRI
South African police fire rubber bullets into a stampede of rioting security workers in central Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, 16 May 2006. Police used rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a crowd in excess of 5000 striking security workers that turned violent after a protest march to parliament. Protestors rioted through the streets of Cape Town trashing cars, smashing shop windows and looting after they had marched to parliament to hand over a memorandum regarding their wage and working conditions grievances. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
German Andreas Kloeden of the T-Mobile cycling team rides his bike during warm-up for the prologue of the Tour de France 2006 in Strasbourg on Saturday, 01 July 2006. EPA/GERO BRELOER
South African big wave surfer Andy Marr surfs a huge wave at the Dungeon off Cape Town South Africa Tuesday 15 August 2006. Cape Town experienced its third shark attack in as many weeks Tuesday as an elite core of big wave surfers enjoyed huge southern ocean swells that break on the offshore reef known as Dungeons. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
The Cats prop, CJ Van der Linde(R) fights with Hurricanes prop, Tim Fairbrother(L) during the Super 12 rugby game between the Cats of South Africa and the Hurricanes of New Zealand at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, Saturday 5 March 2005.
This image was part of a portfolio that made epa chief photographer for the South African region, Kim Ludbrook win the title 'Press Photographer of the Year ' of 2005 in the Fuji Africa Press Awards anounced Thursday 17 August 2006.
Ludbrook was also honoured for his sport portfolio. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Thousands of Liberians scream for water at a mass rally for their presidential candidate and football star George Weah in Monrovia, Liberia Saturday 08 October 2005. This image was part of a portfolio that won best news portfolio of 2005 for EPA West Africa chief photographer Nic Bothma in the Fuji Africa Press Awards anounced Thursday 17 August 2006. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
Togolese soldiers drive towards a Togolese woman weeping and screaming after her son was arrested and beaten by soldiers for alleged looting during riots in Lome, Togo Tuesday 26 April 2005. This image won best news photograph of 2005 for EPA West Africa chief photographer Nic Bothma in the Fuji Africa Press Awards anounced Thursday 17 August 2006. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
Togolese opposition supporters scream at police infront of a burning barricade during riots in Bagida, Togo Sunday 24 April 2005. This image was part of a portfolio that won best news portfolio of 2005 for EPA West Africa chief photographer Nic Bothma in the Fuji Africa Press Awards anounced Thursday 17 August 2006. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
An internall displaced Liberian girl, daughter of an ex-government soldier, takes a drink of water in the overcrowded and delapidated government building for disarmed soldiers on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia Saturday 08 October 2005. This image was part of a portfolio placed runner-up in the feature category for EPA West Africa chief photographer Nic Bothma in the 2005 Fuji Africa Press Awards anounced Thursday 17 August 2006. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
A Togolese supporter of presidential candidate for the opposition coalition, Bob Akitani attends an election rally in Lome, Togo Friday 22 April 2005. This image was part of a portfolio placed runner-up in the feature category for EPA West Africa chief photographer Nic Bothma in the 2005 Fuji Africa Press Awards anounced Thursday 17 August 2006. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
A Congolese woman runs away from an exploding pepper grenade shot by riot police on the outskirts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday 25 July 2006. Renewed gunfire was heard early Tuesday 22 August 2006, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) capital Kinshasa after 14 diplomatic envoys were evacuated from Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's residence when his house came under heavy gunfire overnight. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
Former First Lady Betty Ford pauses at the casket of her husband, former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Saturday 30 December 2006. Former President Ford will lie in state at the Capitol until Tuesday 02 January 2006, at which point a funeral will be held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
A file photograph dated 06 April 2006 shows members of the Single Leg Amputee Sports club of Sierra Leone playing football in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is to go on trial in the Hague, 04 June 2007 for his involvement in the brutal civil wars of Sierra Leone and Liberia where the cutting off of limbs by his militia was a common occurence. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
A file picture dated 05 July 2004 of a man being arrested by police after shooting at their patrol during running battles with residents in the Diepsloot slum of Johannesburg, South Africa. Riots erupted in the slum over the lack of services and housing for shack dwellers. ANC (African National Congress) is loosing major support from voters because of it's failure to deliver promises made during the end of the Apartheid system of minority White rule in South Africa. The liberation movement has not realised it's election promises of 'a house for all' and failing to deliver the basic services of water and electricity to millions of poor Africans. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
A silhouette is mirrored in waste machinery oil that will be washed into the river Ganga in Calcutta, West Bengal, India on 23 July 2007. Calcutta is known to be one of the world's most polluted city. Estimated by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), 60 percent of Calcutta's residents suffer from some kind of respiratory disease due to air pollution. The burning of coal as an industrial and domestic fuel accounts for a significant proportion of pollutant emissions, especially (SPM) Suspended particulate matter from coal combustion is clearly a major problem throughout Calcutta. Calcutta tops all Indian cities when it comes to lung cancer - at 18.4 cases per 100,000 people - far ahead of Delhi at 13.34 cases per 100,000. Air pollution becomes acute in Calcutta during winter. Pollutants cannot disperse easily, mainly due to inversion, low wind speed and high congestion. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY
A Bangladeshi woman wades through flood water with some of her belongings from her damaged house done flood as she struggles in the deep water at Paikpara, Bogra (240 KM north of the city) 31 July 2007. Hundreds of people took shelter in the embankment after lost their houses by severe flood water for the last week in the northern districts in the country. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Dogon women eat mangoes 30 April 2007 outside a hunters house with the walls made from mud and monkey skulls with animal pelts hanging from the roof in the village of Begnimato sculpted into the escarpment of the Falaise de Bandiagara, Mali. The Dogon people of Mali are one of Africa's oldest and most complex tribes with their traditions and customs well preserved and practiced today as they were thousands of years ago. Mali, twice the size of France, is one of the world's poorest countries. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
A Palestinian boy cries as an Israeli soldier (L) walk to arrest him during clashes in West Bank City of Nablus, 04 January 2008. Israeli troops continue their operation for the second day in the City to arrest wanted militants as they surround buildings including the Rafidya hospital in the city centre, 25 Palestinian were wounded during clashes and three gunmen arrested, a Palestinian official said. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
he winners of the World Press Photo contest were announced in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 08 February 2008. This image by Stephen Morrison of the European Pressphoto Agency won 3rd prize in the category Spot News Singles.
Kenyan policeman chase opposition protesters who were looting goods from a shop in Kibera, a slum which is an opposition stronghold in Nairobi, Kenya, 31 December 2007. Thousands of youth across the country took to the streets again today to protest the announcement that incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was re-elected, a result which many believe was rigged. The Electoral Commission of Kenya announced that President Kibaki was re-elected by just 200,000 votes. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
Palestinian relatives of the four Islamic Jihad militants killed by Israeli forces yesterday press against a window of the 'Peace Center' in Bethlehem as they try to see the bodies of the militants laid out inside on 13 March 2008 prior to their funerals.The four Palestinians, including Muhamad Shahade, on Israel's most wanted list for many years, Imad Kamil and Isa Marzuka. The fourth militant was Ahmad Al-Balbul, a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. The Israeli operation ends a few days of relative quiet and was followed by at least a dozen rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
A Palestinian woman holds portraits of relatives jailed in Israel, during a ceremony to mark Palestinian Prisoners day, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 17 April 2008. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says a release of all Palestinian prisoners must be part of any peace deal with Israel. About 8,500 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli jails and detention centers. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are trying to reach a peace deal by the end of the year. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
Alexis Copello of Cuba competes during the Men's Triple Jump Qualification Round at the National Stadium for the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, 18 August 2008. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON
An Israeli soldier stands atop a Merkava as seen through a hole in camouflage tenting material at a military staging area along the border with the Gaza Strip on 31 December 2008. The Israeli prime minister has rejected the idea of a 48-hour ceasefire and several thousand more reserve soldiers have been called up in case Israel decides to carry out a ground operation against Hamas assets inside the Gaza Strip on the fifth day of Israel's war against Hamas. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Brazil's Hugo Parisi competes in the men's 10m platform preliminary at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, 22 August, 2008. EPA/JULIAN ABRAM WAINWRIGHT
An Israeli soldier packs up his gear in a staging area along the border with the Gaza Strip as smoke billows from a target Israel had hit inside the Gaza Strip, Southern Israel, late 06 January 2009. An Israeli strike on a UN-school in northern Gaza killed at least 42 Palestinian civilians in the deadliest single incident since Israel launched its offensive in the Strip 11 days ago, health officials said. Gaza emergency services chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters dozens more were injured in the strike on the al-Fakhoura school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, north of Gaza City. UNWRA Spokesman Chris Gunness said he was unable to immediately give details he was unable to reach his own staff in Gaza. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
sraelis wat tank starts up with a puff of white h from a hill in southern Israel aas an Israli artillery shell explodes over the northern Gaza Strip and sets off flares that streak to the ground late in the afternoon on 16 January 2009, the 21st day of Israel's war against Hamas. In the background there is smoke and Palestinian buildings demolished by the Israeli military in the recent campaign. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Palestinian family members sit around a campfire as the sun goes down in east Jabiliya in the Gaza Strip on 22 January 2009. They huddle in a makeshift tent near their demolished home. The area was devasted by Israeli offensive during the three-week war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
A main street leading through a neighborhood in east Jabiliya in the Gaza Strip showing the devastation the Israeli army left in its wake as it gets dark on 22 January 2009. The three-week Israeli war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip left large residential areas and orchards totally demolished by both tanks fire, missile fire, bombs and bulldozers. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
A Palestinian Sheikh sleeps on a mattress in his home, mostly destroyed by the Israeli army during their three-week offensive, in the Sudania neighborhood north of Gaza City on 25 January 2009. Egyptian officials were on 25 January meeting with
representatives of Hamas and other Palestinian factions in talks aimed at turning a one-week ceasefire into a durable truce, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency said. Speaking to the satellite news network al-Arabiya, Ayman Taha, a representative of Hamas from Gaza, said that the group would not agree to an open-ended truce, but was prepared to negotiate an 18-month ceasefire. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Religious Palestinian women touring the rubble of homes demolished by the Israeli army in the east Jabaliya area of the Gaza Strip on 25 January 2009. Egyptian officials were on 25 January meeting with representatives of Hamas and other Palestinian factions in talks aimed at turning a one-week ceasefire into a durable truce, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency said. Speaking to the satellite news network al-Arabiya, Ayman Taha, a representative of Hamas from Gaza, said that the group would not agree to an open-ended truce, but was prepared to negotiate an 18-month ceasefire. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Palestinian shepherd leads his flock, during sunset near the West Bank town of Ramallah, 04 February 2009. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Balinese teenagers gathered at a main road in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia during the Kissing Festival, locally called Omed - Omedan, on 27 March 2009. The kissing festival is held annually, one day after Balinese Hindus celebrate the Nyepi Day, the Balinese Day of Silence. The festival allows teenagers of different sex to kiss each other in the public. EPA/MADE NAGI
Catholic nuns from the Monastic Family of Bethlehem hug and kiss one another as they celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ during an Easter mass held in many languages in their church in Beit Gemal, late on 11 April 2009 . The monastery of some 40 nuns and about 20 monks celebrated Christ's resurrection as one of the happiest days of the year and the only time that the nuns are allowed to touch and kiss each other.The Family of Bethlehem was founded in 1950 in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City when Pope Pius XII proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin, and was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1998. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
A spectator who emerged on court and accosted Roger Federer of Switzerland is brought down by security staff during the men's final of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 07 June 2009. EPA/HORACIO VILLALOBOS
Serbian Nikola Radjen (L) fights for the ball with Peter Biros (R) of Hungary during the men's quarter-final water polo match at the 13th FINA World Championship at Foro Italico Swimming Complex in Rome, Italy on 28 July 2009. EPA/SRDJAN SUKI
Egyptian sailors who were kidnapped and held for five months by Somali pirates are welcomed back to Egypt upon their arrival in Suez, Egypt on 23 August 2009. Thirty-four Egyptian fishermen on two fishing vessels were freed after the owner hired Somali militiamen who took over the vessels with the help of the Egyptian crew. Two Somali pirates were killed and a number were captured and delivered into Yemeni custody. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
A sailor is hugged by his father Egyptian sailors who were kidnapped and held for five months by Somali pirates are welcomed back to Egypt upon their arrival in Suez, Egypt on 23 August 2009. Thirty-four Egyptian fishermen on two fishing vessels were freed after the owner hired Somali militiamen who took over the vessels with the help of the Egyptian crew. Two Somali pirates were killed and a number were captured and delivered into Yemeni custody. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
Egyptian sailor Alarabi Mohamed plays with his child Youssef as Egyptian sailors who were kidnapped and held for five months by Somali pirates are welcomed back to Egypt upon their arrival in Suez, Egypt on 23 August 2009. Thirty-four Egyptian fishermen on two fishing vessels were freed after the owner hired Somali militiamen who took over the vessels with the help of the Egyptian crew. Two Somali pirates were killed and a number were captured and delivered into Yemeni custody. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
An Egyptian sailor hugs his mother as Egyptian sailors who were kidnapped and held for five months by Somali pirates are welcomed back to Egypt upon their arrival in Suez, Egypt on 23 August 2009. Thirty-four Egyptian fishermen on two fishing vessels were freed after the owner hired Somali militiamen who took over the vessels with the help of the Egyptian crew. Two Somali pirates were killed and a number were captured and delivered into Yemeni custody. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
Palestinians wait to get a ration of donated food from the Islamic Waqf, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, 11 Sepember, 2009. During the month of Ramadan Muslim fast from dawn to dusk. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
Indonesian base jumper leap off a 37 storey-high building in Jakarta, Indonesia on 10 November 2009. Five base jumper leap off from Menara Imperium building in attempt to express their solidarity with officials of The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for fighting against corruption in Indonesia. They are the fist base jumpers athletes who jump on a high building in Indonesia. They are Indonesian Franky Kowaas, Indonesian Petra Madagi, Malaysian Aziz Ahmad, Malaysian Shamsudin Amin and French Romain Friedli EPA/BAGUS INDAHONO
A Kashmiri Muslim looks for belongings in his house, which was partially damaged during a gunfight between militants and Indian soldiers at Khrew in the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 08 January 2010. Two militants were killed in the gunfight, police said. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN
Israeli soldiers operate on a damaged tank as they carry out repairs to the engine on a staging area near the Gaza Strip border early on 08 January 2008. Israel continues in its 13th day of operations against Hamas assets inside the Gaza Strip as Palestinian militants continue to launch rockets into Israel. On 08 January for the first time in this conflict several rockets fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel causing damage and some injuries. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Israeli infantry soldiers asleep at a blast barrier just inside southern Israel at the border with the Gaza Strip, on 09 January 2009, as the sun starts to rise and Israel begins the 14th day of operations against what they call Hamas targets inside the Gaza Strip. Despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, both sides continue fighting. Resolution 1860 passed with a majority of 14 votes, with the United States abstaining. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
A Palestinian man kneels in prayer on 22 January 2009 before his home (L), demolished by the Israeeli army during their three-week war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The man's home and those surrounding it were demolished by Israeli tanks and bulldozers as they carried out operations in the Sudania neighborhood north of Gaza City and west of the Jabaliya Refugee Camp during their incursion. Dozens of homes were completely demolished. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Protester at a vandalised bus stop during a demonstration against university tuition fees in central London, Britain, 24 November 2010. Lines of police are holding back thousands of student protesters in central London, in a wave of protests against higher tuition fees and university budget cuts. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
A photograph released on 18 December 2010 shows a Greek Orthodox monk at prayer atop a roof in the Mar Saba monastery, situated in the Kidron Valley east of the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on 17 December 2010. The monastery, also known as Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified was founded in the year 483 by Saint Sabas of Cappadocia, and is considered one of the oldest in habited monasteries in the world. The monastery has 16 monks from around the world who pray eight times per day and live without electricity or telephones. Women are only allowed to enter into one of the building, called the Women's Tower, in the entire monastery. EPA/ABIR SULTAN ISRAEL OUT
An anti-Mubarak activist gives the 'V' sign from a roof as a human chain is formed outside the barricades on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on 05 February 2011. Activists formed a human chain facing the army and tanks as the army tried to negotiate a withdraw from the area, something the activists refused. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Andrey Leonenko (L), a radiation supervisor, updates information about radiation levels at the entrance of the state radiation ecology reserve in Babchin, near the 30 km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km from Minsk, Belarus, 22 March 2011. Belarussians will mark the 25th anniversary of the world's yet worst nuclear power accident on 26 April 2011. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH
A local Israeli boy digs in the sandy front yard of a house in the southern Israeli community of Sde Avraham that is peppered in shrapnel marks on 26 March 2011 after a Kassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants inside the Gaza Strip exploded earlier this morning, causing considerable damage, but injuring no one. The Kassam rocket landed in the sand where the boy digs looking for remnants of the rocket, which police earlier removed. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
A woman mourns, as a pigeon flies over her at an entrance of the Oktyabrskaya underground station in central Minsk, Belarus 12 April 2011. Belarusian authorities detained several suspects in connection with the deadly bombing attack on a metro station in the capital Minsk. Police said they were looking for four men believed to be behind the 11 April bombing of the central Oktiabrskaya station, which killed 12 people and injured 204. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH
A Libyan boy holds the old Libyan flag in front of grafitti mocking Leader Muammar Gaddafi in the city of Benghazi, eastern Libya, 15 April 2011. According to media sources, NATO reportedly struck at sites in the capital Tripoli on 14 April, while deadly attacks on Misurata killed at least 23 people. NATO appealed for more jets from its member-states to continue its airstrikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces. EPA/VASSIL DONEV
Rebels invade a house where soldiers from the pro government forces had their base in the Zwaaby area in Misrata, Libya, after the rebels managed to take control of most of the areas controlled by the military forces, on 24 April 2011. Heavy fighting in Misrata had left at least 25 people dead and 100 injured, the Brnieq newspaper, which is based in the
rebel stronghold of Benghazi reported. The rebels say at least 1,000 have been killed in Misurata, Libya‘s third most populous city, about 200 kilometres east of Tripoli. EPA/Andre Liohn
A wild cow leaps over revelers at the Fiesta de San Fermin as she is let out of the pens to play and cause havoc in the bullring in Pamplona, northern Spain, immediately after the third running of the bulls finishes on 09 July 2011. People gather and block the way into the ring so the wild cow with protective caps on her horns is forced to jump into the ring. The man in white in front of the animal is trying to take a photograph. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Republican Representative from Arkansas Tim Griffin (R), followed by reporters and other freshman Republicans, walks to a press conference where he threw his support to Speaker Boehner's budget bill during outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on 28 July, 2011. The House is expected to vote today on Boehner's budget plan. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Bahrain striker Mohamed Ali Mohamed Tayeb Alalawi (L) vies for the ball with Indonesia's Benny Wahyudi (R) during their FIFA Asian World Cup 2014 qualifying soccer match at Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, 06 September 2011. Bahrain won 2-0. EPA/MAST IRHAM
Members of the United House of Prayer For All People are baptized by fire hose, a church tradition since 1926, at the end of the church's annual convocation in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 22 August 2010. Unlike others Christians who look at baptism as a one-time event, members of the United House of Prayer believe in being re-baptized every year. One of the American South's most symbolic religious traditions is making a comeback. Outdoor baptisms, popularized in the 18th century by African slaves, had all but disappeared by the 1950s with the rise of indoor baptismal pools. Yet an increasing number of Baptist churches are forsaking the safety and convenience of these pools for nearby rivers, lakes, oceans, and even fire hoses. 'It's a re-discovery,' says Gregory Hughes, Pastor of True Life Ministries, which holds an annual ocean baptism in St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. 'It's a way to embrace tradition while renewing our spirit.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Thai flood victims are pulled through dirty oil covered floodwaters that cover a major highway in the flooded Don Mueang district Bangkok, Thailand, 31 October 2011. The health of flood victims is of concern with dirty flood waters innundating parts of the Thai capital and norhern provinces. The Thai government is considering a 30 billion US dollar or 21 billion euro recovery plan in the wake of devastating floods. At least 381 have died and more than 2.5 million people have been affected. The flooding is the worst to hit the kingdom since 1995. EPA/BARBARA WALTON
Mourners follow the car carrying a casket with remains of late Czech president Vaclav Havel on their way through central Prague to Prague Castle on 21 December 2011, Prague, Czech Republic. Havel died 18 December at the age of 75. The body of the former playwright and dissident was moved from a church, where it had been laid out for public viewing for the last two days, to Prague Castle, where Havel will lie in state. EPA/FILIP SINGER
A photo made available 08 March 2012 shows a flock of snow geese, which Middle Creek Wildlife manager Jim Binder estimated to be around 30,000 strong, taking off from the Middle Creek Reservoir near Kleinfeltersville, PA, USA, on 07 March 2012. The snow geese stop at the reservoir to feed on marsh grass before continuing their migration north to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A young Indian boy holds the moving light as the band masters wait for the wedding procession to start near Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India, late 18 April 2012. In countryside areas a very important feature during weddings celebrations is the barat or the wedding procession from the groom's house towards the bride's house accompanied by lights music and brass band. A typical band would have around twenty to five members depending on the size of the wedding procession and they earn from five to eight US dollar per day. EPA/HARISH TYAGI
Hungary's Gabriella Szabo leads the Kayak Four (K4) 500m Women in the Canoe Sprint heats at the London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint competition at the Eton Dorney rowing centre near the village of Dorney, west of London, Britain, 06 August 2012. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
A devotee carries an Indian woman dressed as Hindu Goddess Durga at the start of a religious procession on the eve of Janamashtmi or the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna in Amritsar, India, 09 August 2012. Lord Krishna the eighth of the ten incarnations of Hindu God Lord Vishnu who is considered the Preserver of the Universe is one of Hinduism's most popular gods and his birth anniversary or Janamashtmi will be celebrated on 10 August 2012. EPA/RAMINDER PAL SINGH
Smoke billows over shelled and destroyed buildings in Saif al Dawle district, Aleppo, Syria, 02 October 2012. The Syrian Army has continued its shelling in the city, and has brought in reinforcements to try to put an end to the rebels' resistance. EPA/MAYSUN
Photo made available on 05 October shows a father crying while holding his dead child in front of Dar al Shifa hospital in front of Dar al Shifa hospital, Aleppo, Syria, 03 October 2012. Syrian Army has continued to shell Aleppo and claims Al-Sakhour district is now clean of 'mercenaries and terrorists'. Activists in Syria said the death toll from violence across the country reached 80 just on 04 October, mainly in the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, as well as suburban areas of the capital Damascus. Rebels claimed they have downed a fighter jet near Aleppo, a day after suicide bombings killed at least 31 people, mainly government soldiers. Both sides have been fighting for months for control of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city and the country's commercial hub. EPA/MAYSUN
A Palestinian woman hurls stone at Israeli soldiers during clashes of a weekly protest against the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, near Nablus, West Bank, 31 August 2012. According to medical sources eight Palestinians were injured during the clashes after Israeli army raid houses searching for stone throwers where many womens try to stop the soldiers. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
Photo made available on 15 October shows a Free Syrian Army fighter illuminating the body of an unknown man, killed by Syrian Army artillery shelling, in the cementery of Aleppo, Syria, 13 October 2012, before burying it in a common grave. As casualties mount, Aleppo's few operating hospitals struggle to cope with the number of victims, mostly civilians, caused by several months of fighting between the government's forces and Syrian rebels. EPA/MAYSUN
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish mother prepares the new born baby in a silver bowl for the pidyon haben (redemption of the first born son) ritual ceremony in Bnei Brak, Israel, 27 December 2012. Pidyon haben is an ancient Jewish custom in Judaism whereby a Jewish firstborn son is redeemed by use of silver coins from his birth-state of sanctity at the age of 30 days. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Israeli troops fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters during clashes at a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, at Qalandya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah 16 November 2012. Reports state that missiles continue to be fired on Israeli targets by Palestinian militant in the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to strike targets in retaliation inside the Gaza Strip, on the second day of Operation Pillar Cloud, following the assassination of Hamas militant leader Ahmed Jabari. Israeli forces launched a heavy barrage of bombs at the break of dawn but also announce a three hours ceasefire during the visit of the Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil in the Gaza Strip. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
Meir Harush one of the board members of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team looks over the damage after alleged arsonists set fire to the club's history room at the team management compound in Jerusalem,Israel 08 February 2013. Reports state that alleged right-wing extremist fans opposed to a decision by the club owner to sign two Muslim Chechen players carried out the alleged crime. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
This picture by Russian photographer Sergei Ilnitsky of the European Pressphoto Agency won the 2nd Prize in the Sports category for Sports Action Stories with 'The Golden Touch - Fencing at the Olympics' in the 56th World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the organizers on 15 February 2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Nicolas Limbach of Germany (L) in action against Jingzhi Wang of China (R) during their Men's Sabre Team Placement 5-6 match for the London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Britain, 03 August 2012. EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky
A photograph made available on 12 March 2013, shows free Syrian Army fighters preparing themselves to shoot against Syrian Army positions in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, 11 March 2013. According to local media sources, more than 35 unidentified people have been found floating in Quweiq river in the last two days, in Bustan Al Qaser district in Aleppo. The river runs across the city, connecting Syrian Army and rebel zones. The bodies, with signs of execution floated on the river from Syrian Regime side to the one controlled by rebels. They have been brought to a destroyed school, formerly named Al Yarmouk and now renamed as 'Martyrs of the river' to honor them. EPA/MAYSUN
Palestinian school children put their hands up during a class in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, 04 April 2013. New education laws by the Hamas-run government mean that girls and boys will be schooled in separate classes from the age of nine, and male teachers will not be able to teach classes of female pupils. EPA/ALI ALI
A Palestinian refugee boy is assisted by his elder sister as he washes himself outside their family's house in the Bait Lahiya town, northern Gaza Strip, 07 April 2013. The UN aid agency on 05 April 2013 had suspended its cash distribution programme in the Gaza Strip after angry Palestinians stormed its compound in the impoverished enclave to protest cuts. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said in a statement it had to reduce cash payments to the poorest refugee families in the Gaza Strip as a result of budget shortfalls EPA/ALI ALI
A slum dweller tries to salvage their belongings after a fire that awept through a slum and gutted more than 100 shanties at Agargaon in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 03 February 2013. No casulties were reported while the cause of the fire yet to be known, the fire service stated. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Bangladeshi civilians help firefighters to extinguish a fire at a shopping mall at New Market area, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 February 2009. More than 25 people were injured including fire fighters and garment workers. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Fire fighters carry an injured person during the rescue operation. Four persons died and got injured according to a fire service report at Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 February 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Rescue workers take part in the rescue of the eight-storey building Rana Plaza which collapsed at Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 April 2013. Rescuers recovered at least 187 bodies from the rubble of the collapsed building that housed mostly garment factories, officials said. Many more were still trapped in the remains of the building, which also contained shops and offices, and the army had been called in to help with rescue operations, police said. More than 1000 people were injured, Ruhul Forkan, an assistant director of the Health Ministry, told reports at the accident site. Many of them were rushed to hospitals in Savar and Dhaka, he added. Local people rescued more than 100 garment workers. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Ion Dagan, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II, holds a photograph of himself when he was a 21-year-old Armored Corps commander in the Red Army, as he sits for a portrait in his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, 23 April 2013. He fought in Ukraine during the war. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Michael Zigron, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of himself when he was a 21-year-old soldier in the Infantry of the Red Army as he sits for a portrait in his home in Jerusalem, 11 April 2013. Zigron saw action in Ukraine during the war. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Shalom Skopas, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of himself when he was a 21-year-old infantry commander in the Red Army as he sits for a portrait in his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, 16 April 2013. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Yelena Kojlekova, 90, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of herself playing the accordion with her husband when she was an 18 -year-old nurse in the Red Army, as she sits for a portrait in her home in Tel Aviv, Israel, 23 April 2013. Kojlekova said she treated wounded that were brought into Moscow. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Michael Dezaze, 88, a Jewish veteran of World War II holds a photograph of himself as a 20-year-old soldier in the navy of the Soviet Union during World War II, as he sits for a portrait in his home in the southern port town of Ashdod, Israel, 17 April 2013. Dezaze was planting mines against German ships in the Baltic Sea. On 08 of May 1945 the deadliest war in history finished with the surrender of the Nazis, leaving over 60,000,000 people dead. Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 09 May since it was already 09 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Relatives mourn after they found the body of their missing son, 17 days after the Rana Plaza building collapse, in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10 May 2013. Reports state that the death toll rose over 1036 and many more are still missing while 712 bodies were handed over to their relatives after identification after the eight-storey building Rana Plaza housed mostly garment factories which collapsed on 24 April 2012. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Rehana, a survivor of the Rana Plaza building collapse, visits the site of the collapse in Savar, Bangladesh, 14 June 2013. Reports state that 1,130 workers died and nearly 2,500 were rescued after the eight-story Rana Plaza building that housed mostly garment factories collapsed on 24 April 2013. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Kyle Barh stands on the hood of his car and waves his first-place trophy after winning the demolition derby at the Hardin County Fair in Eldora, Iowa, USA, 14 July 2013. Every summer, each of Iowa's 99 counties throws its own fair. Provincial and patriotic, with beauty pageants and demolition derbies, polka dances and daredevil shows, these rural exhibitions reflect the traditional values, and the countrified culture, of America's Heartland. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A Palestinian girl plays besides her family's tent where they live in a poverty-stricken quarter of the town of Younis town in the southern Gaza Strip, 29 July 2013. EPA/ALI ALI
A picture made available on 13 August 2013 of Chinese inventor Tao Xiangli with his self-made robot 'King of Innovation' in his home in Beijing, China, 12 August 2013. Mainly made of scrap materials, the humanoid robot was built in about a year with costs of production and living expenses amounting to 300,000 Yuan (36,809 euros). At a height of 2.1 metres and weight of 250kg, the robot took up nearly a third of the space of Tao's tiny home in a back street alley of Beijing. It could be operated with remote controls and even has a built-in motion sensor to detect motion. The 35-year-old farmer turned self-taught inventor came from a poor farming family from Anhui Province and had to drop out of school at primary five as his family could not afford the fees. Tao had a fierce passion for inventing however and taught himself by taking apart various machinery. He came to Beijing at the age of 16, taking on odd jobs before making headlines in 2008 with his homemade submarine, which he eventually sold to an artist for 100,000 Yuan (12,264 euros). He now hopes to attract investors to invest in his inventions of which he hold several patents but lack the funds to bring them to fruition. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG
Ethiopian Jews display photographs of relatives still in Ethiopia, at a protest held outside the offices of the Israeli Prime Minister on 28 August 2013 calling on the government to allow Ethiopian Jews still in Ethiopia, called Falash Mura, to join their relatives in Israel. as Israel will launch later the final step of the Operation Dove's Wings and brings 450 Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel . EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Palestinian girls inside their family's home during a power cut in the Bait Lahiya North Gaza Strip on 12 September 2013. Reports state that the power is cut for 12 hours everyday in North Gaza Strip. EPA/ALI ALI
A young wedding guest is pictured on the wedding party day of young groom Ahmed Soboh, 15, and his bride Tala, 14, in the Beit Lahiya town, northern Gaza Strip, 24 September 2013. Sometimes young Muslim brides and grooms are married, though this is not commonplace. EPA/ALI ALI
A factory worker removes iron rods from a damaged machine after a devastating fire at the dyeing section of two-storey Aswad Composite Mills at Maona, Gazipur, Bangladesh 09 October 2013. At least nine people were killed 08 October when a fire broke out at an apparel factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, police said. Firefighters recovered the charred bodies from inside Aswad Composite Mills Limited, a garment factory in Gazipur industrial district, some 40 kilometers north of Dhaka, police officer Abdul Baten said. Police said only a small number of employees were inside at the time of the fire, as the section was closed for the day by the time it started. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
A non poisonous snake moves around the yarn near a dyeing unit in Fulia, 97 km north of Calcutta, eastern India, 15 September 2013. The region has over 125,000 handlooms, churning out Shantipuri, Tangail, and Jamdani handloom sarees in a variety of fabrics like cotton, tussar and silk. However the craft of making sarees is declining in the recent years as most of the weavers are forced to give up due to financial reasons. The weavers quit their profession in this traditional business and work as labourers in different fields, as the low salaries they receive are not enough to cover their daily needs. The average earning of a weaver family is in the range of 150–200 euro per month. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY
A Palestinian Muslim worshipper sneaks through a hole in the Old City wall near the Lions Gate after prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel, 12 July 2013. Muslim worshippers attended the first Friday prayers of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Camel are displayed during the Pushkar Fair or Pushkar ka Mela, one of the world's largest cattle fair, in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, 09 November 2013. Around 50,000 camels are shaved, decorated and sold during the festival. Thousands of devotees gather annually at Pushkar Lake in October or November, close to the full moon day of Kartik Poornima to take a holy dip.The colorful five-day cattle fair is held during this period. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Camels are displayed during the Pushkar Fair or Pushkar ka Mela, one of the world's largest cattle fair, in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, 09 November 2013. Around 50,000 camels are shaved, decorated and sold during the festival. Thousands of devotees gather annually at Pushkar Lake in October or November, close to the full moon day of Kartik Poornima to take a holy dip.The colorful five-day cattle fair is held during this period. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Camels stand near Rajasthani camel vendors by night during the Pushkar Fair or Pushkar ka Mela, one of the world's largest cattle fair, in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, 09 November 2013. Around 50,000 camels are shaved, decorated and sold during the festival. Thousands of devotees gather annually at Pushkar Lake in October or November, close to the full moon day of Kartik Poornima to take a holy dip.The colorful five-day cattle fair is held during this period. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Rajasthani camels are seen at the Pushkar Fair, also called Pushkar ka Mela, one of the world's largest cattle fair, in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India, 11 November 2013. The festival hosts around 50,000 camels which are sold, decorated, shaved and raced. Every year thousands of devotees swarm the lake of Puskar around the full moon day of Kartik Purnima during the months of October and November, to take a holy dip. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
A protestor injured during the night when riot police dispersed protestors in Independence Square, walks past wall of the Mikhailovskiy Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, 30 November 2013. Supporters of euro integration continue their protests in the capital. Riot police dispersed demonstrators with tear gas and truncheons from Independence Square in a pre-dawn action. Protestors re-grouped early in the day, with around 1,000 convenrging on St. Michael's Cathedral. EPA/FILIP SINGER
Filipino resident Brix Mercado, 27, (C) is being shielded by his family to prevent the local police from arresting him during a demolition of shanties at Sitio San Roque in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines, 27 January 2014. Throwing rocks, pillboxes, and even human waste, illegal settlers barricaded the demolition team in Baranggay Bagong Pag-asa. Four residents were arrested and twelve were reported injured. Residents report receiving cash from 300 to 450 US dollar in exchange for their voluntary relocation. Earlier, hundreds of the urban poor marched to the city hall in protest of the demolition that will pave the way for the rise of a business district. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
A woman looks up at the skyline and falling snow in New York, New York, USA 03 February 2014. The New York City area is expecting up to eight inches (21cm) of snow, according to the National Weather Service within the next 24 hours. EPA/CJ GUNTHER
Former Chief Executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks holds a coffe to-go as she arrives to the Old Bailey, Central Criminal Court in central London, Britain, 25 February 2014. Brooks and former News of the World editor Andy Coulson are among eight people who are facing a range of charges during the trial, including conspiracy to intercept voicemails and phone hacking. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
he dome of the US Capitol is seen behind the emissions, and a smokestack, from the Capitol Power Plant, the only coal-burning power plant in the nation's capitol, in Washington, DC, USA, 10 March 2014. Later in the day, 26 Democratic and Independent Senators are scheduled to speak through the night on confronting climate change. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A feamle veteran (C) sings during 'Victory Day' celebrations in Donetsk, Ukraine, 09 May 2014. People of former USSR countries annually on 09 May celebrate the 69th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Two eastern Ukrainian provinces will go ahead with a referendum on seceding from the country as planned this weekend despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for a delay, separatist leaders told Russia's Interfax news agency on 08 May. 'The referendum on May 11 will take place,' said Miroslav Rudenko, a separatist leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. The secession referendum will let the 3 million residents of the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk vote on whether they want to stay part of Ukraine. Ukrainians opposed to a split see it as a precursor to an eventual merger with Russia, as happened with Crimea in March. EPA/ALEXEY FURMAN
United Kingdom Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage celebrates with a pint after early local election results in the Hoy and Helmet pub in South Benfleet in Essex Britain, 23 May 2014. The anti-EU UK Independence Party has made strong gains in local elections, according to results published 23 May, a strong indication that it may also have done well in the European Parliament elections. After a third of councils had been declared, UKIP had gained almost 100 seats, while Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party had lost around 110. The European results are not expected till Sunday, but UKIP is widely predicted to be on course for victory. It follows unprecedented gains in local elections for UKIP last year. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
A Palestinian man cries as he holds the dead body of his young brother shortly after he got killed by an Israeli naval bombardment in the port of Gaza City in the morgue of the Shifa hospital in Gaza, 16 July 2014. Four boys died on the spot a fifth boy shortly after in hospital. Israel stepped up its attacks 16 July 2014 by bombing the homes of Hamas leaders after the Islamist movement rejected a truce proposal and instead launched dozens more rockets. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
A doctor cries while standing next to a table with the bodies of four dead children in overflowing morgue of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, 20 July 2014. Casualties were mounting in eastern Gaza City, which came under heavy shelling, as Israel widened its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. Infantry soldiers entered the coastal enclave three days ago in order to end rocket fire and destroy tunnels leading into Israel, the army said. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
A Filipino boy walks across rubbish brought by previous typhoon at a fishing village in Navotas City, east of Manila, the Philippines, 01 August 2014.State weather forecaster Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said heavy rains, enhanced by the southwest monsoon, is hoisted over Luzon island brought by Tropical Cyclone Nakri and warned the public for possible flash floods. Meanwhile, tropical storm Halong is expected to enter Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in few days. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO
Palestinians search the debris of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike for survivors in the Beach refugee camp, northern Gaza City, 04 August 2014. The attack came minutes after an unilateral humanitarian ceasefire announce by Israeli force, at least one eight year old girl died. The temporary ceasefire was to last from 10 am (0700 GMT) until 5 pm in the entire enclave except for the area east of the town of Rafah in southern Gaza - a focal point of fighting since a botched attempt by Palestinian militants to snatch a soldier there on 01 August 2014. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
Damaged goods lie in a damaged kitchen in downtown Donetsk, Ukraine, 26 August 2014. Ukraine said it had captured Russian soldiers engaged in combat on Ukrainian territory, a claim that could complicate efforts to end fighting between government forces and separatist rebels in the east of the country. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY
Republican Speaker of the House from Ohio John Boehner (R) kisses Democratic House Minority Leader from California Nancy Pelosi (L) after Boehner was re-elected as Speaker of the House on the floor of the House of Representatives in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2015. Boehner faced opposition from conservative Republicans, including Texas congressman Louie Gohmert. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man on the place before the Western Wall (L) in Jerusalem's Old City as snow falls during the winter's first storm, 07 January 2015. Forecasters believe some 30 centimeters of snow could fall overnight and the cold spell in higher elevations will continue for several days. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
The image made available on 12 February 2015 shows a picture by photographer Sergei Ilnitsky, Russia, EPA European Pressphoto Agency who won 2nd Prize in Sports Stories category of the 58th World Press Photo Contest, as it was announced by the organizers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 12 February 2015. The images shows ski jumper Marinus Kraus of Germany in action during the qualifying round of the HS134 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, 12 December 2014. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY
Members of Jews United Against Zionism protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 03 March 2015. Netanyahu's speech, which will address his concerns about Iran, is said to have further damaged relations between the Obama administration and Israel. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
People walk during a snowstorm on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 05 March 2015. Washington DC has declared a snow emergency and is expecting up to 8 inches (20cm) of snow in the metropolitan area. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
Dozens of Sandhill cranes are seen in a long exposure spending the night on the Platte River during their annual migration through central Nebraska just outside Gibbon, Nebraska, USA, 26 March 2014. Every spring in central Nebraska, as the last snow melts and the region’s fertile farmland is newly revealed, the Platte River Valley plays host to a remarkable gathering. Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill cranes, tired and hungry, with yellow eyes and bright red foreheads, pause here on their way north to the Arctic. For three weeks, they rest and refuel - fattening themselves on last-year’s corn and sleeping in the shallow braids of the Platte River. At four feet (1.2 meters) tall, they are one of the largest birds in North America - and one of the most romanticized; bird watchers from across the country descend on this area to witness one of North America’s most dramatic migrations. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Departing Attorney General Eric Holder (C) says goodbye to an employee at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, USA, 24 April 2015. The US Senate confirmed Holder's successor, Loretta Lynch, to the position on 23 April. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Chance Forney (L) kisses Sam Hunsicker (C-L) as church members wrap them and others in ribbons from a maypole during a Beltaine celebration at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary in Artemas, Pennsylvania, USA, 02 May 2015. The sanctuary, which has hundreds of members, bills itself as a 'safe and sacred ceremonial space for the modern practice of ancient religion.' EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A wounded Israeli receives first aid after she was attacked by Israeli extremist, during the Gay Pride march in Jerusalem, Israel, 30 July 2015. An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stabbed four marchers in Jerusalem's annual gay parade and was arrested, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Indian bodybuilders prepare back stage as they participate in a local bodybuilding compitition in Mumbai, India, 27 November 2013. Bodybuilding involves the act of showing off the muscles in body, which are grown and developed through various exercises. There are many restrictions and hardships through which the bodybuilders have to pass. Different types of bodybuilding are meant for separate age groups like, Professional Bodybuilding, Natural Bodybuilding, Female Bodybuilding and Teenage Bodybuilding. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Children cry as migrants waiting on the Greek side of the border break through a cordon of Macedonian special police forces to cross into Macedonia, near the southern city of Gevgelija, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 21 August 2015. Macedonian police clashed with thousands of migrants attempting to break into the country after being stranded in no-man's land overnight, marking an escalation of the European refugee crisis for the Balkan country. EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) waits to speak at a Tea Party protest against the Iran Nuclear deal on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 09 September 2015. US President Barack Obama has already secured commitments from enough Senators to sustain a veto should Congress vote to kill the bill. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Kenyan police officers (L) controlling the crowd from getting close to a suspected man (bottom) after rescuing him from being beaten by supporters of the Kenyan Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) led by former prime minister Raila Odinga, for allegedly having stolen a phone from one of the supporters after a public rally called by the opposition leaders in support of the ongoing teachers strike demanding a pay rise of 50-60 percent which has entered to its fourth week without resolve in Nairobi, Kenya, 23 September 2015. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on 20 September 2015 said that the teachers demand for a pay rise could not be met therefore urging them to return to work. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT
An Afghan wades to the shore after arriving in an overloaded rubber dinghy on the coast near Skala Sikaminias, Lesbos island, Greece, 01 October 2015. An estimated 100,000 refugees and migrants arrived on the Greek islands during August, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard EPA/FILIP SINGER
Palestinian father Yehiya Hassan (R) cries near the bodies his two years old daughter Rahaf Hassan (C) and his five-months pregnant wife Noor Hassan (L) during their funeral in the central Gaza Strip, 11 October 2015. An Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian woman who was five-months pregnant and her 2-year-old daughter. Four other members of the woman's family were injured when their home collapsed in Gaza City's Zaytoon neighbourhood, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said. The Israeli military said it targeted two weapons workshops after Palestinian militants launched a missile at the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, which was intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
A general view of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station lit up in pink color as part of Navratri festival celebrations in Mumbai, India, 20 October 2015. Pink is one of the colors of Navratri festivals. Navratri is a festival of worship, dance and music celebrated over a period of nine nights; the tenth day is commonly referred as Vijayadashami or Dussehra. Navaratri runs from 13 to 21 October with Vijayadashami celebrated on 22 October. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
A decommissioned Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile sits in an underground silo at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, USA, 06 April 2015. During the Cold War, Titan II missiles, each armed with a nine-megaton nuclear warhead, were deployed to Arizona, Arkansas, and Kansas and were kept on continuos alert; this site preserves the last remaining Titan II missile and launch facility. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A Syrian man seen in a field hospital after he got injured in an airstrike by forces loyal to the Syrian government in the rebel-held area of Douma, outskirts of Damascus, Syria, 07 November 2015. More than ten people died according to local activists. EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA
A Syrian man helps a women wearing a white scarf after she was injured in an airstrike by forces loyal to the Syrian government in the rebel-held area of Douma, outskirts of Damascus, Syria, 07 November 2015. More than ten people died according to local activists. EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA
French President Francois Hollande (L) congratulates European PressPhoto Agency (EPA) French photographer Yoan Valat at the second edition of the Elysee 2014 / 2015 Photography Award. Yoan Valat was awarded first prize at the Elysee palace in Paris on 13 November 2015. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / POOL MAXPPP OUT
French President Francois Hollande (3L) poses with jury members Roselyne Bachelot (1L), Sam Stourdze (2L), first prize winner European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) French photographer Yoan Valat (3R), special prize winner Julien de Rosa (2R) and jury president Pierre Lescure (1R) at the second edition of the Elysee 2014 / 2015 photography Award at the Elysee palace in Paris on 13 November 2015. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / POOL MAXPPP OUT
French President Francois Hollande (L) congratulates European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) French photographer Yoan Valat, at the second edition of the Elysee 2014 / 2015 Photography Award. Yoan Valat was awarded first prize at the Elysee palace in Paris on 13 November 2015. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / POOL MAXPPP OUT
Syrians receive first aid in a field hospital following an airstrike by forces loyal to the Syrian government in the rebel-held area of Douma, outskirts of Damascus, Syria, 19 November 2015. According to local activists at least 10 people died. EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT
A small boy touches his crying father during a protest by migrants from Pakistan and Morocco who block the border line between Greece and Macedonia after Macedonia has started granting passage only to refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, near Gevegelija, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 19 November 2015. Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia have started restricting access to migrants on the Balkan route to Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans. It is a part of a joint effort to reduce the number of asylum seekers streaming into the European Union. EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during the Men's Final against Andy Murray of Britain at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 31 January 2016. EPA/FILIP SINGER
Commuters travel on a local train in Mumbai, India, 24 February 2016. The Indian Union Minister of Railway, Suresh Prabhu, is set to present the rail budget for the year 2015-16, to the Indian Parliament on 25 February 2016. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Indian commuters crowd a local train in Mumbai, India, 25 February 2016. The Indian Union Minister of Railway Suresh Prabhu presented the railway budget for the years 2016-17 to the Indian Parliament the same day on 25 February 2016. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Wrestlers apply mud to prevent slipping during an Indian traditional wrestling competition also known as Kushti at a wrestling arena popularly known as Akhara during a local competition event in Mumbai, India, 20 March 2016 (issued 21 March). Kushti is a traditional Indian form of wrestling which usually takes place in a clay or dirt pit also known as Akhara. These traditional and ancient form of sport is slowly losing its shine to modern wrestling but a few dedicated people try to continue to train themselves and keep this culture alive. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Four Palestinian youths walk in the port of Gaza, on 19 May 2016. The four youths who are friends lost their lower limbs after Israeli air strikes in Al Shejaeiya market in Al Shejaeiya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza, during last war against Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
People collect water from a water tanker, in Bhiwandi, some 60 kilometer on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, 22 April 2016. According to reports, 21 districts in Maharashtra are drought-affected. The drought, which has been ongoing for the past five months, prompted 11 states to declare a drought in 2015 and has now choked the growth of kharif (monsoon) crops, including sesame, millet and rice, for the second monsoon season in a row. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Instructor Elliot Moseselane (L), 32, lies in the bush with his dog, Alpha during a simulated ambush as he and Alpha wear snipers ghillie suits during training at the Battle Creek K9 training facility near Rustenburg, South Africa, 24 May 2016. Handlers and their dogs patrol for up to three days in the bush and use the ghillie suits to blend into the surrounding bush. The secret training camp Battle Creek is located in the African bush, two hours from Johannesburg. An initiative of the Ichikowitz Family Foundation sees dogs and handlers being trained in using Special Forces techniques to try to stem the tide of poaching that has seen thousands of rhinos and other endangered animals killed in South Africa and other African countries over the past decade. Dogs and handlers are drilled to find firearms or contraband, track suspects in the undergrowth and abseil in harnesses from helicopters in pursuit of poachers. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Skies darken near the Washington Monument as a series of late afternoon thunderstorms rumbled through Washington, DC, USA, 28 July 2016. The storms brought an end to the near week-long heat wave that had settled across the mid-Atlantic. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Indian commuters travel in a local train in Mumbai, India, 25 February 2016. Indian Union Minister of Railway, Suresh Prabhu, presented the Rail Budget for the year 2015-16 to the Indian Parliament on 25 February 2016. EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
Spanish riders with lances herd fighting bulls from the ranch of Aguadulce, along with some steers, as they are herded through a forest during the fifth and final 'encierro,' or bull run, in the Fiesta de Cuellar, in Castilla y Leon, Spain, 01 September 2016. The fiesta in Cuella is recognised as one of the oldest in Spain, dating back to 1499. The bulls are herded by hundreds of horsemen through a forest and hills for five kilometers and then into town where runners try their luck and skill running with the bulls. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
Zsofia Foldhazi from Hungary falls off horse Christino during the Show Jumping of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon events in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 August 2016. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
A Syrian man receives first aid in a field hospital following an airstrike allegedly carried out by forces loyal to the Syrian government in the rebel-held city of Douma, outside Damasus, 12 September 2016. According to reports, at least 13 people died in this round of airstrikes. EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT
White House staff members listen to US President Barack Obama speak about Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton for the presidency in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 09 November 2016. Americans voted on Election Day to choose Donald trump as the 45th President of the United States of America to serve from 2017 through 2020. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A file picture dated 19 June 2016 shows a girl with Yemeni women loyal to the Houthi group holding weapons during a gathering supporting the group in Sana'a, Yemen. The picture was awarded an honorably mention in the 'UNICEF Photo of the Year 2016' competition, as a jury announced at a ceremony in Berlin, Germany on 20 December 2016. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
A file picture dated 21 May 2016 show girls attending a seminar, Douma, outskirts of Damascus, Syria. The picture won the third prize in the 'UNICEF Photo of the Year 2016' competition, as a jury announced at a ceremony in Berlin, Germany on 20 December 2016. EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA
An image made available on 18 February 2017 shows then Vice President Joe Biden fighting in a squirt gun battle with children of guests to his annual summer party, called the 'Biden Beach Party Bash,' for his staff and members of the media on the lawn behind his residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, USA, 04 June 2016. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
A young boy suffereing from Edema caused by mulnurishment waits with his medical card to be tended to by the staff from the IMC( international Medical Corps) in the Buhimba refugee camp outside Goma, DRC Congo, 1 December 2007. An estimated 50 000 people have swamped the four refugee camps in the area after an upserge in fighting between the government FARDC (Forces Armees de la Republic Democratic du Congo) and rebels fighters of dissident General, Laurent Nkunda, EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
A barber is busy doing his job as people try to keep on to their daily routines on a street during heavy rain in south Calcutta on Friday 22 September 2006. Daily life of Calcutta has seriously been disturbed by heavy rains for the last 24 hours. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY
A South African woman installs a solar water heating unit on the roof of a home in Kuyasa outside Cape Town, South Africa 20 November 2008. Kuyasa is South Africas first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project registered with the Executive Board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Apart from contributing toward the issue of climate change, the project responds to issues of the diffusion of efficient and renewable energy technologies and socio-economic development by the creation of employment opportunity for a growing population in a manner that is sustainable. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
People try to free a man from the rubble of a destroyed building after an earthquake hit Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 April 2015. The man, later identified as Bishnu Khadka, had been working on a construction site and was rescued, suffering a severe injury on one leg. A 7.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal destroying buildings in Kathmandu and surrounding areas, with unconfirmed rumors of casualties. The epicenter was 80 kilometres north-west of Kathmandu, United States Geological Survey. Strong tremors were also felt in large areas of northern and eastern India and Bangladesh. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA
A file photo dated 31 July 2014 showing French President Francois Hollande drinking a coffee inside 'La Taverne du Croissant' after paying tribute for the 100th anniversary of the murder of Jean Jaures in Paris, France. Yoan Valat, French staff photographer of european pressphoto agency, epa, was awarded the first prize of 2nd edition of the Elysee 2014/ 2015 Photography Award for this image by French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee palace in Paris on 13 November 2015. EPA/YOAN VALAT
A school girl hurls a stone at armed police forces amongst her friends as they boycotted school and toke to the streets during a mass riot to protest against service delivery issues in their twon, Khutsong, South Africa, 14 December 2005. The town was re-zoned into other province that is nutorious for it's lack of basic service delivery like running water, refuse disposal and electricity supply. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Thousands of supporters of former South African Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, celebrate as the news reaches them that he has been acquitted of all charges of rape brought against him at the Johannesburg High Court, Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday 8 May 2006. EPA/Kim Ludbrook
A young Indian boy holds the moving light as the band masters wait for the wedding procession to start near Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India, late 18 April 2012. In countryside areas a very important feature during weddings celebrations is the barat or the wedding procession from the groom's house towards the bride's house accompanied by lights music and brass band. A typical band would have around twenty to five members depending on the size of the wedding procession and they earn from five to eight US dollar per day. EPA/HARISH TYAGI
Lawyers help their injured colleagues after a bomb explosion in restive Quetta, Pakistan, 08 August 2016. At least 34 people mostly lawyers including two journalists were killed when a bomb exploded when dozensof lawyers and journalists gather outside the civil hospital following the assasination of lawyers senior fellow in a target killing in Quetta, 08 August 2016. EPA/JAMAL TARAQAI
A Jewish settler family prays during the annual Purim parade in the Jewish part of the West Bank city of Hebron, 24 March 2016. The joyful Jewish holiday of Purim celebrates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Scroll of Esther. The Israeli army have increased the security level, after two Palestinians were shot dead by an Israeli soldier during a stabbing incident. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic, pictured through a perforated fence, in action against Julia Goerges of Germany during their second round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 21 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament goes from 19 January until 01 February 2015. EPA/Filip Singer
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Bride and her relatives prepares during a traditional wedding ceremony in Bnei Brak, Israel, 27 June 2012 as hundreds of Hasidic Jews attend the wedding of the son of the Nadvorna Hasidic dynasty . EPA/ABIR SULTAN
A protestor is hit by water sprayed from a water cannon during clashes in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey, 11 June 2013. Police used water cannons and tear gas as they moved into Istanbul's Taksim Square, where two weeks of protests have been held, as some demonstrators threw rocks and Molotov cocktails. Authorities used construction machinery to clear barricades erected by the protesters around the central square as police entered it for the first time since 01 June after a crackdown on the demonstrations drew international condemnation. EPA/KERIM OKTEN