وێنهی 23 ی دوازدهی 2014
Grandmother (R) and mother of Muhammad Ali Khan, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on Army Public School, react during a visit by Imran Khan (L), chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, at the school in Peshawar. Taliban gunmen broke into the school and opened fire on Dec. 16, 2014, killing 132 students and nine staff members, witnesses said.
Floral tributes are placed close to the scene of a truck accident in Glasgow. Flags were flown at half-staff above Scottish government buildings to remember six people killed when an out-of-control truck ploughed into Christmas shoppers on Dec. 22, 2014.
The coffin of Sydney siege victim Tori Johnson is carried to the hearse after a funeral service in Sydney, Australia. A private funeral was held for Johnson -- hailed as a hero after trying to wrestle the weapon from Iranian-born gunman Man Haron Monis.
A police officer stands in front of a banner reading "All Lives Matter," hung from a building across the street from a makeshift memorial at the site where two police officers were fatally shot in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 22, 2014.
Pied avocets fly over the Lake Boyang in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China.
Yemenis gather at the scene of a bomb explosion that targeted the house of a member of the Shi'ite Huthi movement in the capital Sana'a. Five small bombs hit the center of the capital, mostly controlled by Shi'ite militiamen since September, killing at least one of them and wounding two others, a medic said.
Paper lanterns are released as a part of Christmas festivities in Zagreb, Croatia, Dec. 22, 2014.
A protester argues with police in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv. Lawmakers in the government-controlled chamber overwhelmingly adopted a bill dropping the country's non-aligned status - a classification given to states such as Switzerland which refuse to join military alliances and thus play no part in wars.
A dolphin moves to return a parcel to its trainer during a special Christmas show at the Shinagawa Aqua Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
A Pakistani Christian boy decorates a tree in preparation for the upcoming Christmas holiday in Islamabad's slums.
People visit newly-built ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights during a trial operation of the 16th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, Dec. 22, 2014.