وێنهی 28 ی دهی 2014
Dancers from Mathew Bourne’s “cygneture” ballet, “Swan Lake,” pose in front of Australia’s landmark Opera House and Harbor Bridge in Sydney.
A pro-democracy protester photographs people waving lights next to the central government offices in Hong Kong. Activists, marking a month of mass protests, call for an evening rally and wear masks to ward off police tear gas.
A Dallas Cowboys cheerleader in a zombie costume performs at halftime of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas, USA, Oct. 27, 2014.
Dew drops glitter on a spider web in Vertou near Nantes, France.
Winners of a Miss Chinese contest -- from left, He Wenqian, Liu Zhongqing and Yang Xue -- pose with giant panda triplets at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province Oct. 27, 2014.
Russian Geographic Society staff members carry the body of baby mammoth to display in Moscow. The 39,000-year-old creature was found in the Siberian permafrost along the Yukagir coastline. Scientists call Yuka the best-preserved mammoth in history.
Demonstrators in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, protest plans to let President Blaise Compaoré extend his rule beyond 30 years. The demonstrators face tear gas fired by security forces.
A diamond-encrusted sword, from the royal family of Monaco's private Napoleonic collection, is shown at Paris’ Osenat auction house. Nearly 1,000 objects will be offered Nov. 15-16.
An Indian Hindu offers prayers a day before the Chhath festival on the Yamuna river in New Delhi. In this celebration of the sun god Surya, devotees fast by day and offer prayers as the sun sets over water.
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Gulf of Aden as its strike group returns to the naval station in Norfolk, Virginia, after operations in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abe McNatt)