Photos of the Day: 12/30
Images from around the world.
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A member of the All Veterans Parachute Team drops into the Amon G. Carter Stadium with before the Armed Forces Bowl on Monday between the Navy Midshipmen and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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An elderly man listens to a faint radio signal Monday at a makeshift camp for the displaced on a church ground in the Castor neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A Bahraini woman walks past images Monday of jailed opposition figures Sheik Hassan Mushaima, a Shiite cleric, left, and Ibrahim Sharif, right, the Sunni leader of a secular opposition society, in Malkiya, Bahrain. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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An elephant trainer gives water to a wild Sumatran elephant after it was tranquilized and relocated Monday to a conservation center in Minas, Riau province, Indonesia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The South East Crater of Mt. Etna erupts as seen from the Schiena dell’Asino, near Catania, in Sicily. Mt. Etna erupts quite frequently — the last eruption occurred a couple of weeks ago, causing no damages. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A supporter of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League pelts stone during a clash with the supporters of the Bangladesh’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ruling party supporters and their opponents threw stones at each other on the second day of sporadic violence in the Bangladeshi capital, after heavy police presence foiled an opposition plan for a rally to pressure the government to scrap next month’s election. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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An Afghan feeds pigeons outside the Karti Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kabul has been experiencing below freezing weather and snow. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A Nepalese Gurung community woman in traditional attire smiles as she dances during Tamu Loshar in Katmandu, Nepal. Tamu Loshar is the New Year of the Gurung community, an indigenous community who also call themselves Tamu. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A Lebanese friend of 16-year-old Mohammed Shaar, who was one of seven people killed in a car bomb that ripped through the upscale downtown district of Beirut, is comforted by others as he mourns during a sit-in at the scene of the explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon. The teenager in the red hoodie, black glasses and scruffy hair gazed in the group selfie on a sunny day in the upscale, downtown district of Beirut. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Photos of the Day: 12/30
An Afghan feeds pigeons outside the Karti Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kabul has been experiencing below freezing weather and snow. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS