Royal baby: Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their baby son Prince George outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in central London July 23, 2013. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, ending weeks of feverish anticipation about the arrival of the royal baby
Bali New Year: A Balinese man kicks up fire during the Perang Api (Fire War) ritual ahead of Nyepi day, in Gianyar on the Indonesian island of Bali, March 11. Nyepi is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate new year
Myanmar clashes: A man stands in front of a mosque as it burns in Meikhtila March 21, 2013. The central Myanmar town declared a curfew after clashes killed 10 people, including a Buddhist monk, and injured at least 20
Kenya shopping mall: An injured woman cries for help after gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21
Westgate attack: A child runs to safety as armed police hunt gunmen who went on a shooting spree at Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi September 21
Love: Donald Smitherman, 98, kisses his wife Marlene at the end of a dance in Sun City, Arizona, January 5. Sun City was built in 1959 by entrepreneur Del Webb as America's first active retirement community for the over-55s
Sandy Hook: Nelba Greene (R), husband Jimmy and her mother Elba Marquez (L), grieve over the loss of daughter Ana Grace at the launch of the Sandy Hook Promise in Newtown, Connecticut
Washington Ball: President Barack Obama bows to first lady Michelle Obama, as singer Jennifer Hudson (R) performs behind them, at the Inaugural Ball in Washington, January 21, 2013
Questioning: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at intense questioning on September attacks on US diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington January 23
Blast off! Sixth grade students from the Park Maitland School in Maitland, Florida, watch as Marine One carrying U.S. President Barack Obama to Las Vegas takes off from the South Lawn at the White House
Gun violence: Ronnie Chambers Jr. looks at his mother Tahitah Myles (obscured) as she collapses during the funeral for his father Ronnie Chambers, 33, a victim of gun violence, in Chicago February 4
Fly on the president: A fly lands between the eyes of Barack Obama while he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, January 24
Mars: A mapping researcher of Crew 125 EuroMoonMars B mission collects geologic samples for study at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah, March 2. The MDRS aims to investigate human exploration of Mars
Capitol Hill shooting: Rescue personnel stand around a smashed police car following a shooting near Capitol Hill in Washington, October 3. The Capitol was in lockdown after gunshots were fired outside the building
Banksy: A dog urinates on a new work by British graffiti artist Banksy on West 24th street in New York City, October 3, 2013
Colorado fire: A house sits undamaged in the aftermath of the Black Forest Fire in Black Forest, Colorado June 13. Hundreds of fire-fighters made a determined stand to stop the wildfire
Sopranos death: People congregate at the bar of Satin Dolls, which stood in for the Bada Bing Club filmed in the television show The Sopranos, in Lodi, New Jersey, after actor James Gandolfini died
Plane crash: Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California July 6, killing two people
Man's best friend: Dan McManus and his service dog Shadow hang glide together outside Salt Lake City, Utah, July 22. McManus suffers from anxiety and Shadow's presence and companionship help him to manage
Mayor race: New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin at a news conference in New York, July 23
Olympic joy: Members of the Tokyo bid committee celebrate as Jacques Rogge President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announces Tokyo as the city to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Marriage: Palestinian groom Ahmed Soboh, 15 and his bride Tala, 14, stand inside Tala's house during their wedding party in the town of Beit Lahiya, near the border between Israeli and Gaza Strip September 24
Autumn time: A passenger aircraft, with the full Harvest Moon seen behind, makes its final approach to landing at Heathrow Airport in west London, September 19
Camping in China: Numerous tents are seen during the 2013 International I Camping Festival in Mount Wugongshan of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, September 14
Mexico independence: Troops hold coloured cards during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at the Zocalo square in downtown Mexico City September 16
New developments: A female migrant construction worker walks into her dormitory near newly-built residential apartments in Shanghai, China, August 12
Miss America: Miss New York Nina Davuluri (L) reacts with 2013 Miss America Mallory Hagan after being chosen winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 15
Syria: A member of the 'Ansar Dimachk' Brigade, part of the 'Asood Allah' Brigade which operates under the Free Syrian Army, uses an iPad to fire a homemade mortar at one of the battlefronts in Damascus Sept 15
Row to safety: Evacuees displaced from their homes due to fighting between government soldiers and Muslim rebels are seen in boats during sunset at a wharf in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines September 14
Cruise ship disaster: The Costa Concordia lies on its side next to Giglio Island August 26, has lain partly submerged in shallow waters off the Tuscan island of Giglio since the accident in January 2012
9/11: A man walks through the 9/11 Empty Sky memorial at sunrise across from New York's Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 11
San Diego Chargers Eddie Royal (11) is hit hard by Houston Texans cornerback Brice McCain (21) and defensive back Shiloh Keo (31) to force an incomplete pass during an NFL football game in San Diego, Sept 9
Morgan fire: Residents flee as winds whip flames from the Morgan fire along Morgan Territory Road near Clayton, California, September 9
Syrian weapons: Issa, 10, carries a mortar shell in a weapons factory of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, September 7
Rodman in N Korea: Former basketball star Dennis Rodman's arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport September 7. Rodman returned from his second visit to North Korea this year where he again met Kim Jong-un
Hunger games: Nuns sit at a fast food restaurant downtown of Guatemala City August 28
Climber: A man climbs outside a window with a knife, after holding his mother captive in the home, as his mother and a plain clothes policeman look on, in Anshan, Liaoning province, China, August 26
Sailing: The Team Emirates New Zealand sails before the third race of their Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series yacht race against Luna Rossa Challenge in San Francisco, California August 18
Fake wedding: A couple waits to participate in a staged mass wedding, organised as part of a matchmaking event to inspire singles to get married, in a suburban area of Shanghai May 18
Miley Cyrus twerks on stage with Robin Thicke as they perform Blurred Lines during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 25
Greasy tradition: A man runs up the 'gostra', a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, outside Valletta, Malta, August 25
Raped journalist: The abandoned textile mill where a photo journalist was raped by five men in Mumbai, India, August 23
No hands: Angelica Murillo, 37, at her home in Tegucigalpa August 21. Angelica's husband attacked her in 2008, accusing her of having an affair, and cut off her two hands with a machete while trying to kill her
Baseball: New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez in the visitors dugout before the Yankees' American League baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts August 16
Soccer: France's Mathieu Valbuena (R) is challenged by Belgium's Marouane Fellaini (L) and Vincent Kompany (C) during their international friendly soccer match at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels August 14
Israeli clashes: An Israeli policeman drags an ultra-Orthodox man during clashes in the town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem August 12
Mo Farah (R) of Britain sprints to the finish line to win the men's 10,000 metres final ahead of Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia (L) and Timothy Toroitich of Uganda during IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow August 10
Cricket: England's captain Alastair Cook runs out to bat before the fourth Ashes test cricket match against Australia at the Riverside in Chester-le-Street near Durham August 9
Italian PM: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves to supporters as his girlfriend Francesca Pascale looks on during a rally to protest his tax fraud conviction, outside his palace in Rome August 4
Shower time: An Afghan man washes his horse in Kabul August 4
Wild Wild West: Nick 'The Quick' Nica of Montreal, Quebec, draws and fires his single action revolver while competing in the Canadian Open Fast Draw Championships in Aldergrove, British Columbia July 21
Mass confessions: A woman draped in the Brazilian national flag gives her confession at confessional booths set up at Quinta da Boa Vista park for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 24
China earthquake: Song Xuxia, 19, receives treatment at a hospital after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Minxian county, Dingxi, Gansu province July 23
Quick snooze: Labourers who work nearby nap on a road as cars drive past in Chongqing Municipality, China, July 23
The pope visits Brazil: Pope Francis greets a crowd of the faithful from his Popemobile in downtown Rio de Janeiro, July 22
Belgian royals: Belgium's royal family Queen Fabiola, Queen Paola, King Albert II, Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde (front row, L-R) attend a Te Deum mass celebrating the 20th anniversary of the reign of Belgium's King Albert II
Running of the bulls: A 31-year-old runner gets gored by a bull on Estafeta Street during the sixth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 12
Floods in China: An excavator is used to move villagers away from a flooded area during heavy rainfall in Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, China, July 10
Malta: A Somali would-be immigrant looks out of a window on a police bus after arriving at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) Maritime Squadron base in Valletta, Malta, July 10
Russia politics: Policemen detain Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny after he visited the city's election commission office to be registered as a mayoral election candidate in Moscow July 10
Bullfighting: A fighting cow leaps over revellers into the bull ring after the fourth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 10
Quebec train: A firefighter stands near the wreckage of a train derailment and explosion, in Lac-Megantic July 8. The driverless fuel train exploded in a deadly ball of flames in the centre of the small Quebec town
Wimbeldon: Andy Murray of Britain holds the winner's trophy up to spectators after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their men's singles final tennis match at the Wimbledon in London, July 7
What a drag: A man relaxes in costume before a drag queen contest in Rome, Italy, July 5
Snowden: An empty passenger seat believed to be reserved by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seen on a plane to Cuba in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, June 24
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng prepares himself before an interview with Reuters in Taipei June 24
Caught: A family runs for cover as they come between law enforcement troops and protesters outside the stadium before the Confederations Cup soccer match between Nigeria and Uruguay in Salvador June 20
Dancing kids: Children dance at the quay of the Black Sea in the Crimean village of Beregove, Ukraine, June 20
Dressed for Ascot: A racegoer wearing a Union flag-inspired outfit arrives for Ladies' Day at the Royal Ascot horse-racing festival at Ascot, southern England June 20
Floods in India: A submerged statue of the Hindu Lord Shiva stands amid the floodwaters of the Ganges river at Rishikesh in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand June 17
Not too happy: President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17
Asylum: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino (R) at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16
Brazilian soccer: Men play soccer between the shadows of buildings on Boa Viagem Beach in Recife, Brazil, June 14
Snowden in Hong Kong: Passengers watch a television screen broadcasting news on Edward Snowden, a contractor at the US National Security Agency (NSA) on a train in Hong Kong, June 14
Knitting up a storm: Yarnbombers display some of the guerrilla knitting and crocheting which they plan to use when they target next week's G8 summit, in the Mourne Mountains, near Newcastle, County Down, June 13
Fishing: Binata Pinata stands on top of a rock holding a fish her husband Kaibakia (L) has just caught off Bikeman islet, located off South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati, May 25
Germany floods: A garden with a swimming pool is inundated by the waters of the Elbe river during floods near Magdeburg in the federal state of Saxony Anhalt, Germany, June 10
Got one! Fisherman Ompong Vargas, 39, wearing a facial mask made of fabric to protect his skin from getting darker, holds a fish in his mouth as he uses his hands to search for a net at Laguna de Bay in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 24
Marialena, a homeless AIDS sufferer and former drug addict on a methadone rehabilitation program, pushes away boyfriend, who is trying to clean up her self-inflicted wounds, under a bridge in Athens, Greece, May 15
Kissing couple: A young couple, who are anti-government protesters, kisses inside a damaged public bus, used as a barricade at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 5
Amazonians: Munduruku Indians, many of whom are flying for the first time, board a Brazilian Air Force plane to fly to Brasilia, Brazil, for talks with the government, in Altamira, June 4
Eviction: Manuel Contreras, 11, kisses his niece Ainhoa, as his mother Carmen Acedo del Lago cries before learning that their eviction by the Municipal Housing and Land Company (EMVS) was postponed in Madrid, June 4
Tiananmen Square: Tens of thousands of people participate in a candlelight vigil under heavy rain at Hong Kong's Victoria Park, June 4, 2013, to mark the 24th anniversary of the military crackdown of the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989
In hard times: A man walks his dog past a vacant shop, with graphics pasted to the outside to make it look like a working butcher's shop, in the village of Belcoo, Northern Ireland June 3, 2013. Local councils in Northern Ireland have painted fake shop fronts and covered derelict buildings with huge billboards to hide the economic hardship being felt in towns and villages near the golf resort where G8 leaders have met in June
Mourning: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man mourns upon hearing news about the death of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual mentor of the ultra-religious Shas political party, in Jerusalem October 7, 2013. Yosef, an Iraqi-born sage who turned an Israeli underclass of Sephardic Jews of Middle Eastern heritage into a powerful political force, died on October 7, 2013 at the age of 93, plunging masses of followers into mourning
A commuter looks out of the window of a 60-year-old cable car in the town of Chiatura, some 220 km (136 miles) northwest of Tbilisi, Georgia, September 12, 2013. Dating to the Soviet era, Chiatura's public cable cars were built to facilitate the manganese mining industry, which formed the bedrock of the town's economy. Sixty years later, 15 of Chiatura's 21 cable car routes are still running, covering a total length of over 6000 meters (3.7 miles), and they are still the quickest and most convenient way of getting around, despite their advanced years
Japan's PM: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen through a window of his plane as he arrives at Ngurai Rai airport in Denpasar, Bali, October 6, 2013, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit
Mittal riots: A woman walks behind Belgian riot policemen during clashes with Arcelor Mittal workers from several Liege steel plants demonstrating outside the Walloon Region parliament in Namur January 29, 2013. Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel producer, plans to shut a coke plant and six finishing lines at its site in Liege, Belgium, which will affect 1,300 employees, the group said
Greece: Supporters of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party hold torches during a gathering in Athens February 2, 2013. Thousands of supporters gathered to pay tribute to three Greek officers who were killed in 1996 when their helicopter crashed over the eastern Aegean isle of Imia during a crisis with Turkey
Snipers in Syria: A Free Syrian Army fighter holds the head of a mannequin up to a hole in a wall of a Syrian Army base to attract and locate a sniper during heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighbourhood of Damascus February 3
Spain train crash: An injured man, identified by Spanish newspapers El Pais and El Mundo as the train driver Francisco Jose Garzon, is helped by a policeman after a train crashed near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013. Garzon, the driver of the Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital after the dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed
Turkish protests: Protesters run after a prison van as an unidentified defendant sticks his fist out as he is driven to a courthouse in Silivri, where a hearing for people charged with attempting to overthrow Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted government is due to take place, August 5, 2013. A Turkish court began sentencing nearly 300 defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the government, handing prison sentences of up to 20 years to some and acquitting 21 others. The court was announcing the verdicts individually
Chemical weapons: A man holds the body of a dead child among bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus August 21, 2013. Syrian activists said at least 213 people, including women and children, were killed in a nerve gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on rebel-held districts of the Ghouta region east of Damascus
Rock 'n' Roll: Women, dressed in fifties-style outfits, cool off their feet in a swimming pool during the 19th Rockin' Race Jamboree international festival at Disco Apartments Buensol in Torremolinos, near Malaga, southern Spain February 9, 2013. About 2,000 people attended the four-day festival, which is a music party for rock 'n' roll music lovers
Chemical weapons experts: Handprints are pictured on a U.N. vehicle carrying a team of U.N. chemical weapons experts visiting one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus August 28, 2013. U.N. chemical weapons experts investigating an apparent gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus made a second trip across the front line to take samples
Living in a grave: Bratislav Stojanovic, a homeless man, holds candles as he sits in a tomb where he lives in the southern Serbian town of Nis February 9, 2013. Stojanovic, 43, a Nis-born construction worker never had a regular job. He first lived in abandoned houses, but about 15 years ago he settled in the old city cemetery
Mass Mexican wedding: A newlywed couple kisses as their baby sleeps during a mass wedding on Valentine's Day in Ciudad Juarez February 14, 2013. About 3,400 couples tied the knot in the mass wedding ceremony organised by the Civil Registry and the state government to formalise their relationships by entering an alternative legal status and to commemorate Valentine's Day, local media reported
Nude modelling: A model poses nude while a girl draws her during an art workshop on Valentine's Day in Mexico City February 14, 2013
Power to the women: Women, who are part of 'Sawt al-Haq' (Voice of Rights), stand with their weapons as they undergo military training in Aleppo February 17, 2013. The group of women are undergoing military training to form the Nazek Obeid group as part of the Sawt al-Haq battalion, which is based on the frontline of Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood
Twitter: An illustration picture shows the Twitter logo reflected in the eye of a woman in Berlin, November 7, 2013. Twitter Inc priced its initial public offering above its expected range to raise at least $1.8 billion, in a sign of strong investor demand for the most highly anticipated U.S. public float since Facebook Inc.
Murder trial: 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius awaits the start of court proceedings in the Pretoria Magistrates court February 19, 2013. Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was applying for bail after being charged in court with shooting dead his girlfriend, 30-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria house. Standing behind Oscar (3rd L), wearing a scarf, is his sister Aimee, and his brother Carl (4th L). To his right in green, are members of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Gaza Strip smuggling: A Palestinian works inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian forces, beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip February 19, 2013. Egypt will not tolerate a two-way flow of smuggled arms with the Gaza Strip that is destabilising its Sinai peninsula, a senior aide to its Islamist president said, explaining why Egyptian forces flooded sub-border tunnels
Dangerous games: Boys play on the roof of the entrance to a football stadium in Gao, Mali, February 20, 2013
Tax issues: French film star Gerard Depardieu (R) shows his passport stamped with a residency permit as Vladimir Volkov, head of the Republic of Mordovia, applauds during a visit to the town of Saransk, southeast of Moscow February 23
Greece floods: A woman is rescued from floodwaters by a resident standing on top of her car during heavy rain in the Chalandri suburb, north of Athens February 22, 2013
Sewing: Free Syrian Army fighter sews cloth in Aleppo February 24, 2013
High-security smartphone: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a BlackBerry Z10 smartphone featuring high security Secusite software, used for governmental communication, at the booth of Secusmart during her opening tour at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover March 5, 2013
Journalists at Fukushima: Workers screen a bus for radiation on which members of the media sit during a media tour at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, March 6, 2013, ahead of the second-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake. Members of the media were allowed into the plant ahead of the second-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake, which triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl
Hugo Chavez death: The coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is driven through the streets of Caracas after leaving the military hospital where he died of cancer, March 6, 2013
International Women's Day: An Afghan woman looks out from a helicopter window during a tour to mark International Women's Day at the International Airport in Kabul March 7, 2013
Mali women: Hally Bara, an artisan, poses for a picture in front of traditional Songhai and Tuareg headdresses and jewellery she made at the store in her house in Gao March 6, 2013. Radical Islamist group Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) placed limitations on the wearing of traditional women's headdresses during their nine-month reign in Gao, which ended in January with the arrival of French and Malian troops. The headdresses, made of beads, gemstones, fabric and fake hair, and traditionally worn by elites for special occasions, were criticised by MUJAO, who said they were not Islamic enough. Issues surrounding the treatment of women are receiving special attention on March 8, which marks International Women's Day.
Israel clashes: Palestinians react to tear gas fired by Israeli police during clashes after Friday prayers at a compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City March 8, 2013. Israeli police fired stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshippers who had thrown rocks and firebombs at them after prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, police said
Mexican violence: The wrapped bodies of two dead people hang from an overpass as three more dead bodies lie on the ground in Saltillo March 8, 2013. Three of the five male bodies were hanging from the overpass while the other two were lying on the ground when they were found, according to local media
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