Saturday 5 December 2015

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A Palestinian man inspects the house of Raeb Ahmed Muhammad Alivi which was demolished by the Israeli army, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The military says Alivi led a five-member Hamas cell that shot and killed U.S. citizen Eitam Henkin and his wife, Naama, as they drove in the northern West Bank on Oct. 1. He was arrested days after the attack.
A Palestinian man inspects the house of Raeb Ahmed Muhammad Alivi which was demolished by the Israeli army, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The military says Alivi led a five-member Hamas cell that shot and killed U.S. citizen Eitam Henkin and his wife, Naama, as they drove in the northern West Bank on Oct. 1. He was arrested days after the attack.  

A paramilitary police officer stands guard near Tiananmen Gate shrouded with heavy pollution and fog in Beijing, China on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Schools in the capital kept students indoors and parents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments Tuesday as Beijing grappled with extremely severe air pollution for the fifth straight day.
A paramilitary police officer stands guard near Tiananmen Gate shrouded with heavy pollution and fog in Beijing, China on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Schools in the capital kept students indoors and parents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments Tuesday as Beijing grappled with extremely severe air pollution for the fifth straight day.  
A police officer hits a demonstrator with his baton during an anti-corruption demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Over a hundred demonstrators marched to the supreme court, parliament, and State House on Tuesday to demand the government crack down on graft.
A police officer hits a demonstrator with his baton during an anti-corruption demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Over a hundred demonstrators marched to the supreme court, parliament, and State House on Tuesday to demand the government crack down on graft.   
Elda Flores, center, stands with her daughter and grandchildren at the San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 during a candlelight vigil for victims of Wednesday's shootings. The FBI announced Friday that it is investigating the mass shooting at an office party as an act of terrorism, but the agency's director said there is no indication that the husband and wife suspects were part of a larger plot or members of a terror cell.
Elda Flores, center, stands with her daughter and grandchildren at the San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 during a candlelight vigil for victims of Wednesday's shootings. The FBI announced Friday that it is investigating the mass shooting at an office party as an act of terrorism, but the agency's director said there is no indication that the husband and wife suspects were part of a larger plot or members of a terror cell.  
Iran's Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar walks past French and United Nations flags after addressing world leaders at the U.N. climate change conference in Le Bourget, France, outside Paris on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.
Iran's Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar walks past French and United Nations flags after addressing world leaders at the U.N. climate change conference in Le Bourget, France, outside Paris on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.  
People receive food packets distributed by navy personnel in Chennai, India, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. The rains that lashed the state for three days eased Friday, but large parts of the main city remain flooded, including the region's biggest airport.
People receive food packets distributed by navy personnel in Chennai, India, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. The rains that lashed the state for three days eased Friday, but large parts of the main city remain flooded, including the region's biggest airport.   
A man walks on a road between snow-covered farm fields in Ryongbyon county, North Pyongan, North Korea on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 at the start of the winter season.
A man walks on a road between snow-covered farm fields in Ryongbyon county, North Pyongan, North Korea on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 at the start of the winter season.   
Lightning flashes inside a plume of smoke during an eruption of Mt. Etna near Catania, Italy on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Europe's most active volcano, 3,350 meters (10,990 feet) high, erupts frequently.
Lightning flashes inside a plume of smoke during an eruption of Mt. Etna near Catania, Italy on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Europe's most active volcano, 3,350 meters (10,990 feet) high, erupts frequently.  
Traffic streaks past a display of red ribbons, the international symbol for AIDS awareness, on buildings on Arbat Street in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. While the rate of HIV infection is on a global decline as World AIDS Day is marked Tuesday, the number of new infections in Russia continues to rise.
Traffic streaks past a display of red ribbons, the international symbol for AIDS awareness, on buildings on Arbat Street in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. While the rate of HIV infection is on a global decline as World AIDS Day is marked Tuesday, the number of new infections in Russia continues to rise.