Saturday 19 December 2015

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

Kyle Blessing, of Chesapeake, Va., hugs his fiancee, Petty Officer 2nd Class Sophie Mulkey, as Petty Officer 2nd Class Dan Ravo, of Norfolk, Va., kisses his girlfriend, Kelly Rancier, alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul after returning to Norfolk Naval Station after an eight-month deployment.
Kyle Blessing, of Chesapeake, Va., hugs his fiancee, Petty Officer 2nd Class Sophie Mulkey, as Petty Officer 2nd Class Dan Ravo, of Norfolk, Va., kisses his girlfriend, Kelly Rancier, alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul after returning to Norfolk Naval Station after an eight-month deployment.  

Jazmin Holloway sits below a mural depicting Freddie Gray at the intersection of his arrest, in Baltimore on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. The first trial to determine whether a police officer is criminally responsible for Gray's death from a broken neck in a police van ended with a hung jury and a mistrial.
Jazmin Holloway sits below a mural depicting Freddie Gray at the intersection of his arrest, in Baltimore on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. The first trial to determine whether a police officer is criminally responsible for Gray's death from a broken neck in a police van ended with a hung jury and a mistrial.  
Shiite tribesmen, known as Houthis, hold their weapons during a tribal gathering showing support for the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. A tenuous ceasefire is holding in Yemen despite some violations, as U.N.-brokered peace talks between the country's U.S. and Saudi-backed internationally recognized government and Shiite rebels start in Switzerland.
Shiite tribesmen, known as Houthis, hold their weapons during a tribal gathering showing support for the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. A tenuous ceasefire is holding in Yemen despite some violations, as U.N.-brokered peace talks between the country's U.S. and Saudi-backed internationally recognized government and Shiite rebels start in Switzerland.  
Pallbearers rest their hands on the coffin of Tin Nguyen during her funeral in Santa Ana, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Nguyen died in the Dec. 2 mass shootings in San Bernardino, Calif.
Pallbearers rest their hands on the coffin of Tin Nguyen during her funeral in Santa Ana, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Nguyen died in the Dec. 2 mass shootings in San Bernardino, Calif.  
Members of the U.S. Military Academy Band from West Point gather before marching on the field prior to the 116th Army Navy NCAA college football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.
Members of the U.S. Military Academy Band from West Point gather before marching on the field prior to the 116th Army Navy NCAA college football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.  
A Kashmiri demonstrator throws stones amid tear gas used by the government forces to disperse him and others in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. The protest was held against an intended enforcement of food safety act which will limit the subsidized ration per person in the state to 5 kilograms (11 pounds) from the present 30 kilograms (66 pounds).
A Kashmiri demonstrator throws stones amid tear gas used by the government forces to disperse him and others in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. The protest was held against an intended enforcement of food safety act which will limit the subsidized ration per person in the state to 5 kilograms (11 pounds) from the present 30 kilograms (66 pounds).  
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Orie Lemon (45) carries a U.S. flag as he runs past flaming columns onto the field during team introductions before an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Orie Lemon (45) carries a U.S. flag as he runs past flaming columns onto the field during team introductions before an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015.
An indigenous man pretends to talk on a phone while yelling toward Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at the opening of the First National Conference of Indigenous Peoples in Brasilia, Brazil on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Representatives from various ethnic groups are participating, debating issues such as health, education and demarcation of indigenous lands.
An indigenous man pretends to talk on a phone while yelling toward Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at the opening of the First National Conference of Indigenous Peoples in Brasilia, Brazil on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Representatives from various ethnic groups are participating, debating issues such as health, education and demarcation of indigenous lands.   
A young clown rides in the back of a car following a procession to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Hundreds belonging to various clown associations made their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint.
A young clown rides in the back of a car following a procession to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Hundreds belonging to various clown associations made their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint.  
The gold mask of King Tutankhamun is displayed in a glass case in the Egyptian Museum near Cario's Tahrir Square on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty says the famed golden burial mask has been fixed, over a year after the beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued back with epoxy. A German-Egyptian team started the restoration work in October.
The gold mask of King Tutankhamun is displayed in a glass case in the Egyptian Museum near Cario's Tahrir Square on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty says the famed golden burial mask has been fixed, over a year after the beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued back with epoxy. A German-Egyptian team started the restoration work in October. 
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