Saturday, 12 December 2015

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

The skyline of downtown Pittsburgh, Pa., is reflected in the Allegheny River as it is silhouetted by the rising sun on a foggy morning on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015.
The skyline of downtown Pittsburgh, Pa., is reflected in the Allegheny River as it is silhouetted by the rising sun on a foggy morning on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015.  

The first Zumwalt-class destroyer, the largest ever built for the U.S. Navy, heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. The ship, which has stealth capabilities, is headed out to sea for the first time to undergo sea trials.
The first Zumwalt-class destroyer, the largest ever built for the U.S. Navy, heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. The ship, which has stealth capabilities, is headed out to sea for the first time to undergo sea trials.   
Prisoners perform during a Christmas decorating contest inside their cell at the Nelson Hungria prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. All of the 531 inmates at the Nelson Hungria prison have their own concrete bunk bed, and the spacious cinderblock cells were free of the overpowering stench, thick clouds of mosquitoes and troops of roaches that are a usually a staple of lockups here.
Prisoners perform during a Christmas decorating contest inside their cell at the Nelson Hungria prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. All of the 531 inmates at the Nelson Hungria prison have their own concrete bunk bed, and the spacious cinderblock cells were free of the overpowering stench, thick clouds of mosquitoes and troops of roaches that are a usually a staple of lockups here.  
Lamon Reccord is taken into custody by police officers during a march in Chicago calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Reccord was later released on the scene after protesters blocked the vehicle where he was being held.
Lamon Reccord is taken into custody by police officers during a march in Chicago calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Reccord was later released on the scene after protesters blocked the vehicle where he was being held.  
Mourners visit a makeshift memorial in San Bernardino, Calif. on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, honoring the victims of the fatal shootings by suspects Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29.
Mourners visit a makeshift memorial in San Bernardino, Calif. on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, honoring the victims of the fatal shootings by suspects Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29.   
A boy rides a scooter through a water display reflecting a Ferris wheel as part of the Christmas holiday decorations in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.
A boy rides a scooter through a water display reflecting a Ferris wheel as part of the Christmas holiday decorations in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.   
Residents, property owners and supporters of one of the few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants on the Southeast coast of the United States hold a news conference outside federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, where they filed a lawsuit suing state and county entities, accusing them of discrimination and neglect. The lawsuit alleges landowners on Georgia's Sapelo Island pay high property taxes while receiving few basic services from surrounding McIntosh County or the state of Georgia. They say that’s making it nearly impossible for them to live there and is destroying their community.
Residents, property owners and supporters of one of the few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants on the Southeast coast of the United States hold a news conference outside federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, where they filed a lawsuit suing state and county entities, accusing them of discrimination and neglect. The lawsuit alleges landowners on Georgia's Sapelo Island pay high property taxes while receiving few basic services from surrounding McIntosh County or the state of Georgia. They say that’s making it nearly impossible for them to live there and is destroying their community.  
In this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, a Russian bomber drops bombs on a target. Russia has unleashed another barrage of airstrikes against targets in Syria, including the first combat launch of a new cruise missile from a Russian submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the country's defense minister said Tuesday.
In this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, a Russian bomber drops bombs on a target. Russia has unleashed another barrage of airstrikes against targets in Syria, including the first combat launch of a new cruise missile from a Russian submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the country's defense minister said Tuesday.  
Francisco Sierra, right, his face dripping with blood, fights Marcus Browne in the third round during a cruiserweight boxing match in New York on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Browne defeated Sierra when the fight was stopped in the fourth round.
Francisco Sierra, right, his face dripping with blood, fights Marcus Browne in the third round during a cruiserweight boxing match in New York on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Browne defeated Sierra when the fight was stopped in the fourth round.   
Jockey David Noonan falls from horse Steady Eddie at the first fence during a hurdle race at Doncaster Racecourse in Doncaster, England on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.
Jockey David Noonan falls from horse Steady Eddie at the first fence during a hurdle race at Doncaster Racecourse in Doncaster, England on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.
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