



A view of a West African crowned crane at the Pata Zoo located on the top floor of a shopping center in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 29. Native of wetlands and grasslands of the equatorial West Africa the West African crowned crane is listed as vulnerable by the Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as their numbers in decline mainly due to habitat loss and destruction, as well as over-collection for the pet trade.



Relatives of one of the victims killed in a suicide attack on a National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) office, react outside a hospital in Mardan, Pakistan, on December 29. At least 22 civilians were killed and more than 37 injured when a man on a motorbike blew himself up outside the office of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), an agency responsible for issuing citizen identity cards in Mardan. A faction claiming affiliation to the Pakistan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

People run away from tear gas and water cannon as they protest against curfews on December 29, in Diyarbakir. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused today the leader of the main Kurdish party Selahattin Demirtas of "treason" over his call for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority.



Maria Rosario Corrales , right, hugs her mother, Juana Hernandez, who is 101 years old and originally from Honduras, after she had been sworn in as a naturalized U.S. citizen, at the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services office on December 29, in Miami, Florida. Juana Hernandez was part of the citizenship ceremony that included 140 others and is the last swearing in service of the year for the Miami office.