The Washington Monument stands beyond a heavy fog clinging to the Potomac River as a cyclist makes his way along a riverbank path in Washington D.C. Unseasonably warm and rainy weather has created foggy conditions along the eastern seaboard, causing many holiday travel delays.
The child of Kurdish migrants stands outside a tent at the Grande Synthe migrant camp near Dunkerque in northern France. More than 2,000 migrants, mostly Iraqis and Kurds, live in the camp.
People offer prayers beside the grave of Mehmet Tekin, 38, who was killed at his home in Cizre, during his funeral in Sirnak, Turkey. The number of Kurdish rebels killed in a massive Turkish military offensive in the restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source told AFP.
A worshiper prays inside the cave, where Virgin Mary is believed to have given birth to Jesus, under the Church of Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.