Sunday, 29 December 2013
FLOWERS LEFT BY MOURNERS SURROUND A PORTRAIT OF NELSON MANDELA
Flowers left by mourners surround a portrait of Nelson Mandela in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on Dec. 6. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died on Dec. 5 aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state.
A PROTESTER HOLD A STICK
A protester holds a stick over a drum bearing the printed portrait of Ukraine's President as he takes part in an opposition protest against the current Ukrainian government in the western Ukrainain city of Lviv on Dec. 6. Protesters have since Dec. 1 controlled Kiev's main Independence Square in response to Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to bow to Russian pressure and reject a historic deal with the European Union that would have pulled Ukraine out of Moscow's orbit for the first time. Yanukovych held unannounced talks in Russia on Dec. 6 with Vladimir Putin on a new strategic partnership treaty with Moscow, a move that risks further galvanizing mass pro-Western demonstrations against his rule.
TAMMY HOLMES
Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren, two-year-old Charlotte Walker, left, four-year-old Esther Walker, third from left, nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, second from right, and six-year-old Caleb Walker, right, take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart, Australia on Jan. 4, 2013 The family credits God with their survival from the fire that destroyed around 90 homes in Dunalley.
GRAND PRIZE AND NATURE WINNER
Grand Prize and Nature Winner: The Ice Bear- A polar bear peers up from beneath the melting sea ice on Hudson Bay as the setting midnight sun glows red from the smoke of distant fires during a record-breaking spell of hot weather. The Manitoba population of polar bears, the southernmost in the world, is particularly threatened by a warming climate and reduced sea ice.
Eve Grayson, a Reindeer
Eve Grayson, a Reindeer herder of the Cairgorm Reindeer Herd, feeds the deer on December 23, 2013 in Aviemore, Scotland. Reindeer were introduced to Scotland in 1952 by Swedish Sami Reindeer herder, Mikel Utsi. Starting with just a few reindeer, the herd has now grown in numbers over the years and is currently at about 130 by controlling the breeding.
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