US Garrett McNamara (L) and US Mark Healey (R) compete during a free session of surf tow in, in the southern Pacific ocean island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, on June 1, 2013 in Teahupoo.
Riders reach the crest of a dune during the opening lap of the main race of the 2013 RHL Weston beach race in Weston-Super-Mare, southwest England, on October 13, 2013.
This photo taken on April 21, 2013 shows people running during aftershocks to avoid falling rocks on their way to the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province.
An Egyptian woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from hurting a wounded youth during clashes that broke out as Egyptian security forces moved in to disperse supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi in a huge protest camp near Rabaa
Protesters use tear gas and throw stones during clashes with riot police in front of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine during a rally in Kiev on November 24, 2013.
This photo shows the approaching tornado on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb May 21, 2013 after the monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at
Members of an international religious movement called the White Brotherhood perform ritual dances on the top of the Rila Mountain, near Babreka lake, on August 19, 2013.
A soldier of the French foreign legion wearing a skeleton mask stands next to an armored vehicule in a street in Niono, on January 20, 2013.
Chelsea's Spanish striker Fernando Torres (L) tussles with Tottenham Hotspur's Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen (R) after a tackle during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at White Hart Lane in London on
A supermoon rises next to the ancient Greek temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, some 65 kilometers south of Athens, on June 23, 2013.
Brazilian big wave surfer Carlos Burle rides a wave in Nazare, central Portugal, on October 28, 2013.
Rebels of the Seleka coalition arrest a man wearing military fatigues, claiming to also belong to the Seleka movement, suspected of looting a house in a popular neighbourood of Bangui on March 26, 2013.
U.S. golfer Tiger Woods hits a ball as he poses during an event to promote the upcoming Turkish Airlines Open golf tournament, on the Bosphorus Bridge that links the city's European and Asian sides, in Istanbul, on November 5, 2013. Woods was in
Ariel Castro is arraigned at Cleveland Municipal Court for the kidnapping of three women May 9, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Unemployed American bus driver Ariel Castro appeared in court Thursday to faces charges that he kidnapped and raped three young
This frame grab taken from AFPTV footage received on May 28, 2013 shows rescue workers breaking away bits of a pipe to remove a newborn baby boy stuck inside in the city of Jinhua, in the eastern province of Zhejiang.
A protester covers his mouth with a dollar bill as he joins others in a demonstration in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013 urging congress to pass the budget bill.
Tribesmen lead their camels through the sand dunes of the Liwa desert, 220 kms west of Abu Dhabi, on November 23, 2013.
An image grab taken from AFP TV shows a Kenyan woman coming out of an air vent where she was hiding during an attack by masked gunmen at a shopping mall in Nairobi on September 21, 2013.
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Fatima Khatun 25, kisses the head of her eighteen month old daughter, Roona Begum, suffering from Hydrocephalus, in which cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the brain, at their hut in Jirania village on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of
Jamaica's Usain Bolt (L) wins the100 metres final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on August 11, 2013 while a lightning strikes in the sky.
Aerial picture taken on June 19, 2013 in Villelongue shows the flooded Gave de Pau river one day after unseasonal storms caused havoc across huge swaths of the country.
Egyptian protesters calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi gather in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on July 2, 2013 as laser lights (L) directed at the government building spell 'Game Over'.
A picture taken on September 17, 2013 shows the wreck of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship which begins to emerge from water near the harbour of Giglio Porto. Salvage operators in Italy lifted the Costa Concordia cruise ship upright from its
This combination made on September 17, 2013 shows four photos of the Costa Concordia, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio taken on January 14, 2012 (TopL), beginning to emerge during the salvage operation on
Veterinarians operate on a Galapagos green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi) to extract a fishhook from its esophagus in San Salvador, El Salvador on October 18, 2013.
A captured wild male black rhino named Sero at Lewa Wildlife looks out from its crate at Lewa conservancy on August 26, 2013.
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Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai (2nd R) is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (2nd L), Vuk Jeremic (R), President of the UN General Assembly, and Gordon Brown (L, back to camera), United Nations Special Envoy for Global
Mushers compete, on January 18 2013 in Megeve, during the departure of a stage of the Grande Odyssee sledding race.
US President Barack Obama plays a learning game while visiting children at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center February 14, 2013 in Decatur, Georgia. Obama was in Georgia to promote economic and educational initiatives he spoke about in
A rebel fighter and a child cross a damaged bridge in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor, on September 2, 2013.
Mnikelo Ndagankulu is draped in a South African flag as he sits in a hill overlooking the place where former South African President Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest in his ancestral home of Qunu on December 15, 2013.
A woman holds a picture of late South-African president Nelson Mandela prior to his memorial, on December 10, 2013 at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the
US President Barack Obama (R) and British PM David Cameron pose for a selfie picture with Denmark's PM Helle Thorning Schmidt (C) next to US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela
Woman throws bras on March 25, 2013 at the esplanade des droits de l'homme, in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, during a happening called by 'Pink Bra Bazzar', a French organization fighting against and sensitizing on breast cancer.
An anti-gay activist hits Russia's gay and LGBT rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev (C) during unauthorized gay rights activists rally in cental Moscow on May 25, 2013. Moscow city authorities on May 15 turned down demands for a gay rights rally, but
This video grab broadcast by Bulgarian television channel BTV shows a man (R) pointing a pistol at leader of the Turkish minority Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party Ahmed Dogan during his speech at a national party conference in Sofia.
Football superstar David Beckham (R) falls down after illustrating how to take a free kick during a visit to the Zall Football Club in Wuhan, central China's Wuhan province on March 23, 2013. Beckham raised the prospect of one last stop on his
Two Polish nuns look at people bathing as hundreds of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims attending World Youth Day (WYD) start gathering at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro for a prayer vigil with Pope Francis, on July 27, 2013.
This handout picture released by the Vatican press office on March 23, 2013 shows 'pope emeritus' Benedict XVI (R) greeting Pope Francis upon his arrival at the heliport in Castel Gandolfo. Pope Francis prepared to go face to face with his
A lightning strikes St Peter's dome at the Vatican on February 11, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation as leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties -- an
Afghan schoolchildren take lessons in an open classroom at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on December 1, 2013. Afghanistan has had only rare moments of peace over the past 30 years, its education system being
Women sunbath as Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa drives past during the third practice session at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo on May 25, 2013 ahead of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix.
Red Bull driver Sebatian Vettel of Germany celebrates winning the Formula One Indian Grand Prix 2013 at the Buddh International circuit in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi on October 27, 2013.
A youth dangles from a power line before diving into the floodwaters of an overflowing Ganges river in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on August 6, 2013. The monsoon, which covers the subcontinent from June to September and usually brings flooding,
Sadhus walk in a procession towards the Sangham or the confluence of the the Yamuna and Ganges rivers to bathe before sunrise during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on January 14, 2013.
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge show their new-born baby boy to the world's media, standing on the steps outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London on July 23, 2013.
Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke perform onstage during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center on August 25, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Miley's 'twerking' grabbed attention of many across the world and the word '
A parrot hatchling is fed by hand in Dimapur on July 24, 2013, after being caught in a forest by a local hunter and offered for sale in the north-eastern state of Nagaland. Wildlife of all types is frequently hunted either for consumption or for
Czech Michal Navratil dives for a joke as superman after of the men's high diving final competition at the FINA World Championships in Moll de la Fusta port in Barcelona on July 31, 2013.
A child plays in a dry river bed after flood waters receded in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, on October 25, 2013.
An instructor (2R) shows a self-defence technique to a school girl during self-defence classes at a school in Mumbai on January 4, 2013. These classes were held after the nation witnessed wide uproar over the gang rape of a para-medical student in
Norway's Anders Bardal jumps during the official training session of the FIS Ski Flying World Cup in Vikersund, Norway on January 25, 2013, while a full moon rises over the mountain.