ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 20 ກຸມພາ 2015
A clergyman stands near photos of people, killed in anti-government protests in 2014, during a commemoration near Independence Square in Kyiv. Ukraine will mark the first anniversary of the ousting of the pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovich next weekend, honoring the memory of the 100 or so civilians killed in protests against him.
The Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain in Bryant Park in New York remains frozen. The temperature in Central Park Friday morning was 2 degrees Fahrenheit (-16.6C). The previous record for this date was 7 degrees Fahrenheit (-13.8C), set in 1950.
Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (R) speaks during a gathering in support of arrested Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma in Caracas. Opposition leaders demanded the release of Ledezma arrested on accusations of plotting violence against President Nicolas Maduro's government.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city. A heavy winter storm descended on parts of the Middle East on Friday, with snow forcing the closure of all roads leading in and out of Jerusalem and sprinkling Israel's desert with a rare layer of white.
College students raise their fists in the air and yell to kick off a ceremony marking the start of the job-hunting season in Tokyo. Some 1,500 students, who will graduate from schools in March 2016, attended the annual ceremony which aims to encourage future graduates to look for employment.
Brides wait for the start of a mass wedding ceremony in the old quarters of Delhi, India. A total of 12 couples took their wedding vows on Friday during the ceremony organized by a Hindu religious organization.
A man makes patterns in the snow during a heavy snowstorm in Amman. The Jordan Meteorological Department forecasted thunderstorms and rain on Friday with snowfall in areas 600 meters above sea level and higher.
Residents who fled from conflict areas near the Myanmar and Chinese border arrive at a temporary refugee camp at a monastery in Lashio, northern Myanmar. Myanmar's army continued an offensive to flush out rebels from areas around a flashpoint town on the northeastern border with China, state media said, in 11 days of fighting that have displaced tens of thousands of people.
A woman passes by a graffiti in central Athens. Germany and Greece faced off in yet another eurozone meeting Friday in search of a last minute bailout compromise, with Berlin insisting Athens accept continued austerity in return for fresh debt aid.
Migrants wait at the port of Lampedusa to board a ferry bound for Porto Empedocle in Sicily. Authorities on the Italian island of Lampedusa struggled to cope with a huge influx of newly-arrived migrants as aid organizations warned the Libya crisis means thousands more could be on their way.
Residents make their way through rain from Tropical Cyclone Marcia in downtown Brisbane. Two powerful cyclones further north pounded Australia and left a trail of destruction with houses ripped apart, trees uprooted and power lines torn down, cutting electricity to thousands of people.
A security guard stands near a tree decorated with red lanterns at Ditan Park during a temple fair for a Lunar New Year celebration, in Beijing.
Leonado's Da Vinci picture used as part an advertisement for the Expo 2015, in downtown Milan, Italy. This year's Expo exposition has the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life", and will run from May 1 to October 31, 2015
Eric Frenzel of Germany soars through the air during the normal hill ski jumping portion of the Nordic Combined individual Gundersen event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Sweden.
Icicles hang off a strawberry plant in Plant City, Florida. Temperatures overnight in the fields dipped into the low 30's (F). Farmers spray water on their crops to protect the plants from being damaged by a freeze.