Darryl Dick, The Canadian Press via The Associated PressPeople are silhouetted while walking through rows of lanterns during the opening night of the Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival at the Pacific National Exhibition, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The festival features hundreds of illuminated lanterns and is open until Jan. 21, 2018.
A military truck goes up in flames after it was set on fire by protesters, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Protests in support of Honduran presidential opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla continued throughout the country Friday as Nasralla demanded a full recount, refused to recognize the results and called for a nationwide protests. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
Santiago Mejia, The San francisco Chronicle via The Associated PressThe casket of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is carried into City Hall on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif. Lee died Tuesday. He was San Francisco's first Asian-American mayor and presided over the city as it climbed out of a recession and into a boomtown driven by tech.
Michael Probst, The Associated PressThe hand of a bonobo ape lies on the head of another ape in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017.
Channi Anand, The Associated PressA farmer carries hay as walks across a field through heavy fog on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Avalanche warnings have been issued for parts of Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir while cold conditions prevail in northern India with dense fog covering parts of Punjab and Haryana.
Oren Ziv, AFP/Getty ImagesA Palestinian man, wearing a suspected suicide vest, is carried into an ambulance after he was shot by Israeli forces for stabbing a soldier in the Israeli occupied West Bank town of al-Bireh on Dec. 15, 2017.
Wakil Kohsar, AFP/Getty ImagesAn Afghan vendor pushes a wheelbarrow after the first snowfall near the old fortress of Bala Hissar in Kabul on Dec. 15, 2017.
Mohammed Abed, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian protester runs for cover from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City on Dec. 15, 2017 as demonstrations continue over US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Francisco Leong, AFP/Getty ImagesA surfer rides a wave during a surf session off Praia do Norte in Nazare, central Portugal, on Dec. 15, 2017.
Abdullah Al-qadry, AFP/Getty ImagesYemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President, fire their weapons during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies in Beihan, in the Shabwa province, on Dec. 15, 2017. Yemeni government forces retook Beihan district in Shabwa province from the Huthis, their last stronghold in the oil-rich southern province, a senior officer said.
Dibyangshu Sarkar, AFP/Getty ImagesIndian children swing from a tree in the Maidan area of Kolkata on Dec. 15, 2017. The Maidan is the largest urban park in Kolkata and is known as the lungs of the city', stretching over more than a thousand acres
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People are silhouetted while walking through rows of lanterns during the opening night of the Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival at the Pacific National Exhibition, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The festival features hundreds of illuminated lanterns and is open until Jan. 21, 2018.
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A selection of photos from around the world Friday, December 15, 2017.
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