Here we present some of the most striking images taken from around the world over the past week.
Filipino human rights advocates stage a protest march in Manila, Philippines, Dec 10, 2018, marking Human Rights Day. [Photo/IC]
A girl views colorful lights during a Christmas-themed light show in Los Angeles, the United States, Dec 14, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko signs a law approved by the Parliament on the termination of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec 10, 2018. [Photo/IC]
A view of the podium at Stockholm Concert Hall during the Nobel Prize award ceremony, in Stockholm, Monday, Dec 10, 2018. [Photo/IC]
In front of the Brandenburg Gate stands a metal construction of a globe with the inscription "Climate Crisis", which is heated with gas flames in Berlin, Dec 11, 2018. [Photo/IC]
British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday, Dec 12, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote of her Conservative lawmakers that would have ended her leadership of party and country. [Photo/IC]
US President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec 12, 2018, in Washington, DC. [Photo/IC]
Firefighters stand by their equipment after a bomb threat evacuated the King Street subway station in downtown Toronto, Thursday, Dec 13, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Christmas decorations are seen at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece, Dec 12, 2018. [Photo/IC]
In Japan, this year's Chinese character is “disaster”, drawn by this Buddhist monk from the Kiyomizu-tera Temple in Kyoto, Japan, Dec 12, 2018. [Photo/IC]
