Coolest Pix Of 2013 Week 02

Miguel Caballero uses a revolver to demonstrate the bulletproof quality of a leather jacket made at his factory on the outskirts of Bogota. JOHN VIZCAINO/REUTERS

Kiyomura Co's President Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, poses with a bluefin tuna in front of his sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. Toru Hanai/REUTERS

Ibata poses next to a computer screen showing a 3D model representation of his research and the Andromeda galaxy at the observatory in Strasbourg. JEAN-MARC LOOS/REUTERS

Spectators watch fireworks explode over ice sculptures during the official opening of the Harbin International Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin. CHINA DAILY/REUTERS

Loyalist protesters demonstrate against restrictions on flying Britain's union flag from Belfast City Hall in central Belfast. CATHAL MCNAUGHTON/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter smiles as he poses with his weapon in front of a damaged car in Aleppo. MUZAFFAR SALMAN/REUTERS

A man looks at a shotgun during the East Coast Fine Arms Show in Stamford, Connecticut. CARLO ALLEGRI/REUTERS

A police officer shows an AK-47 rifle plated with gold which was confiscated after a police operation in Choloma. STRINGER/REUTERS

Debris of houses destroyed by a bushfire is seen in Dunalley. POOL/REUTERS

Woman takes a picture of about 120, 000 balloons being released into the sky during the Christmas in your wishes event in Mexico City. STRINGER/REUTERS

Bulgarian men dance in the icy waters of the Tundzha river during a celebration for Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer. STOYAN NENOV/REUTERS

Still image from video shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaking at the Opera House in Damascus. REUTERS TV/REUTERS

A man dressed as Hindu goddess Kali, the goddess of power, performs with a burning camphor tablet on his tongue during a religious procession ahead of the Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. JITENDRA PRAKASH/REUTERS

Newly ordained bishops lay on the floor as Pope Benedict XVI leads the Epiphany mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. POOL/REUTERS

Men jump into the waters of a lake in an attempt to grab a wooden cross on Epiphany Day in Sofia. STOYAN NENOV/REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets French actor Gerard Depardieu during their meeting in Sochi. RIA Novosti/REUTERS

People take part in an Epiphany procession in the city of Torun. AGENCJA GAZETA/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds a cat in the old city of Aleppo. MUZAFFAR SALMAN/REUTERS

Students practice defending themselves with brooms as a soldier observes during an anti-violence exercise at a primary school in Rugao. CHINA DAILY/REUTERS

People look at damage caused by a winter storm that hit Jadra in the Iqlim al-Kharroub region. SHARIF KARIM/REUTERS

A police van carrying five men accused of the gang rape and murder of an Indian student leaves a court in New Delhi. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

A soldier watches a Patriot system as it is demonstrated to the press at airbase de Peel in Vredepeel. MICHAEL KOOREN/REUTERS

The Elysee Palace in Paris is reflected in the helmet of a Republican Guard during a ceremony. PHILIPPE WOJAZER/REUTERS

A model presents a creation from the MAN Autumn/Winter 2013 collection during London Collections: Men in London. SUZANNE PLUNKETT/REUTERS

Handout photo of US Secretary of State Clinton holding football helmet with the State Department logo on it , during weekly meeting of assistant Secretaries of State in Washington. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Still image taken from video shows a giant squid near Ogasawara islands. HANDOUT/REUTERS

A girl cries while she stands behind a torn makeshift curtain at the entrance of her house in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS

A woman poses for a photographer on the bank of the Yenisei River outside Krasnoyarsk. ILYA NAYMUSHIN/REUTERS

The Marriott Hotel building is photographed through a blind at a restaurant in the centre of Warsaw. PETER ANDREWS/REUTERS

Specially trained bailiffs prepare to secure demonstrators, who have tied themselves to a tree, before removing them during a protest against the construction of a new road bypass at Crowhurst. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

Cast members Washington and Foxx pose on red carpet for German premiere of Django Unchained in Berlin. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/REUTERS

A Haitian man carries chickens for sale at the border with the Dominican Republic in Ouanaminthe. STRINGER/REUTERS

A police officer holds a .45 pistol during a voluntary disarming program outside Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City. JORGE DAN LOPEZ/REUTERS

Gliedman stands next to her lawyer Shargel in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. POOL/REUTERS

The wreckage of a U.S. cargo helicopter is seen near Peru's central jungle city of Pucallpa. STRINGER/PERU/REUTERS

Bushfires in Australia are pictured in this handout photo taken by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the International Space Station. NASA/REUTERS

Children play on self-made swings on scaffolding at a construction site in Tongxiang. WILLIAM HONG/REUTERS

A vendor sells vegetables inside the Ladies' Special train in Mumbai. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS

Devotees carry the statue of the Black Nazarene during the start of an annual procession in Manila. ERIK DE CASTRO/REUTERS

A plainclothes police officer sprays tear gas during a clash with teachers in front of the press club in Dhaka. ANDREW BIRAJ/REUTERS

Girls take pictures of water flowing into the Dead Sea during a flash flood near Ein Gedi. RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS

Buddhist monks release paper lanterns into the sky in Suphan Buri province. SUKREE SUKPLANG/REUTERS

Buddhist monks release paper lanterns into the sky in Suphan Buri province. SUKREE SUKPLANG/REUTERS

Children play with snow in Aley area, eastern Lebanon. MOHAMED AZAKIR/REUTERS

A victim of a commuter ferry crash is cared for by an FDNY EMT on the scene in New York. BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS

Saudi Arabia's fans are pictured before the team's Gulf Cup tournament soccer match against Yemen in Isa Town. MOHAMMED DABBOUS/REUTERS

A zookeeper sprays water to cool down an Indian elephant on a hot summer day at Rio de Janeiro's zoo. SERGIO MORAES/REUTERS

An Israeli soldier takes pictures of river flood in the Negev desert near Kibbutz Zeelim. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) maneuvers during a storm at trainings in the Negev desert near Kibbutz Zeelim. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

Robert Downey Jr. holds his award for favorite movie actor backstage at the 2013 People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles. DANNY MOLOSHOK/REUTERS

Three killer whales surface through a breathing hole in the ice of Hudson Bay near the community of Inukjuak. MAGGIE OKITUK/REUTERS

Snow covers the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS

The White House is pictured before sunrise in Washington. JASON REED/REUTERS

Men play with snow after a heavy snowstorm in Amman citadel. ALI JAREKJI/REUTERS

A man walks through the flooded Jakarta-Merak toll road to reach near Serang, in Indonesia's Banten province. BEAWIHARTA/REUTERS

A police official gestures at the scene of a bomb explosion in Quetta. NASEER AHMED/REUTERS

French President Hollande visits Amplitude Systemes manufacture in Pessac near Bordeaux. REGIS DUVIGNAU/REUTERS

French athlete Croizon swims next to an unidentified diver in the world's deepest pool built to train professional divers, in Brussels. YVES HERMAN/REUTERS

A supporter of Venezuelan President Chavez holds up wooden handicraft carving of Chavez's face outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas. JORGE SILVA/REUTERS

Giant Panda cub Xiao Liwi is shown for the first time on public display after the section of the exhibit frequented by the five-month old bear was opened to the public at the San Diego Zoo. MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS

Czech presidential candidates Zeman and and Franz chat before a final televised debate in Prague. DAVID W CERNY/REUTERS

A welder works on a beam at a welding company in San Francisco. ROBERT GALBRAITH/REUTERS

Snow falls over damaged buildings at Jouret al Shayah area in Homs. YAZAN HOMSY/REUTERS

Actress Jennifer Lawrence poses as she arrives at the 2013 Critic's Choice Awards in Santa Monica. DANNY MOLOSHOK/REUTERS

Director Affleck and producer Clooney congratulate each other as they arrive on stage to accept the Best Picture award for Argo at the 2013 Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica. MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

A python lies wedged on the wing of a Qantas passenger plan as it flies over Port Moresby. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Members of a local winter swimming club take part in their weekly bath in the Yenisei River, while air temperatures stand at minus 17 degrees Celsius, in town of Divnogorsk. ILYA NAYMUSHIN/REUTERS

Security personnel inspect the site of a roadside bomb blast in southern Thailand's Pattani province. SURAPAN BOONTHANOM/REUTERS

An employee wearing a panda costume slides down from an ice sculpture during the Harbin International Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin. SHENG LI/REUTERS

Performer Aceves, who has hypertrichosis, inserts a teaspoon into his nose during a rehearsal for the Circus of Horrors at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, south east London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

Handout shows a cloud formation tinged with red dust travelling across the Indian Ocean near Onslow on the Western Australia coast. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Italian Carabinieri boats patrol near the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia, which is surrounded by cranes, during a recovery operation in front of Giglio harbour. STEFANO RELLANDINI/REUTERS

A Palestinian boy and woman sit as Israeli soldiers walk nearby during a protest near Ramallah. MOHAMAD TOROKMAN/REUTERS

A woman treats a cat in a private volunteer animal shelter, Totoshka, in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. VLADIMIR KONSTANTINOV/REUTERS

A Belarussian military instructor trains her dog in a frontier guards' cynology centre near the town of Smorgon. VASILY FEDOSENKO/REUTERS

Puppies sit in kennel at a frontier guards' cynology centre near the town of Smorgon. VASILY FEDOSENKO/REUTERS

A student sits on the ground while holding a big copy of Venezuela's constitution with a ribbon which reads Kidnapped in Caracas. JORGE SILVA/REUTERS