Coolest Pix Of 2013 Week 04

A man plunges into the icy waters of a lake as part of celebrations for Epiphany, near the village of Pilnitsa. VASILY FEDOSENKO/REUTERS

Public ministry personnel look for evidence during their investigation in the murder of four people in Guatemala City. JORGE DAN LOPEZ/REUTERS

Locals walk past a gate of courtyard houses at Doufuchi Hutong on a hazy day in Beijing. SUZIE WONG/REUTERS

An Indian soldier gives instructions to his comrade during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

Internally displaced Afghan children sit near their shelter at a refugee camp in Kabul. MOHAMMAD ISMAIL/REUTERS

A U.S. Arny soldier attempts to get a better signal on his antenna during a joint mission with the Afghan National Army in Maywand District, Kandahar province. ANDREW BURTON/REUTERS

Eight year old Carl Attwater and his mother Jane ride a sled downhill in front of the Jill Windmill at Hassocks in south east England. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

A boy plays with balloons by Buriganga river as smoke emits from a dump yard during sunset in Dhaka. ANDREW BIRAJ/REUTERS

Still image taken from video footage shows an unidentified man attacking the leader of Bulgaria's Movement for Rights and Freedom party Dogan in Sofia. STRINGER/REUTERS

India's BSF soldiers ride their camels in front of India's presidential palace during a rehearsal for the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

Afghan boys walk on the snow in Kabul. MOHAMMAD ISMAIL/REUTERS

Free Syrian Army fighters use a mirror to look at Syrian Army position in Haresta neighbourhood of Damascus. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Nigerian soldiers unload their equipment as they arrive at the Mali air force base near Bamako. ERIC GAILLARD/REUTERS

Commuters ride on the roof of a train as they come back to the city after attending the final prayer of Biswa Ijtema in Dhaka. ANDREW BIRAJ/REUTERS

People enjoy the snow in front of Paris landmark, the Pyramid of the Louvre Museum. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN/REUTERS

A man stands wearing a hat in support of U.S. President Obama on the National Mall in Washington. SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS

Fighters from Fateh al Sham unit of the Free Syrian Army fire rifles on Syrian Army soldiers at a check point in Haresta neighbourhood of Damascus. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, stand guard as soldiers meet with members of the Afghan local police at a checkpoint near Combat Outpost Hutal in Maywand District, Kandahar Province. ANDREW BURTON/REUTERS

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy picks up a sticker during a rally organised to welcome Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in Jerusalem. RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS

The USS Guardian, a U.S. Navy minesweeper, is seen at the Vicinity of South Islet in Tubbataha Reefs after it ran aground in Palawan province. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Wang, a Chinese farmer, carries two buckets with his eyelids during a provincial Spring Festival gala for migrant workers in Shaodong County. CHINA DAILY/REUTERS

Afghan security forces run on the roof of the Kabul traffic police headquarters as it is attacked by insurgents in Kabul. OMAR SOBHANI/REUTERS

The U.S. Capitol is pictured at sunrise before the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington. JASON REED/REUTERS

A model is displayed on the Piaget booth at the SIHH exhibition at the Palexpo in Geneva. DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS

A man walks through snow covered Green Park in central London. ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS

The U.S. Capitol building is seen from the National Mall before the swearing-in ceremonies in Washington. SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS

The financial district of Pudong is seen on a hazy day in Shanghai. ALY SONG/REUTERS

Jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko listens as she is served with legal papers outlining new accusations against her by Kachanivska Prison Head Igor Karpaschikov in her hospital room in Kharkiv. REUTERS TV/REUTERS

A general view of newly-built houses at Dadun village of Lingshui ethnic Li autonomous county. STRINGER/CHINA/REUTERS

National Rifle Association instructor and retired Navy Warren Officer Scheutzow and his wife pose for a portrait with their rifles along a mountain range in Buckeye. JOSHUA LOTT/REUTERS

Models present creations by Belgian designer Raf Simons as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for French house Dior in Paris. BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his rifle in Mleha suburb of Damascus. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to U.S. President Barack Obama during ceremonies in Washington. JIM BOURG/REUTERS

A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giambattista Valli as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show in Paris. BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS

Britain's Prince Harry wears his monocle gun sight as he sits in his Apache helicopter in Camp Bastion, southern Afghanistan. POOL/REUTERS

Presidential party review troops after the 57th Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington. MIKE THEILER/REUTERS

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama kisses U.S. President Barack Obama as they dance at the Commander in Chief's ball in Washington. BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS

Wreckage of train crash is seen at Granja do Ulmeiro railway station in central Portugal. STRINGER/REUTERS

A leader of a powerful street gang with a tattoo on his head stands in front of a mural of El Salvador's coat of arms painted on the wall of a jail in Tonacatepeque. STRINGER/EL SALVADOR/REUTERS

Sandiford, with her translator, reacts as she listens to the judge during a trial in Bali. STRINGER/INDONESIA/REUTERS

Projection illuminates German Cathedral in Gendarmenmarkt square in Berlin marking 50th Anniversary of the Elysee Treaty. THOMAS PETER/REUTERS

Gay rights activists kiss during a protest outside the Duma in Moscow. SERGEI KARPUKHIN/REUTERS

Cosentino gestures during media conference in Naples. CIRO DE LUCA/REUTERS

An Israeli Arab woman stands behind a booth as she casts her ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in the town of Tira. NIR ELIAS/REUTERS

A woman walks near a tram at the Alfama neighborhood in Lisbon. RAFAEL MARCHANTE/REUTERS

A performer dressed as a devil takes part in a fiesta in Palma de Mallorca. ENRIQUE CALVO/REUTERS

A man holds two burned birds after a fire went off in a compound for homeless Libyan families in Benghazi. ESAM OMRAN AL-FETORI/REUTERS

An army officer puts a candy in the mouth of a Bolivia's Presidential guard member, who is standing at attention, during celebrations commemorating President Morales' eighth continuous year of government, in La Paz. GASTON BRITO/REUTERS

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters upon arrival at the Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv. BAZ RATNER/REUTERS

Brazilian graffiti artist Kobra puts the final touches to his piece of art in tribute to Brazilian architect Niemeyer, next to his assistants, at the financial center in Sao Paulo. NACHO DOCE/REUTERS

Algerian workers stand outside an accommodation unit of the plant, in this photo secretly taken by one of the Algerians held hostage at a gas plant in In Amenas after being forced to leave their houses with their belongings in In Amenas. KYODO/REUTERS

A workman moves a barrel in front of stow of casks at the Speyside Cooperage in Craigellachie in Speyside, Scotland. DAVID MOIR/REUTERS

Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall speaks to schoolchildren during a visit to St Mary's R. C. Primary School in London. POOL/REUTERS

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton becomes emotional while testifying in Washington to testify on the September attack. JASON REED/REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton pounds her fists while testifying on the Benghazi attacks during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington. KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS

A model presents a creation by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show in Paris. BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS

A miner takes a shower after his shift in Hungary's last remaining deep-cast coal mine at Markushegy. LASZLO BALOGH/REUTERS

Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant De Jesus walks around an ice-covered warehouse that caught fire Tuesday night in Chicago. JOHN GRESS/REUTERS

Malaysian Muslims recite a prayer during Maulidur Rasul in Putrajaya. BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/REUTERS

A Sri Lankan fisherman makes his daily catch while sat on a traditional stilt in Talpe, 8 kilometres outside Galle. CLARISSA CAVALHEIRO/REUTERS

Florence Cassez arrives at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, near Paris. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN/REUTERS

Florence Cassez arrives at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy. PASCAL ROSSIGNOL/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter stands in front of the building destroyed by Syrian Army air strikes in the Arabeen neighbourhood of Damascus. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Protesters flee from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes at Qasr al-Aini Street near Tahrir Square in Cairo. MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS

A flock of starlings fly over an agricultural field near the southern Israeli city of Netivot. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

A fly lands on the head of U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington. LARRY DOWNING/REUTERS

Poodle dogs and their tamer perform during a show presenting the new program From Heart to Heart at the National circus in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. GLEB GARANICH/REUTERS

Firefighter Michael De Jesus is covered in ice as he mans a water cannon while fighting a warehouse fire in Chicago. JOHN GRESS/REUTERS

Officials from the Japanese government and JGC Corp hold bouquets while coffins of Japanese who were killed in the hostage crisis in Algeria are transported from a government aircraft which retrieved Japanese survivors and bodies from Algeria, in Tokyo. KYODO/REUTERS

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck gestures as Queen Jetsun Pema watches during the king's ceremonial reception in New Delhi. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

Protesters look out from a university branch gate at protesters who have gathered near a main square to mark the second anniversary of the 25th January revolution in Alexandria. ASMAA WAGUIH/REUTERS

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish visitors look at display of Nazi flags at Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

People look at a 18 meter long deceased beached whale in Les Sables d'Olonne, western France. STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS

A riot police officer gestures during clashes with protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throwing stones at him along Sheikh Rihan street near Tahrir Square in Cairo. AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/REUTERS

Pakistani Muslims take part in religious procession to mark Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, in Lahore. MOHSIN RAZA/REUTERS

A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays on a cold winter morning during festival of Eid-e-Milad at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar. DANISH ISMAIL/REUTERS

Water drips from icicles along the Oude Gracht canal in Utrecht. MICHAEL KOOREN/REUTERS

A cyclist rides along Marginal Pinheiros during the World Bike Tour in Sao Paulo. NACHO DOCE/REUTERS

An unexploded mortar shell fired by Syrian Army is seen in Mleha suburb of Damascus. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Free Syrian Army fighters look out of a window before they fire at Syrian Army during a heavy fighting in Mleha suburb of Damascu. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS