Coolest Pix Of 2013 Week 08

Perry Bartlet teaches how to butcher lamb during a class run by The Ginger Pig butchers shop in London. PAUL HACKETT/REUTERS

Izard and Lazaro, members of the Astronomical Association of Sabadell, prepare to watch asteroid 2012 DA14 pass near Earth, in Sabadell near Barcelona. GUSTAU NACARINO/REUTERS

A swimmer dives into the icy water of the Houhai Lake in central Beijing. PETAR KUJUNDZIC/REUTERS

People holding umbrellas attend a rally against a government white paper on population at Speakers' Corner in Singapore. TIM CHONG/REUTERS

Boy carries a AK47 rifle at the Chebayesh marsh in Nassiriya. THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS

Protesters throw teargas canisters, fired by riot police, back at riot police during clashes after the funeral procession of Hussain Al Jazeeri in Sanabis. HAMAD I MOHAMMED/REUTERS

A member of the Free Syrian Army stands with his weapon as he looks at a rainbow in Aleppo. MUZAFFAR SALMAN/REUTERS

The Golden Bear award for the Best Film is held by winner Netzer for the film Pozitia Copilului (Child's Pose) at the 63rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. THOMAS PETER/REUTERS

Revellers play with tomatoes during a Tomatina in Quillon town near Concepcion city, south of Santiago. JOSE LUIS SAAVEDRA/REUTERS

A couple waits to take part in a mock wedding in Monterrey. STRINGER/REUTERS

Thousands of newlyweds attend a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong. KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS

Designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and designer Diane Von Furstenberg judge the Woolmark Prize during London Fashion Week. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican. TONY GENTILE/REUTERS

People release sky lanterns ahead of the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Pingxi. PICHI CHUANG/REUTERS

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a political rally in Turin. GIORGIO PEROTTINO/REUTERS

A man prepares graves for the burial of victims of Saturday's bomb attack in a Shi'ite Muslim area, in the Pakistani city of Quetta. NASEER AHMED/REUTERS

A model has her makeup applied before the Vivienne Westwood Red Label Autumn/Winter 2013 collection presentation during London Fashion Week. SUZANNE PLUNKETT/REUTERS

Women, who are part of the Sawt al-Haq (Voice of Rights), stand with their weapons as they undergo military training in Aleppo. MUZAFFAR SALMAN/REUTERS

A worker poses with Roy Lichtenstein's Whaam! during a media viewing of the Lichtenstein: A Retrospective exhibition at the Tate Modern in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

Men look at Iberia planes parked on the tarmac at Madrid's Barajas airport. SUSANA VERA/REUTERS

A minibus drives along an ice road across the Lena river. MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS

An Iberia worker is arrested by Spanish riot police officer during clashes at Madrid's Barajas airport. SERGIO PEREZ/REUTERS

A passenger uses an Iberia auto check-in machine at Madrid's Barajas airport. SUSANA VERA/REUTERS

A woman displays her dog's skills to her neighbours at the Alfama neighborhood in Lisbon. RAFAEL MARCHANTE/REUTERS

Spacesuits are left on chairs before cosmonauts' training session at the Russian cosmonaut training facility in Star City outside Moscow. SERGEI REMEZOV/REUTERS

A model presents a creation from designer Maya Hansen's Fall/Winter 2013 collection during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid. JUAN MEDINA/REUTERS

A commercial truck carries people displaced by fighting on the road to Gao, outside Hombori. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS

A Jordanian soldier gives food and water to Syrian children refugees after they crossed the border from Syria. MUHAMMAD HAMED/REUTERS

Crosses representing the 65 miners who died in a 2006 mine blast are seen along a highway in San Juan de Sabinas. STRINGER/MEXICO/REUTERS

A man carrying his child walks past the closed shutters of a shop affected by a nationwide strike in Kathmandu. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS

A Communist party deputy waits in the parliament hall as opposition deputies block the speaker's rostrum during a session of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev. GLEB GARANICH/REUTERS

Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius awaits the start of court proceedings in the Pretoria Magistrates court. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

Palestinian throws a rock towards an Israeli police vehicle during clashes near Ramallah. MOHAMAD TOROKMAN/REUTERS

Palestinian works inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian forces beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah. IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS

A man is detained by police during a protest against high electricity prices in Sofia. STOYAN NENOV/REUTERS

A model presents a creation from the Haizhen Wang Autumn/Winter 2013 collection during London Fashion Week. SUZANNE PLUNKETT/REUTERS

A man, believed to be the shooter, lies dead in the street near an Orange County Sheriff's vehicle in Villa Park, California. ALEX GALLARDO/REUTERS

Handout picture shows Sea Shepherd ships the Bob Barker and Steve Irwin navigate close to the Japanese research vessel Nisshin Maru in Mackenzie Bay, Antarctica. HANDOUT/REUTERS

A U.S. Marine drinks the blood of a cobra during a jungle survival exercise at a military base in Chon Buri province. DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS

A shopkeeper on a photo frame at his shop selling portraits of various deities in Kathmandu. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS

Britain's PM Cameron prepares bread at a community kitchen during his visit to the holy Sikh shrine of Golden temple in Amritsar. MUNISH SHARMA/REUTERS

Joggers stand amid fog as sun rises in Kolkata. RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERS

A man stands atop a rock as he looks at a fishing trawler that ran aground at Sydney's Cronulla Beach. DAVID GRAY/REUTERS

Dairy cows are seen at a farm in Dobanovci near Belgrade. MARKO DJURICA/REUTERS

Soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad patrol the streets in al-Sabaa Bahrat district, an area controlled by Free Syrian Army fighters, in Aleppo. GEORGE OURFALIAN/REUTERS

Security guard Oumar Tiemoko poses for a picture in front of the Askia Tomb in Gao. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS

A Vietnamese man from the Pa Then minority group jumps into a fire during a ritual ceremony at the Vietnam Ethnic Minority Cultural Village, outside Hanoi. KHAM/REUTERS

Boys wear costumes ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood. BAZ RATNER/REUTERS

Boys play on the roof of the entrance to a football stadium in Gao. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS

Angela Miller listens to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder after receiving her late husband's Medal of Valor during a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Buildin. JASON REED/REUTERS

U.S. singer Taylor Swift performs during the BRIT Awards at the O2 Arena in London . DYLAN MARTINEZ/REUTERS

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife Sandi depart the U.S. District Federal Courthouse in Washington. GARY CAMERON/REUTERS

Irish video game developer David Perry speaks during the unveiling of the PlayStation 4 launch event in New York. BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS

Spain's PM Rajoy speaks at parliament during the second day of the State of the Nation debate in Madrid. SUSANA VERA/REUTERS

Vehicles burn after an explosion at central Damascus. SANA/REUTERS

The garden inside the summer residence of Pope Benedict XVI is seen in Castel Gandolfo. MAX ROSSI/REUTERS

Chinese multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao steps down from the roof of a car during an event organized by him in Nanjing. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A one week old baby Asian elephant is seen next to its mother in the Budapest zoo. LASZLO BALOGH/REUTERS

Palestinians sit next to a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah. DARREN WHITESIDE/REUTERS

A Malian soldier looks on during fighting with Islamists in Gao. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS

Forensic officials inspect the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. KRISHNENDU HALDER/REUTERS

A protester yells as she holds a sign near the venue where controversial Dutch member of parliament Wilders will speak in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool. DAVID GRAY/REUTERS

A woman is rescued from flood waters by a resident standing on top of her car during heavy rain in Chalandri suburb north of Athens. JOHN KOLESIDIS/REUTERS

Employees work on an assembly line at a shoe factory in Tan Lap village. KHAM/REUTERS

Student wearing make-up looks on during a parade ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim outside the Bialik Rogozin school in south Tel Aviv. NIR ELIAS/REUTERS

A youth portraying the Hindu God Madhav Narayan carries an oil lamp on his head during the Madhav Narayan Festival in Thecho. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS

Member of the North Florida Survival Group wait with their rifles before heading out to perform enemy contact drills in Old Town. BRIAN BLANCO/REUTERS

Muslim brides sit as they wait for their weddings to start during a mass marriage ceremony in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. AMIT DAVE/REUTERS

Israeli border police run in front of Dome of the Rock during a protest in Jerusalem's Old City. STRINGER/REUTERS

A man walks across a pedestrian bridge at the departure level above a nearly empty arrival area inside Terminal 4 in Madrid's Barajas airport. PAUL HANNA/REUTERS

A surfer swims at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

Indian Air Force's MI-17 V5 helicopter is illuminated by search lights from MI-17 chopper during Indian Air Force fire power demonstration exercise Iron Fist 2013 in Pokhran. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS