Photos Of The Week #51

Students of military schools rest after dancing during an annual ball in Moscow. More than 1,000 students from military schools traveled from all over Russia to Moscow to take part in the ball. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Afghan laborers work at a charcoal market on the outskirts of Kabul. In the winter, prices of wood and charcoal rise among all other necessities for Afghans. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

A view of the city of Moscow from the Federation Tower of Moscow's International Business Center. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)

A girl plays with a toy gun at a plastics recycling yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)

A man cleans a roof of the bow-shaped pedestrian Bridge of Peace across the Mtkvari (Kura) River in Tbilisi, Georgia. (epa-EFE/Zurab Kurtsikidze)

People ride a carousel on Moscow's Red Square, which has been festooned with seasonal decorations. (AP/Alexander Zemlianchenko)

A statue of Saint Teresa in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, is covered with a surgical mask on December 19. (AFP/Armend Nimani)

Burqa-clad Afghan women stand with aid items received from a charity in Herat. (AFP)

A migrant from Afghanistan bathes in the Sava River in Belgrade, Serbia. (epa-EFE/Andrej Cukic)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reflected in an eye of a woman during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on December 19. (epa-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev)

A woman plays billiards during a local championship at a sports hall in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

People walk on a Moscow bridge decorated for Christmas and New Year celebrations with the Christ the Savior Cathedral in the background. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A flock of ducks swims in a famous wintering site for migratory birds in waters off Jeju Island, South Korea. (epa-EFE/Yonhap)

Ukrainian far-right activists attack police officers during a protest against land reform in Kyiv on December 17. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

Macedonian sex workers carrying red umbrellas walk through the main square during a rally to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in Skopje on December 17. (epa-EFE/Georgi Licovski)

Participants wearing Santa Claus costumes take part in a charity run in Pristina, Kosovo. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)

A signalman waves a flag as a train approaches at a station on a cold and foggy morning in Lahore, Pakistan. (AFP/Arif Ali)

An internally displaced Afghan child looks for plastic and other items that can be used as a replacement for firewood at a garbage dump in Kabul. (AP/Altaf Qadri)

A Romanian charity worker wearing a Santa Claus costume departs after delivering Christmas presents to a poor family on the outskirts of Brasov. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)

A Lebanese protester kicks a tear-gas grenade back at riot police during clashes in central Beirut. (epa-EFE/Nabil Mounzer)