DECEMBER 2017 - Pictures of the day - Dec 1 - Dec 7, 2017

DECEMBER 2017
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Dec.1 – Dec.7, 2017
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DECEMBER 2017
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Dec.1 – Dec.7, 2017
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December 1, 2017

Pedestrians cross the ancient
Magdalena bridge over the Arga
River as the season's first snow falls
in Pamplona, northern Spain, on
Dec. 1.
Alvaro Barrientos / AP
Dec.1 , 2017

People walk on a wooden footbridge across
a canal during an autumn day in Srinagar.
REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Dec.1 , 2017

Michael Flynn leaves federal court after he pleaded
guilty to lying to the FBI in Washington on Dec. 1. Flynn
became the first Trump White House official to face
criminal charges and admit guilt so far in the wide-
ranging election investigation led by special counsel
Robert Mueller.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Dec.1 , 2017

People reached out to pick baskets at a newly
commissioned Shoprite store at Novare
Gateway mall Abuja, Nigeria. REUTERS/Afolabi
Sotunde
Dec.1 , 2017

Houthi supporters hang off an
iron fence during a rally marking
the birth anniversary of Islam's
Prophet Mohammad in Sanaa,
Yemen. REUTERS/Mohamed al-
Sayaghi
Dec.1 , 2017

Turkish micro artist Hasan Kale displays one
of his art work on a feather at his office in
Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Dec.1 , 2017

A model wears a 110-carat circular diamond
during a media preview for the 'Magnificent
Jewels and Fine Jewels' auction at
Sotheby's in New York. REUTERS/Brendan
McDermid
Dec.1 , 2017

French President Emmanuel
Macron watches boxers as he
visits a sports center in the
Jamestown area in Accra, Ghana.
REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
Dec.1 , 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson departs after
meetings with President Donald Trump at the
White House in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan
Ernst
Dec.1 , 2017

A man takes a break from lifting weights
at Matapi gym in Mbare township
outside Harare, Zimbabwe.
REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Dec.1 , 2017

Afghan police special forces take part in a
military exercise in Logar province,
Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Dec.1 , 2017

Queen Elizabeth visits the Canine
Partners charity in Midhurst.
REUTERS/Richard Pohle/Pool
Dec.1 , 2017

Armed Forces members walk past a police
station destroyed after a violent clashes
between drug dealers and police officers,
during an operation against drug gangs in
Barbante slums complex in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Dec.1 , 2017

A woman prays during the festival of Eid-e-
Milad-ul-Nabi, the birth anniversary of the
Islamic prophet Mohammad, at Hazratbal
shrine in Srinagar. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Dec.1 , 2017

An employee of Tate Britain poses for a
photograph next to the Christmas art
commission, Home for Christmas, by
Alan Kane which is illuminated on the
front of the gallery, in London.
REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Dec.1 , 2017

A man adjusts his costume at Tokyo Comic
Con at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonDec.1 , 2017

Supporters of Salvador Nasralla, presidential
candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against
the Dictatorship, clash with riot police as they
wait for official presidential election results in
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/Edgard
Garrido
Dec.1 , 2017

Gremio players celebrate atop their truck
after winning the Copa Libertadores final
against Argentina's Lanus. REUTERS/Diego
VaraDec.1 , 2017

TRUMP LIGHTS THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania
Trump participate in National Christmas Tree
Lighting and Pageant of Peace ceremony with
hosts Dean Cain and Kathy Lee Gifford.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Dec.1 , 2017

First lady Melania Trump, with President
Donald Trump and hosts Dean Cain (L) and
Kathie Lee Gifford (2nd L), reacts after she
pressed the button to light the tree.
Dec.1 , 2017

President Donald Trump and first lady
Melania Trump attend the National
Christmas Tree Lighting and Pageant of
Peace ceremony. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Dec.1 , 2017

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania
Trump attend the National Christmas Tree
Lighting and Pageant of Peace ceremony on the
Ellipse near the White House in Washington.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Dec.1 , 2017

President Donald Trump attends the
National Christmas Tree Lighting and
Pageant of Peace ceremony.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Dec.1 , 2017

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania
Trump, seated with Interior Secretary�Ryan Zinke
(L), participate in the National Christmas Tree
lighting ceremony. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Dec.1 , 2017

White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump sits
with husband and fellow senior adviser Jared
Kushner and their sons, Theodore and Joseph;
and Tiffany Trump, daughter of President
Donald Trump. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Dec.1 , 2017

Donald Trump Jr takes a picture as he and his
wife Vanessa attend the National Christmas
Tree Lighting and Pageant of Peace ceremony.
Dec.1 , 2017

Argentina's Matias Alemanno in action with
Ireland's Iain Henderson during the Rugby
Union's Autumn Internationals at Aviva
Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Dec.1 , 2017

December 2, 2017

President Trump boards Air Force One at
John F. Kennedy International Airport in
New York, before his departure back to
Washington, U.S., December 2, 2017.
REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Dec.2 , 2017

Reuters / Saturday, December 02, 2017
A relative of Kimberly Fonseca, 19, who
was shot during a protest, touches her
coffin after the Honduras government
enforced a curfew while still mired in
chaos over a contested presidential
election, outside morgue building in
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/Edgard
Garrido
Dec.2 , 2017

History enthusiasts dressed in period regimental costumes
take part in a re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of
Austerlitz to mark its 212th anniversary near Slavkov u Brna,
Czech Republic, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David
Josek)
Dec.2 , 2017

People dance and sing in the Samba Train in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. Hundreds of people have gathered at Rio de
Janeiro's main train station for Brazil's annual Samba Day festivities.
(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Dec.2 , 2017

A child leaps between rock platforms as the sun sets behind Lake Erie at the Erie
Basin Marina, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dec.2 , 2017

December 3, 2017

Reuters / Sunday, December 03, 2017
A supporter of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate
for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, puts a
balloon on the shield of a soldier in a protest while the
country is still mired in chaos over a contested presidential
election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/Edgard
Garrido
Dec.3 , 2017

Visitors walk in the courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu
Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 3.
Giuseppe Cacace / AFP - Getty Images
Dec.3 , 2017

Anti-government protestors gather around barricades in protest during a
government imposed dawn-to-dusk curfew in Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Dec.3 , 2017

December 4, 2017

The nation’s homeless population
increased this year for the first time since
2010, driven by a surge in the number of
people living on the streets in Los Angeles
and other West Coast cities.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development released its annual Point in
Time count Wednesday, a report that
showed nearly 554,000 homeless people
across the country during local tallies
conducted in January. That figure is up
nearly 1 percent from 2016.
GALLERY PHOTOS

Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers as 63-year-old Vincent, who only gave his first name, sorts his belongings Friday, Dec. 1,
2017, in Los Angeles. Vincent said he thought he was bulletproof and never had to worry about getting a job as a young man. "Things
ain't the way they were anymore." The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers
are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec.1 , 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

Of that total, 193,000 people had no access to nightly shelter and instead were
staying in vehicles, tents, the streets and other places considered uninhabitable.
The unsheltered figure is up by more than 9 percent compared to two years
ago.
Increases are higher in several West Coast cities, where the explosion in
homelessness has prompted at least 10 city and county governments to declare
states of emergency since 2015.
City officials, homeless advocates and those living on the streets point to a main
culprit: the region’s booming economy.
Rents have soared beyond affordability for many lower-wage workers who until
just a just few years ago could typically find a place to stay. Now, even a
temporary setback can be enough to leave them out on the streets.

A homeless man sleeps on a
concrete floor outside an office
building under renovation Friday,
Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. The
U.S. Department on Housing and
Urban Development release of the
2017 homeless numbers are
expected to show a dramatic
increase in the number of people
lacking shelter along the West
Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec.1 , 2017
“A lot of people in America don’t realize
they might be two checks, three checks,
four checks away from being homeless,”
said Thomas Butler Jr., who stays in a
carefully organized tent near a freeway
ramp in downtown Los Angeles.
Butler said he was in transitional
housing — a type of program that
prepares people for permanent homes
— for a while but mostly has lived on
the streets for the past couple of years.
The numbers in the report back up what
many people in California, Oregon and
Washington have been experiencing in
their communities: encampments
sprouting along freeways and rivers;
local governments struggling to come
up with money for long-term solutions;
conflicts over whether to crack down on
street camping and even feeding the
homeless.
GALLERY PHOTOS

A homeless man, who
declined to give his name, is
dwarfed by skyscrapers
Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Los
Angeles. The U.S. Department
on Housing and Urban
Development release of the
2017 homeless numbers are
increase in the number of
people lacking shelter along
the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae
C. Hong)
Dec.4 , 2017
The most alarming consequence of the West Coast
homeless explosion is a deadly hepatitis A outbreak
that has affected Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and San Diego,
the popular tourist destination in a county where more
than 5,600 people now live on the streets or in their
cars. The disease is spread through a liver-damaging
virus that lives in feces.
The outbreak prompted California officials to declare a
state of emergency in October.
The HUD report underscores the severity of the
problem along the West Coast.
While the overall homeless population in California,
Oregon and Washington grew by 14 percent over the
past two years, the part of that population considered
unsheltered climbed 23 percent to 108,000. That is in
part due a shortage of affordable housing.

Thaddeus Bell, 50, who is
homeless, sits outside his tent
with the street address of his
childhood home in Oklahoma
hanging on a fence Monday, Dec.
4, 2017, in Los Angeles. "I might
be homeless but I'm human just
like everybody else," said Bell. "I
deserve a real house like any
other person." The U.S.
Department on Housing and
Urban Development release of
the 2017 homeless numbers are
lacking shelter along the West
Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec 4 , 2017

In booming Seattle, for example, the HUD report shows the unsheltered population grew by 44
percent over two years to nearly 5,500.
The homeless service area that includes most of Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the crisis,
saw its total homeless count top 55,000 people, up by more than 13,000 from 2016. Four out of
every five homeless individuals there are considered unsheltered, leaving tens of thousands of
people with no place to sleep other than the streets or parks.
By comparison, while New York City’s homeless population grew to more than 76,000, only about
5 percent are considered unsheltered thanks to a system that can get people a cot under a roof
immediately.
In the West Coast states, the surge in homelessness has become part of the fabric of daily life.
The Monty, a bar in the Westlake neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles, usually doesn’t
open until 8 p.m. Partner and general manager Corey Allen said that’s because a nearby shelter
requires people staying there to be in the building by 7. Waiting until after that to open means
the streets outside are calmer.

Homeless people wait in line for a meal served by a community organization outside Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic
Church Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in Los Angeles. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast,
and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region's success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom
vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
GALLERY PHOTOS

Allen said the homeless have come into his bar to bathe in the restroom wash basins, and
employees have developed a strategy for stopping people from coming in to panhandle among
customers.
Seventy-eight-year-old Theodore Neubauer sees the other side of it. Neubauer says he served
in Vietnam but now lives in a tent in downtown Los Angeles. He is surrounded by thriving
business and entertainment districts, and new apartments that are attracting scores of young
people to the heart of the nation’s second most populous city.
“Well, there’s a million-dollar view,” he said.
Helping those like Neubauer is a top policy priority and political issue in Los Angeles.
Since last year, voters in the city and Los Angeles County have passed a pair of tax-boosting
ballot initiatives to raise an expected $4.7 billion over the next decade for affordable housing
and services for the homeless. HUD Secretary Ben Carson praised the region for dealing with
the issue and not relying solely on the federal government.
“We need to move a little bit away from the concept that only the government can solve the
problem,” he said.

Theodore Neubauer, a 78-year-old
Vietnam War veteran, who is homeless,
looks at his smartphone while passing
time in his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in
Los Angeles. "Well, there's a million-
dollar view," said Neubauer on what it's
like to be homeless in Los Angeles.
Neubauer has a tent pitched in the
heart of downtown Los Angeles and is
surrounded by high-rise buildings. A
homeless crisis of unprecedented
proportions is rocking the West Coast,
and its victims are being left behind by
the very things that mark the region's
success: soaring housing costs, rock-
bottom vacancy rates and a roaring
economy that waits for no one. (AP
Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec.1 , 2017
Places where the numbers went
down included Atlanta,
Philadelphia, Miami, the Denver
area and Hawaii, which declared
a statewide homelessness
emergency in 2015.
The homeless point-in-time
survey is based on counts at
shelters and on the streets.
While imperfect, it attempts to
represent how many people are
homeless at a given time. Those
who work regularly with the
homeless say it is certainly an
undercount, although many
advocates and officials believe it
correctly identifies trend lines.
The report is submitted to
Congress and used by
government agencies as a factor
in distributing money for
programs designed to help the
homeless
GALLERY PHOTOS

A homeless man sits outside a high-rise building converted
into apartments Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in downtown Los
Angeles. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban
Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are
expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of
people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP
Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec.4 , 2017
But Mayor Eric Garcetti said that insufficient
federal funding for affordable housing and
anti-homelessness programs are part of the
reason for the city’s current crisis.
“Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis was not
created in a vacuum, and it cannot be solved
by L.A. alone,” Garcetti said in a statement.
Excluding the Los Angeles region, total
homelessness nationwide would have been
down by about 1.5 percent compared with
2016.
The California counties of Sacramento, which
includes the state capital, and Alameda, which
is home to Oakland, also had one-year
increases of more than 1,000 homeless
people.
In contrast, the HUD report showed a long-
running decline in homelessness continuing in
most other regions. Nationally, the overall
homeless number was down by 13 percent
since 2010 and the unsheltered number has
dropped by 17 percent over that seven-year
span, although some changes in methodology
and definitions over the years can affect
comparisons.

Thurman Butler Jr., 66, who is
homeless, sweeps around his tent
Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los
Angeles. "A lot of people in
America don't realize they might
be two checks, three checks, four
checks away from being
homeless," said Butler who
became homeless after he was
evicted from his apartment. A
homeless crisis of unprecedented
proportions is rocking the West
Coast, and its victims are being
left behind by the very things
that mark the region's success:
soaring housing costs, rock-
bottom vacancy rates and a
roaring economy that waits for
no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec.1 , 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

A man who identified himself just as
Vincent, sorts his belongings outside
his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los
Angeles. Vincent said he thought he
was bulletproof and never had to worry
about getting a job as a young man.
"Things ain't the way they were
anymore." The U.S. Department on
Housing and Urban Development
release of the 2017 homeless numbers
are expected to show a dramatic
lacking shelter along the West Coast.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec.1 , 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

Wearing a Christmas headband,
Grace Fernandez, who is homeless,
smokes outside her tent in the Skid
Row area of downtown Los Angeles,
Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. "Holidays are
just so much special. It should bring
us altogether as one even if we are
homeless," said Fernandez. The U.S.
Department on Housing and Urban
Development release of the 2017
homeless numbers are expected to
show a dramatic increase in the
number of people lacking shelter
along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae
C. Hong)
Dec.1 , 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

Tents belonging to homeless people are covered with tarps as Los Angeles police
officers on horses patrol in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles Friday,
Dec. 1, 2017. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West
Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the
region's success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring
economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dec.1 , 2017
GALLERY PHOTOS

Homeless man Alonzo Harrison,
47, takes a nap on a bench at
Pershing Square decorated with
Christmas lights in the
background on Monday, Dec. 4,
2017, in Los Angeles. A homeless
crisis of unprecedented
proportions is rocking the West
Coast, and its victims are being
left behind by the very things that
mark the region's success: soaring
housing costs, rock-bottom
vacancy rates and a roaring
economy that waits for no one.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY,
US HOMELESS COUNT RISES,
PUSHED BY CRISIS ON THE WEST
COAST, BY CHRISTOPHER WEBER
AND GEOFF MULVIHILL.
MULVIHILL REPORTED FROM
CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY. AP
VIDEOGRAPHER KRYSTA FAURIA
AND PHOTOGRAPHER JAE HONG
IN LOS ANGELES CONTRIBUTED
TO THIS ARTICLE.
Dec.4 , 2017

Reuters / Monday, December 04,
2017
Yuan Meng, a four-month-old baby
panda, is seen inside his enclosure
during a ceremony attended by his
godmother, Brigitte Macron (not in
the picture), French President's
wife and China's Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs Zhang Yesui (not in
the picture) at the Beauval zoo in
Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central
France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Dec.4 , 2017

Indian Navy soldiers demonstrate their
skills as they play drums during a
rehearsal ahead of Navy Day celebrations
in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Shailesh
Andrade
Dec.4 , 2017

A supporter of presidential candidate Salvador
Nasralla holds a Molotov cocktail during a protest
caused by the delayed vote count for the
presidential election at Villanueva neighborhood
in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/Edgard
Garrido
Dec.4 , 2017

Brides-to-be participate in the "Running of the
Brides" race, in Bangkok, Thailand.
REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Dec.4 , 2017

A man uses his mobile phone to take
photographs of tides on the shores of the
Arabian Sea, after flooding caused by Cyclone
Ockhi in the coastal village of Chellanam in the
southern state of Kerala, India.
REUTERS/Sivaram V
Dec.4 , 2017

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio joins
demonstrators as they take part in a
protest against government's tax reforms
next to the New York Stock Exchange in
Manhattan. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Dec.4 , 2017

Participants take part in the 8th Edition of the
Nautic SUP Paris Crossing stand up paddle
competition near the Notre Dame Cathedral
on the river Seine in Paris, France.
REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Dec.4 , 2017

The home of Sven Berrar and Sven Schaan is
decorated with some 67,000 bulbs in
Voelklingen, Germany, on Dec. 4.
Thomas Wieck / EPA
Dec.4 , 2017

Rohingya refugees line up for relief aid distribution at Balukhali
refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Dec.4 , 2017

Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli troops towards
Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank village
of Qusrah. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanDec.4 , 2017

Reuters / Monday, December 04, 2017
One of the eight men and a woman holding
Turkish citizenship, who were arrested on
suspected links to a leftist militant group
outlawed in Turkey following an operation by
Greek security services, is escorted by anti-
terrorism police officers to the prosecutor's
office in Athens, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis
Konstantinidis
Dec.4 , 2017

A 10-foot long remote controlled flying Santa
makes a test flight over the ocean in Carlsbad,
California. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Dec.4 , 2017

People wash clothes on the banks of the river
Brahmaputra on a foggy winter morning in
Guwahati, India. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika
Dec.4 , 2017

Rohingya refugees build a make-shift mosque at Balukhali refugee
camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Dec.4 , 2017

A runner rests during the Marathon des
Sables in Paracas, Peru.
REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo
Dec.4 , 2017

Military secure worshippers outside Al
Rawdah mosque during the first Friday
prayer after the attack in Bir Al-Abed,
Egypt. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Dec.4 , 2017

A man tries to take a photo of the Christ
the Redeemer statue lit up in red to
mark World AIDS Day, hidden by the fog
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Pilar
Olivares
Dec.4 , 2017

History enthusiast, dressed as a soldier, rides
his horse during the re-enactment of
Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz near
the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u
Brna, Czech Republic. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Dec.4 , 2017

The supermoon sets over the church of
Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion at dawn
in Olvera, near Cadiz, southern Spain.
REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Dec.4 , 2017

A man exercises in a park on a winter
morning in Kolkata, India.
REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Dec.4 , 2017

A ferris wheel is seen behind one of the seven
statues by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa at Massena
square in Nice, France. Picture taken with long
exposure. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Dec.4 , 2017

A person walks along the "Puente
Nuevo" (New Bridge) as it is
silhouetted against the supermoon
during its rise in Ronda, southern
Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Dec.4 , 2017

La Saline slaughterhouse is a
nightmarish panorama of animal
blood, body parts and detritus. It’s
also an essential part of the economy
of the Haitian capital, supplying meat
to restaurants, street vendors and
stores.
Associated Press photographer Chery
Dieu Nalio spent nearly a month
documenting conditions in the market
and the lives of more than 100 people
who work there. He found a constant
struggle to make ends meet in the face
of unhygienic conditions, poor
regulation and even deadly violence.
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 9, 2017 photo, Chalemagne Nepturne blows air into the leg of a goat
carcass to loosen the skin, at the La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. The 69-year-old has worked at the open-air market for a year as a “pike
kabrit” or goat killer. He is not paid when slaughtering the goats for wholesale
clients, but is allowed to keep the testicles and teats, which he in turns sells for a
profit. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
More than 300,000 goats are butchered
every year in La Saline, at the edge of a
slum by the same name that forms part of
the sprawl of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The market is mostly a dirt yard, with a few
huts made of worn sheet metal, wood and
cloth. Chunks of raw meat sit on tables for
purchase by customers. The remnants of
slaughtered animals are dumped in a canal
at the entrance of the market, filling the
area with a foul stench and causing
flooding in the surrounding neighborhood.
Outside the market is the neighborhood
known as La Saline, so violent that market
workers and customers frequently have to
dive to the ground to avoid stray bullets.
Customers, neighbors and even the
market’s workers say Haitian authorities
have long failed to take any action in to
improve conditions there.
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 22, 2017 photo, Monise
Jironer 54, left, and her 50-year-old
co-worker Etty Felixas, clean goat
intestines at the La Saline
slaughterhouse, in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. Jironer who dreams of a safer
and cleaner work environment says
when residents inside the La Saline
slum start shooting they are
obligated to take cover on the
ground covered in waste and mud.
Felix and Jironer are former
housekeepers who have worked
together at the market since 1988.
(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Butchers are paid $10 for $20 for
each goat they slaughter for
individuals. They get no money from
wholesale customers, but rather
keep some parts of the animals to
sell to retail buyers.
Other workers skin the animals,
clean them, transport them and sell
them to customers. Etty Felix, 50,
and Monise Jironer, 54, remove
waste from goats’ intestines,
disinfect them in boiling water and
sell them to vendors who make
bouillon to sell. They receive 16
cents per intestine.
Market owner Polynice Amboise,
65, said the market has been
repeatedly moved by Haitian
administrations, from inside the
slum to the seaside and back again.
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 22, 2017 photo, owner of
the La Saline slaughterhouse Polynice
Amboise poses for a photo at his
open-air market, in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. “The authorities don't come. I
bring all my papers to City Hall but
they never get back to me,” Amboise
said. “I am not happy with the
situation of the market. The workers
also are not happy.”(AP Photo/Dieu
Nalio Chery)
He said that since Haiti’s
devastating 2010 earthquake
killed an estimated 300,000
people and threw the
government into crisis, he hasn’t
paid taxes for the market and the
government has taken no action
to improve its conditions.
“The authorities don’t come. I
bring all my papers to City Hall
but they never get back to me,”
Amboise said. “I am not happy
with the situation of the market.
The workers also are not happy.”
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 9, 2017 photo, goat skinner
Sonson Pierre hauls goat pelts at the La
Saline slaughterhouse, in Port-au-
Prince, Haiti. The 28-year-old, who has
worked at the open-air market for 12
years, is dismayed that a market which
provides meat to most of the capital’s
supermarkets and restaurant, is so
unregulated. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio
Chery)
Youri Chevry, the mayor of Port-au-
Prince, said the situation is complicated
by a broader problem of lawlessness,
but which he claims is improving. A U.N.
peacekeeping mission recently left Haiti
and the country is re-establishing its
own army, a force supposed to be
dedicated to maintaining domestic
order.
“Everyone knows that this zone is a
lawless area, a red zone with armed
people that create a lot of problems,”
Chevry said. “Step by step, peace is
returning in the area. Step by step, we
will get control of the slaughterhouse.”
GALLERY PHOTOS

This Nov. 11, 2017 photo shows the a view of the
La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 9, 2017 photo, Gesner
Sagaille 65, scrapes hair off a goat’s
snout, at the La Saline
Haiti. Slaughterhouse workers
complain of the squalid working
conditions, but also know they have
little choice but to keep working at
the open-air market. (AP
Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 10, 2017 photo, goats munch on soybean pods at the La
Saline slaughterhouse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio
Chery)
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 9, 2017 photo, Gesner
Sagaille stirs a goat's head in a pot of
boiling water to remove its hair, at the
La Saline meat market in Port-au-
Prince, Haiti. "The market is not only
for animals, I am a human being who
spends my day inside this market,"
says the 65-year-old who has worked
at the market for more than 30 years
and wants authorities to provide
sanitary facilities. (AP Photo/Dieu
Nalio Chery)
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 10, 2017 photo,
children watch a butcher portion a
goat carcass at the La Saline
Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 9, 2017 photo, Lifene
Dorilas 27, shovels mud and waste
at the La Saline slaughterhouse in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Dorilas has
worked at the market for 15 years.
His main job is to remove hair from
goat heads and hooves. He is paid
40 U.S. cents per goat. (AP
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 14, 2017 photo, a vendor
takes a catnap on a layer of
disassembled cardboard boxes at the
La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-
Prince, Haiti. The more than 100
people who work at the open-air
market find it a constant struggle to
make ends meet in the face of
unhygienic conditions, poor regulation
and even deadly violence. (AP
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 15, 2017 photo, customers wait with their livestock
for available butchers at the entrance of the La Saline
slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More than 300,000
animals, mostly goats, are butchered every year at the open-air
market, a dirt yard with a few huts and tables holding raw meat.
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 10, 2017 photo, Lisianne
Chalemagne, 65, removes waste from
goat intestines, at the La Saline
slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Chalemagne has worked at the open-
air market for 32 years. She hopes the
La Saline will one day be transformed
into a modern, safe market. (AP
GALLERY PHOTOS

slaughterhouse workers push a
wheelbarrow filled with a load of
goat carcasses, ready for sale,
through the La Saline
slaughterhouse yard sodden with
animal waste and mud, in Port-au-
Prince, Haiti. Customers, neighbors
and even the market’s workers say
Haitian authorities have long failed
to take any action to improve
conditions at the market. (AP
GALLERY PHOTOS

Difisil Michel does a jig as his
work day comes to an end at
the La Saline slaughterhouse, in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Michel, a
former cabinetmaker, has
worked at the market 11 years,
scraping the hair from goat
heads and hooves. The 30-year-
old would like to see authorities
construct a modern-day
slaughterhouse that would
provide change rooms and
shower facilities so he doesn't
have to go home smelling like a
dead animal. (AP Photo/Dieu
Nalio Chery)
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 10, 2017 photo, a
slaughterhouse employee
bathes at the end of his
workday, at the La Saline
slaughterhouse, in Port-au-
Prince, Haiti. The open-air
market is mostly a dirt yard,
with a few huts made of worn
sheet metal, wood and cloth.
GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Nov. 9, 2017 photo, a moto-taxi driver
transports a La Saline slaughterhouse
customer and his newly acquired goats, in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio
Chery)
TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY,
TROUBLED MEAT MARKET IS KEY
SUPPLIER FOR HAITI'S CAPITAL, BY
CHERY DIEU NALIO.
GALLERY PHOTOS

December 5, 2017

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE
DEVOURS HOMES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE
by NBC NEWS
Ferocious winds in Southern California have whipped up an explosive wildfire,
prompting evacuation orders for thousands of homes.
Firefighters work to put out a blaze
burning homes early on Dec. 5, 2017,
in Ventura County, California.
Authorities said the blaze broke out
Monday and grew wildly in the hours
that followed, consuming vegetation
that hasn't burned in decades.
In the first 10 hours, the fire has
already burned 31,000 acres and has
forced more than 25,000 people to
evacuate as one of the strongest
Santa Ana winds forecast of the
season is ongoing and expected to
last several days.
Ryan Cullom / Ventura County Fire
Department via AP
Dec.5 , 2017

The Thomas Fire in Ventura county on
Dec. 4.
Ventura County Fire Department via
EPA
Dec.5 , 2017

Property burns as strong winds push the
Thomas Fire across thousands of acres on
Dec. 5.
David McNew / Reuters
Dec.5 , 2017

Downtown is darkened by a power
outage with smoke rising in the
distance on Dec. 5.
David McNew / Reuters
Dec.5 , 2017

An apartment complex burns as the
wildfire continues on Dec. 5.
Noah Berger / AP
Dec.5 , 2017

Smoke rises behind a leveled apartment
complex on Dec. 5. Over 100 structures
have burned so far in Ventura County,
officials said.
Noah Berger / AP
Dec.5 , 2017

A firefighter stands under
windswept palm trees as he hoses
down smoldering debris on Dec.
5.
Daniel Dreifuss / via AP
Dec.5 , 2017

The remains of a home are seen after the
fire brought it to the ground on Dec. 5.
Mike Blake / ReutersDec.5 , 2017

A fire crew passes a burning home
during a wind-driven wildfire in
Ventura, California. REUTERS/Mike
Blake
THOUSANDS FLEE CALIFORNIA WILDFIREDec.5 , 2017

The remains of a home are seen in
Ventura. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Dec.5 , 2017

Firefighters battle flames from a Santa
Ana wind-driven brush fire called the
Thomas Fire in Santa Paula.
REUTERS/Gene BlevinsDec.5 , 2017

The remains of homes are seen in Ventura.
REUTERS/Mike Blake
Dec.5 , 2017

Firefighters battle to save one of many
homes burning in an early-morning
Creek Fire that broke out in the Kagel
Canyon area in the San Fernando
Valley north of Los Angeles, in Sylmar.
REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Dec.5 , 2017

A real estate sign post is seen next
to the remains of a home, after it
burned to the ground, during a
wind-driven wildfire in Ventura.
REUTERS/Mike Blake
Dec.5 , 2017

Flames tower over palm trees from a
Santa Ana wind-driven brush fire
called the Thomas Fire near Ventura.
REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Dec.5 , 2017

A fire truck heads to another call as a
house burns during a wind driven wildfire
in Ventura. REUTERS/Mike BlakeDec.5 , 2017

SUPPORTERS FREE EX-GEORGIAN LEADER FROM UKRAINIAN POLICE
Georgian former President Mikheil
Saakashvili is detained by officers of the
Security Service of Ukraine conducting a
search of his apartment, in Kiev, Ukraine
December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn
Ogirenko
Dec.5 , 2017

Reuters / Tuesday, December 05, 2017
National Guard officers clash with supporters of Georgian former President
Mikheil Saakashvili during a search of Saakashvili's apartment in Kiev. Ukrainian
supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili freed him from a
police van on Tuesday after his detention on suspicion of assisting a criminal
organization led to clashes with police in Kiev. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Dec.5 , 2017

A supporter of former Georgian president Mikheil
Saakashvili clashes with riot police in Kiev. Once freed,
Saakashvili raised a hand in a V-for-victory sign -- a
handcuff still dangling from his wrist as he stood in a
melee of supporters. He then led protesters towards
parliament, where he called defiantly for President Petro
Poroshenko to be removed from office. REUTERS/Gleb
Garanich
Dec.5 , 2017

A supporter of former Georgian President
Mikheil Saakashvili clashes with Ukrainian
National Guard officers in Kiev. Ukrainian
prosecutors suspect Saakashvili of
receiving financing from a criminal group
linked to former president Viktor
Yanukovich which planned to overthrow the
current government. REUTERS/Gleb
Garanich
Dec.5 , 2017

Ukrainian National Guard officers guard a car carrying former Georgian President
Mikheil Saakashvili during clashes with his supporters in Kiev. Masked officers had
earlier dragged Saakashvili, 49, from an apartment in the Ukrainian capital. But his
supporters prevented the police van from moving off, hemming it in and eventually
freeing him by breaking its windows and back door. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Dec.5 , 2017

A supporter of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili clashes with riot
police in Kiev. It is unclear if Tuesday's events will lead to wider unrest, as
Saakashvili enjoys limited support in Ukraine. Only 1.7 percent of voters would
support his party, the Movement of New Forces, in elections, according to an
October survey by the Kiev-based Razumkov Centre think-tank. REUTERS/Gleb
Garanich
Dec.5 , 2017

Former Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili reacts after he was freed
by his supporters in Kiev. In a response
to a request for comment on the case
and on Saakashvili's comments on
Poroshenko, the president's
administration said law enforcement
had found evidence to back up the
claims against Saakashvili. "These
facts clearly demonstrate the true
price of all the political and
'incriminating' statements, which were
recently made by Mikheil Saakashvili,"
it said in a statement. REUTERS/Gleb
Garanich
Dec.5 , 2017

Saakashvili flashes a victory sign after he
was freed by his supporters in Kiev.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Dec.5 , 2017

Supporters of Georgian former President Mikheil
Saakashvili move paving stones during clashes
with police in Kiev. Protesters also started
assembling a barricade of tires, wood and
stones ripped up from the street in scenes
reminiscent of Ukraine's 2013-14 pro-European
'Maidan' uprising. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Dec.5 , 2017

Saakashvili addresses his supporters
in Kiev. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Dec.5 , 2017

A supporter of Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili holds a
sign which reads, "Impeachment" as he stands on a barricade during
clashes with police in Kiev. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Dec.5 , 2017

Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili
is seen on the roof of a building during a
search of his apartment in Kiev.
REUTERS/Serhii NuzhnenkoDec.5 , 2017

A Houthi militant reacts as he sits on a tank after
the death of Yemen's former president Ali
Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen.
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Dec.5 , 2017

Members of the anti narcotics force
pose for a picture as drugs are burned
during a ceremony in Islamabad,
Pakistan. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
Dec.5 , 2017

North Korea's women's national soccer
team arrive for the EAFF E-1 Football
Championship at Haneda international
airport in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Toru
Hanai
Dec.5 , 2017

Cast member Mark Hamill poses for a
portrait while promoting the movie "Star
Wars: The Last Jedi" in Los Angeles.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Dec.5 , 2017

Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli
troops towards Palestinians during
clashes in the West Bank village of
Qusrah. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Dec.5 , 2017

Five Syrians, accused of facilitating the Rukban
bombings in June 2016, react during their trial
at the State Security Court in Amman, Jordan.
REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Dec.5 , 2017

A Palestinian man holds his baby tortoises
near the West Bank town of Tubas.
REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Dec.5 , 2017

People carry images of late Cuban President Fidel Castro during a march to
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery to commemorate the first anniversary of interment of
Castro's ashes in Santiago, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Dec.5 , 2017

Twenty-one year-old
deckhand trainee Jacob
Bumgarner holds a line
while wearing a headlamp
shortly before sunrise on
Campbell Transportation
Company's towboat MK
McNally on the Ohio River
near, Cincinnati, Ohio.
REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Dec.5 , 2017

A malnourished child is fed at UNICEF
medical centre at Balukhali refugee
camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Dec.5 , 2017

People hold up placards reading "Freedom for
political prisoners! we are republic" during a
gathering asking for the release of leaders
currently jailed at Sant Jaume square in
Barcelona, Spain. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Dec.5 , 2017

A boy sells grilled corn near cars
damaged during recent clashes
between Houthi fighters and forces
loyal to Yemen's former president Ali
Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen.
Dec.5 , 2017

Alexander Yaroshenko, a member
of the Cryophile winter swimming
club, rubs himself with snow after
swimming in the Yenisei River in
the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk,
Russia. REUTERS/Ilya
Naymushin
Dec.5 , 2017

The Saana fell is lighted as part of the Luminous
Finland 100 project, a light art event that will be
held in honour of the 100th anniversary of Finland's
independence, in Kilpisjarvi, Finland.
Lehtikuva/Suvi Mansikkasalo via REUTERS
Dec.5 , 2017

People sit together next to a camel at the look-
out point of Mount Olives opposite to the Dome
of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Dec.5 , 2017

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl
stones towards Israeli troops during clashes in
the West Bank village of Qusrah.
REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Dec.5 , 2017

A woman sits next to the body of Yawar Bashir, a suspected militant, who
according to the local media was killed in a gunbattle with Indian security
forces on Monday, during his funeral procession at Hablish village in south
Kashmir's Kulgam district. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Dec.5 , 2017

An Afghan man looks on as he stands at a bird market in
Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Dec.5 , 2017

President Trump pushes a shopping cart as he
visits the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints Welfare Square food distribution center
in Salt Lake City, Utah. REUTERS/Kevin
Lamarque
Dec.5 , 2017

A police officer guarding the main
entrance of the Labor ministry is
punched by a protester as Communist-
backed unionists try to enter the building
during a protest in central Athens,
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Petros
Giannakouris)
Dec.5 , 2017

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE DEVOURS
HOMES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE
by NBC NEWS
Ferocious winds in Southern California have whipped up an explosive wildfire,
prompting evacuation orders for thousands of homes.
A firefighter battles the Thomas
Fire along Highway 33 in Ventura
County, California on Dec. 5,
2017. A dramatic new wildfire
erupted in Los Angeles early
Wednesday as firefighters battled
three other destructive blazes
across Southern California.
Related: Thousands flee massive
Southern California wildfire
Wally Skalij / LA Times via Getty
Images
Dec.5 , 2017

Carolyn Potter tries to save her
house as she throws dirt on her
fence in Casita Springs on Dec. 5.
Wally Skalij / LA Times via Getty
Images
Dec.5 , 2017

The Creek Fire burns on a hillside in
the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los
Angeles on Dec. 5.
Mario Tama / Getty Images
Dec.5 , 2017

Edward Aguilar runs through flames to
save his cats at his mobile home along
Highway 33 in Casita Springs on Dec. 5.
Wally Skalij / LA Times via Getty Images
Dec.5 , 2017

A firefighter checks the interior of a home as
they conduct structure protection from the
brush fire on Dec. 5 in Oakview.
Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images
Dec.5 , 2017

John Bain and Brandon Baker take cover
from embers as they try to help stop a fire
from burning a stranger's home on Dec. 5 in
Ventura.
Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images
Dec.5 , 2017

A strong wind blows embers around a
resident as he hoses his property on Dec. 5
in Sunland.
David McNew / Getty Images
Dec.5 , 2017

A local man prays after an early-morning
fire broke out in the San Fernando Valley
in Sylmar on Dec. 5.
Gene Blevins / Reuters
Dec.5 , 2017

A destroyed car is surrounded by
wreckage at the two story Hawaiian
Village apartment complex in Ventura
on Dec. 5.
Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images
Dec.5 , 2017

Residents watch a home burn on a hillside in
Ventura on Dec. 5.
Mike Blake / Reuters
Dec.5 , 2017

Firefighters hose down a home in
Ventura on Dec. 5.
John Cetrino / EPA
Dec.5 , 2017

A resident stands in the remains of an
apartment complex on Dec. 5 in Ventura.
Dec.5 , 2017

Flames burst through a window of a home
in Ventura on Dec. 5.
John Cetrino / EPA
Dec.5 , 2017

Local residents react as numerous homes
burn on a hillside in Ventura on Dec. 5.
Dec.5 , 2017

A man watches flames consume
a residence on Dec. 5 in Ventura.
Noah Berger / AP
Dec.5 , 2017

A wildfire threatens homes as it burns along the 101 Freeway
on Dec. 5, in Ventura. Southern California's Santa Ana winds
have long contributed to some of the region's most disastrous
wildfires. They blow from the inland toward the Pacific
Ocean, speeding up as they squeeze through mountain passes
and canyons.
Jae C. Hong / AP
Dec.5 , 2017

Trees burn in Ojai, California, on
Dec. 5.
The so-called Thomas Fire has
scorched about 132,000 acres since
Monday in Ventura County.
John Cetrino / EPA
Dec.5 , 2017

People prepare a snow sculpture for
the Harbin Sun Island International
Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin,
Heilongjiang province, China.
REUTERS/Stringer
Dec.5 , 2017

A fisherman rows his boat through the
waters of the Dal Lake on a cold morning
in Srinagar. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Dec.5 , 2017

Reuters / Tuesday, December 05,
2017
Leaves cover the face of 11-
month-old Rohingya refugee
Abdul Aziz, after his body was
brought back to the family
shelter, at the Balukhali refugee
camp near Cox's Bazar,
Bangladesh, a few hours after he
died. Aziz, whose family fled
Myanmar some two months ago,
died at local clinic after suffering
from high fever and severe cough
for ten days, his mother said.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Dec.5 , 2017

Bobo, a British Bulldog, takes a
shower at The Wagington
luxury pet hotel in Singapore.
REUTERS/Edgar Su
Dec.5 , 2017

Britain's Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, poses with employees in
fancy dress during a visit to ICAP on the broker's annual Charity Day, London.
REUTERS/Arthur Edwards/Pool
Dec.5 , 2017

A Palestinian boy writes his
homework at his family's house
in the northern Gaza Strip.
REUTERS/Mohammed SalemDec.5 , 2017

Detained demonstrators are led out of
Longworth House Office building during a
protest against the Republican tax bill on
Capitol Hill in Washington. REUTERS/Aaron P.
Bernstein
Dec.5 , 2017

Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice, leaves New York State
Supreme Court after a hearing on the defamation case against President Trump
in Manhattan. REUTERS/Andrew KellyDec.5 , 2017

A demonstrator attends a carol
singing vigil for the families of
British citizens detained overseas,
outside Downing Street in London.
REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Dec.5 , 2017

Yissel Mendoza feeds her pig "Balu" at her home in Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Dec.5 , 2017

A fisherman sails to his net early
morning on Lake Leman in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Dec.5 , 2017

Houthi rebel fighters inspect
the damage after an air strike
reportedly carried out by the
Saudi-led coalition targeted the
presidential palace in the
Yemeni capital Sanaa on Dec. 5.
Saudi-led warplanes pounded
the rebel-held capital before
dawn after the rebels killed
former president Ali Abdullah
Saleh as he fled the city
following the collapse of their
uneasy alliance, residents said.
AFP - Getty Images
Dec.5 , 2017

A man walks by as the Israeli national
flag and an American one are projected
on a part of the walls surrounding
Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ronen
Zvulun
Dec.5 , 2017

Republican candidate for Senate Judge Roy
Moore and former White House chief
strategist Steve Bannon shake hands during
a campaign event in Fairhope, Alabama,
December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan
Bachman
Dec.5 , 2017

Dawn hues of pink and purple reveal a
dusty valley in Bangladesh's southern hills
quilted with a dense settlement of red
tents home to more than 230 women and
children grieving for lost husbands and
fathers.
They are among more than 625,000
Rohingya Muslims who have fled to
Bangladesh since late August, following a
crackdown by the Myanmar military in
response to attacks on security forces by
Rohingya militants.
Roshid Jan, who walked for 10 days with
her five children to Bangladesh after
soldiers burnt their village, wept when she
spoke about her missing husband.
He was accused of being a member of the
Rohingya militants and arrested with four
other villagers 11 months ago, she said.
She had not seen him or heard about his
fate since then.
Dec.5 , 2017

Aisha Begum, a 19-year-old
widow, said her husband was
killed by Myanmar soldiers as their
band of refugees headed for
Bangladesh.
"I was sitting there by his body and
just crying, crying, crying," she
said.
"He was caught and killed with
knives. I found his body by the
road. It was in three pieces," she
cried, recounting the events that
brought her to the camp.
5 DEC 2017. COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH. REUTERS/DAMIR SAGOLI
Dec.5 , 2017

Most Rohingya are stateless and seen as illegal immigrants
by Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
The United Nations and United States have described the
military's actions as ethnic cleansing, and rights groups
have accused the security forces of atrocities, including
rape, arson and killings.
Myanmar's government has denied most of the claims, and
the army has said its own probe found no evidence of
wrongdoing by troops.
Dec.5 , 2017

There are 50 tents and no men in the camp for widows and orphans, the biggest of
three sites built with donor funds from Muslim-majority Pakistan in the refugee
settlement of Balukhali not far from Bangladesh's resort town of Cox's Bazar.
Dec.5 , 2017

Two makeshift kitchens provide space for cooking in small holes in the ground, a new well is being
dug to supplement a water pump, and a big tent serves for prayers.
"For those who can't pray, we have learning sessions on Monday and Friday in a special room," said
20-year-old Suwa Leha, who serves as the camp's unofficial leader.
Praying and reading the Muslim holy book, the Koran, was one of two conditions for admittance set
by religious and group leaders, Suwa said. The other was that widows and orphans be selected from
among the most vulnerable and needy.
Dec.4 , 2017

The camp is marooned amid ponds and streams
of dirty water left by the washing of clothes and
dishes. Behind are thousands of dwellings in a
vast refugee camp that sprang up during the
crisis.
Still, the women are relieved to have their own
space.
Dec.5 , 2017

"For those with no protection, a camp like this is
much safer," said 22-year-old Rabiya Khatun, who
lives there with her son. "No man can enter that
easily. Also, the rooms are bigger and we have more
chances of receiving some aid."
Women and girls number about 51 percent of the
distressed and traumatised Rohingya population in
the Cox's Bazar camps, the U.N. Women agency said
in October.
"Women and children are also at heightened risk of
becoming victims of human trafficking, sexual abuse
or child and forced marriage," it added.
Dec.5 , 2017

Women and adolescent girls aged between 13 and 20 arriving from Myanmar
typically had two to four children each, it said, with some of them pregnant.
No relief agencies officially run the camp for the widows and orphans but aid
groups and individuals help out.
Dec.5 , 2017

Rihana Begum lives with her five children in
a room that is bare except for a few
tomatoes, some religious books and clothes.
On a thin mat lies her daughter, ill with fever,
but fear of missing food handouts keeps
them away from the doctor.
"I'm afraid to miss aid distribution. I can't
afford to miss it," she said on the day ration
cards from the World Food Program were
distributed in the camp.
Dec.5 , 2017

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Dec.5 , 2017
This week, Myanmar said it was finalising terms for a
joint working group with Bangladesh to launch the
process of safe and voluntary return of the Rohingya
refugees within two months.
That may not be enough to allay Rihana Begum's fears.
"I'm so afraid that I will never go back to Myanmar," she
said. "I would rather die here."
WRITING BY CLARENCE FERNANDEZ

December 6, 2017

Palestinians watch a televised broadcast of President Donald Trump delivering
an address, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Dec.6 , 2017

Reuters / Wednesday, December 06, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence stands behind as
President Donald Trump holds up the
proclamation he signed that the United
States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital
of Israel and will move its embassy there,
during an address from the White House in
Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Dec.6 , 2017

Palestinian women shout slogans during a
protest in Gaza City. REUTERS/Mohammed
Salem
Dec.6 , 2017

People look at the paintings depicting
Russian president Vladimir Putin at the
"SUPERPUTIN" exhibition in UMAM
museum in Moscow, Russia.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Dec.6 , 2017

A photographer takes pictures in
front of a painting depicting
Russian president Vladimir Putin
at the "SUPERPUTIN" exhibition.
Dec.6 , 2017

People look at a mobile phone as they stand in front of
a painting depicting Russian president Vladimir Putin
at the "SUPERPUTIN" exhibition. REUTERS/Maxim
ShemetovDec.6 , 2017

People look at the paintings
depicting Russian president
Vladimir Putin dressed as Father
Frost, Russian equivalent of Santa
Claus, at the "SUPERPUTIN"
exhibition. REUTERS/Maxim
Shemetov
Dec.6 , 2017

A woman walks past busts depicting
Russian president Vladimir Putin in the
colours of the Russian national flag at the
"SUPERPUTIN" exhibition.
Dec.6 , 2017

Palestinians burn an Israeli and a
U.S. flag during a protest against
the U.S. intention to move its
embassy to Jerusalem and to
recognize the city of Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel, in Gaza City.
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Dec.6 , 2017

Embers blow from a tree shortly before it
fell down near burned cars as strong winds
push the Thomas Fire across thousands of
acres near Santa Paula, California.
REUTERS/David McNew
Dec.6 , 2017

Flames from the Thomas fire burn on a
hillside behind a truck on Highway 101
north of Ventura, Calif., on Wednesday,
Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Dec.6 , 2017

A CalFire plane drops Phos-Chek over
the wildfire that began in the early
morning hours in the Bel-Air
neighborhood of Los Angeles on Dec. 6.
John Cetrino / EPA
Dec.6 , 2017

A mansion that survived a wildfire
sits on a hilltop in Bel-Air on Dec.
6.
Jae C. Hong / AP
Dec.6 , 2017

Firefighters work to save burning
houses along Linda Flora Drive in
Los Angeles on Dec. 6.
Kyle Grillot / AFP - Getty Images
Dec.6 , 2017

Cast member of the movie "Star Wars:
The Last Jedi" Mark Hamill hugs Star
Wars character R2-D2 at its promotional
event in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Kim
Kyung-Hoon
Dec.6 , 2017

U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber flies in formation
during a joint aerial drill called 'Vigilant Ace'
between U.S. and South Korea, South Korea.
Picture taken December 6, 2017. The Defense
Ministry/Yonhap via REUTERS
Dec.6 , 2017

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conducts
a training flight with F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to Kunsan Air Base, South
Korea over the city of Gunsan, in South Korea. Courtesy Josh Rosales/U.S. Air
Force/Handout via REUTERS
Dec.6 , 2017

Brazilian Armed Forces members patrol during an operation against
drug trafficking gangs in the Mangueira slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Dec.6 , 2017

Police remove supporters of Dreamers Act from
the Senate steps in Washington, U.S., during their
rally to urge Congress to pass a bill that will allow
Dreamers to permanently stay in the country.
REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Dec.6 , 2017

People walk by street art in
Brooklyn, New York City, New
York. REUTERS/Shannon
Stapleton
Dec.6 , 2017

People load belongings on a
van as they evacuate their
house located on a street
where Houthis have recently
clashed with forces loyal to
slain Yemeni former
president Ali Abdullah Saleh
in Sanaa, Yemen.
Dec.6 , 2017

A Bengal cat plays in the Palace
Feline Suite at The Wagington
luxury pet hotel in Singapore.
REUTERS/Edgar Su
Dec.6 , 2017

Reuters / Wednesday, December 06,
2017
Britain's Queen Elizabeth meets
George Adesola Oguntade, the High
Commissioner of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, as he presents his Letter of
Credence, with his wife, Mrs
Oguntade, during a private audience
at Buckingham Palace in central
London, Britain. REUTERS/Victoria
Jones/Pool
Dec.6 , 2017

A Palestinian refugee woman waits to receive food supplies from a United
Nations food distribution center in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Dec.6 , 2017

Britain's Prince William, speaks to school children during
a 'Stepping Out' session, at the BBC in MediaCityUK in
Salford, Britain. The session comprised of a focus group
where young people were able to give Children's
television editorial staff and content producers their
view of how they respond to new programmes under
production. REUTERS/Oli Scarff/Pool
Dec.6 , 2017

A French fan of late French singer and
actor Johnny Hallyday arrives with
flowers in Marnes-la-Coquette near Paris,
France. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Dec.6 , 2017

A police personnel stands guard near the polling
station at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square, a day
ahead of the parliamentary and provincial
elections in Kathmandu, Nepal.
REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Dec.6 , 2017

A worker fixes the renovated summit
cross on top of the highest German
mountain, the Zugspitze, in Garmisch-
Partenkirchen, Germany.
REUTERS/Michael Dalder
Dec.6 , 2017

A petrol bomb explodes next to riot police during clashes
following an anniversary rally marking the 2008 police
shooting of 15-year-old student, Alexandros
Grigoropoulos, in Athens, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis
Konstantinidis
Dec.6 , 2017

A weather vane is pictured on a ranch during the
Creek Fire in the San Fernando Valley north of Los
Angeles, in Sylmar, California. REUTERS/Jonathan
Alcorn
Dec.6 , 2017

Heavy smoke covers the
seaside enclave of Mondos
Beach beside the 101
highway as flames reach the
coast from the Thomas
wildfire near Ventura,
California on Dec. 6.
Wind-whipped wildfires
raged across the Los Angeles
region, with flames
triggering the closure of a
major freeway and
mandatory evacuations in
an area dotted with
mansions.
Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty
Images
Dec.6 , 2017

December 7, 2017

Flames consume a home as a wildfire
burns in Ojai on Dec. 7.
Noah Berger / AP
Dec.7 , 2017

A person rides their bicycle as a section of
wildfire burns on a bluff on Dec. 7 in La Conchita.
Many evacuation holdouts were forced to flee
the small seaside town as the flames
approached.
Dec.7 , 2017

Firefighters monitor a section of
wildfire along the 101 freeway on Dec.
7, 2017 north of Ventura, California.
The firefighters occasionally used a
flare device to burn-off brush close to
the roadside.
Strong Santa Ana winds are rapidly
pushing multiple wildfires across the
region, expanding across tens of
thousands of acres and destroying
hundreds of homes and structures.
Related: Malibu menaced by the
wildfires that have been ravaging
Southern California
Dec.7 , 2017

Cars and a residence burn as a result of the
fast moving wildfire on Dec. 7.
Dec.7 , 2017

Trees glow in the wind after being burned by
the wildfire on Dec. 7.
Dec.7 , 2017

Fire personnel drive along West Lilac Road in
the midst of the wildfire on Dec. 7.
K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune
via AP
Dec.7 , 2017

Kingwood's drill team watches the game.
David Butow / Redux for NBC News
STORM-BATTERED TEAMS FACE FINAL
FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN
by NBC NEWS
With all C.E. King and Kingwood high schools endured after Hurricane Harvey,
emotions at their final game went beyond winning or losing.
Dec.7 , 2017

Players from both teams meet with the
referees.
Dec.7 , 2017

The Kingwood Mustangs score against the
C.E. King Panthers.
Dec.7 , 2017

C.E. King's Rashad Wright is treated for an injury.
Dec.7 , 2017

The Panthers drill team performs
during halftime.
Dec.7 , 2017

The C.E.King drill team performs as the
stadium lights slowly come back after the
outage.
Read: Hit by Harvey, two Texas high school
football teams hit back
Dec.7 , 2017

Sen. Al Franken holds hands with his wife Franni Bryson as he leaves the Capitol
after announcing his resignation on Dec. 7.
Franken said he will resign from the Senate in coming weeks following a wave of
sexual misconduct allegations and a collapse of support from his Democratic
colleagues, a swift political fall for a once-rising Democratic star.
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Dec.7 , 2017

Reuters / Thursday, December 07, 2017
Security forces remove a burning barricade settled to
block a road by supporters of Salvador Nasralla,
presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance
Against the Dictatorship, during a protest over a
contested presidential election in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
Dec.7 , 2017

Australia's Liberal MP Warren Entsch
lifts up Labor MP Linda Burney as they
celebrate the passage of a same-sex
marriage bill in the House of
Representatives in Canberra on Dec. 7.
The bill changes the definition of
marriage from solely between a man
and a woman to "a union of two
people" excluding all others. The
legislation passed with a majority that
wasn't challenged, although five
lawmakers registered their opposition.
Lukas Coch / AAP via Reuters
Dec.7 , 2017

People look out from a window at masked Hamas gunmen during a rally against
the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Beit Hanoun,
northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Dec.7 , 2017

Israeli forces disperse Palestinian
protesters outside Damascus Gate in
Jerusalem's Old City on Dec. 7,
2017.
Thousands took part in angry anti-
U.S. demonstrations around the
Muslim world over the Trump
administration's decision to
recognize Jerusalem as Israel's
capital. Since the 1979 Camp David
Accords, previous presidents have
refused to recognize Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel or move the U.S.
Embassy.
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty
Images
Dec.7 , 2017

Reuters / Thursday, December 07, 2017
A Palestinian protester prays during clashes with
Israeli troops at a protest against U.S. President
Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of
Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Dec.7 , 2017

An orthodox Jewish man reads from a
holy book in a cemetery near the Dome
of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa
Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old
City, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. A day
earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump
announced his decision to recognize
Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (AP
Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Dec.7 , 2017
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