Lightning strikes overhead as members of the SOS Mediterranee rescue ship “Ocean Viking” conduct an exercise in the Mediterranean Sea (Image credit: Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP / Getty Images)
A boy kicks a ball down an alley near the Balata camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank (Image credit: Zain Jaafar / AFP / Getty Images)
Fireworks light up the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia (Image credit: Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)
Buddhist devotees pray inside coffins during the New Year’s resurrection ceremony at Wat Takien temple in Bangkok, Thailand (Image credit: Rungroj Yongrit / EPA / Shutterstock)
A volcanic eruption lights up the north-east crater of Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy (Image credit: Salvatore Allegra / AP Photo)
Galejadors dressed in traditional Catalan costume fire their muskets during the Pine Festival in Centelles, Spain (Image credit: Jordi Boixareu / ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock)
A pelican is silhouetted against the sky above Panama City, Panama (Image credit: Martin Bernetti / AFP / Getty Images)
A street musician breathes fire during a heavy snowfall in St. Petersburg, Russia (Image credit: Dmitri Lovetsky / AP Photo)
A performer with his face painted black poses for a portrait during the Day of Holy Innocents celebrations in Caucagua, Venezuela (Image credit: Federico Parra / AFP / Getty Images)
Pigeons flock above a throng of tourists visiting Amer Fort in Jaipur, India (Image credit: Vishal Bhatnagar / NurPhoto / Shutterstock)
German ski jumper Pius Paschke competes during the second stage of the Four Hills Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Image credit: Matthias Schrader / AP Photo)
Children interact with a lion dancer at a kindergarten in Wenling City, China (Image credit: Xinhua / Shutterstock)
