December 12, 2013

An Air-France airliner sits on the tarmac of the Nangui airport while another company aircraft take off near a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Central African capital.

5 An Air-France airliner sits on the tarmac of the Nangui airport while another company aircraft take off near a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Central African capital.

6 A pro-European Union activist wearing a mask depicting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich smokes in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine.

People queue for buses before heading to the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, where the body of former South African president Nelson Mandela is lying in state for three days.

7 People queue for buses before heading to the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, where the body of former South African president Nelson Mandela is lying in state for three days.

Anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Thailand remove barbed wire before a small group of them briefly entered the compound of the prime minister's office, known as the Government House.

8 Anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Thailand remove barbed wire before a small group of them briefly entered the compound of the prime minister's office, known as the Government House.