January 5, 2017

A member of the Iraqi rapid response forces sits in a military vehicle during battle with Islamic State militants in the Mithaq district of eastern Mosul.

Cars burn after a car bomb explosion in Izmir, Turkey. An explosion believed to have been caused by a car bomb in front of a courthouse in the western Turkish city of Izmir, wounded several people, a local official said. Two of the suspected attackers were killed in an ensuing shootout with police.

Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama looks on as Tibetan Buddhist monks work on a traditional painting during a special religious prayer at Bodhgaya, India.

A Russian Marine uses a hammer to break a brick on top of his comrade's stomach during a Capability Demonstration at Manila's Rizal Park, the Philippines.

The Toyota Concept-i is unveiled during a news conference at CES International in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 4, 2017.

Pope Francis arrives for an audience with residents of the areas of central Italy hit by earthquakes, in the Pope Paul IV hall, at the Vatican.

Participants show off their traditional Japanese calligraphy works during the annual New Year's calligraphy contest at the Budokan martial arts hall in Tokyo.

A member of the army collapses as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a military full honor review farewell ceremony given in his honor at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Washington, Jan. 4, 2017.

Puli Gin-Gin runs in the snow in Lautertal, southern Germany. Pulis are Hungarian sheepdogs and rarely seen in Germany.

Kiyoshi Kimura, center, president of Kiyomura Co., poses with the bluefin tuna he made a winning bid at the annual New Year auction, at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.