16 meha 1 2015
Schoolchildren dressed as Swiss Guards rest as they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis outside the Manila Cathedral in Manila, The Philippines.
People line up as police check everybody who wants to enter the Palace of Justice in Brussels, Belgium. Thirteen people were detained in Belgium and two arrested in France in anti-terror sweeps that followed a firefight in which two suspected terrorists were killed in the eastern city of Verviers on Thursday.
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House. The president and prime minister agreed Friday to a shared effort in fighting domestic terrorism after last week's deadly attacks in France.
People pray in Bamako, Mali during a rally against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which featured a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover of its first edition following an attack on the magazine's office in Paris by Islamist gunmen.
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, left, shows Pope Francis how to give the popular hand sign for "I love you" at the Mall of Asia arena in Manila. The pope is on a five-day apostolic visit in the predominantly Catholic nation.
More than a thousand protesters thronged the streets of Algiers, Algeria denouncing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Chanting "I am not Charlie, I am Muhammad," protesters left their mosques after Friday prayers and gathered in May 1 square where they were met by hundreds of riot police.
A Cuban man wearing a T-shirt with the U.S. flag walks along a street in Havana. The U.S. eased travel and trade restrictions with Cuba on Friday, marking the first concrete steps towards restoring normal ties with the Cold War-era foe since announcing a historic rapprochement.
Afghan refugee children chase a balloon on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Malian supporters cheer their national soccer team arriving for the Africa Cup of Nations, at the Malabo International Airport in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
A Jungfraubahnen train carriage, pictured through a hotel window, is seen upon its arrival at the Kleine Scheidegg station in Wengen, Switzerland. A day after the Swiss National Bank dropped a bombshell that it was removing its currency peg on the franc, Swiss hoteliers vented their fury on social media and politicians urged the Swiss to support the country's tourism industry.
Indian Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, participate in a community feast at the Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the annual month-long Magh Mela religious fair in Allahabad.
Living statue ballerina Therisa Barber-Shaw performs for tips in the Times Square subway station in the Manhattan borough of New York.