freak 1,032 Report post Posted December 20, 2014 Week in pictures: 13-19 December 2014 Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world this week. A Maasai warrior does the high jump, in which athletes must touch a high line with the top of their heads, at the annual Maasai Olympics in the Sidai Oleng Wildlife Sanctuary near Kilimanjaro, in southern Kenya. President Vladimir Putin has insisted Russia's under-fire currency, the rouble, will stabilise, but warned the economic crisis could last two years. Mr Putin insisted the nation's currency reserves were sufficient to keep the economy stable, saying the central bank should not "burn" its $419bn reserves. Adama Tarawallie is seen with her husband Ibrahim, 31, a suspected Ebola victim, as they wait to be transported from Devil Hole, west of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The country has overtaken Liberia to have the highest number of Ebola cases, World Health Organization figures show. Pope Francis celebrated his 78th birthday as he arrived to lead his general audience at the Vatican. Prince Harry shows children a photograph he has taken during a visit to a school constructed by his charity, Sentebale, in Mokhotlong, Lesotho. Chinese soldiers endured freezing temperatures of about -30C (-22 F) during a training session in Heihe, Heilongjiang province. More than 140 people, most of them children, were killed when Taliban gunmen stormed a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Here, women mourn their relative Mohammed Ali Khan, 15, one of the students killed in the attack. Two people died, along with the gunman, after commandos stormed a cafe in Sydney, Australia, to bring a 16-hour siege to an end. Prime Minister Tony Abbott questioned why the gunman was not on the country's terror watch list. An oil spill from a crashed tanker in Bangladesh's Sundarbans waterways is threatening a rare dolphin sanctuary and part of the world's largest mangrove forest. Villagers have been collecting oil from the rivers using pots and pans, some of which is sold on. Members of the Winchester Cathedral Choir skated on the cathedral's ice rink to mark its opening. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
