December 14, 2014

Rabbis install a giant Hanukkah Menorah for the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, named Hanukkah, in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

A hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia.

A member of the special forces police installs equipment on a van in Ghent, western Belgium. Four armed men have entered an apartment, and police have blocked off a wide perimeter around the area. Police said that three hours after the men entered the apartment it was still unclear whether they had taken any hostages.

Smoke billows from a weapons depot allegedly belonging to rebel fighters during an operation by Syrian regime forces to take control of the Al-Maleh farms, west of the Handarat hill which is located just north of Aleppo.

A man passes a house built upside-down in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Dec. 14, 2014. The house was constructed as an attraction for local residents and tourists.

The New England Patriots cheerleaders, wearing Santa Claus outfits, perform in the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, Dec. 14, 2014.

A car overturns during the Master Cross Race 2014 at Suuj Uul, outside Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Dec. 14, 2014.

Matilde Apiñas, 66, weeps in front of the dock while waiting for news of her son, a diver disappeared during the shipwreck, in the Caribbean port of Puerto Cabezas, also known as Bilwi, Nicaragua, Dec. 14, 2104. Rescue crews have found the fishing boat that capsized last week with 50 people aboard and are still searching for crew members who remain missing, authorities said.

A girl touches an art installation depicting a gorilla entitled 'Silver Back' by artist David Mach during a press preview of a themed auction that features the animal as artistic inspiration, 'Creatures Great and Small', in London.