Best pictures from December 27
Judges examine a decorated elephant during an elephant beauty contest at the Elephant Race event in Chitwan, Nepal, about 170 km south of Kathmandu.NAVESH CHITRAKAR/Reuters
Iraqis make their way through flooded streets in Baghdad, Iraq. An unusually heavy rainstorm has collapsed shoddy houses in Iraq, killing several people.Karim Kadim/The Associated Press
An Israeli air force Apache helicopter releases flares during an acrobatics display at a graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim air force base near Beersheba, Israel.Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press
Saudi youths sand ski in the desert near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.STRINGER/Reuters
Bird watchers view snow geese flying over a field in the Skagit Valley near La Conner, Washington. Tens of thousands of snow geese spend the winter near the mouth of the Skagit River.Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press
An ornament is surrounded by stuffed animals at a memorial for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, after snowfall in Newtown, Connecticut.ADREES LATIF/Reuters
A man (bottom) clears a driveway as people make their way along a snow-covered street during a snowfall in Ottawa.CHRIS WATTIE/Reuters
A man walks along a road near Montreal during the first major snowstorm of the winter in the region.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
Two bystanders help a Montreal ambulance driver get his vehicle out of a snowbank at Pie IX and Rouen streets in Montreal. The ambulance got stuck while responding to a call.Francois Havill/The Canadian Press
Christopher Vincent uses a snow blower to clean the sidewalk at his home on Lauder Ave. in Toronto.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Children make their way up a hill during a snow storm in Ottawa.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail