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South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius (Front), surrounded by policemen, journalists and onlookers, leaves the Pretoria Hight Court following his sentencing hearing.Mujhiad Safodien/AFP / Getty Images

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Protestors stand in front of the riot police during a protest at the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri.Jim Young/Reuters

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Two Chinese men wait to perform a lion dance at the start of the fourth stage of the 2014 Tour of Beijing cycling race in the suburbs of Beijing.Wang Zhao/AFP / Getty Images

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A motorcyclist passing through an area covered by ash after Mount Sinabung erupted spewing volcanic materials.Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

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A man fixes tarpaulin on his stall during a dust storm on the banks of the river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.JITENDRA PRAKASH/Reuters

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Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils rush towards the train "Queen of Jaffna," after it arrived at Jaffna in Sri Lanka . The once-popular train linking the ethnic Tamil's northern heartland to the rest of Sri Lanka arrived in Jaffna, 24 years after its suspension due to the countryís civil war.Eranga Jayawardena/The Associated Press

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A woman walks past Greenpeace environmental activists dressed up as a polar bear in Prague . The event is part of a campaign to raise awareness about the threats to the Arctic.David W Cerny/Reuters

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French economist Jean Tirole poses after a news conference at the Toulouse School of Economics in Toulouse. Tirole won the 2014 economics Nobel Prize for his analysis of market power and regulation.Reuters

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A rider performs motorcycle stunts during a Motor-Extreme show in the southern city of Ashkelon , Israel.Amir Cohen/Reuters

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Police remove barricades erected by pro-democracy protesters at the main protest site in Admiralty in Hong Kong. Police removed some barricades erected by pro-democracy protesters at key sites in the heart of the city on MondayCarlos Barria/Reuters

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