Best pictures from December 27
Siberian tigers approach a keeper's car as they wait to be fed at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, China.
Siberian tigers fight for a chicken at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, China.
Carpenters work while sitting on the railway track in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam. The Kham Thien railway hamlet, a 200-meter stretch of residences along the railway track in central Hanoi, is one of most dangerous traffic problems in the country.
A carpenter stops working as a train goes by in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam. The Kham Thien railway hamlet, a 200-meter stretch of residences along the railway track in central Hanoi, is one of most dangerous traffic problems in the country.
A mahout takes a bath in the Rapti river after collecting food for elephants from Chitwan National Park at Sauraha in Chitwan, Nepal.
A policeman keeps watch during the distribution of winter assistance in Kabul by the UN Refugee Agency for the most vulnerable returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as well as others at risk in the cold winter weather.
Men load a sack of coal on top of a mini-bus after receiving winter assistance in Kabul from the UN Refugee Agency.
Indian rickshaw drivers warm themselves around a bonfire on a cold morning in New Delhi, India.
Military personnel raise a flag on a submarine during the Iranian navy's Velayat-90 war games in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran.
Palestinian women who are members of the security forces of Hamas demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City.
A youth sleds down a track at the Rinerhorn skiing area near the Swiss mountain resort of Davos.
Hikers make their way to the peak of Wendelstein mountain in the German Alps, near Bayrischzell, Germany.
Swans dive for food at a lake in Zbilje, Slovenia.
Britain's Prince Philip waves as he is driven away from Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England, after successful surgery to clear a blocked heart artery.
Helene Laganiere of Breakeyville, Que. raises her arms as she slides on Grande-Allee Street in downtown Quebec City. The city has organized a number of events for the holidays.