Best pictures from December 2
A swimmer passes as surfers paddle on boards in the Mediterranean sea off the shore of Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Temperatures rise up to 30 Celsius in Israel.Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press
A Naga tribal man in traditional attire shouts while he performs a dance during the Hornbill festival at Kisama village on the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland, India, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. The 10-day long festival named after the Hornbill bird is one of the biggest festivals of India’s northeast that showcases the rich tradition and cultural heritage of the indigenous Nagas.Anupam Nath/The Associated Press
A Thai Buddhist monk puts on a gas mask as riot police use water cannon and tear gas while anti-government protesters attempt to remove barricades outside Government House in Bangkok December 2, 2013.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters
Simona, an 11 year-old Roma schoolgirl who has been living in France for 6 years, uses a flashlight for her homework outside her shelter at an illegal camp on the bank of the Var River in Nice, southeastern France, November 6, 2013. About fifty migrants from Romania were evicted from an illegal camp on November 27, 2013 where they had been living for 5 months.ERIC GAILLARD/Reuters
Artist John Coleman paints faces of pets on a mural at the Animal Hospital of Desert Hot Springs Save-A-Pet clinic in Desert Hot Springs, California, December 2, 2013. The resort town in California warned on November 12 that it will run out of money by March due to burdensome salary and pension costs and could join other U.S. cities that have recently filed for bankruptcy protection.KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/Reuters
A Bald Eagle by an eagles nest on Harrison River near Harrison Mills, B.C., November 2, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Microsoft founder Bill Gates seen in a hotel room after an interview at the Willard Hotel in Washington DC which is related to a pledge by the Canadian Government to the Global Fund.Louie Palu/The Globe and Mail
An armed Turkana man walks towards the shores of Lake Turkana near a temporary fishing camp some kilometres from Todonyang near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in northwestern Kenya October 12, 2013.SIEGFRIED MODOLA/Reuters