Best pictures from January 3
A woman looks out over skyline and a frozen Lake Ontario during -15 Celsius cold weather in Toronto. Toronto, Friday January 3, 2014.Mark Blinch/The Globe and Mail
Indonesian men watch Mount Sinabung spewing volcanic materials during an eruption in Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) volcano has sporadically erupted since September.Binsar Bakkara/The Associated Press
Tourists look at a camera to see photographs they took of themselves in a snowstorm in Times Square, Midtown, New York January 3, 2014. A major snowstorm producing blizzard-like conditions hammered the northeastern United States on Friday, causing more than 1,000 U.S. flight delays and cancellations, paralyzing road travel, and closing schools and government offices.DARREN ORNITZ/Reuters
A boy rests on a wheelchair from wounds sustained in a grenade attack, at the Complex Paediatric Hospital in Bangui January 3, 2014. Violence in Central African Republic has uprooted nearly a million people, a fifth of the population, and is hampering aid efforts, particularly in the capital Bangui, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.ANDREEA CAMPEANU/Reuters
Waves crash against the coastal wall in the village of Carnlough as high tides and strong winds cause some flooding in coastal areas of Northern Ireland January 3, 2014.CATHAL MCNAUGHTON/Reuters
Scores of posters with portraits of contesting candidates urging voters to cast their ballots for their respective parties are hung overhead on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Bangladeshís main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliances are boycotting the parliamentary elections set for Jan. 5 demanding for an independent caretaker government to oversee the polls.A.M. Ahad/The Associated Press
Pedestrians and motorists make their way through near whiteout conditions in Halifax, January 3, 2014. Environment Canada has issued blizzard warnings for much of Nova Scotia.DEVAAN INGRAHAM/Reuters
Palestinian demonstrators protest near the Israeli border fence with Gaza as the Israeli army shoots tear gas, January 3, 2014.AMIR COHEN/Reuters
Great Britain's Rowan Cheshire competes during the women's World Cup freestyle halfpipe event in Calgary, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer takes off from the ski jump during the first practice session of the third jumping of the four-hills tournament in Innsbruck, January 3, 2014. The prestigious four-hills tournament will end in Bischofshofen on January 6.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters
Decaying remains of an old pier extend seaward from the beach of Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.Khalil Hamra/The Associated Press
A visitor skies down a slope near the resort of Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi January 3, 2014.MAXIM SHEMETOV/Reuters
Lyndon Rush, front, and Neville Wright from Canada speed down the bob run during the two man bob World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.Martin Meissner/The Associated Press
Heavy traffic can be seen on the Gardener Expressway after a multi car collision due ice conditions, Toronto January 03 2014.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Contractors working on behalf of the City of Toronto clean up branches left by the ice storm in North York, Toronto January 03 2014.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Sunlight streams through the windows of a building which caught on fire in Plattsmouth, Neb., Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, and the water sprayed on it by fire fighters froze. Much of the American northeast and the midwest are suffering from sub-freezing temperatures.Nati Harnik/The Associated Press
A man rides a sled on Cedar Hill as a dog chases him in Central Park in New York, January 3, 2014. A major snowstorm producing blizzard-like conditions hammered the northeastern United States on Friday, causing more than 1,000 U.S. flight delays and cancellations, paralyzing road travel, and closing schools and government offices.CARLO ALLEGRI/Reuters
Toledo firefighters battle a fire at St. Mark Baptist Church in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.Jeremy Wadsworth/The Associated Press
A skater braves the cold weather as they make their way along the Rideau Canal skateway in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
A worker adjusts Chinese traditional lanterns for the upcoming Chinese New Year at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.Vincent Thian/The Associated Press