2015 in pictures - part #2

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Photographs from July - December on a range of topics from around the world.

Pensioners try to get a number to enter inside a bank in Athens, on July 1.

The US Women's National Team celebrates with the trophy after they beat Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on July 5.

Revelers enjoy the atmosphere during the opening day or 'Chupinazo' of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls fiesta on July 6 in Pamplona, Spain.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter looks on as fake dollar notes fly around him, thrown by a British comedian during a press conference at the FIFA world-body headquarter's on July 20 in Zurich.

A beluga whale sprays water at visitors during a summer attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo on July 20.

Javier Yanez looks out from his balcony where he hung a Unites States and a Cuban national flag, to celebrate the restored full diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Unites States, in Old Havana, on July 20.

Inigo Munoz Elorza of Spain and Stefan Dobrovolny of Austria (right) take stone samples during a simulated Mars mission on Tyrolean glaciers in Kaunertal, Austria, on Aug. 7.

A rescuer walks past damaged cars at the site of the explosions in Tianjin on Aug. 14.

USA's Justin Gatlin, USA's Tyson Gay, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, USA's Mike Rodgers and USA's Trayvon Bromell compete in the final of the men's 100 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 23.

A Thai veterinarian takes a picture of a 2-year-old orangutan during a health examination in Ratchaburi, Thailand, on Aug. 27.

A Turkish police officer carries a refugee child's dead body off the shores in Bodrum, southern Turkey, on Sept. 2 after a boat carrying refugees sank while reaching the Greek island of Kos.

Hungarian policemen stand by the family of migrants as they want to run away at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, on Sept. 3.

A woman looks at a damaged vehicle on Sept. 15 swept away during a flash flood in Hildale, Utah.

US President Barack Obama stands with Pope Francis during an arrival ceremony for the pope at the White House in Washington on Sept. 23.

The supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor on Sept. 27 in Glastonbury, England.

Director in charge of human resources of Air France long-haul flights, Pierre Plissonnier, is helped by police officers to climb over a fence, after several hundred employees stormed into the offices of Air France, interrupting the meeting of the Central Committee (CCE) in Roissy-en-France, on Oct. 5.

Malaysian youths cool off in a river as schools remain closed due to hazy conditions in Hulu Langat on Oct. 6.

A mounted policeman leads a group of migrants and refugees near Dobova, Slovenia on Oct. 20.

A victim of a terrorist attack lies dead outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Nov. 13.

People observe a minute of silence at the Place de Trocadero in Paris on Nov. 16 to pay tribute to victims of the attacks claimed by Islamic State which killed at least 130 people and left more than 350 injured on Nov. 13.

A large crowd gathers to lay flowers and candles in front of the Carillon restaurant in Paris, France, on Nov. 15.

Newly-elected speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC), Amal Al Qubaisi speaks during the inaugural session of the new FNC, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Nov. 18.

Protestors including Lamon Reccord, 16, confront police during a demonstration in response to the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago, Ill., on Nov. 25.

People hike on the Perito Moreno glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, on Nov. 30 in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

Gary Mendoza, and his son Michael pay their respects at a makeshift memorial site honoring shooting victims on Dec. 7 in San Bernardino, Calif.

An aerial view shows the collapsed factory buildings brought down by the Dec. 20 landslide in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Dec. 21.

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets Louie Dixon as she campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa.

A Chinese policeman wears mask to protect against pollution as he guards during heavy pollution day in Tiananmen Square on Dec. 22 in Beijing.

Pam Russell (left) and Linda Hart rescue Pam's cat, Larue, from Russell's house a day after a tornado hit on Delta Drive in Rowlett, Texas, on Dec. 27.

Tourists ski on a thin layer of snow towards the resort of Leysin, Swiss Alps, on Dec. 28.

Workers from a taxi firm enter their premises with a teapot and cups of tea, through the floodwaters from the rivers Foss and Ouse, after they burst their banks in York, northern England, on Dec. 28.