Burning debris is seen on a road near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, January 3. General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's elite foreign paramilitary and espionage service, known as the Quds Force, was killed when missiles fired by a U.S. drone struck his vehicle as he left the airport.
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77th Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals - Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 5, 2020 - Scarlett Johansson.
The dome of Saint Peter's Basilica is pictured through a hole in a door of the Villa del Priorato di Malta (Magistral Villa) in Rome, Italy, January 7, 2020.
A man visits ice sculptures ahead of the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China January 4, 2020.
A destroyed bus is seen next to burnt bushland in the village of Mogo, Australia January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2HBE91ZSSI
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walk toward an awaiting aircraft prior to departing for the Middle East from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. January 5, 2020.
A view of the funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran, January 6. Official Khamenei website/via REUTERS
Members of the security forces block Venezuela's National Assembly President and opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler, at the Venezuela's National Assembly building in Caracas, Venezuela January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Fausto Torrealba
What appears to be new damage at Al Asad air base in Iraq is seen in a satellite picture following an Iranian air strike,
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Kids hold stars on sticks as they mark the day before Christmas at St Kliment Orthodox church in Skopje, North Macedonia January 6, 2020.
Nancy Allen and Brian Allen stand outside the house as high winds push smoke and ash from the Currowan Fire towards Nowra, New South Wales, Australia January 4, 2020.
Adelaide wildlife rescuer Simon Adamczyk is seen with a koala rescued at a burning forest near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Australia, January 7. AAP Image/David Mariuz/via REUTERS
A girl is carried by her father across floodwaters in the Jatinegara area after heavy rains in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 2, 2020.
Riot police pour water on the face of an anti-government protester who was pepper sprayed while getting detained after an anti-parallel trading protest at Sheung Shui, a border town in Hong Kong, China, January 5, 2020.
Iranian women react as they gather to mourn General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran, January 4. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA
Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 1 - Jeddah - Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia - January 5, 2020 The car of team RD Limited driven by France's Romain Dumas and Alexandre Winocq is seen on fire.
An Afghan boy slides down a snow-covered slope in Kabul, Afghanistan January 6, 2020.
Film producer Harvey Weinstein departs Criminal Court on the first day of a sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 6, 2020.
Former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Julian Castro and Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and Senator Elizabeth Warren react before embracing during a campaign event at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre in New York, January 7, 2020.
A surfer takes some air off a wave while surfing after sunset in Cardiff, California, U.S., January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2FBE9RZ3E9
People work in a brick kiln in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, January 8, 2020.
A worker cleans up a shop after an earthquake in Guanica, Puerto Rico January 8, 2020.
Tanli Yang, a journalist with China Global Television Network, performs yoga poses with Walker, an intelligent humanoid service robot, at the UB Tech booth during the 2020 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 8, 2020.
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