A Syrian refugee child who fled violence in Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, known also as Kobani, plays outside the tents in a camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey (AP)
Men carry sheep out of floodwaters in the village of Darzez near the city of Fier (AP)
Palestinian protesters run for cover from sound grenades fired by Israeli troops during a protest against the visit of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, in Hebron (Reuters)
Traditional dancers perform during Navam Perahera, a Buddhist pageant of elephants, dancers and drummers, in Colombo (Reuters)
Members of FRAGIDA, the Frankfurt arm of the anti-immigration movement affliated with Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) demonstrate against Islamisation, in Frankfurt (Reuters)
Migrating starlings fly in formation across the sky over the southern Israeli town of Rahat (Reuters)
Pope Francis, second from right, back to the camera, walks past cardinals and bishops holding candles as he arrives to celebrate a mass for priests and nuns on the occasion of the feast of the presentation of the Lord, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican (AP)
A Kurdish refugee woman from the Syrian town of Kobani washes dishes at a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province (Reuters)
A general view shows the Yenakieve Metallurgical Plant in Yenakieve town, northeast from Donetsk (Reuters)
A man attempts to push a vehicle away from a burning car at the scene of a bomb explosion in Gombe (Reuters)