Pictures of the week brings you the best images over the past seven days from around the world, chosen by our very own photo editors, Elliot Wagland and Tahira Mirza.
Pictures Of The Week
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Sir Lenny Henry is awarded a Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II during an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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Jack Freestone of Australia on Round of 32 on December 3, 2015 in Sunset Beach, Hawaii. (Photo by Laurent Masurel/World Surf League via Getty Images) (credit:Laurent Masurel via Getty Images)
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An Indian naval band performs during a rehearsal for the forthcoming Navy Day celebrations in front of The Gateway of India in Mumbai on December 2, 2015. The Indian Navy will celebrate Navy Day on December 4, as a tribute to the maritime operations of the Indian Navy during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE via Getty Images)
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A person stands before the Christmas Tree during the ceremonial lighting on Capitol Hill December 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images)
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This photo shows a lenticular cloud forming as white streaks from airplanes mark the blue sky, in a rare atmospheric phenomena above the town of Gevgelija on December 2, 2015. Lenticular clouds have been regularly confused for UFOs throughout history due to the their smooth, round or oval lens-shaped structure. (credit:ARMEND NIMANI via Getty Images)
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Demonstrators face policemen during a protest against a constitutional amendment which would allow indefinite re-election in front of a line of riot policemen in Quito on December 3, 2015. The pro-government majority of the Congress is ready to approve indefinite re-election since 2021 in Ecuador. (credit:RODRIGO BUENDIA via Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama waves after lighting the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse of the National Mall December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. The First Family was joined by celebrities and guests to light the National Christmas tree during an evening of performances. (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images)
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A man drinks a coffee on the terrace of the bar 'A la Bonne Biere' in Paris on December 4, 2015, during its reopening after it was hit during a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris on November 13.The Paris bar where five people were killed by jihadist gunmen in the November 13 attacks is the first of the attacked bars to re-open, in an emotional step in the city's struggle to regain normality. (credit:KENZO TRIBOUILLARD via Getty Images)
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A resident using a plastic container filled with water tries to put out a fire that gutted a shanty town near a jail in Manila on December 4, 2015. Hundreds of inmates were evacuated while thousands were left homeless after a massive fire hit a shanty town in the Philippine capital on December 4, authorities said. (credit:TED ALJIBE via Getty Images)
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A resident engulfed in smoke tries to douse the roof of a building with water as he helps firemen (R) after a fire hit a shanty town near a jail building in Manila on December 4, 2015. Hundreds of inmates were evacuated while thousands were left homeless after a massive fire hit a shanty town in the Philippine capital on December 4, authorities said. (credit:TED ALJIBE via Getty Images)
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US First Lady Michelle Obama reads 'The Night Before Christmas' with Miss Piggy on the Ellipse of the National Mall December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. The First Family was joined by celebrities and guests to light the National Christmas tree during an evening of performances. (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images)
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A paraglider is pictured against the moon on the Puy-de-Dome mountain in Orcines on December 3, 2015. (credit:THIERRY ZOCCOLAN via Getty Images)
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British Royal Air Force Airbus A400M atlas aircraft is seen on the tarmac at the British airbase at Akrotiri, near Cyprus' second city of Limassol on December 3, 2015. Britain joined the US-led bombing campaign over Syria on December 3, hitting an oil field held by Islamic State jihadists just hours after a decisive parliamentary vote authorised air strikes. (credit:IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU via Getty Images)
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Migrants and refugees wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, on December 3, 2015.Countries along the migrant route through the Balkans have tightened restrictions on migrants, allowing entry only to those fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. (credit:ARMEND NIMANI via Getty Images)
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A man walks past Christman decorations as he leaves the FIFA headquarters engulfed by fog on December 3, 2015 in Zurich.The unprecedented corruption scandal engulfing FIFA widened Thursday with the arrests of two more top officials in another dramatic dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich. (credit:FABRICE COFFRINI via Getty Images)
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A stranded migrant shows his hand bearing the slogan 'I want freedom' as he and others try to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece on December 3, 2015.Macedonia has restricted passage to northern Europe to only Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan nationals who are considered war refugees. All other nationalities are deemed economic migrants and told to turn back. Over 1,500 people are stuck on the border, mostly Indian, Moroccan, Bangladeshi and Pakistani. (credit:ARMEND NIMANI via Getty Images)
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A photo taken on December 3, 2015 shows three raincoats hanging in line from a window and bearing the French flag colors in Paris in tribute to victims of November 13 terror attacks in Paris. (credit:JOEL SAGET via Getty Images)
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A view of a volcanic eruption at Mount Etna's Vorgaine crater on December 03, 2015 in Sicily, Italy. (credit:Marco Restivo / Barcroft Media UK Office)
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Migrants and refugees try to block a truck on one of the access road for the Eurotunnel on December 3, 2015 in Coquelles.France's prisons watchdog condemned the government on December 2 for locking up migrants in a bid to clear the notorious camp known as 'the Jungle' near Calais. In a strongly-worded statement to the government, the head of the official CGLPL jails watchdog Adeline Hazan said authorities must stop 'abusing' rules on migrant detention, saying there had been 'serious breaches of fundamental rights'. (credit:PHILIPPE HUGUEN via Getty Images)
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Polar bear 'Nanuq' shakes the water off his coat at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on December 3, 2015. (credit:PETER STEFFEN via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) reacts to squeezing into a tight spot with OSCE Chairman, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic (L), German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2nd L), and OSCE Parliamentary President Ilkka Kanerva (R) of Finland, as he joins fellow diplomats for a family photo during the annual Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council meeting in Belgrade on December 3, 2015.The top diplomats of Turkey and Russia were set to meet for the first time since Ankara shot down one of Moscow's warplanes as dozens of foreign ministers gathered in Belgrade on November 26. (credit:JONATHAN ERNST via Getty Images)
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Visitors dressed as characters from the 'Star Wars' movie during the presentation of a book about the latest movie in the series at the International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, on December 02, 2015. This year the guest of honor at the fair is the United Kingdom. (credit:HECTOR GUERRERO via Getty Images)
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A young Indian woman walks under an umbrella through floodwaters in Chennai on December 1, 2015, during a downpour of heavy rain in the southern Indian city. Heavy rains pounded several parts of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and inundating most areas of Chennai, severely disrupting flights, train and bus services and forcing the postponment of half-yearly school exams. (credit:STRDEL via Getty Images)
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An aerial view taken on December 1, 2015 shows Iraqi Shiite pilgrims gathering at the shrine of Imam Abbas ibn Ali, the brother of Imam Hussein, during the Arbaeen religious festival which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein, in the holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometres south of the capital Baghdad. (credit:MOHAMMED SAWAF via Getty Images)
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A portrait of late New Zealand All Blacks rugby legend Jonah Lomu is held by a mourner during a funeral service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Auckland on December 1, 2015. Lomu's career was cut short by a chronic kidney disease and he died unexpectedly at his Auckland home on November 18 aged just 40, leaving a wife and two young sons. (credit:MICHAEL BRADLEY via Getty Images)
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A picture taken on November 30, 2015 shows images of more than 500 people being projected onto the facade of the French National Assembly building during the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris. The Standing March is the collaborative work by the French artist known as JR and US filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. (credit:ERIC FEFERBERG via Getty Images)
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A general view shows an installation entitled 'Ice Watch' by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson on Place du Pantheon December 3, 2015 in Paris, France. France hosts climate change conference COP21 in Paris from November 30 to December 11, 2015. (credit:Chesnot via Getty Images)
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The Empire State building is lit with red lights in honor of World Aids Day on November 30, 2015 in New York City. The annual event is observed December 1. (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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People hike on the Perito Moreno glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, on November 30, 2015 in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The Southern Patagonian Ice Field is the third largest ice field in the world. The majority of the almost 50 large glaciers in Los Glaciares National Park have been retreating during the past fifty years due to warming temperatures, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports that over 68 percent of the world's freshwater supplies are locked in ice caps and glaciers. The United Nations climate change conference began November 30 in Paris. (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham attend The Global Gift Gala at Four Seasons Hotel on November 30, 2015 in London, England. (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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Waves lash the promenade of New Brighton next to the Black Pearl pirate ship art installation, as the tail of Storm Clodagh moves across the country on November 30, 2015 in New Brighton, Merseyside. Flood warnings have been issued my the Met Office as heavy rain continues to fall with high tides increasing the possibility of localised flooding and rivers breaching their banks. (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima Unveils her Madame Tussauds Wax Figure on November 30, 2015 in New York City. (credit:Mike Coppola via Getty Images)
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(L-R) Rugby League player Manu Vatuvei and All Blacks player Jerome Kaino carry the casket carrying Jonah Lomu from the Public Memorial for Jonah Lomu at Eden Park on November 30, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (credit:Hannah Peters via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 03: Singer Kylie Minogue is seen on December 3, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/GC Images) (credit:Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)