Students from Orthodox Jewish academies in the New York area took to the streets of Manhattan, in New York, protesting against current efforts by the Israeli government to draft their counterparts into the Israeli army. Photo: AP
The U.N. Security Council votes to beef up its peacekeeping force in South Sudan at United Nations headquarters. A total of 34 bodies were found in two graves according to a U.N. human rights office spokesperson. Photo: AP
An African Union peacekeeper from Burundi walks past scattered clothing, at the scene of a deadly attack by Christian anti-balaka militiamen on a truck that was carrying at least one Muslim passenger attempting to flee the capital, in the Fouh neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic. Photo: AP
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather in front of the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, in the background, during the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, 80 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. Photo: AP
Alberto Sierra is escorted from Fitchburg District Court following a hearing in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. A judge ordered Sierra, who is the boyfriend of Elsa Oliver, held without bail at the hearing. Oliver is held on reckless endangerment of a child charges, after the September 2013 disappearance of her five-year-old son Jeremiah. Photo: AP
Pope Francis delivers a blessing at the end of the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Photo: AP