The Day in Photos – December 31, 2016, Part 2/2

Fact The Day in Photos – December 31, 2016, Part 2/2

Akira Yaegashi celebrates winning the IBF World Light Flyweight Title bout between Akira Yaegashi of Japan and Wittawas Basapean of Thailand at the Ariake Colosseum on December 30, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)

Members of National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of India's main opposition Congress party, step on a banner with a portrait of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against what they say is cash shortages weeks after Modi's decision to scrap high-value bank notes, in Ahmedabad, India, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

People prepare balloons to be released into the sky as a part of the year-end celebrations in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil December 30, 2016. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)

A woman prepares balloons to be released into the sky as a part of the year-end celebrations in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil December 30, 2016. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)

Balloons are released into the sky as part of the year-end celebrations in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)

A member a Sao Paulo's trade association gestures as some 50,000 biodegradable balloons are released at the Patio do Colegio square in sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 30 December 2016. The tradition of releasing balloons weas steablished in 1992 to celebrate the New Year. (Photo by Fernando Bizerra Jr./EPA)

Some 50,000 biodegradable balloons are released at the Patio do Colegio square in sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 30 December 2016. The tradition of releasing balloons weas steablished in 1992 to celebrate the New Year. (Photo by Fernando Bizerra Jr./EPA)

German policemen patrol with submachine gun at the Brandenburg Gate, ahead of the upcoming New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin, Germany, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

Visitors watch the sound and light check at the Brandenburg Gate, ahead of the upcoming New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin, Germany, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

A Belgian soldier patrols ahead of New Year's celebrations in central Brussels, Belgium, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

A trader wears glasses that say “2017” ahead of the new year on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 30, 2016. (Photo by Stephen Yang/Reuters)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds a sword during a meeting with the “Viking” film crew, as film producer and Director General of Channel One Russia Konstantin Ernst (R) looks on, in Moscow, Russia December 30, 2016. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/Reuters/Sputnik/Kremlin)

A Palestinian protester runs for cover during clashes with Israeli troops following a protest against the near-by Jewish settlement of Qadomem, in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom near Nablus December 30, 2016. (Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)

A Palestinian woman, who according to the Israeli police was shot and wounded after she attempted to stab Israeli officers, lies on the ground at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 30, 2016. (Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)

Palestinian protesters run as others hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes following a protest against the near-by Jewish settlement of Qadomem, in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom near Nablus December 30, 2016. (Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)

A woman takes a selfie with two dogs before the start of the “Sanperrestre” walk to raise awareness about the need to adopt dogs and cats instead of purchasing them, in central Madrid, Spain, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)

A dog waits for the start of the “Sanperrestre” walk to raise awareness about the need to adopt dogs and cats instead of purchasing them, in central Madrid, Spain, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)

Dogs and their owners wait for the start of the “Sanperrestre” walk to raise awareness about the need to adopt dogs and cats instead of purchasing them, in central Madrid, Spain, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)

A dog turns around to look at police officers on patrol ahead of New Year's celebrations in central Madrid, Spain, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)

Lifeguards of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms stand on the stern of the former fishing trawler Golfo Azzurro as the vessel departs from the port of Malta to conduct search and rescue operations for migrants off the Libyan coast in central Mediterranean Sea December 30, 2016. (Photo by Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

Nasser Al-Attiyah (C) speaks during the presentation of the Toyota team at the bivouac of the Dakar Rally 2017 in Luque, Paraguay, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Adorno/Reuters)

Stephane Peterhansel and co-pilot Jean Paul Cottret drive their Peugeot out to practice after a technical verification check ahead of the Dakar Rally in Luque, Paraguay, December 30, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Adorno/Reuters)

Cave specialist Christian Casseyas gives a tour of the Goyet cave, where 96 bones and three teeth from five Neanderthal individuals were found, in Goyet, Belgium, on December 19, 2016. Deep in the caves of Goyet, in present-day Belgium, researchers have found the grisly evidence that the Neanderthals did not just feast on horses or reindeer, but also on each other. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo)

Polish President Andrzej Duda prays at the coffin of Lukasz Urban, the Polish truck driver who was killed in the Berlin Christmas market attack, during his funeral at the church of Banie near Sczczecin, Poland, on December 30, 2016. Lukasz Urban was shot dead probably by suspected jihadist killer Anis Amri shortly before the market attack, in which 11 other people were killed and almost 50 injured when the truck tore through the crowd, smashing wooden stalls and crushing victims, in scenes reminiscent of July's deadly attack in the French Riviera city of Nice. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP Photo)

Francoise Amiridis, the wife of Greece's Ambassador to Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis, arrives at a police station to be interrogated in connection with her husband's disappearance in Belford Roxo, Brazil, Friday, December 30, 2016. Authorities believe that the ambassador was killed at the home his wife kept in the Rio de Janeiro area, after he went missing on Monday in the city of Nova Iguacu, just north of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Fabiano Rocha/Extra Ag O Globo via AP Photo)

This picture taken on December 28, 2016 shows the Beipanjiang Bridge, near Bijie in southwest China's Guizhou province. The world's highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two southwestern provinces and reducing travel time by three quarters, local authorities said on December 30. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

A Syrian refugee woman throws a snowball while she and others play at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 kilometers (53 miles) north of Athens, Friday, December 30, 2016. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and an European Union deal with Turkey to stop migrant flows. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

A soldier patrols through the courtyard of the Louvre museum, in Paris, Friday, December 30, 2016. With a day to go before New Year's Eve final countdown, France's Interior and Defense Ministers reassured tourists in the capital and insisted security forces were in place to protect them. (Photo by Christophe Ena/AP Photo)

Nadeea Volianova the Russian Pop Star's bizarre, naked New Years “Art Installation” featuring an American flag, the named Putin and Trump in huge letters and the singer wearing a space helmet and not much else, Art Threat Gallery, Las Vegas, NV on December 29, 2016. (Photo by S_bukley/Splash News and Pictures)

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