December 15, 2015

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-19M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

British astronaut Tim Peake, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), waves to his children from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Smoke trails made by an Epsilon rocket are seen during the morning sunrise over Kimotsuki town in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. The Epsilon rocket, carrying the ASNARO-2 radar satellite developed by NEC, was launched from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center.

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, takes part in drumming 'music therapy' as she attends the Anna Freud Centre Family School Christmas Party at Anna Freud Centre, in London.

An unidentified motorist clears snow off his four-wheel-drive vehicle in high winds in Denver, Colorado, USA. Forecasters predict that four to 10 inches of snow will blanket Colorado's eastern plains before the storm, which started Monday in the intermountain West, moves to the east.

Models of varying incarnations of the Land Rover Defender off-road vehicles are displayed during an exhibition to promote the forthcoming charity auction of the two-millionth Land Rover Defender at Bonhams auctioneers in London.

Dante Cicerone, 15, (R) and his twin brother Georgie dress up as Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump as they attend a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 14, 2015.

Migrants sit below a banner outside a former Olympic indoor stadium in Faliro, southern Athens, Greece.

Laborers pull a pontoon to construct a temporary bridge for the Magh Mela festival on the river Ganges in Allahabad, India.

A man cycles past a house decorated as a Christmas present in Scholar Green, northern Britain.

St Paul's Cathedral is seen reflacted in raindrops on a metal plaque following heavy rainfall in the City of London, Britain.