Today’s top pics: Trump Impeachment and more
APTOPIX Trump
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
APTOPIX Trump Impeachment
A statue of President George Washington stands in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House, with a historic debate set Wednesday on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress ahead of votes that will leave a defining mark on his tenure at the White House. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
APTOPIX India Kashmir Mosque Reopened
An elderly Kashmiri Muslim man prays inside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. A call to afternoon prayer has rung out from the central mosque in disputed Kashmir’s largest city for the first time in more than four months, ending a virtual ban on religious practice in the Muslim-majority region’s biggest mosque. The Jamia Masjid was shut Aug. 5 as part of India’s security lockdown after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government stripped Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
APTOPIX India West Indies Cricket
West Indies' Shimron Hetmyer drops a catch off India's Rohit Sharma during the second one day international cricket match between India and West Indies in Visakhapatnam, India, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
APTOPIX Afghanistan Daily Life
Afghan laborers work at a charcoal market on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. In the winter, prices of wood and charcoal rise among all other necessities for Afghans. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
APTOPIX Wild Golden Knights Hockey
Vegas Golden Knights' William Carrier (28) celebrates after making an assist to Tomas Nosek against the Minnesota Wild during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
APTOPIX Canadiens Canucks Hockey
Montreal Canadiens' Shea Weber, back right, Joel Armia, back left, of Finland, and Brett Kulak celebrate Weber's goal as Vancouver Canucks' Jordie Benn (4) and Christopher Tanev (8) look on during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
APTOPIX Suns Clippers Basketball
Actor Adam Sandler and NBA All Star Kevin Garnett watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Phoenix Suns in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
APTOPIX Japan Rape Ruling
Freelance journalist Shiori Ito talks to her supporters outside a courthouse Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Tokyo. A Tokyo court awarded compensation to Ito in a high-profile rape case which prosecutors had once dropped their criminal investigation into an alleged attacker known for his close ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ultra-conservative supporters.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
APTOPIX Germany Soccer Bundesliga
Leipzig's Patrik Schick celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The match ended 3-3.(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
APTOPIX Russia Cadet Ball
Students of military schools prepare to dance during an annual ball in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. More than 1,000 students from military schools travelled from all over Russia to Moscow to take part in the ball (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
APTOPIX Qatar Soccer Club World Cup
Al Hilal's Salem Al Dawsari, front, celebrates after he scored during the Club World Cup semifinal soccer match between Flamengo and Al Hilal at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
APTOPIX Germany Daily Life Christmas
People stand in front of the decorated Christmas house of Mario Leicht in Walschleben, central Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The words read: 'Merry Christmas'. Leicht decorates his family home every year. This year there are probably 145,000 light points and around eight kilometers of light chains and tubes. The Christmas house is a popular attraction for a few thousand visitors during Advent and Christmas time. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
APTOPIX Remain in Mexico Sick Child
A 7-year-old asylum-seeker waits as her mother Isabel, right, and immigration lawyer Charlene D'Cruz, left, as they figure out where they will be spending the night after being processed at the Port of Entry in Brownsville, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The girl who is unable to contain her own waste due to a congenital illness and who had been refused entry to the United States three times has finally been allowed into the country. (AP Photo/Veronica G. Cardenas)
APTOPIX Russia Christmas
A man dressed as Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), the Russian Santa Claus, rides an electric scooter by a street decorated for the incoming New Year and Orthodox Christmas celebrations in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
APTOPIX France Strikes
Flares illuminate the darkness at the end of a demonstration Tuesday Dec.17, 2019 in Paris. Teachers, doctors, lawyers and workers at the Eiffel Tower — people from across the French workforce walked off the job Tuesday to resist a higher retirement age, and to preserve a welfare system they fear their business-friendly president wants to dismantle. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
APTOPIX Trump Impeachment
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., left, and House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., speak during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
APTOPIX Shooting Jersey City
The family of Jersey City Police Detective Joseph Seals, including his wife Laura Seals, center left, watch as his casket is carried out of the church in Jersey City, N.J., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The 40-year-old married father of five was killed in a confrontation a week ago with two attackers who then drove to a kosher market and killed three people inside before dying in a lengthy shootout with police. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
APTOPIX Trump Impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, following a meeting with Democrats. House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., follows second from left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
APTOPIX France Alpine Skiing World Cup
Second placed Mina Fuerst Holtmann of Norway, left, and winner Federica Brignone of Italy embrace in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel, France, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.(AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
