Dec 31, 2013

Supporters await the release of Palestinian prisoners, gunfire erupts in Kinshasa, the sun sets in Karachi for the last time in 2013, and more in today’s daily brief.

: A schoolgirl takes notes while attending a class at a municipal school in Mumbai on December 31, 2013. The Right to Education Act passed in 2009 guarantees state schooling for children from six to 14 and enrollment levels reached 96.5 percent of children in this age category in 2012, according to a study by Indian education research group Pratham, co-founded by UNICEF. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP/Getty Images)

: A garbage container and a fridge block Gaona Avenue during a protest by people affected by power outages on December 30, 2013. Thousands of people in Buenos Aires remain without electrical supply amid a heat wave hitting the country and temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celcius during the day and slightly less at night. (JUAN MABROMATA / AFP/Getty Images)

: A child who suffers from nutritional problems, holds a doll, at the therapeutical nutritional unit of the Pedriatic hospital in Bangui on December 30, 2013. More than 1,000 people are believed to have been killed in three weeks of sectarian violence in Bangui alone. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Italy’s Felippo Volandri returns the ball to Spain’s Fernando Verdasco during their match in Qatar’s ExxonMobil Open in Doha, on December 30, 2013. (MARWAN NAAMANI / AFP/Getty Images)

: A Palestinian man sprays a mural on a wall near the family home of Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Shehadah in the Qalandia refugee camp near the city of Jerusalem on December 30, 2013. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian children collect drinking water from a tube-well in the village of Murkata in the Morigoan district on December 30, 2013. (BIJU BORO / AFP/Getty Images)

: Bashir, an Afghan boy who says he is 5 years old, holds balloons for sale as he walks at a neighborhood in Kabul. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP/Getty Images)

: An Egyptian riot policeman detains a female student of al-Azhar University during a protest by students who support the Muslim Brotherhood inside their campus in Cairo on December 30, 2013. Egypt urged Arab League members to enforce a counter terrorism treaty that would block funding and support for the Muslim Brotherhood after Cairo designated it as “terrorist” group. (MAHMOUD KHALED / AFP/Getty Images)

: Pakistani fishermen return from the sea during the last sunset of 2013 on New Year’s Eve in Karachi on December 31, 2013. People around the world are preparing to welcome 2014. (ASIF HASSAN / AFP/Getty Images)

: An Afghan resident walks along a road on an early morning near a livestock market in the outskirts of Kabul on December 28, 2013. Hundreds of traders gather daily at the market to buy, sell and broker buffaloes, sheep, mutton and other cattle. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP/Getty Images)

: An Afghan man sips tea during a cold winter morning at a livestock market in the outskirts of Kabul on December 28, 2013. Hundreds of traders gather daily at the market to buy, sell and broker buffaloes, sheep, mutton and other cattle. Although the trade at this market remained strong, prices have increased significantly in the last 12 months. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP/Getty Images)

: People evacute the Nevado de Colima National Park in Zapotitlan de Vadillo, Jalisco State, Mexico, on December 30, 2013 after it was temporarily closed to visitors following three days of snowfall. (HECTOR GUERRERO / AFP/Getty Images)

: Palestinians wave their national flag as they await the release of Palestinian prisoners to Jerusalem on December 31, 2013. Israel has freed 26 Palestinian prisoners under peace talks brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is returning to the region to boost the faltering negotiations. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anurag Thakur (center) tries to cross a police barricade during a protest outside Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi on December 31, 2013. BJP activists and supporters held protests outside Rahul Gandhi’s house to demand action against Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, over corruption allegations against him. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP/Getty Images)

: Hot lava runs down from Sinabung volcano on Dec. 30, 2013. Some 19,000 people fled their homes in Karo as Sinabung volcano continued its activity, according to the spokesman of the National Mitigation Agency. (SUTANTA ADITYA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Members of the Saturno group with masks of Barcelona’s Neymar (left) and Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale parade along the streets of Sumpango, Sacatepequez near Guatemala City on December 30, 2013. The Saturno group is a club whose members try to preserve the traditions of Sumpango. (JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP/Getty Images)

Dec. 31 Daily Brief: Release of Palestinian prisoners, gunfire in Kinshasa and sunset in Karachi

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