1. People watch an eruption at Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island, a French island in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, February 1.
2. A man wearing a mask depicting U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes part in the Mystic Krewe of Barkus dog parade in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1.
3. Texas Senator Ted Cruz won the Iowa Republican caucuses, in the first vote of the US presidential campaign, taking 26% of the Republican vote, beating his rival, the front runner Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio, February 2.
4. The Milky Way arches over lakes and mountains on New Zealand`s South Island, February 3.
5. Flight engineer Tim Peake took this photograph of the robotic arm in Japan`s Kibo laboratory on the International Space Station successfully deploying two combined satellites, February 3.
6. A burning man was reportedly sucked out of a hole in a plane apparently caused by a bomb, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu on Tuesday. An explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in the commercial airliner, with the pilot later saying he thought it was a bomb, February 3.
7. A riot policeman falls down as protesters throw a petrol bomb during a 24-hour nationwide general strike in Athens, February 4.
8. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has declared war on mosquitoes responsible for spreading the Zika virus in a recorded TV message to the nation, February 4.
9. It`s your first day at work, so you`re keen to make a good impression. The excitement appears to have been too much for this young intern, however, whose sleeping picture has gone viral after his new colleagues took a selfie with him, February 5.
10. A man cycles in front of graffiti of Pope Francis in Ecatepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico. The Pope is scheduled to celebrate a mass in Ecatepec during his visit to Mexico City later in February 2016, February 5.
11. An international conference on war-torn Syria in London today pledged a record $10 billion after United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out three main objectives: raising $7 billion in immediate humanitarian aid, mustering long-term support, and protecting civilians, February 5.
12. Billions of dollars were pledged to help ease the plight of Syrians affected by the five-year conflict at a donors` conference in London. More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives with more than 11 million others forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, and those opposed to his rule, battle each other - as well as jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State. Here a girl asks for money to help pay a medical bill for her father in Douma, Syria, February 5.
13. An earthquake has toppled buildings in the south Taiwanese city of Tainan, killing at least five people, February 6.
