• YEMEN
  Members of the Shiite Huthi movement guard a checkpoint near the Yemen presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, on January 21 after a compromise was reached between the government and the militia (XINHUA/AFP)
• FRANCE
  President Francois Hollande (left) embraces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prior to a meeting at the ?lysée Palace on January 16 in Paris, during which the two countries agreed to strengthen anti-terrorism cooperation (XINHUA/AFP)
• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  A man takes a selfie in front of the Solar Impulse 2, the first solar-powered plane capable of flying continuously for multiple days, on January 20 at an Abu Dhabi airport (XINHUA/AFP)
• HAITI
  President Michel Martelly (center) receives honors of the Orchestra of the National Palace at the investiture ceremony in Port-au-Prince on January 19, the day the country formed a new coalition government (XINHUA/AFP)
• JAPAN
  Humanoid robot Robi with parts provided by Italian publisher De Agostini dance during an event in Tokyo on January 20 (AFP)
• KYRGYZSTAN
  An Orthodox faithful dips into the icy waters of a lake on January 19 during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in Bishkek (XINHUA/AFP)