Smoke rises after a blast in a quarry at the Ariab mine, Sudan. Reuters Archive.

A miner climbs on excavated rocks after a giant drill machine broke through at the final section Sedrun-Faido, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel, Switzerland. Reuters Archive.

U.S. soldiers play with a remote control toy car at Delaram base in Nimroz province, southern Afghanistan. Reuters Archive.

A small-scale miner holds his gold that was melted together at a processing plant located around 100km (62 miles) north of the Mongolian capital city Ulan Bator. Reuters Archive

Indian employees at a call centre provide service support to international customers, in the southern city of Bangalore, India. Reuters Archive

Volunteers collect foods donated by Mexican citizens to people affected by floods, at Red Cross building in Mexico city. Reuters Archive

A Uighur woman pulls a buggy carrying her sons as she walks past residential buildings under construction in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China. Reuters Archive

A veiled Jordanian girl holds her doll in Amman, Jordan. Reuters Archive.

Li Renying (C), 70, waits for the photographer to adjust the lights as her husband Zhang Kunlin (L), 74, waits for his turn during a photography session in a studio that caters especially to the elderly, in Shanghai, China. Reuters Archive.

Antonio Gabarri takes a bath as he watches TV at his grandparents’ house in the Spanish gypsy settlement of Puerta de Hierro, outside Madrid, Spain. Reuters Archive

Teodora Spanjers, 80, (L) poses with Ginny Bravos, 86, in a swimming pool locker room in Sun City, Arizona, USA. Reuters Archive

Bathers relax at the Rudas bath in Budapest, Hungary. Reuters Archive.

People play chess in Szechenyi Bath during a winter morning in Budapest, Hungary. Reuters Archive

A woman is reflected in a window of an office in the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China. Reuters Archive

Seagulls are seen silhouetted against the setting sun on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico. Reuters Archive.