Hopeful Images from 2015 презентация

a suspected plotter of the Paris attacks, Russia offered France the gift of a new police pup, named Dobrynya. Here, a Russian police officer holds Dobrynya, before a presentation to French police in the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia, on December 7, 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP

May 12, 2015. Narinder Nanu / AFP / Getty

on top of a car to view a sunflower field at sunset on September 5, 2015, near Lawrence, Kansas. Charlie Riedel / AP

at the E45 freeway north of Padborg, Denmark, on September 9, 2015. Many migrants, mainly from Syria and Iraq, were crossing through Denmark, trying to reach Sweden to seek asylum there. Claus Fisker / Scanpix Denmark / Reuters

as part of their dance routine in the stage category at the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 21, 2015. Torres strikes a truly unique pose among the hundreds of dancers at the World Cup of Tango. The 37-year-old says she was paralyzed in a car accident when she was 2 years old, but nonetheless grew up with a love of dancing. Natacha Pisarenko / AP

the mobile library in Serang Village, Purbalingga, Indonesia, on May 5, 2015.  Putu Sayoga / Getty

between Paraguay and Bolivia, and his wife Cayetana Roman, smile during a ceremony coinciding with his 100th birthday in which they received a house—the first in their lives as owners—as a gift for his merits, in Neembucu, Paraguay, on January 7, 2015. AFP / Getty  

near Marlborough in southern England, on May 4, 2015. Toby Melville / Reuters

Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on July 16, 2015. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters

4, as they look at a photo on a laptop during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut on November 28, 2015. Hussein Malla / AP

his rocket takes off at the Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival on May 10, 2015, in Yasothon, Thailand.  Taylor Weidman / Getty

with the message "Love Wins" written on them, as they pose at a celebration rally in West Hollywood, California, on June 26, 2015. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

Nathan Hammond wrote several days-worth of messages, relating to hope and love, over New Orleans, during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, on May 2, 2015. Gerald Herbert / AP

downtown Shanghai on April 12, 2015. Carlos Barria / Reuters

robot "Robear" lifting a woman for a demonstration in Nagoya, central Japan. The Robear, developed by Riken Institute and Sumitomo Riko, has a polar cub-like face with big doe eyes, but packs enough power to transfer frail patients from a wheelchair to a bed or a bath. A historically low birth rate and ever-increasing life expectancy means Japan's population of elderly people is growing, while the pool of youngsters to look after them is shrinking. Jiji Press / AFP / Getty

on September 7, 2015. The pair are both paraplegic dogs equipped with wheelchairs. Mariana Bazo / Reuters

Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on August 25, 2015. Alex Wong / Getty

in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 26, 2015. Manish Swarup / AP

they spend time on the territory of Chersonesus Tavrichesky (Tauric Chersonesos) National Reserve in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, on July 25, 2015. Pavel Rebrov / Reuters

rests with a dog, in the city of Hashtgerd 43 miles (73 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran. More than 500 dogs find care and affection at the Vafa Animal Shelter, which was established through an endowment in 2004 and is the country’s only licensed animal refuge. Vahid Salemi / AP

festival in Redondo Beach, California, on March 8, 2015. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

honor of a terminally-ill boy named Evan Leversage, with all proceeds being donated to the Leversage family in St. George, Ontario, Canada, on October 24, 2015. Mark Blinch / Reuters

his owner near the beach in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on September 20, 2015. Hassan Ammar / AP

festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, on April 10, 2015. Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters

the second half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game against Florida on December 5, 2015, in Atlanta. Alabama won 29-15. David Goldman / AP

jacket, after their arrival from Beirut at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on December 11, 2015. Mark Blinch / Reuters

a coastal village in Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines, on July 8, 2015.  Aaron Favila / AP

exhibition game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 22, 2015. Chris Carlson / AP

milked at a farm in Granby, Quebec, on July 26, 2015. Christinne Muschi / Reuters

a wedding photo shoot at the ancient temple of Kom Ombo, north of Aswan, southern Egypt, on April 30, 2015. Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP