Today in Pictures: December 18

People take part in a march demanding Dominican President Danilo Medina reviews the penal code and not approve the criminalization of abortion, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Dec. 18, 2016.

A swimmer disguised as Superman dives into the lake during the 78th "Coupe de Noel" (Christmas cup) swimming race in Lake Geneva, in Switzerland.

A security member almost gets in the way of Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara (C) as he leaves after voting at a polling station in Cocody, a commune of Abidjan during legislative elections.

An advertising post lies on the ground after it collapsed due to a windstorm in Elche city, in Alicante province, eastern Spain.

Hoarfrost covers plants near the frozen Malomvolgy Lake near Pecs, Hungary.

A member of Iraqi special forces kisses a child in the neighborhood of al-Barid east of Mosul during their ongoing operation against ISIS to wrest back the city.

The mascot of Nice soccer team before a match at Allianz Riviera stadium, Nice, France.

Smoke rises as a government bus burn, in Idlib province, Syria. Activists said, militants burned at least five buses assigned to evacuate wounded and sick people from two villages in northern Syria.

Rescue teams and locals at the crash site of an Indonesian air force transport plane which killed all 13 people aboard, on Mount Lisuwa, Indonesia.