By David Sim Published 10 January 2014, 9:29 AM GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket The giant inflatable Rubber Duck installation by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman floats on the Parramatta River, as part of the 2014 Sydney Festival Reuters The barred spiral galaxy M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel, is seen in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope mosaic NASA/Reuters The Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash during an eruption, as seen from Berastepu village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province Reuters A family stands while watching Mount Sinabung volcano spew ash at Berastepu village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province Reuters Paulo Goncalves of Portugal reacts as his Honda motorbike burns during the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally 2014 from Chilecito to Tucuman, Argentina Reuters A man is held hostage at an electric bicycle maintenance shop in Kunming, capital of China's southwest Yunnan province. Police successfully rescued the hostage and detained the suspect after a four-hour standoff. The suspect took a construction worker hostage with a knife, after being chased by police for stealing a mountain bike Reuters Palestinian students crawl on a military-styled exercise course conducted by the Hamas-run ministry of education, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Reuters A frozen crane-shaped fountain with icicles is seen at a park in Tokyo Reuters Indian soldiers take part in the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi Reuters Andy Murray reacts after losing a point during an exhibition match against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt at the Kooyong Classic tennis tournament in Melbourne Reuters Singer Tulisa Contostavlos leaves Southwark Crown Court in London where she denied being concerned with the supply of Class A drugs Reuters Workers pour molten bronze into moulds of "The Actor" statuettes for the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California Reuters © Copyright IBTimes 2024. All rights reserved.