Photos of the Day: Red Shoes and Christmas Illuminations

Berghaim, Germany

Steam rises from the brown coal-fired power plant Neurath (front-C) and Niederaussem (rear-L) operated by RWE. The Rhenish Brown Coal Field is Europe’s largest carbon dioxide source.

Photograph: Sascha Steinbach/EPA

Butembo, Congo

A health worker is seen wearing his personal protective equipment before entering the red zone of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported Ebola treatment center. Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak is now the second largest in history, behind the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed thousands a few years ago, according to the World Health Organization

Photograph: John Wessels/AP

Milan, Italy

People take pictures during the lighting ceremony of the Christmas illuminations and Swarovski Christmas Tree

Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA