Images of the day - Dec 24

Lava spewing from the Copahue volcano, located on the Chilean-Argentine border, are seen from Caviahue in the Argentina Patagonian province of Neuquen Dec 24, 2012. The volcano's constant activity prompted the provincial emergency committee (COE) network to issue a routinary emergency operation in the closest Argentine localities to the volcano. Chilean authorities have declared red alert at the area of "Alto Biobio" but not to the point of calling for evacuations Gonzalo Arroyo, the regional director of the Chilean National Emergency Office said.[Photo/Agencies]