Images of DECEMBER 2013-week 1 - 2

Images of DECEMBER 2013week 1 - 2

Images of DECEMBER 2013week 1 -2 Click to continueSources : boston.com, reuters.com , time.com , pps : http://chieuquetoi.blogspot.comDecember 31, 20131

Images of DECEMBER 2013week 1 -2 Sources : boston.com, reuters.com , time.com , pps : http://chieuquetoi.blogspot.comClick to continueDecember 31, 20132

Nov. 29, 2013. An Egyptian man walks amid tear gas smoke during clashes between Egyptian security forces and Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Morsi supporters following a demonstration in Cairo.

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Nov. 30, 2013. Stand-up paddle boarders row past before the lighting ceremony for Rio de Janeiro's famed floating Christmas tree in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Nov. 30,2013Click to continueDecember 31, 20134

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Dec. 1, 2013. Rescue workers lift the rear rotor blades from the site of a police helicopter crash onto the Clutha Pub in central Glasgow, Scotland.

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Dec. 1, 2013. A woman dressed as "fairy godmother" participates in the Paris Parade along Alameda Avenue, in Santiago, Chile as part of the Christmas celebrations.Dec. 1,2013Click to continueDecember 31, 20137

Dec. 1, 2013. Supporters of European integration clash with Berkut riot police officers on Bankova Street during a People's Veche protest against the government's decision to delay signing a trade deal with the European Union.Dec. 1,2013Click to continueDecember 31, 20138

Dec. 1, 2013. An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays and lights candles with his family on the fifth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, the festival of lights, at the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Sheaarim in Jerusalem.

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Dec. 1, 2013. A Metro-North passenger train lays on it's side after derailing in the Bronx borough of New York City.Dec. 1,2013Click to continueDecember 31, 201310

Emergency workers examine the site of a Metro-North train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York December 1, 2013. At least four people were killed and 63 injured, including 11 critically, when the suburban train derailed, with at least five cars from the Metro-North train sliding off the tracks, officials said.REUTERS/Carlo AllegriDec. 1,2013Click to continueDecember 31, 201311

Dec. 1, 2013. A Metro-North locomotive lies on its side after derailing in the Bronx borough of New York City.Dec. 1,2013Click to continueDecember 31, 201312

Dec. 1, 2013. A woman adjusts a wreath during the Wreaths Across Canada ceremony at the National Military Cemetery in Ottawa.Dec. 1,2013December 31, 201313

A woman, with HIV, receives treatment at a HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, in the suburbs of Yangon December 1, 2013. World AIDS day is observed on December 1, 2013.REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunDec. 1,2013Click to continueDecember 31, 201314

A friend of local resident Valentin Krasin cools off with cold water after a steam bath in his mobile bathing station on the banks of the Tuba river near the village of Kochergino, about 460 km southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 1, 2013. Krasin designed and constructed the mobile bathing station based on a traditional Russian banya or steam bath, intending it for trips with friends and possibly as a small commercial venture. Picture taken December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) Dec. 1,2013December 31, 201315

Dec. 1, 2013. A friend of local resident Valentin Krasin cools off with cold water after a steam bath in his mobile bathing station on the banks of the Tuba river near the village of Kochergino, about 460 km southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

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A "scissors" dancer grabs her shoe with her mouth while performing in a national scissors dance competition in the outskirts of Lima December 1, 2013. The Danza de las tijeras, or scissors dance, is a traditional dance from the Peruvian southern region of the Andes, in which two or more performers take turns dancing while accompanied with music from a harp and a violin. Dancers would display various skills and moves, which include cutting the air with the use of a scissors.REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

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Two men walk during a sandstorm in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 1, 2013.REUTERS/Joe PenneyDec. 1,2013December 31, 201318

A Kathakali dancer wears a dress ahead of her performance during the annual Vrischikotsavam festival at a temple in the southern Indian city of Kochi December 1, 2013. Kathakali is an elaborate classical dance-drama from the southern Indian state of Kerala that combines literature, music, painting, acting and dance. The dance depicts stories from Hindu mythology and is usually religious in nature. Picture taken December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Sivaram V (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY) Dec. 1,2013December 31, 201319

Protesters try to break through police lines near the presidential administration building during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 1, 2013. Ukrainian opposition leaders called on Sunday for President Viktor Yanukovich and his government to resign at a rally of about 350,000 people, the biggest protest in the capital Kiev since the "Orange Revolution" of nine years ago.REUTERS/Gleb GaranichDec. 1,2013December 31, 201320

A man kneels down while riot police stand guard near the presidential administration building during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 1, 2013. Ukraine's interior minister warned tens of thousands of protesters starting a pro-Europe rally in the capital Kiev on Sunday that police would respond if there were mass disturbances.REUTERS/Gleb GaranichDec. 1,2013December 31, 201321

A man swings a chain as protesters try to break through police lines near the presidential administration building during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 1, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians shouting "Down with the Gang!" rallied on Sunday against President Viktor Yanukovich's U-turn on Europe and some used a building excavator to try to break through police lines at his headquarters.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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An anti-government protester throws back a teargas canister during clashes with police near the Government House in Bangkok December 1, 2013. Police fired several rounds of teargas in an area of Bangkok near Government House, after a chaotic night of street fighting elsewhere in the capital during which two people were killed and at least 45 wounded.REUTERS/Damir SagoljDec. 1,2013December 31, 201323

An anti-government protester uses a fire extinguisher during clashes with police near the Government House in Bangkok December 1, 2013. Thousands of protesters launched a "people's coup" on Thailand's government on Sunday, swarming multiple state agencies in violent clashes, taking control of a broadcaster and forcing the prime minister to flee a police compound.REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaDec. 1,2013December 31, 201324

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi flee teargas fired by riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo December 1, 2013. Egyptian security forces fired teargas to disperse protesters demonstrating against the army-backed government in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, witnesses said.REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshDec. 1,2013December 31, 201325

Andean women wearing traditional clothes attend a national scissors dance competition in the outskirts of Lima December 1, 2013. The Danza de las tijeras, or scissors dance, is a traditional dance from the Peruvian southern region of the Andes, in which two or more performers take turns dancing while accompanied with music from a harp and a violin. Dancers would display various skills and moves, which include cutting the air with the use of a scissors.REUTERS/Enrique Castro-MendivilDec. 1,2013December 31, 201326

Iraqi police take up position during a raid and weapons search operation in west of Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, December 1, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of wanted figures and the seizing of various weapons and ammunition, according to an Iraqi Army officer. Picture taken December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Adnan (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX1624GDec. 1,2013December 31, 201327

Free Syrian Army fighters dig a tunnel in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria December 1, 2013. Picture taken December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) Dec. 1,2013December 31, 201328

Activists covered in fake blood perform during a protest against the use of fur at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona December 1, 2013.REUTERS/Albert GeaDec. 1,2013December 31, 201329

Flowers and movies left by fans are seen at the scene of the car crash where actor Paul Walker was killed in the Santa Clarita area of Los Angeles December 1, 2013. Walker, best known for his roles in the "Fast and the Furious" action movies, died on November 30 in a car crash in Southern California, his publicist said.REUTERS/Phil McCarten

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A protester (C) is arrested by the riot police during clashes with protesters after they took part in a march against Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on the anniversary of his first year in power and his government's proposed energy reforms, in Mexico City December 1, 2013.REUTERS/Antonio Becerril

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Dec. 1Afghan students in an outdoor classroom in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on December 1, 2013.December 31, 201332

Residents inspect their home that was damaged by what activists said was shelling from forces loyal Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Qatana, Aleppo, December 1, 2013.REUTERS/Mahmoud HebboDec. 1,2013December 31, 201333

A woman takes a picture of herself with part of the Christmas illumination of the main shopping mall Kurfuerstendamm boulevard in Berlin, December 1, 2013.REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschDec. 1,2013December 31, 201334

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Dec. 2Angry Birds balloons shaped procession down Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood Christmas Parade 82 th in Los Angeles, California, December 1, 2013.December 31, 201336

Dec. 2Indian Navy Ranger performing skills in the Navy Day celebrations at Arabian sea in Mumbai, India. Indian Navy Day is celebrated on December 4.December 31, 201337

Dec. 2Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launched aircraft "octocopter"-machine mini-drones will be used for delivery to consumers. His company is looking forward to the future with plans to use mini unmanned aircraft to deliver small packages.December 31, 201338

Palestinians wave to others on boats during a protest against the blockade on Gaza, at the seaport of Gaza City December 2, 2013. Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2007 after Islamist group Hamas seized control of the territory in a brief civil war with Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX160X2Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201339

A Thai Buddhist monk puts on a gas mask as riot police use water cannon and tear gas while anti-government protesters attempt to remove barricades outside Government House in Bangkok December 2, 2013. Thai protesters took to the streets on Monday to renew their fight to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, prompting riot police to fire teargas and stun grenades for a second day outside her fortified office compound to keep them at bay.REUTERS/Dylan MartinezDec. 2,2013December 31, 201340

Demonstrators burn tires and block roads against the arrest of Mali's former junta chief, General Amadou Sanogo in Kati, outside Bamako December 2, 2013. Mali's former junta chief, General Amadou Sanogo, has been detained and charged with complicity in kidnapping after being questioned by a judge on November 27, the government said on state television. Sanogo was taken into custody by soldiers earlier on Wednesday, the defence ministry said. He had failed to heed summons to appear in court for questioning over the deaths of six soldiers and a missing colonel during an army protest in September.REUTERS/Adama DiarraDec. 2,2013December 31, 201341

Anti-government protesters flee as riot policemen use water cannon during clashes with the police the metropolitan police headquarters in Bangkok December 2, 2013. Thai protesters took to the streets on Monday to renew their fight to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, prompting riot police to fire teargas and stun grenades for a second day outside her fortified office compound to keep them at bay.REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaDec. 2,2013December 31, 201342

Rescue workers prepare to lift the wreckage of a police helicopter that crashed into pub in central Glasgow, Scotland December 2, 2013. The number of people killed after a helicopter crashed into a pub in Scotland's biggest city Glasgow rose to nine, police said on Monday. Officers continue to sift through the wreckage at the site where a police helicopter crashed into the roof of the packed 'Clutha' pub on Friday, trapping many inside in choking dust and debris.REUTERS/Russell CheyneDec. 2,2013December 31, 201343

Dec. 2, 2013. An anti-government protester runs away as riot police use a water cannon during clashes with the police the metropolitan police headquarters in Bangkok.

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Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) photo shows a light from a research submarine illuminating the deck of a submerged World War II-era Japanese mega-submarine, the I-400, discovered off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii in August 2013. Scientists plumbing the Pacific Ocean off the Hawaii coast have discovered a World War Two era Japanese submarine, a technological marvel that had been preparing to attack the Panama Canal before being scuttled by U.S. forces. The 400-foot (122-meter) "Sen-Toku" class vessel - among the largest pre-nuclear submarines ever built - was found in August off the southwest coast of Oahu and had been missing since 1946, scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa said. REUTERS/Courtesy NOAA HURL archives/Handout Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201345

People supporting EU integration attend a rally in Kiev, December 2, 2013. Ukrainian protesters blockaded the main government building on Monday, seeking to force President Viktor Yanukovich from office with a general strike after hundreds of thousands demonstrated against his decision to abandon an EU integration pact. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX161E6Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201346

Dec. 2, 2013. Pope Francis meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a private audience at the Vatican.Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201347

Dec. 2, 2013. Two Western Lowland gorillas lay entwined inside the Great Ape House at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park during the ZooLights celebration in Washington.Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201348

A Free Syrian Army fighter rests near weapons in Aleppo December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201349

A butterfly wing artist cuts up wings to make mosaics in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 2, 2013. Mosaics made out of butterfly wings are a popular art form in Central African Republic. Professional butterfly hunters gather butterflies in the forest outside Bangui, then sell them to artists, who use the wings to make mosaics. Picture taken December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS) Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201350

Indigenous Aymara men attend the inauguration of the Bolivian space agency control plant in Amachuma on the outskirts of La Paz December 2, 2013. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS) - RTX161DJDec. 2,2013December 31, 201351

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands as he listens to the national anthems during a meeting with his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta at Villa Madama in Rome December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS) Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201352

Wen Changlin and Zhang Feng pose for a picture with their son at home in Ningxiang county of Changsha, Hunan province, December 2, 2013. According to local media, 27-year-old Zhang, married 72-year-old Wen after she carried Wen's baby earlier this year. The couple met and generated affection towards each other during the years Wen helped treating Zhang's father of his diseases.REUTERS/StringerDec. 2,2013December 31, 201353

Men try to remove an overloaded cart from a horse that fell on a road in Lahore December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201354

An anti-government protester throws a water bottle at riot police as they attempt to remove barricades outside Government House in Bangkok December 2, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday she would "open every door" to find a peaceful solution to a political crisis gripping Bangkok as police used rubber bullets against protesters seeking to topple her government. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201355

A newly recruited paramilitary policeman participates in a drill in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region December 2, 2013. Picture taken December 2, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201356

Aleya sits beside her husband Sabed Ali, an auto rickshaw driver, with her son Areef in Dhaka Medical College Hospital December 2, 2013. Ali sustained burns after protestors torched his auto rickshaw on Tuesday during a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led nationwide protest. At least five people were injured after protestors threw crude bombs, vandalized and torched vehicles in different parts of the city on Monday, local media reported. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201357

Artist John Coleman paints faces of pets on a mural at the Animal Hospital of Desert Hot Springs Save-A-Pet clinic in Desert Hot Springs, California, December 2, 2013. The resort town in California warned on November 12 that it will run out of money by March due to burdensome salary and pension costs and could join other U.S. cities that have recently filed for bankruptcy protection. A bankruptcy filing by Desert Hot Springs, a city of 26,000 about 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles, would make it the third California city since 2012 along with San Bernardino and Stockton to seek court protection from creditors. Picture taken December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201358

Dec. 2, 2013. A Buddhist monk wearing a gas mask and carrying saline rushes to tend to an anti-government protesters overcome by tear gas during an anti-government protest near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Dec. 2, 2013. Surfers paddle on boards in the Mediterranean Sea off the shore of Tel Aviv, Israel.Dec. 2,2013December 31, 201360

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Dec. 3, 2013. A giant bronze sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II by Italian sculptor Oliviero Rainaldi is pictured outside Rome's Termini train Station.

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Dec. 3, 2013. A Thai flag is reflected in an anti-government protester's sunglasses as he celebrates after demonstrations are called off outside Government House in Bangkok.

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Dec. 3, 2013. An Indian girl plays next to a makeshift shelter in New Delhi.

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A Syrian man holds his child as he waits for medical supplies at a recently opened shelter in Vrazhdebna, near Sofia December 3, 2013. More than 9,800 people, mainly from Syria, have sought asylum in Bulgaria, the poorest country in the European Union, this year, a total that the Interior Ministry says may reach 11,200 by the end of 2013 - a sharp rise from 1,380 last year. REUTERS/Pierre Marsaut (BULGARIA - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201365

Dec. 3, 2013. Pakistanis play cricket in a field next to a slum in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201366

Dec. 3, 2013. People pray in front of the casket of a man before his funeral at a Mosque in Bangui. The man was found stabbed to death on the road to Bouali, some 30km from Bangui.

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Dec. 3, 2013. A Pakistani boy wraps himself with a shawl to shield from the evening cold, while a woman cooks for her family using a fire as the sets in a slum in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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Dec. 3, 2013. Singers rehearse for the Mona Shores Singing Christmas Tree at the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts.Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201369

Dec. 3, 2013. Lines of Ukrainian police in riot gear guard the Ukrainian Parliament building during a protest in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Policemen watch the news as anti-government protesters enter their compound of metropolitan police headquarters, the site of fierce clashes over the last few days, in Bangkok December 3, 2013. Thailand's government ordered police to stand down and allow protesters into state buildings on Tuesday, removing a flashpoint for clashes and effectively bringing an end to days of violence in Bangkok in which five people have died. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201371

A protestor holds a flag as he stands in front of a police line during a demonstration in support of EU integration in Kiev December 3, 2013. Ukrainian protesters blockaded the main government building on Monday, seeking to force President Viktor Yanukovich from office with a general strike after hundreds of thousands demonstrated against his decision to abandon an EU integration pact. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201372

Dec. 3, 2013. Members of the Civil Police Core Coordination of Special Assets unit train in a mock favela at Police City, in Rio de Janeiro.

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Former Bolshoi Theatre dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko stands inside the defendant's cage during a court hearing in Moscow December 3, 2013. A Russian judge on Tuesday found Dmitrichenko and two co-defendants guilty in an acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet last January. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW ENTERTAINMENT) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201374

A graffiti is seen at the fence surrounding the construction site of the new European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, December 3, 2013. The ECB council will hold its monthly meeting on December 5 to decide whether interest rates will be changed or not. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX1624RDec. 3,2013December 31, 201375

Dec. 3, 2013. A flock of birds fly near Mount Sinabung as seen from Berastepu, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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A truck drives along a dirt road in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 3, 2013. Western Australia's Pilbara region, which is the size of Spain, has the world's largest known deposits of iron ore and supplies nearly 45 percent of global trade in the mineral. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201377

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at his uncle, North Korean politician Jang Song Thaek (L), during a parade to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang July 27, 2013. Jang, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, widely believed to be the power behind the throne in the secretive dynastic state, has been dismissed from his post, South Korean media said on December 3, 2013, citing officials at Seoul's top spy agency. Yonhap news agency and YTN cable news channel said Jang, who holds the title of vice chairman of the North's powerful National Defence Commission, had been removed from his post, citing the National Intelligence Service. Picture taken July 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ANNIVERSARY) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201378

Dec. 3, 2013. This handout picture released by Greenpeace shows activists disguised as polar bears during a protest against Gazprom in Geneva.Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201379

Dec. 3, 2013. A Bahraini protester holds stones during clashes with riot police following an anti-regime demonstration in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama.

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Dec. 3, 2013. Residents of the city of Damara, 75 km north of Bangui, leave the region for Bangui.

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Dec. 3, 2013. Survivors and their supporters sit next to photographs of the Bhopal gas disaster displayed during a protest on the anniversary of the tragedy near the Indian parliament in New Delhi.

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A girl poses for pictures, beside a burnt out police truck, with her boyfriend as anti-government protesters call off demonstrations outside Government House in Bangkok December 3, 2013. Thailand's government ordered police to stand down and allow protesters into state buildings on Tuesday, removing a flashpoint for clashes and effectively bringing an end to days of violence in Bangkok in which five people have died. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201383

German professional racecar driver Nico Bastian sits in a Mercedes SLS sport car on the pit lane during the international presentation of the new Sony PlayStation "Gran Turismo 6" video game at Ascari Race circuit in Ronda, southern Spain, December 3, 2013. One of Ronda's most high-profile streets was named after Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo creator, yesterday. The surroundings of Ronda will be available in one of the game's functions, incorporating stunning Andalusian scenery and the nearby Ascari Race Resort, an exclusive, private race circuit. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SPORT MOTORSPORT) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201384

A camel, part of a nativity scene procession, and its handler are escorted by a bicycle policeman past the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington December 3, 2013. The religious group "Faith and Action" held their annual "Live Nativity on Capitol Hill" on Tuesday to exercise their first amendment rights. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CITYSCAPE ANIMALS) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201385

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets with Japanese business leaders at the headquarters of internet commerce and mobile games provider DeNA Co. in Tokyo December 3, 2013. Biden urged Japan and China to lower tensions that have spiked since Beijing announced an air defense zone over disputed islands in the East China Sea, while repeating that Washington was "deeply concerned" by the move. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201386

People walk over drawings depicting chalk outlines of bodies during a protest at Carioca square in downtown Rio de Janeiro December 3, 2013. The drawings represent the 4,000 victims of violence who died in Rio de Janeiro state in 2012, according to the group JMV - "Juventude Marcada para Viver" (Youth Tagged for Living). REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201387

Pigeons are seen near graffiti in Detroit, Michigan, December 3, 2013. Detroit is eligible for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history because the city is broke and negotiations with its thousands of creditors were unfeasible, a federal judge said on Tuesday in a wide-ranging ruling that also said the city could cut retiree pensions. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: CITYSCAPE BUSINESS) -Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201388

Pedestrians walk along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan December 3, 2013. Detroit is eligible for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history because the city is broke and negotiations with its thousands of creditors were unfeasible, a federal judge said on Tuesday in a wide-ranging ruling that also said the city could cut retiree pensions. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS POLITICS) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201389

Seleka soldiers patrol in Bangui December 3, 2013. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: MILITARY) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201390

Maria Antonia Navarro Vargas changes the diaper of her daughter Esmeralda, 17-months-old, as her son Juan Ramon, 5, plays in the shack where they live in Madrid December 3, 2013. Maria Antonia's family belongs to one of the 13 Spanish gypsy families who are at risk of having their homes demolished by orders of Madrid's Town Hall. The families, whose members are mostly unemployed, have lived in shacks they built themselves in a small settlement in northern Madrid for more than ten years. They say they have not been offered any housing alternatives by Madrid's Town Hall and that the city's town planning board wants to evict them to make way for future plans to build a road on the land they occupy. The demolition of their homes has been held off so far due to the efforts of the Victims' Mortgage Platform (PAH). REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY POLITICS) Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201391

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine (L) affixes an honorary police badge on Giovanni Gaynor (C) of Colville, Washington, before Gaynor helps U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) push the button to light the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in Washington, December 3, 2013.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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A Free Syrian Army fighter combs his hair in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district December 3, 2013. Picture taken December 3, 2013. REUTERS/Saad AboBrahim (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) - RTX16313Dec. 3,2013December 31, 201393

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs to avoid snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in old Aleppo December 3, 2013.REUTERS/Mahmoud HebboDec. 3,2013December 31, 201394

Dec. 3A Kenyan journalists participated protesting the draconian new media law was submitted parliament.December 31, 201395

Dec. 3Workers produce fertilizer raw materials from scrap leather at a roadside factory in Kolkata, India.December 31, 201396

A photograph dangles off the wall of a bullet-riddled room in the besieged area of Homs December 3, 2013. Picture taken December 3, 2013.REUTERS/Yazan Homsy

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Dec. 3Yegor Konkin, an amateur player spiders, poisonous spiders to crawl on the first Phormictopus antillensis as he prepares for performances on Christmas day and New Year's in his parents' apartment in Minusinsk, Russia.December 31, 201398

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Dec. 4, 2013. The British military cemetery of Bayeux, northwestern France. Over 4,100 tombstones of the British military cemetery of Bayeux will be replaced for the first time since the creation of the cemetery in 1952.

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TV chef Nigella Lawson arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in west London December 4, 2013. Lawson's two former assistants, Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, are accused of defrauding her and her former husband Charles Saatchi out of 300,000 pounds ($484,600). REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW) Dec. 4,2013December 31, 2013101

Forensic officers search the grounds near a house where a female police officer was shot, in Leeds, northern England December 4, 2013. Police officers have arrested a man following the shooting. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY) Dec. 4,2013December 31, 2013102

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama reacts as two year old Ashtyn Gardner from Mobile, Alabama, trips over another child's walker after meeting Obama's new dog Sunny at the unveiling of the decorations at the White House in Washington, December 4, 2013.REUTERS/Jason ReedDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013103

The lights are turned on for a giant menorah at the Reading Power Station in Tel Aviv, on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah December 4, 2013. Israel's electric company said on Wednesday it had created the world's largest menorah consisting of nine aerial platforms reaching 28 meters and lit with nine white light beams reaching the height of ten kilometers. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights and one of the most important Jewish holidays came to an end on Wednesday.REUTERS/Nir EliasDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013104

A man shouts slogans as he holds the European Union flag during demonstration outside the government building in Kiev December 4, 2013. Ukraine's prime minister warned protesters blockading government buildings on Wednesday that anybody guilty of violating the constitution and laws would face punishment.REUTERS/Stoyan NenovDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013105

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lights candles for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood December 4, 2013.REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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A sign expressing displeasure with the media is tacked on a pole in Newtown, Connecticut December 4, 2013 . Nearly half an hour of 911 recordings from the shooting that killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December 14 were ordered released by the state Freedom of Information Commission .REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlinDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013107

A group of stranded short-finned pilot whales are seen stranded in shallow waters in Everglades National Park, Florida in this National Park Service handout picture taken December 4, 2013. Ten whales have died and rescuers were trying to save dozens more that beached in Everglades National Park in southwest Florida, park and wildlife officials said on Wednesday.REUTERS/National Park Service/Handout via ReutersDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013108

Interior Ministry members sit behind shields inside a bus near the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers building during a rally to support EU integration in Kiev December 4, 2013. Urbane liberals are joining black-booted skinheads to protest on the streets of Kiev, but if the Orange Revolution of nine years ago is to be repeated, they need a leader to unite them. Enter Vitaly Klitschko, a towering world boxing champion with a doctorate in sports science, who is looking increasingly like the opposition's most powerful contender.REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013109

Girls stand at their home in the low-income neighborhood of El Picachito in Tegucigalpa December 4, 2013. Honduras' electoral authority declared Juan Hernandez the winner of the November 24 presidential election with 36.8 percent support. Vowing to do "whatever it takes" to end gang culture related violence, the ruling National Party's Hernandez drew support from voters tired of the 20 murders a day in a country of just 8.5 million people. However, critics worry that tough tactics could lead to a repeat of the bloodletting seen in Mexico while others fear Hernandez's approach also risks ignoring Honduras' root problems: drug abuse, weak institutions, widespread corruption and rampant unemployment.REUTERS/Jorge CabreraDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013110

Anti-government protesters sweep the street around the Democracy Monument after weeks of protesting and days of clashes with police in Bangkok's city centre December 4, 2013. Protesters in Thailand trying to bring down the government rallied at national police headquarters on Wednesday and their leader said the fight would go on despite efforts to defuse the crisis.REUTERS/Dylan MartinezDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013111

Dec. 4The scene ceremony welcomes new police officers to be promoted by French Interior Minister chaired in Paris.December 31, 2013112

Dec. 4Haze wrapped around the top of Mather Point at the southern edge of the Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA.December 31, 2013113

Dec. 4Image 3 dragon Smaug in the Hobbit films by director Peter Jackson on the fuselage of the airline Air New Zealand in Auckland, New Zealand. Image has been published to celebrate the premiere of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" screened in Los Angeles, California, USADecember 31, 2013114

Dec. 4Globe giant Christmas decorations in Nice, southeastern France.December 31, 2013115

Rescue workers and civilians stand inside a flooded tunnel leading to Beirut airport after heavy rainfall December 4, 2013.REUTERS/Hasan ShaabanDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013116

Dec. 4A Cambodian family picking lilies on lake O-Treng lake brought to market in Kampong Speu province, about 45 km southwest of the capital, Phnom Penh. Locals buy lilies make soup ingredients.December 31, 2013117

Rebel fighters carry weapons during an offensive on the Canadian hospital building, which they say is being controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo December 4, 2013.REUTERS/Houssam Abo DabakDec. 4,2013December 31, 2013118

Dec 4, 2013. An anti-government protesters cut barbed wire during a rally at the National Police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.Dec. 4,2013December 31, 2013119

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Dec. 5,2013The tunnel for pedestrians, bicycles and buses in a ceremony in the city of Lyon, France, late night December 5, 2013, rehearsal for the Festival of Lights. Festival of Lights is one of the most famous festivals of Lyon so far.December 31, 2013121

Dec. 5,2013Soldiers of the border security forces of India assemble a mobile guard bulletproof chamber at international border India-Pakistan Bobiya in Kathua district, from Jammu, India, about 110 km.December 31, 2013122

Masaharu Nakagawa (bottom, L), chairman of the Upper House Special Committee on National Security, is surrounded by lawmakers during a vote on a state secrets act at the parliament in Tokyo December 5, 2013. Japan on November 26 moved closer towards a law that would expand the definition of state secrets and raise penalties for leaks, a provision critics say will block access to information on sensitive areas, including the nuclear industry.REUTERS/Yuya ShinoDec. 5,2013December 31, 2013123

A man plays violin as he roller-skates on a square on a hazy day in Nanjing, Jiangsu province December 5, 2013. Hazardous air pollution forced schools to shut or suspend outdoor activities in at least two cities in eastern China, where residents complained of the yellow skies and foul smells that are symptomatic of the country's crippling smog crisis. In Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, the sun was the color of "salted egg yolk" on Wednesday as the government raised the "red alert" for poor air quality for the first time, state-run news media reported.REUTERS/China DailyDec. 5,2013December 31, 2013124

A woman runs from gunfire in Bangui December 5, 2013. Heavy and small arms fire rang out in the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday, the heaviest clashes in Bangui for months, hours before a U.N. vote is due to authorise a French mission to restore order.REUTERS/Emmanuel BraunDec. 5,2013December 31, 2013125

A Jordanian soldier carries a Syrian refugee child as they walk with Syrian refugees, after the refugees had crossed the border from Syria, near the town of Ruwaished, 240 km (149 miles) east of Amman December 5, 2013.REUTERS/Muhammad HamedDec. 5,2013December 31, 2013126

A woman carrying religious pictures points at Interior Ministry personnel during a rally to support EU integration in Kiev December 5, 2013.REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoDec. 5,2013December 31, 2013127

Multi-coloured nets used to harvest olives are spread out under olive trees near the village of Castagniers, north of Nice, December 5, 2013. The olive groves from the Alpes Maritimes communes, which represent 4,500 hectares (11,119 acres), produce around 241 tons of olive oil annually. The harvest period starts in the coastal areas in November and ends in March or April.REUTERS/Eric GaillardDec. 5,2013December 31, 2013128

Smoke rises from the Defence Ministry's compound after an attack, in Sanaa December 5, 2013. The Yemeni Defence Ministry said on Thursday an attack on its compound had targeted a hospital inside the complex and the situation was now under control.REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahDec. 5,2013December 31, 2013129

Bodies of people killed in fighting are gathered under a mattress at a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 5, 2013.REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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Dec. 5, 2013. Children walk next to a French military convoy along a road in the Central African Republic.

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Dec. 5, 2013. Wounded people both christians and muslims at the community hospital in Bangui. Aid workers and medical staff treated about 100 people and about 50 bodies were brought to the hospital morgue.

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Mao Asada of Japan reacts after performing during women's short programme at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan December 5, 2013. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: SPORT FIGURE SKATING)Dec. 5,2013December 31, 2013133

Dec. 5, 2013. A young man screams in pain as he lies in a pool of blood on the floor of Bangui's hospital, Bangui, Central African Republic following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias.

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Dec. 5, 2013. Afghan refugee children lie on a pile of straw gathered for the livestock, while playing in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.

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A Pakistani security man prays while others stand guard during a protest by cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and his supporters,against U.S. drone strikes in Pakistani areas, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Dec. 5,2013December 31, 2013136

Nakameguro in Tokyo is one of the most famous places where to admire the blossoming of cherry trees in the middle of the city.Dec. 5,2013December 31, 2013137

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Dec. 6, 2013. People release balloons into the air in front of the Eiffel Tower to support four French journalists who are held hostage in Syria, in Paris.

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Schoolchildren hold candles and portraits of former South African President Nelson Mandela during a prayer ceremony at a school in the southern Indian city of Chennai, December 6, 2013.REUTERS/BabuDec. 6,2013December 31, 2013142

A woman leaves flowers at a statue of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela at South Bank in London December 6, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died peacefully at home in Johannesburg at the age of 95 on Thursday after months fighting a lung infection, leaving his nation and the world in mourning for a man revered as a moral giant.REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettDec. 6,2013December 31, 2013143

A girl holds a South African national flag as people mourn the death of former President Nelson Mandela outside Cape Town City Hall, where Mandela made his first speech after his release from his 27-year incarceration, December 6, 2013.REUTERS/Mike HutchingsDec. 6,2013December 31, 2013144

This picture shows a framed image of former South African president Nelson Mandela as people pay tributes following his death, in Johannesburg on December 6, 2013. Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a towering figure of 20th century politics, died on December 5 aged 95. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)Dec. 6,2013Dec. 6,2013December 31, 2013145

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 6 (SOUTH AFRICA OUT): Anthony Wiboh from Ghana dances at the Union Buildings on December 6, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa. The Father of the Nation, Nelson Mandela, Tata Madiba, passed away quietly on the evening of December 5, 2013 at his home in Houghton with family. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)Dec. 6,2013Dec. 6,2013December 31, 2013146

Dec. 6, 2013. Flowers are placed at the foot of a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela at the South African embassy in Washington. The iconic anti-apartheid leader died on December 5 at the age of 95.

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Flowers left in tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela hang on the construction fencing in front of a statue of Mandela at the South African Embassy before daybreak in Washington Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela passed way Thursday night at age 95 after a long illness. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)Dec. 6,2013December 31, 2013148

Dec. 06, 2013. A view of the famous 'Morant's Curve' offering a beautiful view of the frozen Bow River and the Canadian Pacific Railway at Banff National park near Lake Louise, Canada.

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Kevin Ludwig and Christine Beck practice acroyoga during the "True Grit!" beach burn in Monterey, California, December 7, 2013. The Monterey burn, which includes music, dance, art and self expression, is an official regional event of Burning Man that is held annually in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.REUTERS/Michael Fiala

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A couple looks at a painting titled "Self Portrait" by artist Vincent van Gogh displayed at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan December 7, 2013. Some of the art collection owned by the city of Detroit is in jeopardy of being auctioned off due to the city's current financial situation. Detroit is eligible for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history because the city is broke and negotiations with its thousands of creditors were unfeasible, a federal judge said on Tuesday in a wide-ranging ruling that also said the city could cut retiree pensions.REUTERS/Joshua LottDec. 7,2013December 31, 2013152

People displaced by fighting between rival militias take shelter under an old broken airplane at the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 7, 2013. French soldiers were cheered by residents on Saturday as they began patrolling densely populated neighborhoods of Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, which has been rocked by waves of killings between Muslim and Christian communities.REUTERS/Herve Serefio

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Contestant Jennifer Grout performs on stage during the Season 3 finale of "Arabs Got Talent" in Zouk Mosbeh area, north of Beirut December 7, 2013. Grout, an American singer with no Arab heritage nearly took the top prize in the "Arabs Got Talent" television show this weekend, breaking into the top three alongside a Palestinian artist and a Syrian dance troupe. Grout, a 23-year-old from Massachusetts, fell just short in the end, but her renditions of classical Arabic songs had stunned some audiences - especially given that she only speaks a little Arabic.REUTERS/Mohammed AzakirDec. 7,2013December 31, 2013154

Dec. 7, 2013. A model wearing a surgical mask as she parades a collection of gold jewelry at a park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province.

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Dec. 7, 2013. Palestinians look out a window of a building damaged by an Israeli air strikes in the past during a rally marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Gaza City.

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Dec. 7, 2013. Egyptian women supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi stand inside the defendants' cage in a courtroom in Alexandria, Egypt.

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Dec. 7, 2013. Models pose at a barricade as they take part in a photo shoot for an art project, at Independence Square in Kiev.

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Dec. 7 2013. Internally displaced people gather in the Don Bosco Center outside Bangui, Central African Republic.

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Dec. 7, 2013. A man burn tree branches on a field to make room for a new orchard next to Pielesti village, Romania.

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Dec. 7, 2013. South African Christians say prayers on a hilltop overlooking Johannesburg.

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Dec. 7, 2013. Supporters stand in front of a giant Palestinian flag as they take part in a rally marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Gaza City.

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Dec. 7, 2013. People from Bouar welcome French militaries arriving from Cameroon, Central African Republic.

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Dec. 7, 2013. Athletes compete during the men's 4x7,5km relay at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen.Dec. 7,2013December 31, 2013164

Dec. 7, 2013. Livestock huddle as they feed in an open field covered in ice near Corinth, Texas.

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A man crawls in front of Nelson Mandela supporters as they rally through the streets of the Soweto area of Johannesburg on December 8, 2013. With hymns and eulogies, South Africans of all colours and creeds remembered Mandela in a day of prayers on Sunday, holding him up as a symbol of freedom, forgiveness and hope for the nation and the world. Mandela died on Thursday at the age of 95.REUTERS/Adrees Latif

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People from the Children of Mary Sodality wait before a service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto December 8, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on December 5 after a prolonged lung infection.REUTERS/Kevin CoombsDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013168

Dec. 8, 2013. Children ask for biscuits at a base camp held by French militaries in Bossembele.

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A Palestinian woman, hoping to cross into Egypt, carries her son as he looks out of a bus window while waiting at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip December 8, 2013. Egyptian authorities partially opened the Rafah crossing, Gaza's main window to the world, on Sunday for three days, border officials said. Since July, the authorities have kept the crossing largely closed, only opening it partially for humanitarian purposes.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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A People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer looks at his mobile phone as he speaks with two Hui'an maiden tourist guides in Hui'an county, Fujian province December 8, 2013. Hui'an maidens, or Hui'an women, are a group of female residents in Hui'an county of southeastern China's Fujian province. Most of them are Han Chinese, and they are well known for their distinctive costumes and clothing.REUTERS/StringerDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013171

A man holds a sledgehammer as he smashes a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, which was toppled by protesters during a rally organized by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 8, 2013. Crowds toppled a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in the Ukrainian capital and attacked it with hammers on Sunday in the latest mass protests against President Viktor Yanukovich and his plans for closer ties with Russia.REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013172

:Protesters practise tactics to defend themselves from possible police scuffles during a rally held by supporters of EU integration in central Kiev, December 8, 2013. Pro-Europe protesters flocked to Kiev's Independence Square on Sunday for a rally that organisers were hoping would swell to 1 million people, piling pressure on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to turn back from seeking closer ties to Russia.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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A man climbs an ice wall on the Presena glacier, northern Italy December 8, 2013.REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013174

A French military sniper readies his rifle in Bangui December 8, 2013. France is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony after the U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized it to use force to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order.REUTERS/Herve SerefioDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013175

A woman cries as she kneels next to a sea of flowers outside the house where Nelson Mandela died in Johannesburg, December 8, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on December 5 after a prolonged lung infection.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013176

An anti-government protester applies make-up as she wakes up after taking part in an ongoing demonstration outside Government House in Bangkok December 8, 2013. Anti-government protesters have been on the streets for weeks, clashing with police and vowing to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and eradicate the influence of her self-exiled brother Thaksin in a final push on Monday.REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

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A man skis past an igloo polling station for the primary elections to choose the Democratic Party's leader, which is the highest polling station in Italy at 2,585m (8480 ft) above sea level on the Presena glacier, northern Italy December 8, 2013.REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013178

A Free Syrian Army fighter rests on tyres in Duma, Damascus, December 8, 2013.REUTERS/Bassam KhabiehDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013179

A projection of the face of former South African President Nelson Mandela and his clan name Madiba is projected onto the face of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa December 8, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on December 5 after a prolonged lung infection.REUTERS/Mark WesselsDec. 8,2013December 31, 2013180

Dec. 8, 2013. Buildings are shrouded in smog in Lianyungang, China.

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Dec. 8, 2013. A Palestinian woman, hoping to cross into Egypt, carries her son as he looks out of a bus window while waiting at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.

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Dec. 8, 2013. Parishioners attend church services at Regina Mundo Catholic Church as South Africans observe a national day of prayer for Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa.

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Dec. 8, 2013. A Christian worshipper prays on a hill overlooking the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Dec. 9, 2013. People run away from a gunfire during a disarmament operation by French soldiers in Bangui, Central African Republic.

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Dec. 9, 2013. Ultra Orthodox Jewish men and Rabbis gather during a demonstration to support Ultra-Orthodox Jews who were detained for refusing to report to a military recruitment center in front of the Israeli military prison 6 near Haifa, Israel.

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Greenpeace activists dig into the yard of Romania's Parliament, to protest against a Canadian company's plan to set up Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine in Romania, in Bucharest December 9, 2013. A special Romanian parliament commission overwhelmingly rejected a draft bill that would have allowed Canada's Gabriel Resources to set up Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine in the small Carpathian town of Rosia Montana last month. However, parliament plans to revise a mining law that could open way for the project.REUTERS/Bogdan CristelDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013188

Firefighter douse water at a burning truck loaded with gasoline after it collided at Bintaro district in Jakarta, December 9, 2013. A crowded commuter train crashed into a fuel tanker on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital on Monday, killing at least 10 people in a huge explosion and injuring scores.REUTERS/BeawihartaDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013189

A Tibetan exile is detained by police during a protest over China's rule over Tibet, outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi December 9, 2013.REUTERS/Anindito MukherjeeDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013190

Dec. 9, 2013. Tibetan exiles are taken in to detention by Indian policewomen during a protest against the alleged human rights abuses of Tibetans by the Chinese government outside the Chinese embassy on the eve of World Human Rights Day in New Delhi.

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A prototype "parcelcopter" of German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL flies in front of the company's headquarters in Bonn December 9, 2013. DHL on Monday showed its prototype "parcelcopter," which is a modified microdrone that costs 40,000 euros ($54,900) and can carry packages up to 1.2 kg (2.65 pounds).REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013192

A man wears a face mask while walking on the Bund in front of the financial district of Pudong during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai December 9, 2013. Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China's stability-obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as more affluent citizens turn against a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has polluted much of the country's air, water and soil.REUTERS/Aly SongDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013193

Dec. 9, 2013. A French soldier speaks to suspected Christian militia member Sincere Banyodi, 32, who lays wounded by machete blows in the Kokoro neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic.

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Dec. 9, 2013. Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather during a protest against their military conscription outside a military prison in Atlit, Israel.

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Dec. 9, 2013. Nomadic shepherds from Rajasthan herd their sheep at a camp on the outskirts of New Delhi.

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Interior Ministry personnel block a street during a gathering of supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 9, 2013. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich backed a call for talks with the opposition on Monday to end weeks of protests in Kiev, but tension was high with pro-Europe demonstrators barricading their protest camp in preparation for police intervention.REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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A man carries a wounded girl who survived what activists say was an air strike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Ansari al-Sharqi neighborhood, December 9, 2013.REUTERS/Ammar AbdullahDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013198

Anti-government protesters unveil a large Thai flag as they descend on Government House in Bangkok December 9, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved parliament on Monday and called a snap election, but anti-government protest leaders pressed ahead with mass demonstrations seeking to install an unelected body to run the country.REUTERS/Dylan MartinezDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013199

A Syrian woman looks out of the window of a container at a refugee camp in Harmanli, 280km (174 miles) east of Sofia December 9, 2013. Bulgaria is currently hosting some 8,800 asylum seekers and refugees, around two-thirds of them being Syrians, according to the UNHCR. Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest country, on average receives only around 1,000 asylum seekers and refugees a year.REUTERS/Pierre MarsautDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013200

A protester who painted his back participates in an anti-corruption day protest in Makassar, South Sulawesi province December 9, 2013. Hundreds of students held a mass rally in Makassar to mark anti-corruption day, according to local reports.REUTERS/Yusuf AhmadDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013201

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Dec. 9, 2013. Mobs of Christians attack suspected Seleka members near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic.

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Dec. 9, 2013. Police special forces in front of the Presidential Administration building, Kiev, Ukraine.

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A flock of pigeons flies with a prototype "parcelcopter" of German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL in Bonn December 9, 2013. DHL on Monday showed its prototype "parcelcopter," which is a modified microdrone that costs 40,000 euros ($54,900) and can carry packages up to 1.2 kg (2.65 pounds).REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

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Security forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are seen during a field exercise at an undisclosed location, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on December 9, 2013.REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters

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People walk into a makeshift chapel at Independence Square in Kiev December 9, 2013. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, facing mass street protests over his U-turn in policy away from Europe towards Russia, on Monday backed a call for talks involving the opposition to work out a compromise, his website said.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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Children look on as riot police go to block a street near the presidential administration building during a gathering of supporters of EU integration in Kiev, December 9, 2013. Hundreds of protesters blocked several main streets in the center of Ukrainian capital Kiev on Monday, eyewitnesses said, responding to calls from opposition leaders to defend their demonstration from possible police intervention.REUTERS/Mykhailo PetiakhDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013208

A street vendor offers buttons with pictures of Nelson Mandela outside the house where Mandela resided in when he lived in the township of Soweto December 9, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died peacefully at home at the age of 95 on Thursday after months fighting a lung infection, leaving his nation and the world in mourning for a man revered as a moral giant.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013209

Dec. 9, 2013. Anti-government protesters march with a large Thai national flag during a rally in Bangkok.

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Dec. 9, 2013. A Christian man chases a suspected Seleka officer in civilian clothes with a knife near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic.

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Dec. 9,2013Honor Guard Yemen Porter coffin of a victim killed in a suicide car bombing and an attack by heavily armed gunmen, in a funeral at the Defense Ministry compound in the capital, Sana ' a. Among the victims there were seven foreigners including two Germans, two from Vietnam, two Filipinos and an Indian.December 31, 2013212

Mounted Israeli police officers disperse a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews outside a military prison near the northern city of Haifa, December 9, 2013. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said some 1,000 people took part in the protest on Monday against the jailing of Jewish seminary students who failed to comply with a recruitment notice.REUTERS/Nir EliasDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013213

Dec. 9,2013A baby trying to pump water from a hand pump cylinder in the town destroyed by the storm Tolosa, Leyte province, central Philippines.December 31, 2013214

A lifesized doll, adorned with a Santa hat, is seen above the doorway of a restaurant along a street at Tokyo's Shinjuku shopping and business district December 9, 2013. Japanese business confidence improved in the three months to December and is predicted to continue rising, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, adding to evidence of a steady recovery in the world's third-largest economy.REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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Dec. 9, 2013. People stand near a burning truck loaded with gasoline after it collided at Bintaro district in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Children with respiratory diseases receive treatment at a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province December 9, 2013. Patients with respiratory diseases have largely increased after days of smoggy weather in the city, according to local media. A coal-dependent manufacturing base has made China the world's biggest contributor to climate change, while high and rising local air-pollution levels have sparked widespread complains from the public nationwide.REUTERS/China Daily

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Children play outside their homes at dusk as they watch a service held in tribute of former South African President Nelson Mandela at the O.R. Tambo Hall, next to the homes provided by Gift for the Givers for people who lost their homes in a township fire, in Khayelitsha, outside Cape Town, December 9, 2013. Mandela passed away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013 from a recurring lung infection.REUTERS/Mark WesselsDec. 9,2013December 31, 2013218

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A giant inflatable pair of lungs is seen in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, December 10, 2013. The European Environmental Bureau, a federation of environmental citizens' organisations based in all 27 European Union's Member States, placed the lungs in front of the European Parliament on Tuesday, asking for the European Commission to release its air package against air pollution before the end of the 2013 European Year of air.REUTERS/Vincent KesslerDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013220

People make their way during the arrival of a snowstorm in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 10, 2013. Fresh winter snow moved into the U.S. mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday, shutting schools and offices in the nation's capital and elsewhere as the mid-section of the country remained in the grip of Arctic air that showed no signs of easing. From 2 to 8 inches of snow was forecast to fall from northern Virginia, across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and into southern New England, Brian Korty, meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) said in a forecast.REUTERS/Eduardo MunozDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013221

People cheer as President Barack Obama speaks at the First National Bank (FNB) Stadium, also known as Soccer City, during the national memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg December 10, 2013.REUTERS/Yves HermanDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013222

Crowds visit the Lincoln Memorial after the federal government closed for the day due to snow and ice in Washington December 10, 2013. Fresh winter snow moved into the U.S. mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday, shutting schools and offices in the nation's capital and elsewhere as the mid-section of the country remained in the grip of Arctic air that showed no signs of easing.REUTERS/James Lawler DugganDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013223

Christians loot a mosque in Bangui December 10, 2013. The French army said it has restored some stability in the capital of Central African Republic after battling gunmen on Monday in an operation to disarm rival Muslim and Christian fighters responsible for killing hundreds since last week.REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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A Christian youth squats inside a burnt out car in Bangui December 10, 2013. French troops in Central African Republic manned checkpoints in the capital Bangui on Monday and searched for weapons in an operation to disarm rival Muslim and Christian fighters responsible for hundreds of killings since last week.REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

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A tattooed man joins anti-government protesters during a rally at the Democracy monument in Bangkok December 10, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government demonstrators to clear the streets and support a snap election, but defiant protest leaders called for her to step down within 24 hours.REUTERS/Damir SagoljDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013226

Former South African President Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel (C) arrives at the First National Bank (FNB) Stadium, also known as Soccer City, ahead of the national memorial service for Mandela in Johannesburg December 10, 2013.REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013227

Heavyweight boxing champion and UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform) party leader Vitaly Klitschko (3nd R) and other supporters of EU integration block a street as they rally outside the presidential administration building in Kiev December 10, 2013. Thousands of Ukrainian protesters huddled by braziers in their tented camp in the snowbound capital Kiev into Tuesday morning, in defiance of riot police who took up positions throughout the capital as a deadline to clear the streets expired.REUTERS/ Andriy Skakodub/PoolDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013228

Members of the welcoming ceremony band play as British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring arrives at a port area of Huangpu River in Shanghai December 10, 2013. The HMS Daring has returned from the Philippines after delivering aid after Typhoon Haiyan hit the region.REUTERS/Carlos BarriaDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013229

An opponent of President Daniel Ortega's government fires a homemade mortar towards the National Assembly Building during a protest in Managua December 10, 2013. Nicaragua's national assembly on Tuesday approved a constitutional change to remove presidential term limits, which could allow incumbent Daniel Ortega to stay in power for years and raises concerns about democracy in the country. Approval of the plan put forward last month by Ortega's ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front must now be ratified by the assembly next year before it can take effect. That ratifying vote is likely in January or February. The banner reads: "Ortega, enough already".REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces the media during a news conference after a cabinet meeting at The Army Club in Bangkok December 10, 2013. Yingluck pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government demonstrators to clear the streets and support a snap election, but defiant protest leaders called for her to step down within 24 hours.REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013231

President Barack Obama greets Cuban President Raul Castro (C) before giving his speech, as Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff looks on, at the memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at the First National Bank soccer stadium, also known Soccer City, in Johannesburg December 10, 2013. Obama shook the hand of Castro at a memorial for Mandela on Tuesday, a rare gesture between the leaders of two nations at loggerheads for more than half a century.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013232

President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a memorial service for Nelson Mandela at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg December 10, 2013.REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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Anti-government protesters attend a rally at the Democracy monument in Bangkok December 10, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government demonstrators to clear the streets and support a snap election, but defiant protest leaders called for her to step down within 24 hours.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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Chickens escape from the rain and cold near the ancestral home of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu, December 10, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home on December 5 after a prolonged lung infection.REUTERS/Rogan WardDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013235

Workers stand on a vehicle as they pass by flags on their way to work in Naypyitaw December 10, 2013. Myanmar will host the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games from December 11 to 22.REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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A Christian man passes by a burning pile at a mosque in Fouh district in Bangui December 10, 2013. The French army said it has restored some stability in the capital of Central African Republic after battling gunmen on Monday in an operation to disarm rival Muslim and Christian fighters responsible for killing hundreds since last week.REUTERS/Emmanuel BraunDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013237

A woman lights fire to heat water for soaking clothes at a laundry in Mumbai, India, December 10, 2013.REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013238

Dec. 10, 2013. President Barrack Obama gestures as he speaks on stage during the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Dec. 10, 2013. South African Archbishop and Honorary Elders Desmond Tutu (C) attends the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg.

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Dec. 10, 2013. Attendees look down into a stadium entrance at the state memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela in the Soweto township of Johannesburg.

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Dec. 10, 2013. Pakistani Christian children hold placards bearing the image of late South African president Nelson Mandela as they take part in a rally to pay tribute Mandela in Islamabad.

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Dec. 10,2013A Syrian refugee boy stands outside his tent in a refugee camp for Syrians flee civil war left the country in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon during a heavy snow storm hit the area.December 31, 2013243

India's President Pranab Mukherjee speaks at the podium as a sign language interpreter (R) punches the air beside him during a memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at the FNB soccer stadium in Johannesburg December 10, 2013. The fake sign language interpreter took to the stage during Tuesday's memorial for anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, gesticulating gibberish before a global audience of millions and outraging deaf people across the world.REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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Dec. 10, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a picture with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (C) next to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg.

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Dec. 10,2013Square covered with snow in Istanbul, Turkey. Heavy snowfall over the city of disrupting air traffic and roads.December 31, 2013246

A man fills drums with water to heat it for soaking clothes at a laundry in Mumbai, December 10, 2013.REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013247

Women talk to bus driver Edilson (not pictured), 45, also known as "Fumassa", inside an urban bus decorated with Christmas motives in Santo Andre, outskirts of Sao Paulo December 10, 2013. Fumassa dresses as Santa Claus every year while driving his bus.REUTERS/Nacho DoceDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013248

French troops stand at the airport runway in Bangui December 10, 2013. President Francois Hollande flew into Central African Republic hours after two French soldiers were killed in fighting and praised his troops for tackling "horrendous violence" against women and children and helping avert a slide into civil war. Picture taken December 10, 2013.REUTERS/Emmanuel BraunDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013249

Winter swimmers (R) try to pull an elderly man (L) out of icy waters after he was trapped in a partially frozen lake at a park in Changchun, Jilin province, China, December 10, 2013.REUTERS/StringerDec. 10,2013December 31, 2013250

Dec. 10, 2013. Drug users gather beneath an overpass in an area known as 'Cracolandia', or Crackland, in the Antares shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Dec. 10, 2013. Bus driver Edilson, 45, also known as "Fumassa", poses as he wears a Santa Claus outfit inside an urban bus decorated with Christmas motives in Santo Andre, outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Dec. 10, 2013. Protesters chained together block the entrance of an immigrant detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

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Dec. 10, 2013. Construction continues of the Arena Amazonia stadium venue for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil in Manaus, Brazil.

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A bride poses for a photograph on Westminster Bridge as the fog clears in central London December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Olivia Harris

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Dec. 11, 2013. An aquarium staff member dressed in a Santa Claus costume embraces a Zebra shark as he swims with fish inside the Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo.

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Dec. 11, 2013. The boys of Winchester Cathedral Choir enjoy a misty morning skate on the cathedral's ice rink which will be open until January 5th, in England.

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Dec. 11, 2013. Police and supporters of EU integration clash in one of the city streets, Kiev, Ukraine.

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Dec. 11,2013Students holding fireworks performing in SEA Games opening ceremony in Naypyitaw 27. Myanmar hosted the SEA Games for the first time in over 40 years.December 31, 2013260

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, wear 3D glasses before a screening of "David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D" at the Natural History Museum in London December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013261

A Free Syrian Army fighter throws snow at his fellow fighter in Khan Tuman, Aleppo December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

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Fernando Llorente (R) of Juventus challenges Gokhan Zan of Galatasaray during their Champions League soccer match in Istanbul December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Murad SezerDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013263

Palestinian girls look out from their family's house during heavy rains on a stormy day in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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Pope Francis waves as he arrives to conduct his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Giampiero SpositoDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013265

Homeowner Gary Gless looks at cracks in cement in his backyard in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2013. The United States has a long history of keeping industrial activity out of middle and upper-middle-class residential neighborhoods. But that is starting to change with the spread of new technology for oil and gas drilling, such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Freeport-McMoRan, part of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, said that, for the past three years, its surveys of the oilfield and surrounding communities have found no connection between its activities and "localized claims of property damage." It said it would continue to evaluate the issue.REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

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A man walks past debris from damaged buildings covered with snow in the besieged area in Homs December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Yazan Homsy

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School children walk past anti-government protesters lying on the ground at Democracy Monument in Bangkok December 11, 2013. The red-shirted supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday they could take to the streets to protect the government from protesters who have forced her to call a snap election, setting the scene for a possible confrontation.REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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A soldier guards a closed road as military outriders escort the funeral cortege carrying the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela close to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where he will lie in state, December 11, 2013. Thousands of people lined the streets as a procession of police motorcycles lead the black hearse carrying Mandela's coffin, which was draped in the South African flag.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013269

Dec. 11, 2013. A young woman holds her baby in an elementary school of the Muslim district of Bangui, Central African Republic.

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Dec. 11, 2013. Pope Francis arrives at Saint Peter's Square for the weekly General Audience in Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

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A television reporter interviews a naked protester wearing a sign reading "This is How Social Services Cuts, Poverty and Unemployment Leaves Us" in Bilbao December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Vincent WestDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013272

Participants wearing horse and zebra head masks line up as part of an artistic performance ahead of the Year of the Horse in Chinese zodiac in Chongqing Municipality, December 10, 2013. The performance aims to bring good luck to everyone for the upcoming year, according to local media.REUTERS/StringerDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013273

Graca Machel, the widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela, pays her respects at his coffin as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Marco Longari/PoolDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013274

A man shields himself with an umbrella against the wind and rain as he walks across a field near the home of late former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu, December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Siegfried ModolaDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013275

A woman displays a fake tattoo depicting the portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Pretoria December 11, 2013. Thousands of people queued on Wednesday to say goodbye to Mandela, whose body is lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.REUTERS/Yves Herman

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A woman cries after viewing the coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Marco Longari/Pool

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Pro-European integration protesters scuffle with riot police at Independence Square in Kiev December 11, 2013. Ukrainian riot police reoccupied part of the square in central Kiev on Wednesday where protesters have been demonstrating against the government's decision to pull out of negotiations on a trade pact with the European Union and rebuild economic ties with Russia.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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Pro-European integration protesters standing behind barricades confront a line of riot police approaching at Independence Square in Kiev December 11, 2013. Scores of Ukrainian riot police withdrew on Wednesday morning from a protest camp after moving against protesters overnight in the authorities' biggest attempt yet to disburse weeks of protests against President Viktor Yanukovich.REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013279

A pro-European integration protester walks between a riot police line in Kiev December 11, 2013. Ukrainian riot police reoccupied part of the square in central Kiev on Wednesday where protesters have been demonstrating against the government's decision to pull out of negotiations on a trade pact with the European Union and rebuild economic ties with Russia.REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013280

Fireworks are released during the opening ceremony of the 27th SEA Games in Naypyitaw December 11, 2013. Myanmar is hosting the games for the first time in over 40 years.REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013281

Dec. 11, 2013. The Canary Wharf business district of east London taken from the Metropolitan Police helicopter is seen during a foggy morning in this photograph received via the Metropolitan Police in London.

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Dec. 11, 2013. Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience on Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome, Italy.

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Dec. 11,2013Palestinian children look on the bright rainbow after heavy rain building in Gaza City, Gaza.December 31, 2013284

People from neighbouring villages watch a bullfight in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, December 11, 2013. About 56 bulls from 56 nearby villages participated in the traditional event which was aimed to improve the relations between villages.REUTERS/China Daily

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Dec. 11,2013Flamingoes standing under snowfall at Zoo in Jerusalem.December 31, 2013286

People sing during the "Nelson Mandela: A Life Celebrated" memorial service at Cape Town Stadium December 11, 2013.REUTERS/Mark Wessels

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A forensic technician removes sand near a human skull inside a cordoned-off area during an exhumation at a hidden mass grave discovered in Lourdes, about 45 km (28 miles) north of San Salvador, December 11, 2013. Forensic technicians have found the remains of at least 24 persons listed as missing and some 44 bodies are thought to still be buried in the mountain range of Lourdes, according to local media.REUTERS/Ulises RodriguezDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013288

A baby boy the length of a palm is seen inside an incubator in this posed picture taken at a hospital in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, December 11, 2013. According to local media, the mother gave birth to the 760g baby after a pregnancy of only 25 weeks. The baby will be monitored at the hospital for three to four months before being discharged.REUTERS/China DailyDec. 11,2013December 31, 2013289

Dec. 11,2013People were lined up waiting for the bus before going to the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, where funeral coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela in three daysDecember 31, 2013290

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Dec. 12, 2013. The funeral procession with the hearse carrying the body of Nelson Mandela drives towards the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Dec. 12, 2013. A Xhosa girl stands outside her home overlooking Qunu as preparations continue ahead of the funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa.

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Dec. 12, 2013. Soldiers of the Presidential Guard Battalion stand at attention as a fellow guard member is tended to after fainting while waiting for the arrival of visiting French President Francois Hollande at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil.

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Dec. 12, 2013. Santa Claus kites float in front of the Eiffel Tower as part of Christmas holiday season preparations in Paris, France.Dec. 12,2013December 31, 2013295

Dec. 12, 2013. A Palestinian Bedouin boy protects himself from the rain after a storm damaged his family shack in Gaza City.

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Dec. 12, 2013. Young Syrian refugees build a snowman following a storm in a makeshift refugee camp in the Lebanese village of Baaloul in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

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Dec. 12, 2013. An anti-government demonstrator (L) points his finger at a policeman as they talk through the gate of the Government House in Bangkok, Tha