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Members of Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters eat on their vehicle on the outskirts of Baiji, north of Baghdad December 8, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)

Members of Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters eat on their vehicle on the outskirts of Baiji, north of Baghdad December 8, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)




A pregnant killer whale, surrounded by security tape, lies dead on a beach in Courtenay, British Columbia December 8, 2014. The pregnant killer whale, from an endangered U.S. Pacific Northwest pod, found dead in Canadian waters last week had several of her teeth stolen after her body was pulled to shore to await a necropsy, experts in Washington state said on Monday. (Photo by Michael Briones/Reuters/Comox Valley Echo)

A pregnant killer whale, surrounded by security tape, lies dead on a beach in Courtenay, British Columbia December 8, 2014. The pregnant killer whale, from an endangered U.S. Pacific Northwest pod, found dead in Canadian waters last week had several of her teeth stolen after her body was pulled to shore to await a necropsy, experts in Washington state said on Monday. (Photo by Michael Briones/Reuters/Comox Valley Echo)




Los Angeles city firefighters battle a massive fire at a seven-story downtown apartment complex under construction in Los Angeles, California December  8, 2014. Over 250 firefighters battle the early morning blaze which shutdown two major freeways the Los Angeles Fire Department and California Highway Patrol said. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Reuters)

Los Angeles city firefighters battle a massive fire at a seven-story downtown apartment complex under construction in Los Angeles, California December 8, 2014. Over 250 firefighters battle the early morning blaze which shutdown two major freeways the Los Angeles Fire Department and California Highway Patrol said. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Reuters)




A kindergarten is seen surrounded by rubble at a demolition site in Xi'An, Shaanxi province, December 8, 2014. According to local government, the kindergarten has been running without license and will be forced to shut down. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A kindergarten is seen surrounded by rubble at a demolition site in Xi'An, Shaanxi province, December 8, 2014. According to local government, the kindergarten has been running without license and will be forced to shut down. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Xu Zhiyun, 60, poses with his home-made motorised mini-vehicle at a street in Shanghai December 9, 2014. Xu spent over two years to complete the mini-vehicle measuring 60cm (24 inches) by 35cm (14 inches) by 40cm (16 inches), which has a 77cc engine and five gear ranges. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Xu Zhiyun, 60, poses with his home-made motorised mini-vehicle at a street in Shanghai December 9, 2014. Xu spent over two years to complete the mini-vehicle measuring 60cm (24 inches) by 35cm (14 inches) by 40cm (16 inches), which has a 77cc engine and five gear ranges. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




Xu Zhiyun, 60, drives his home-made motorised mini-vehicle along a street in Shanghai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Xu Zhiyun, 60, drives his home-made motorised mini-vehicle along a street in Shanghai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




Xu Zhiyun (L), 60, drives his home-made motorised mini-vehicle along a street in Shanghai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Xu Zhiyun (L), 60, drives his home-made motorised mini-vehicle along a street in Shanghai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




NASA's Orion spacecraft is off loaded from the back of the USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Deigo, California December 8, 2014. Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean approximately 600 miles southwest of San Diego after completing a two-orbit, 4.5 hour flight test that took it farther into space than any spacecraft built for humans has been in more than 40 years. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

NASA's Orion spacecraft is off loaded from the back of the USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Deigo, California December 8, 2014. Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean approximately 600 miles southwest of San Diego after completing a two-orbit, 4.5 hour flight test that took it farther into space than any spacecraft built for humans has been in more than 40 years. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)




NASA's Orion spacecraft is off loaded from the back of USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Deigo, California, December 8, 2014. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

NASA's Orion spacecraft is off loaded from the back of USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Deigo, California, December 8, 2014. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)




NASA's Orion spacecraft is off loaded from the back of  USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Deigo, California December 8, 2014. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

NASA's Orion spacecraft is off loaded from the back of USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Deigo, California December 8, 2014. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)




An inmate packs Christmas gift boxes in front of two archive photographs of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as prisoner of the GULAG in Padua's Due Palazzi prison December 2, 2014. White-coated bakers are chopping nuts, dipping pastry into liquid chocolate and hanging freshly baked panettone Christmas cake upside down to preserve its domed shape. But when one of the all-male team steps outside to smoke, he is in a barred enclosure attached to Padua prison. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

An inmate packs Christmas gift boxes in front of two archive photographs of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as prisoner of the GULAG in Padua's Due Palazzi prison December 2, 2014. White-coated bakers are chopping nuts, dipping pastry into liquid chocolate and hanging freshly baked panettone Christmas cake upside down to preserve its domed shape. But when one of the all-male team steps outside to smoke, he is in a barred enclosure attached to Padua prison. Sweet smells have wafted through this building since 2005, when the local Giotto cooperative opened the “Pasticceria Giotto”, which they say is Italy's only bakery inside a jail. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)




Prison baker places some panettone cakes on rack at the Pasticceria Giotto in Padua's Due Palazzi prison December 2, 2014. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

Prison baker places some panettone cakes on rack at the Pasticceria Giotto in Padua's Due Palazzi prison December 2, 2014. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)




Members of a local youth club, which teaches military and patriotic classes, take part in a ceremony in honour of Russian cities of military glory on the Heroes of the Fatherland Day in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok, December 9, 2014. (Photo by Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)

Members of a local youth club, which teaches military and patriotic classes, take part in a ceremony in honour of Russian cities of military glory on the Heroes of the Fatherland Day in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok, December 9, 2014. (Photo by Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)




People carry the cattle coffin for the body of Tjokorda Raka Sukawati during cremation ceremony in Ubud, Bali resort island, December 9, 2014 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (Photo by Nyoman Budiana/Reuters/Antara Foto)

People carry the cattle coffin for the body of Tjokorda Raka Sukawati during cremation ceremony in Ubud, Bali resort island, December 9, 2014 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (Photo by Nyoman Budiana/Reuters/Antara Foto)




Police officers patrol outside the U.S. embassy in London December 9, 2014. The Senate Intelligence Committee prepared to release a report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics on Tuesday and U.S. officials moved to shore up security at American facilities around the world as a precaution. (Photo by Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

Police officers patrol outside the U.S. embassy in London December 9, 2014. The Senate Intelligence Committee prepared to release a report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics on Tuesday and U.S. officials moved to shore up security at American facilities around the world as a precaution. (Photo by Luke MacGregor/Reuters)




A competitor waits to get onstage during the 6th World Body Building and Physique Sports competition in Mumbai December 9, 2014. More than 400 competitors from 48 countries participated in the competition which was divided into 35 categories, according to a news release. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A competitor waits to get onstage during the 6th World Body Building and Physique Sports competition in Mumbai December 9, 2014. More than 400 competitors from 48 countries participated in the competition which was divided into 35 categories, according to a news release. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




A participant has tanning lotion applied on his body during 6th World Body Building and Physique Sports competition in Mumbai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A participant has tanning lotion applied on his body during 6th World Body Building and Physique Sports competition in Mumbai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




A participant smokes as he has tanning lotion applied on his body during the 6th World Body Building and Physique Sports competition in Mumbai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A participant smokes as he has tanning lotion applied on his body during the 6th World Body Building and Physique Sports competition in Mumbai December 9, 2014. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Women dressed in Andean traditional clothes dance outside the opening of the High Level Segment of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 20 in Lima December 9, 2014. The two-week long United Nations climate summit opened on December 1 in Lima, with experts and analysts from around the world gathering to discuss melting glaciers and extreme weather patterns. (Photo by Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters)

Women dressed in Andean traditional clothes dance outside the opening of the High Level Segment of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 20 in Lima December 9, 2014. The two-week long United Nations climate summit opened on December 1 in Lima, with experts and analysts from around the world gathering to discuss melting glaciers and extreme weather patterns. (Photo by Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters)




An environmental activist marches at the “People's Climate March” in downtown Lima, December 10, 2014. Thousands marched through Lima on Wednesday to protest against climate change as the United Nations climate summit, COP20, nears its final days. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

An environmental activist marches at the “People's Climate March” in downtown Lima, December 10, 2014. Thousands marched through Lima on Wednesday to protest against climate change as the United Nations climate summit, COP20, nears its final days. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)




A general view of lake Laguna 513, at more than 13,000 feet above sea level in front of the Hualcan glacier in Huascaran natural reserve in Ancash November 29, 2014. Scientists warn that if a giant chunk of ice from the Hualcan glacier breaks off it could trigger a tsunami-like wave in Laguna 513 and send a lethal torrent of water cascading down the valley. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

A general view of lake Laguna 513, at more than 13,000 feet above sea level in front of the Hualcan glacier in Huascaran natural reserve in Ancash November 29, 2014. Scientists warn that if a giant chunk of ice from the Hualcan glacier breaks off it could trigger a tsunami-like wave in Laguna 513 and send a lethal torrent of water cascading down the valley. In Lima, nearly 200 governments are meeting this week to thrash out a rough draft of a deal to cut carbon emissions in a bid to ward off more warming. The deal is due to be agreed in Paris in late 2015. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)




School children evacuate a school during an earthquake and avalanche drill in Ancash November 28, 2014. World greenhouse gas emissions are rising fast and it may be years before they start falling, prompting glaciologists to urge Peru to act fast to protect towns and villages in danger. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

School children evacuate a school during an earthquake and avalanche drill in Ancash November 28, 2014. World greenhouse gas emissions are rising fast and it may be years before they start falling, prompting glaciologists to urge Peru to act fast to protect towns and villages in danger. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)




A sick man is carried away to be tested for Ebola after collapsing on a street in Monrovia December 9, 2014. The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,331 in the three worst hit countries, with Sierra Leone overtaking Liberia as the country with the highest number of cases, the World Health Organization says. (Photo by James Giahyue/Reuters)

A sick man is carried away to be tested for Ebola after collapsing on a street in Monrovia December 9, 2014. The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,331 in the three worst hit countries, with Sierra Leone overtaking Liberia as the country with the highest number of cases, the World Health Organization says. (Photo by James Giahyue/Reuters)




A man is carried away to be tested for Ebola after collapsing on a street in Monrovia December 9, 2014. (Photo by James Giahyue/Reuters)

A man is carried away to be tested for Ebola after collapsing on a street in Monrovia December 9, 2014. (Photo by James Giahyue/Reuters)




Tourists ice skate at night on the Eiffel Tower's skating rink in Paris December 9, 2014. The skating rink, located on the first level of the Eiffel Tower, opens to the public as part of the Christmas holiday season. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Tourists ice skate at night on the Eiffel Tower's skating rink in Paris December 9, 2014. The skating rink, located on the first level of the Eiffel Tower, opens to the public as part of the Christmas holiday season. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)




Tourists walk under the Eiffel Tower in Paris during the holiday season in Paris December 9, 2014. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Tourists walk under the Eiffel Tower in Paris during the holiday season in Paris December 9, 2014. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)




A man fires a homemade mortar during a protest outside the National Assambly Building in Managua December 9, 2014. A dozen former employees of sugar cane fields urged legislators to pass a law forcing sugar mills to pay compensation for the damage to the workers' health as a result of what the protesters believe is the constant contact with pesticides and herbicides used for pest and weed control on the plantations. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

A man fires a homemade mortar during a protest outside the National Assambly Building in Managua December 9, 2014. A dozen former employees of sugar cane fields urged legislators to pass a law forcing sugar mills to pay compensation for the damage to the workers' health as a result of what the protesters believe is the constant contact with pesticides and herbicides used for pest and weed control on the plantations. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)




David Wong, a 41-year-old cellist, performs on a vehicle bridge filled with tents set up by pro-democracy protesters at the financial Central district in Hong Kong December 9, 2014. Hong Kong's High Court has ordered the main protest sites that have choked the financial city for more than two months to be cleared, building up to a final showdown on Thursday between pro-democracy activists and authorities backed by Beijing. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

David Wong, a 41-year-old cellist, performs on a vehicle bridge filled with tents set up by pro-democracy protesters at the financial Central district in Hong Kong December 9, 2014. Hong Kong's High Court has ordered the main protest sites that have choked the financial city for more than two months to be cleared, building up to a final showdown on Thursday between pro-democracy activists and authorities backed by Beijing. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)




A demonstrator is taken away by police from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started on Thursday clearing the main pro-democracy protest site that has choked roads into the city's most economically and politically important district for more than two months as part of a campaign to demand free elections. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A demonstrator is taken away by police from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started on Thursday clearing the main pro-democracy protest site that has choked roads into the city's most economically and politically important district for more than two months as part of a campaign to demand free elections. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




A demonstrator is taken away by policewomen from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A demonstrator is taken away by policewomen from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




Protesters pose for photographs on a barricade at the occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Hong Kong's dwindling number of pro-democracy protesters vowed Wednesday to stay until the last minute before authorities clear them off a highway where they've been camped out for more than two months. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)

Protesters pose for photographs on a barricade at the occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Hong Kong's dwindling number of pro-democracy protesters vowed Wednesday to stay until the last minute before authorities clear them off a highway where they've been camped out for more than two months. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)




Pro-democracy supporters take a “selfie” photograph by a banner which reads “We'll be back”, outside the government headquarters building at the financial Central district in Hong Kong December 11, 2014. Over 10,000 protesters massed at a major pro-democracy protest site on Wednesday evening, even as authorities warned people to stay away, before the final clearance of the main “occupy” camp the following morning. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Pro-democracy supporters take a “selfie” photograph by a banner which reads “We'll be back”, outside the government headquarters building at the financial Central district in Hong Kong December 11, 2014. Over 10,000 protesters massed at a major pro-democracy protest site on Wednesday evening, even as authorities warned people to stay away, before the final clearance of the main “occupy” camp the following morning. Hong Kong urged pro-democracy protesters to pack up their tents and leave their main camp near government headquarters, saying it could not promise there would be no “confrontations”. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




Singer and actress Denise Ho is taken away by policewomen from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started on Thursday clearing the main pro-democracy protest site that has choked roads into the city's most economically and politically important district for more than two months as part of a campaign to demand free elections. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Singer and actress Denise Ho is taken away by policewomen from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started on Thursday clearing the main pro-democracy protest site that has choked roads into the city's most economically and politically important district for more than two months as part of a campaign to demand free elections. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




Trees illuminated by Christmas lights are pictured on Unter den Linden street near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, December 9, 2014. Picture taken with long exposure. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

Trees illuminated by Christmas lights are pictured on Unter den Linden street near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, December 9, 2014. Picture taken with long exposure. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




A vendor (C) weighs vegetable at a market in Fuyang, Anhui province December 10, 2014. China's annual consumer inflation eased to a five-year low of 1.4 percent in November, signalling persistent weakness in the world's second-largest economy and giving policymakers more room to ease policy to support growth. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A vendor (C) weighs vegetable at a market in Fuyang, Anhui province December 10, 2014. China's annual consumer inflation eased to a five-year low of 1.4 percent in November, signalling persistent weakness in the world's second-largest economy and giving policymakers more room to ease policy to support growth. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




An employee of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) cleans the surface of solar panels at a solar power generation plant in Gili Meno island, in this December 9, 2014 photo taken by Antara Foto. PT PLN is developing new renewable energy on three islands, Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan to replace diesel generators. (Photo by Widodo S. Jusuf/Reuters/Antara Foto)

An employee of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) cleans the surface of solar panels at a solar power generation plant in Gili Meno island, in this December 9, 2014 photo taken by Antara Foto. PT PLN is developing new renewable energy on three islands, Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan to replace diesel generators. (Photo by Widodo S. Jusuf/Reuters/Antara Foto)




Residents cross a bridge, which was damaged by Typhoon Hagupit, in San Julian, Eastern Samar in central Philippines December 10, 2014. Philippine emergency workers were struggling on Tuesday to reach coastal villages on an island hardest hit by a typhoon where thousands of homes have been wrecked by powerful winds and a storm surge rising three to four meters (10 to 13 feet). (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Residents cross a bridge, which was damaged by Typhoon Hagupit, in San Julian, Eastern Samar in central Philippines December 10, 2014. Philippine emergency workers were struggling on Tuesday to reach coastal villages on an island hardest hit by a typhoon where thousands of homes have been wrecked by powerful winds and a storm surge rising three to four meters (10 to 13 feet). Nearly 13,000 houses were crushed and more than 22,300 damaged on the eastern island of Samar, where Typhoon Hagupit made landfall on Saturday and made slow progress across the country, officials said. The bridge was built to replace another bridge which was damaged last year by Typhoon Haiyan. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)




A man transports metal sheets swept by Typhoon Hagupit on the sidecar of a motorcyle in San Julian, Eastern Samar in central Philippines December 9, 2014. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A man transports metal sheets swept by Typhoon Hagupit on the sidecar of a motorcyle in San Julian, Eastern Samar in central Philippines December 9, 2014. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)




Typhoon Hagupit victims and their motorcycles are transported on a boat next to a damaged bridge in San Julian, Eastern Samar in central Philippines December 10, 2014. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Typhoon Hagupit victims and their motorcycles are transported on a boat next to a damaged bridge in San Julian, Eastern Samar in central Philippines December 10, 2014. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
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