These photos and video were taken in the Russian city of Astrakhan on the evening of June 7th, 2012. (Photo by Maxim Korotshenko)

Hundreds of onlookers descended upon White Rock beach, just south of Vancouver, Canada, on June 12, 2012 to mourn a beached whale that died on the sandy tidal flats. (Photo by Nick Procaylo/PNG/PNG Merlin Archive)

Alain Robert, known as the French “Spiderman” climbs the “First” tower, the highest building in France on May 10, 2012 in Paris La Defense, Hauts de Seine, France. (Foto by DPA/AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Israeli soldiers get ready to launch the Skylark drone during a drill on January 16, 2012 near Bat Shlomo, Israel. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Martin Garwood prepares to release baby penguins at Sydney Aquarium on January 18, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Three baby penguins were released into the aquarium and reunited with their parents for the first time since birth. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

The first prototype of the HIRIKO electric car, during the global launch of Hiriko Driving Mobility, at the EU Commssion headquarters on January 24, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Getty Images)

A sign is posted in front of the new Yoga Room at San Francisco International Airport's terminal two on January 26, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Twin baby panthers Remaong and Ferra cling to their basket while being presented to the media at Tierpark Berlin zoo on July 13, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The two panthers were born in captivity on April 26. (Photo by Sean Gallup)