Filipino student Jill Cadilo shows a rose given to her by a member of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity during the annual “Oblation run” inside the University of the Philippines in Diliman, northeast of Manila, Philippines, 14 December 2015. Around 20 members of APO fraternity staged the group's annual Oblation Run to highlight the fraternity's stand for the upholding of the “rule of law” against rampant corruption in the government and the rights of the indigenous Lumad people. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA)





Palestinian children cover their faces as they carry toy weapons, during a rally to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Hamas militant group, at the main road in Gaza City, Monday, December 14, 2015. The Arabic on their headbands reads, “no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger. Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades”. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)





A masked Palestinian boy holds a toy gun as he takes part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City December 14, 2015. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





Children at a migrant shelter stand in line to receive presents from a volunteer dressed as Santa Claus on December 14, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Germany is expected to see the arrival of one million conflict-fleeing migrants by the end of the year, more than four times the total for all of the previous one. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)





Nasra Zeb, motherr of Hasan Zeb one of the 132 students of Army Public School who were killed by Taliban militants, reacts in her son's room with his belongings, ahead of the first anniversary of school attack, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 14 December 2015. Seven Pakistani Taliban gunmen went from class to class on 16 December 2014 and killed more than 150 people, mostly students, at the Army Public School in Peshawar city. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA)





Members of the Russian men's national ice hockey team seen during an open training session at Legends Arena ahead of the 2015 Channel One Cup in Moscow, Russia on December 14, 2015. (Photo by Japaridze Mikhail/TASS via ZUMA Press)





Meteors streak across the night sky over the Galenki RT-70 radio telescope at a Kvant-D command and measurement complex which is part of the Titov Main Space Test Centre in Primorye Territory, Russia on December 14, 2015. (Photo by Smityuk Yuri/TASS via ZUMA Press)





Syrian Abu Mohammed, covered with dust from explosions, walks in his home following reported air strikes by regime forces on the town of al-Nashabiyah in the eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, on December 14, 2015. United Nations aid chief Stephen O'Brien said that the “indiscriminate attacks” against civilians in Damascus and the surrounding region were “unacceptable” at the end of a visit to Syria. (Photo by Amer Almohibany/AFP Photo)





A Syrian man escorts his injured wife following reported air strikes by regime forces on the town of al-Nashabiyah in the eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, on December 14, 2015. (Photo by Amer Almohibany/AFP Photo)





A Syrian photographer carries an injured girl following reported air strikes by regime forces on the town of al-Nashabiyah in the eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus, on December 14, 2015. (Photo by Amer Almohibany/AFP Photo)





Two women pose for a picture in front of snowmen figures in downtown Guatemala City, December 13, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters)





A construction worker stands inside a tunnel under the Chao Phraya river at a Mass Rapid Transit subway station in Bangkok, Thailand, December 14, 2015. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A nuclear submarine is seen at the Royal Navy's submarine base at Faslane, Scotland, August 31, 2015. The UK government is considering nationalising the nuclear submarine business of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, which powers its Trident missile deterrent system, the Financial Times reported. The government may also decide to merge some or all parts of Rolls Royce's businesses with BAE Systems, the FT said. (Photo by Russell Cheyne/Reuters)





Senior army commander Abdullah al-Sahian (C), who commands the Saudi forces in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, talks to his soldiers in their base in Aden, in this September 28, 2015 file photo. Al-Sahian from Saudi Arabia and another senior army commander from the United Arab Emirates were killed along with two Saudi soldiers in Yemen as fighting with a Houthi militia flared before Tuesday's expected peace talks, state media reported on December 14, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters)





Cars drive past a building decorated with a mural depicting Stormtroopers characters from the movie Star Wars in Moscow, Russia, December 14, 2015. The Russian premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will take place in Moscow on Thursday, December 17. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Kashmiri women shout slogans during a protest against Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) department at Maisuma area on December 14, 2015 in Srinagar, India. They were asking for extension of date for enrolment for new ration cards under National Food Security Act to February 1. According to the schedule of the CAPD department, the enrolment for new ration cards under NFSA will be held from December 7 to December 18 this month. (Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)





Kashmiri women burn a wooden box and tires to block a thoroughfare during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, December 14, 2015. The protest was held against an intended enforcement of food safety act which will limit the subsidised ration per person in the state to 5 kilos from the present 30 kilos. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Activists from India's main opposition Congress party try to flee after their clothes caught fire while they were trying to burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Shimla, India, December 14, 2015. Local media reported Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, chief of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, saying that at least five Congress activists suffered burns on Monday during the protest against the central government, accusing it of a “vendetta” against the Gandhi family by launching court cases against them. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Actors perform a satirical play called “Asylant im Wunderland” (Asylum Seeker in Wonderland) in a community centre in Stralsund, Germany, December 12, 2015. Picture taken December 12, 2015. (Photo by Michelle Martin/Reuters)





An Israeli man stands next to the scene where a motorist rammed into a bus stop, injuring at least nine people before he was shot dead, according to Israeli police, in Jerusalem December 14, 2015. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)





Tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement shout slogans and raise their weapons during a gathering to show their support for the group, in Yemen's capital Sanaa December 14, 2015. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)





A tribesman loyal to the Houthi movement holds a machine gun as he attends a gathering to show support for the group in Yemen's capital Sanaa December 14, 2015. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)





Houthi men watch as newly recruited Houthi militants parade at the site of a gathering held by tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement, in Yemen's capital Sanaa December 14, 2015. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)





Armed members of Houthi militia attend a parade on the eve of planned cease-fire and Geneva peace talks, in Sana'a, Yemen, 14 December 2015. A new round of peace talks between warring sides in Yemen will start in Geneva on 15 December, amid reports of a planned ceasefire by midnight 14 December. Saudi Arabia and fellow Sunni partners, including the UAE, have since March been carrying out a military campaign in Yemen against the Iranian-allied Houthis, who are fighting to oust internationally recognized President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi. (Photo by Yahya Arhab/EPA)





Aerial view of the overturned bus which crashed in Argentina's northern province of Salta, December 14, 2015. A bus carrying Argentine border patrol officers crashed into a ravine in Salta on Monday, killing 42 people, while nine were being treated for injuries, provincial emergency official Francisco Marinaro told local television. (Photo by Javier Corbalan/Reuters)





A giant illuminated Santa Claus is seen on the Promenade Des Anglais as part of holiday season decorations in Nice, France, December 14, 2015. (Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)





Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, holds the hand of a person through the bars of a mock prison cell underneath photographs of jailed opposition supporters, during a news conference in Caracas, December 14, 2015. The sign reads “Liberty before Christmas”. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





An artist's rendering of what the next generation U.S. fighter jet might look like is seen in this handout photo provided by Northrop Grumman Corporation, December 12, 2015. The Pentagon's fiscal 2017 budget request will include $12 billion to $15 billion to fund war gaming, experimentation and the demonstration of new technologies aimed at ensuring a continued military edge over China and Russia, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said December 14, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Northrop Grumman Corp)





A man looks at a TV set screening Spain's Prime Minister and ruling People's Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy (R) and Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez during a live televised debate at a restaurant in Madrid, Spain, December 14, 2015. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





A worshipper carries flowers to be left in the water as offerings on Guanabara Bay during a Candomble ceremony honoring goddesses Iemanja and Oxum on December 13, 2015 in Sao Goncalo, Brazil. Candomble is an Afro-Brazilian religion whose practitioners sometimes fall into trances during ceremonies believing they have become possessed by gods, or orixas. The roots of the Candomble religion came to Brazil via African slaves and eventually incorporated some elements of Catholicism. Afro-Brazilian religions generally refer to Iemanja as goddess of the sea and Oxum as goddess of rivers, lakes and waterfalls, or fresh water. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)





This photo provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the 2015 “Sports Person of the Year” magazine issue, featuring tennis player Serena Williams. (Photo by Yu Tsai for Sports Illustrated via AP Photo)





An archaeologist observes the “Guanche Mummy of Barranco de Herques” upon its arrival at National Museum of Archeology in Madrid, Spain on December 14, 2015. The mummy was moved from Anthropology Museum, where it has stayed for more than 100 years. The mummy is the best well-preserved example of a man who was found in Tenerife, Canary Islands, in 1776. Guanche is an original inhabitant of Canary Islands. The mummy will be part of an exhibition focused on Canary's prehistory. (Photo by Emilio Naranjo/EFE via ZUMA Press)





Costumed cast from the Cirque Mechanics' new production, “Pedal Punk” make their way through Times Square December 14, 2015 to promote the show which is playing at the New Victory Theater through January 3. The crazy contraptions such as the “Trike Rover”, and the “Penny Farthing” were conceived and created by the Chris Lashua, the founder of Cirque Mechanics. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP Photo)





Workers move one of the drawing spheres, which will be used for the Christmas Lottery draw on 22 December, as it is set up at the Royal Opera House, in Madrid, Spain, 14 December 2015. The traditional Spanish Christmas Lottery “El Gordo” (The Fat One) will share out a total of 2.24 billion euros that will be divided in 24,486,400 prizes. The main prize per ticket are 400,000 euros for the first prize; 125,000 for the second; 50,000 for the third; 20,000 for the fourth; and 6,000 for the fifth. The big sphere contains a total of 100,000 wooden balls with the lottery numbers with a smaller sphere containing a total of 1,807 wooden balls with the prizes' quantities. (Photo by Juan Carlos Hidalgo/EPA)





A pile of dozens of junk cars are decorated for Christmas by employees at a car junkyard in Hamburg, Germany, 14 December 2015. (Photo by Daniel Reinhardt/EPA)





Filipino soldiers assist a child to board a truck bound for evacuation centers in Legazpi City, Albay province, southern Manila, Philippines, 14 December 2015. More than 700,000 people were evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Melor slammed into the country's eastern coast, civil defence officials said. Melor was packing maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometres per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 185 kph when it hit land over Northern Samar province, the weather bureau said. The bureau warned against storm surges, forcing 724,105 people to flee their homes in the wastern provinces of Albay and Sorsogon. (Photo by Zalrian Sayat/EPA)





Turkish-Jewish children light a Menorah to celebrate the ongoing Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Istanbul, Turkey, 13 December 2015. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, celebrates the revolt of the Maccabees in 165 BCE against the Syrian-Greek forces that had been occupying the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA)





A Kashmiri protester throws stones amid tear gas used by the government forces to disperse them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, December 14, 2015. The protest was held against an intended enforcement of food safety act which will limit the subsidised ration per person in the state to 5 kilos from the present 30 kilos. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Kashmiri protesters run as a tear gas shell explodes near them during a protest against the government in Srinagar, India, Monday, December 14, 2015. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A worshipper lies on the floor during a Candomble ceremony honoring goddesses Iemanja and Oxum on December 12, 2015 in Itaborai, Brazil. Candomble is an Afro-Brazilian religion whose practitioners sometimes fall into trances during ceremonies believing they have become possessed by gods, or orixas. The roots of the Candomble religion came to Brazil via African slaves and eventually incorporated some elements of Catholicism. Afro-Brazilian religions generally refer to Iemanja as goddess of the sea and Oxum as goddess of rivers, lakes and waterfalls, or fresh water. Candomble practitioners sometimes face persecution in Brazil from other religious groups including evangelical Christians. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)





Kosovo parliament security wear gas masks after opposition lawmakers released a tear gas canister disrupting a parliamentary session in Kosovo capital Pristina on Monday December 14, 2015. Opposition lawmakers have released tear gas in Kosovo's parliament in their latest attempt to pressure the government into renouncing deals with Serbia and Montenegro. (Photo by Visar Kryeziu/AP Photo)





Kurds clash with the Turkish police as they protest against the recent curfews imposed on Kurdish towns, on December 14, 2015, in downtown Diyarbakir.
The Turkish authorities on December 11, lifted a nine-day curfew on the central Sur district in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, the main city of Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, after heavy fighting with Kurdish militants but then promptly reimposed the measure. (Photo by Ilyas Akengin/AFP Photo)





Kurdish protestors clash with Turkish police as they protest against the Turkish government in Diyarbakir, Turkey, 14 December 2015. Residents of the Sur district fled from their houses because of armed clashes between Turkish special forces and PKK militants. According to local media 2 protestors where killed during the protest. (Photo by EPA/Stringer)





Ivorian body builders perform during the Grand Bassam street arts festival in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire on December 13, 2015. (Photo by Sia Kambou/AFP Photo)





Orthodox priests conduct a blessing service in front of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft at Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, December 14, 2015. The new Soyuz mission is scheduled to start on Tuesday, December 15. The Russian rocket will carry U.S. astronaut Tim Kopra, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and British astronaut Tim Peake. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Pakistani Christian children dressed as Santa Claus and as angels participate in a Christmas celebration in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, December 12, 2015. Although Pakistani Christians are in the minority, Christmas is a national holiday and is observed across the country as an occasion to celebrate. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Police officers take away a supporter of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang near the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court during his trial in Beijing, Monday, December 14, 2015. Pu went on trial Monday on charges of provoking trouble with commentaries on social media that were critical of the ruling Communist Party. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A resident walks past big waves spilling over a wall onto a coastal road in the city of Legaspi in Albay province, south of Manila on December 14, 2015, as typhoon Melor approaches the city. More than 700,000 people fled the central Philippines amid threats of giant waves, floods and landslides as powerful Typhoon Melor approached the archipelago nation, officials said December 14. (Photo by Charism Sayat/AFP Photo)





A Filipino woman takes shelter from rain caused by Typhoon Melor as the lowest level storm signal warning has been raised in Manila, Philippines Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Typhoon Melor weakened Tuesday as it crossed over the central Philippines, leaving one man dead and wide areas without power. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Armed protesters from the so-called Bureau of American-Islamic Relations (BAIR), take part in a demonstration in front of a mosque on December 12, 2015 in Richardson, Texas. About two dozen members of the group protested in front of the Islamic Association of North Texas mosque, as counter-protesters demonstrated across the street. The Dallas area had become a focal point for so-called Islamophobia, even before the Islamic extremist-inspired December 2 mass shooting in San Bernadino, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)





Cristen Barker and Nigel Barker attend the “Joy” New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on December 13, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)





A Pakistani student puts the final touches to a mural on a wall, during a campaign called Street Art Pakistan, Sunday, December 13, 2015 in Lahore, Pakistan. Street Art Pakistan is an initiative taken by the team of artists to eradicate the illegal practice of wall chalking and Reform the Walls of Pakistan by painting them with positive themes depicting colorful stories of Pakistan. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Performers parade in Hong Kong on December 15, 2015 to promote a funfair and festival taking place during the Christmas festive season. Christmas is celebrated worldwide on December 25. (Photo by Philippe Lopez/AFP Photo)





A boy wearing shorts rides a unicycle to school in the snow in Farmington, Utah, Monday, December 14, 2015. Cities along the Wasatch Front received anywhere from six to eight inches of snow overnight. (Photo by Ravell Call/Deseret News via AP Photo)