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Christmas tree decorations with a Hitler bust from the Third Reich is displayed in the Museum der Brotkultur in Ulm, Germany, 27 November 2013. The exhibition “Aufgeputzt” (lit Decked out) showing historical christmas decorations runs from 01 December 2013 to 12 January 2014. (Photo by Stefan Puchner/AP Images/DPA)

Christmas tree decorations with a Hitler bust from the Third Reich is displayed in the Museum der Brotkultur in Ulm, Germany, 27 November 2013. The exhibition “Aufgeputzt” (lit Decked out) showing historical christmas decorations runs from 01 December 2013 to 12 January 2014. (Photo by Stefan Puchner/AP Images/DPA)




Bangladeshi onlookers gather at the scene of a derailed train in Gaibandha, some 200 kms north from Dhaka, on December 4, 2013. Opposition activists derailed a train in Bangladesh December 4, killing three people, as part of a campaign against elections due to be held next month, officials said. (Photo by AFP Photo/STR)

Bangladeshi onlookers gather at the scene of a derailed train in Gaibandha, some 200 kms north from Dhaka, on December 4, 2013. Opposition activists derailed a train in Bangladesh December 4, killing three people, as part of a campaign against elections due to be held next month, officials said. (Photo by AFP Photo/STR)




Illustration picture shows the rest of a car between two trucks after a multiple collision accident at the A19 highway near Zonnebeke-Beselare, towards Kortrijk, Tuesday 03 December 2013. At least one person died in the accident, 40 to 50 vehicles are involved. The A19 is blocked in both directions. The accident was caused by dense fog. (Photo by Eric Lalmand/Belga Photo)

Illustration picture shows the rest of a car between two trucks after a multiple collision accident at the A19 highway near Zonnebeke-Beselare, towards Kortrijk, Tuesday 03 December 2013. At least one person died in the accident, 40 to 50 vehicles are involved. The A19 is blocked in both directions. The accident was caused by dense fog. (Photo by Eric Lalmand/Belga Photo)




Rescuers work on the wreckage of a passenger train that collided with a truck near Requinoa, some 100km south of Santiago, on December 4, 2013, leaving at least two persons dead and eight wounded. (Photo by Danny Bolivar/AFP Photo)

Rescuers work on the wreckage of a passenger train that collided with a truck near Requinoa, some 100km south of Santiago, on December 4, 2013, leaving at least two persons dead and eight wounded. (Photo by Danny Bolivar/AFP Photo)




A riot policeman fires tear gas during clashes following a demonstration of Muslim Brotherhood and ousted president Mohammed Morsi supporters on December 6, 2013 in the streets of El Zeitun neighborhood close by al Qubba presidential Palace in Cairo. (Photo by Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP Photo)

A riot policeman fires tear gas during clashes following a demonstration of Muslim Brotherhood and ousted president Mohammed Morsi supporters on December 6, 2013 in the streets of El Zeitun neighborhood close by al Qubba presidential Palace in Cairo. Egyptian police dispersed several rallies by Islamists, firing tear gas at protesters in Cairo as the government tries to stamp out unrest since president Mohamed Morsi's July overthrow. (Photo by Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP Photo)




A crane sets the traditional Christmas tree on St Peter's square on December 5, 2013 at the Vatican. The tree, that was cut in Regensburg, Germany, is 25 metres tall, weights 7,2 tons and is 45-year-old. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP Photo)

A crane sets the traditional Christmas tree on St Peter's square on December 5, 2013 at the Vatican. The tree, that was cut in Regensburg, Germany, is 25 metres tall, weights 7,2 tons and is 45-year-old. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP Photo)




A pedestrian struggles against the wind in Rotterdam on December 5, 2013.  Xaver, a fierce storm, battered northern Europe Thursday, leaving three people dead or missing, causing mass transport disruption and threatening the biggest tidal surge in decades. Winds of up to 142 miles (228 kilometres) per hour battered northern Britain while authorities evacuated residents and boosted flood defences in low-lying areas across the region. (Photo by Robin Utrecht/AFP Photo/ANP)

A pedestrian struggles against the wind in Rotterdam on December 5, 2013. Xaver, a fierce storm, battered northern Europe Thursday, leaving three people dead or missing, causing mass transport disruption and threatening the biggest tidal surge in decades. Winds of up to 142 miles (228 kilometres) per hour battered northern Britain while authorities evacuated residents and boosted flood defences in low-lying areas across the region. (Photo by Robin Utrecht/AFP Photo/ANP)




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, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Jerome Delay/Associated Press)

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, on December 5, 2013. Fighting came to the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday, leaving dozens of casualties and posing the biggest threat yet to the new government just as the U.N. Security Council authorized an intervention force to prevent a blood bath between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Jerome Delay/Associated Press)




Indian Punjab police personnel inspect an upturned truck, overloaded with sand, which landed on the railway tracks when the oldest bridge on which it was travelling collapsed, in Amritsar on December 6, 2013. No injury or casualty was reported and all trains were delayed for three hours due to this mishap. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)

Indian Punjab police personnel inspect an upturned truck, overloaded with sand, which landed on the railway tracks when the oldest bridge on which it was travelling collapsed, in Amritsar on December 6, 2013. No injury or casualty was reported and all trains were delayed for three hours due to this mishap. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)




People stand on a dune while storm front Xaver blows heavily at the shore of  Rostock-Warnemuende, northern Germany, on December 6, 2013. Icy winter storms with hurricane-force force winds lashed northern Europe. (Photo by Bernd Wüstneck/AFP Photo/DPA)

People stand on a dune while storm front Xaver blows heavily at the shore of Rostock-Warnemuende, northern Germany, on December 6, 2013. Icy winter storms with hurricane-force force winds lashed northern Europe. (Photo by Bernd Wüstneck/AFP Photo/DPA)




A plain clothes policeman detains an ultra-Orthodox Jew during a protest against military service in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2013. Ultra-Orthodox have traditionally received exemptions from compulsory military service and have battled attempts to force them to serve. (Photo by Dusan Vranic/Associated Press)

A plain clothes policeman detains an ultra-Orthodox Jew during a protest against military service in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2013. Ultra-Orthodox have traditionally received exemptions from compulsory military service and have battled attempts to force them to serve. (Photo by Dusan Vranic/Associated Press)




People walk on the North Sea beach near the town of Norddeich, on December 5, 2013. A storm, Xaver, brought strong winds and high tides to the northern coasts of Germany on Thursday. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

People walk on the North Sea beach near the town of Norddeich, on December 5, 2013. A storm, Xaver, brought strong winds and high tides to the northern coasts of Germany on Thursday. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)




Interior Ministry personnel stand guard during a rally to support EU integration in Kiev, on December 5, 2013. Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met Ukrainian opposition leaders at their protest camp in Kiev on Wednesday, in a snub to President Viktor Yanukovich, who triggered mass street demonstrations by spurning a pact with the EU and seeking closer ties with Moscow. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

Interior Ministry personnel stand guard during a rally to support EU integration in Kiev, on December 5, 2013. Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met Ukrainian opposition leaders at their protest camp in Kiev on Wednesday, in a snub to President Viktor Yanukovich, who triggered mass street demonstrations by spurning a pact with the EU and seeking closer ties with Moscow. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)




A woman takes pictures of a burnt out police truck after anti-government protesters called 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. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

A woman takes pictures of a burnt out police truck after anti-government protesters called 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. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)




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. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)

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. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)




Seleka soldiers rest at their military camp in Bangui, Central African Republic following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Jerome Delay/Associated Press)

Seleka soldiers rest at their military camp in Bangui, Central African Republic following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias, on December 5, 2013. Fighting came to the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday, leaving dozens of casualties and posing the biggest threat yet to the new government just as the U.N. Security Council authorized an intervention force to prevent a bloodbath between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Jerome Delay/Associated Press)




Well-wishers hold candles and take pictures of themselves as they take part in birthday celebrations for Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, on December 5, 2013. The king called on his people to do their duty for the good of the country in a birthday address. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Well-wishers hold candles and take pictures of themselves as they take part in birthday celebrations for Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, on December 5, 2013. The king called on his people to do their duty for the good of the country in a birthday address. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




Residents of the city of Damara, 75 km north of Bangui, leave the region for Bangui on December 3, 2013. The Central African Republic needs foreign financial assistance as well as troops, its prime minister told AFP Monday as French forces deployed in a bid to halt spiralling violence. (Photo by Sia Kambou/AFP Photo)

Residents of the city of Damara, 75 km north of Bangui, leave the region for Bangui on December 3, 2013. The Central African Republic needs foreign financial assistance as well as troops, its prime minister told AFP Monday as French forces deployed in a bid to halt spiralling violence. Speaking in Bangui before flying to Paris for a 40-nation France-Africa summit, Nicolas Tiangaye said more than just military help was needed to pull his country back from the brink. (Photo by Sia Kambou/AFP Photo)




A newly recruited paramilitary policeman participates in a drill in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on December 2, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A newly recruited paramilitary policeman participates in a drill in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on December 2, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




A vendor selling candles rides his bicycle past a burning taxi along a road in Mumbai December 3, 2013. No casualties were reported, and the cause of the fire was not known. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A vendor selling candles rides his bicycle past a burning taxi along a road in Mumbai December 3, 2013. No casualties were reported, and the cause of the fire was not known. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Members of NGO Rio de Paz, uses an woman dressed as a bride during a protest in front of the National Congress, comparing the delay of works for the World Cup with the delay of the bride for the wedding, in Brasilia December 6, 2013. The NGO Rio de Paz, criticized the Brazilian government with the posters saying: “FIFA standard stadium, standard planning Brazil” and “Demanding excellence in public administration”. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

Members of NGO Rio de Paz, uses an woman dressed as a bride during a protest in front of the National Congress, comparing the delay of works for the World Cup with the delay of the bride for the wedding, in Brasilia December 6, 2013. The NGO Rio de Paz, criticized the Brazilian government with the posters saying: “FIFA standard stadium, standard planning Brazil” and “Demanding excellence in public administration”. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)




A plane takes off from the Los Angeles International Airport as clouds reflect the color of the sunset on Monday, December 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)

A plane takes off from the Los Angeles International Airport as clouds reflect the color of the sunset on Monday, December 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)




Afghan schoolchildren take lessons in an open classroom at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on December 1, 2013. Afghanistan has had only rare moments of peace over the past 30 years, its education system being undermined by the Soviet invasion of 1979, a civil war in the 1990s and five years of Taliban rule. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)

Afghan schoolchildren take lessons in an open classroom at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on December 1, 2013. Afghanistan has had only rare moments of peace over the past 30 years, its education system being undermined by the Soviet invasion of 1979, a civil war in the 1990s and five years of Taliban rule. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)




A Naga tribal man in traditional attire shouts while he performs a dance during the Hornbill festival at Kisama village on the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland, India, Monday, December 2, 2013. The 10-day long festival named after the Hornbill bird is one of the biggest festivals of India’s northeast that showcases the rich tradition and cultural heritage of the indigenous Nagas. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

A Naga tribal man in traditional attire shouts while he performs a dance during the Hornbill festival at Kisama village on the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland, India, Monday, December 2, 2013. The 10-day long festival named after the Hornbill bird is one of the biggest festivals of India’s northeast that showcases the rich tradition and cultural heritage of the indigenous Nagas. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)




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. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

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. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)




Scottish Fire and Rescue services look on at the helicopter being lifted from the scene Monday, December 2, 2013, following the helicopter crash at the Clutha Bar in Glasgow, Scotland. Scottish emergency workers were sifting through wreckage over the weekend for survivors of a police helicopter crash onto a crowded Glasgow pub that has killed nine people and injured more than two dozen. (Photo by AP Photo)

Scottish Fire and Rescue services look on at the helicopter being lifted from the scene Monday, December 2, 2013, following the helicopter crash at the Clutha Bar in Glasgow, Scotland. Scottish emergency workers were sifting through wreckage over the weekend for survivors of a police helicopter crash onto a crowded Glasgow pub that has killed nine people and injured more than two dozen. The Clutha pub, near the banks of the River Clyde, was packed Friday night and a ska band was in full swing when the chopper slammed through the roof. The number of fatalities is expected to rise, officials said. (Photo by AP Photo)




Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) personnel chip tusk bits from a male elephant during an electronic data collaring process south of Kajiado 120km (75 Miles) south of capital Nairobi, December 3, 2013. The wildlife body is collaring elephants along the Amboseli ecosystem to monitor movement patterns of the animals due to shrinking land availability with the ever increasing human settlement. (Photo by Noor Khamis/Reuters)

Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) personnel chip tusk bits from a male elephant during an electronic data collaring process south of Kajiado 120km (75 Miles) south of capital Nairobi, December 3, 2013. The wildlife body is collaring elephants along the Amboseli ecosystem to monitor movement patterns of the animals due to shrinking land availability with the ever increasing human settlement. (Photo by Noor Khamis/Reuters)




Indian navy sailors participate in a parade during Naval Day celebrations at the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, December 4, 2013. India has steadily built up its naval capabilities in recent years, spurred by its rivalry with neighboring China. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)

Indian navy sailors participate in a parade during Naval Day celebrations at the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, December 4, 2013. India has steadily built up its naval capabilities in recent years, spurred by its rivalry with neighboring China. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)




British Prime Minister David Cameron plays table tennis with primary school students during his trip to Chengdu, Sichuan province, December 4, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

British Prime Minister David Cameron plays table tennis with primary school students during his trip to Chengdu, Sichuan province, December 4, 2013. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




Indians clash with guards during a protest against the Indian policy of President Dilma Rousseff's government at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, December 4, 2013. The protesters are opposing two bills being examined in National Congress, dealing with demarcation of indigenous lands, and demanding for the repeal of Ordinance 303 of the Attorney General of the Union (AGU). (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

Indians clash with guards during a protest against the Indian policy of President Dilma Rousseff's government at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, December 4, 2013. The protesters are opposing two bills being examined in National Congress, dealing with demarcation of indigenous lands, and demanding for the repeal of Ordinance 303 of the Attorney General of the Union (AGU). (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)




A Pakistani girl who was displaced with her family from Pakistan's tribal area due to fighting between the Taliban and the army walks back to her home, carrying a sack of wood and grass that she collected to use for cooking and heating on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 4, 2013. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

A Pakistani girl who was displaced with her family from Pakistan's tribal area due to fighting between the Taliban and the army walks back to her home, carrying a sack of wood and grass that she collected to use for cooking and heating on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 4, 2013. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)




A Palestinian driver stands on his stranded car flooded with water due to heavy raining in Gaza City, Thursday, December 5, 2013. Heavy rains flooded most streets and blocked some of the streets of the refugee camps and the cities of Gaza Strip. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)

A Palestinian driver stands on his stranded car flooded with water due to heavy raining in Gaza City, Thursday, December 5, 2013. Heavy rains flooded most streets and blocked some of the streets of the refugee camps and the cities of Gaza Strip. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)




A man dressed in traditional Ukrainian Cossack clothes smokes in a phonebooth during a rally to support EU integration in Kiev December 6, 2013. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was flying to Russia on Friday to meet Vladimir Putin, a news agency reported, seeking aid to shore up a creaking economy while protesters back home, opposed to his U-turn away from Europe, defied police. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

A man dressed in traditional Ukrainian Cossack clothes smokes in a phonebooth during a rally to support EU integration in Kiev December 6, 2013. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was flying to Russia on Friday to meet Vladimir Putin, a news agency reported, seeking aid to shore up a creaking economy while protesters back home, opposed to his U-turn away from Europe, defied police. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)




Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi to flee sectarian violence Wednesday December 4, 2013. Over 500 villagers have fled towards the capital Bangui fearing repression from Seleka fighters following the killing of Muslim residents by the Anti-Balaka militias Monday Dec. 2 nearby. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)

Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi to flee sectarian violence Wednesday December 4, 2013. Over 500 villagers have fled towards the capital Bangui fearing repression from Seleka fighters following the killing of Muslim residents by the Anti-Balaka militias Monday Dec. 2 nearby. The UN security council is scheduled to pass a motion allowing French troops to deploy in the country in order to protect civilians and insure security by all necessary means. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)




Bolivian Aymara natives attend the inauguration of the first Bolivian communication satellite ground control, in Amachuma, 25 km southeast from La Paz, and at 4,000 m above sea level, on December 2, 2013. The satellite will be launched from China next December 20. (Photo by Aizar Raldes/AFP Photo)

Bolivian Aymara natives attend the inauguration of the first Bolivian communication satellite ground control, in Amachuma, 25 km southeast from La Paz, and at 4,000 m above sea level, on December 2, 2013. The satellite will be launched from China next December 20. (Photo by Aizar Raldes/AFP Photo)




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 in Siberia, on December 1, 2013. Krasin designed and constructed the mobile bathing station based on a traditional Russian steam bath, intending it for trips with friends and possibly as a small commercial venture. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

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 in Siberia, on December 1, 2013. Krasin designed and constructed the mobile bathing station based on a traditional Russian steam bath, intending it for trips with friends and possibly as a small commercial venture. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)




A rare total cloud inversion is pictured at Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon, Arizona in this November 29, 2013, picture provided by the National Park Service on December 3, 2013. Cloud inversions are formed through the interaction of warm and cold air masses. (Photo by Erin Whittaker/National Park Service)

A rare total cloud inversion is pictured at Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon, Arizona in this November 29, 2013, picture provided by the National Park Service on December 3, 2013. Cloud inversions are formed through the interaction of warm and cold air masses. (Photo by Erin Whittaker/National Park Service)




Children walk, next to French militaries, along a road in Cameroon on December 5, 2013. A UN Security Council resolution on Thursday gave French and African troops the green light to restore order in the Central African Republic, the latest in a string of military campaigns by France in its former colony. (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP Photo)

Children walk, next to French militaries, along a road in Cameroon on December 5, 2013. A UN Security Council resolution on Thursday gave French and African troops the green light to restore order in the Central African Republic, the latest in a string of military campaigns by France in its former colony. (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP Photo)




Cairo University's students backing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi shout slogans during a demonstration against July's military “coup”, in Tahrir square on December 1, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Protesters were chanting “Down with the military regime!”, “People want the fall of the regime!” and “Rabaa Rabaa”(Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/AFP Photo)

Cairo University's students backing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi shout slogans during a demonstration against July's military “coup”, in Tahrir square on December 1, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Protesters were chanting “Down with the military regime!”, “People want the fall of the regime!” and “Rabaa Rabaa”, an AFP reporter said, as demonstrators flashed a four-finger sign that has become associated with a government crackdown on pro-Morsi supporters in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya square on August 14. (Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/AFP Photo)




A message using Nelson Mandela's clan name “Madiba” and a term of affection “Tata” meaning “father” is scrawled on the window of a car parked in the street outside Mandela's old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Ben Curtis/Associated Press)

A message using Nelson Mandela's clan name “Madiba” and a term of affection “Tata” meaning “father” is scrawled on the window of a car parked in the street outside Mandela's old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 6, 2013. Flags were lowered to half-staff and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in South Africa's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers on Friday while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied. (Photo by Ben Curtis/Associated Press)




A garden gnome sits on the window of a house that fell into the sea during a storm surge in Hemsby, England, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)

A garden gnome sits on the window of a house that fell into the sea during a storm surge in Hemsby, England, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)




A “Free Syrian Army” fighter holds up an ammunition belt  as his fellow fighter fires on a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Molhem Barakat/Reuters)

A “Free Syrian Army” fighter holds up an ammunition belt as his fellow fighter fires on a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Molhem Barakat/Reuters)




A protester rests inside Kiev's City Hall, now an organizational hub for protesters who have occupied the building, on December 6, 2013. Ukrainian pro-Europe demonstrators vowed to stay on the streets and continue their blockade of government buildings, despite a police threat to crack down “harshly” to enforce a court order that they disperse. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

A protester rests inside Kiev's City Hall, now an organizational hub for protesters who have occupied the building, on December 6, 2013. Ukrainian pro-Europe demonstrators vowed to stay on the streets and continue their blockade of government buildings, despite a police threat to crack down “harshly” to enforce a court order that they disperse. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)




People walk during snowfall blown by hurricane-force Xaver at Old Town in Gdansk, Poland, on December 6, 2013. The death toll from the storm sweeping across northern Europe rose to six on Friday when high winds hurled a tree branch against a car, killing three people, local emergency services said. (Photo by Renata Dabrowska/Agencja Gazeta)

People walk during snowfall blown by hurricane-force Xaver at Old Town in Gdansk, Poland, on December 6, 2013. The death toll from the storm sweeping across northern Europe rose to six on Friday when high winds hurled a tree branch against a car, killing three people, local emergency services said. (Photo by Renata Dabrowska/Agencja Gazeta)




Model Georgia Salpa pictured at Opium Restaurant in Wexford Street Dublin when she hooked up with her models friends for their annual  Christmas  get together, The babes dined on a Thai/Vietnamese feast  at the new hip eatery and they continued the night into the earley hours with cocktails. Georgia was joinned on the night by model mates Louise Johnson, Michelle McGrath and  Karena Graham. (Photo by Brian McEvoy)

Model Georgia Salpa pictured at Opium Restaurant in Wexford Street Dublin when she hooked up with her models friends for their annual Christmas get together, The babes dined on a Thai/Vietnamese feast at the new hip eatery and they continued the night into the earley hours with cocktails. Georgia was joinned on the night by model mates Louise Johnson, Michelle McGrath and Karena Graham. (Photo by Brian McEvoy)




A flock of birds fly near Mount Sinabung as seen from Berastepu, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. About 15,000 people have been evacuated from 17 villages on the slope of Mount Sinabung after authorities raised the alert status of the volcano to the highest level last week. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/AP Photo)

A flock of birds fly near Mount Sinabung as seen from Berastepu, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. About 15,000 people have been evacuated from 17 villages on the slope of Mount Sinabung after authorities raised the alert status of the volcano to the highest level last week. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/AP Photo)




Local residents look a destroyed road after floods near Argos town about 130 km (81 miles) west of Athens on Monday, December 2, 2013. Greek authorities said one woman has died in flooding in the southern Greek town of Argos, after heavy rainfall led to creeks overflowing. A state of emergency had been declared in Argos, which suffered extensive damage. (Photo by Vangelis Bougiotis/AP Photo)

Local residents look a destroyed road after floods near Argos town about 130 km (81 miles) west of Athens on Monday, December 2, 2013. Greek authorities said one woman has died in flooding in the southern Greek town of Argos, after heavy rainfall led to creeks overflowing. A state of emergency had been declared in Argos, which suffered extensive damage. (Photo by Vangelis Bougiotis/AP Photo)




Television cook, Nigella Lawson arriving at Isleworth Crown Court in London where she is due to give evidence in the trial of two former personal assistants who worked for her and Charles Saatchi, on December 4, 2013. Italian Sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo are accused of misappropriating funds while working for Saatchi and Lawson. (Photo by Ben Cawthra/LNP)

Television cook, Nigella Lawson arriving at Isleworth Crown Court in London where she is due to give evidence in the trial of two former personal assistants who worked for her and Charles Saatchi, on December 4, 2013. Italian Sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo are accused of misappropriating funds while working for Saatchi and Lawson. (Photo by Ben Cawthra/LNP)




More than 2000 women have pledged on Facebook to join a topless event on Rio's famed Ipanema beach to mark the arrival of summer later this month. The “Toplessaco”, scheduled for December 21, is the brainchild of Ana Rios (L), a 23-year-old event planning expert and human rights activist, the daily O Dia newspaper reports. (Photo by José Pedro Monteiro/Agência O Dia/Estadão Conteúdo)

More than 2000 women have pledged on Facebook to join a topless event on Rio's famed Ipanema beach to mark the arrival of summer later this month. The “Toplessaco”, scheduled for December 21, is the brainchild of Ana Rios (L), a 23-year-old event planning expert and human rights activist, the daily O Dia newspaper reports. (Photo by José Pedro Monteiro/Agência O Dia/Estadão Conteúdo)




An anti-government protester gives roses to Thai policewomen outside city police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Anti-government protesters swarmed into the Thai prime minister's office compound Tuesday as police stood by and watched, allowing them to claim a symbolic victory after three days of bitter clashes. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

An anti-government protester gives roses to Thai policewomen outside city police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Anti-government protesters swarmed into the Thai prime minister's office compound Tuesday as police stood by and watched, allowing them to claim a symbolic victory after three days of bitter clashes. Hundreds of protesters poured onto the lawn of Government House, waving Thai flags and blowing whistles to celebrate a symbolic victory. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)




Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. The incidents came as the UN Security Council was set to vote today on a measure authorising thousands of African and French troops to end anarchy in the Central African Republic, where massacres have led to warnings of genocide-style strife. (Photo by Sia Kambou/AFP Photo)

Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. The incidents came as the UN Security Council was set to vote today on a measure authorising thousands of African and French troops to end anarchy in the Central African Republic, where massacres have led to warnings of genocide-style strife. (Photo by Sia Kambou/AFP Photo)




Ukrainian police officers stand in line during protests in Kiev December 6, 2013. Ukrainian pro-Europe demonstrators vowed to stay on the streets and continue their blockade of government buildings, despite a police threat to crack down “harshly” to enforce a court order that they disperse. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

Ukrainian police officers stand in line during protests in Kiev December 6, 2013. Ukrainian pro-Europe demonstrators vowed to stay on the streets and continue their blockade of government buildings, despite a police threat to crack down “harshly” to enforce a court order that they disperse. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)




Bucket-wheel reclaimers move iron ore at a loading terminal in the town of Port Hedland, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, on December 2, 2013. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)

Bucket-wheel reclaimers move iron ore at a loading terminal in the town of Port Hedland, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, on December 2, 2013. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)




A woman poses with a “3D painting” during a Magic Art Special exhibition at a gallery in Beijing on December 3, 2013. In the 3D painting exihibition, visitors are encouraged to interact with the lifelike images by touching or other creative action into the artworks. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)

A woman poses with a “3D painting” during a Magic Art Special exhibition at a gallery in Beijing on December 3, 2013. In the 3D painting exihibition, visitors are encouraged to interact with the lifelike images by touching or other creative action into the artworks. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)




A picture taken on January 12, 2013 and published on December 1, 2013 shows an Amazighan child in Anfgou in the High Atlas mountains. Morocco's indigenous Berber people, descendants of North Africa's pre-Arab inhabitants, are struggling to make their voices heard despite their ancient Amazigh-language winning official recognition in 2011 after decades of campaigning. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP Photo)

A picture taken on January 12, 2013 and published on December 1, 2013 shows an Amazighan child in Anfgou in the High Atlas mountains. Morocco's indigenous Berber people, descendants of North Africa's pre-Arab inhabitants, are struggling to make their voices heard despite their ancient Amazigh-language winning official recognition in 2011 after decades of campaigning. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP Photo)




Fireworks explode above the illuminated floats during the Chichibu Yomatsuri, or Chichibu Night Festival on December 3, 2013 in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. 194,000 visitors enjoy the annual festival. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Fireworks explode above the illuminated floats during the Chichibu Yomatsuri, or Chichibu Night Festival on December 3, 2013 in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. 194,000 visitors enjoy the annual festival. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)




Dancers perform during the “My Dream Gala Performance” presented by China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania in Tirana on December 3, 2013. (Photo by Gent Shkullaku/AFP Photo)

Dancers perform during the “My Dream Gala Performance” presented by China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania in Tirana on December 3, 2013. (Photo by Gent Shkullaku/AFP Photo)




People walk by a giant christmas ball displayed in Nice, southeastern France, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)

People walk by a giant christmas ball displayed in Nice, southeastern France, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)




Wearing his spacesuit Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev takes part in a preflight underwater training session in a pool at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City centre outside Moscow on December 4, 2013. Oleg Artemyev is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Russian leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome in March 2014. (Photo by AFP Photo/STR)

Wearing his spacesuit Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev takes part in a preflight underwater training session in a pool at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City centre outside Moscow on December 4, 2013. Oleg Artemyev is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Russian leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome in March 2014. (Photo by AFP Photo/STR)




Thai royal guards of honour march during a parade to celebrate Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 86th birthday at Klai Kangwon Palace, Hua Hin, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Athit Perawogmetha/Reuters)

Thai royal guards of honour march during a parade to celebrate Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 86th birthday at Klai Kangwon Palace, Hua Hin, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Athit Perawogmetha/Reuters)




This Samsung Heavy Industries handout picture taken on November 30, 2013 and released on December 5, 2013 shows South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries' tanker-shaped vessel tagged as the world's largest “floating facility”, with a length greater than the height of the Empire State Building in New York, at a southern shipyard in Geoje. (Photo by AFP Photo/Samsung Heavy Industries)

This Samsung Heavy Industries handout picture taken on November 30, 2013 and released on December 5, 2013 shows South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries' tanker-shaped vessel tagged as the world's largest “floating facility”, with a length greater than the height of the Empire State Building in New York, at a southern shipyard in Geoje. A Samsung spokeswoman said on December 5 that the 488 metres (1,601 feet) long floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platform – named “Prelude” – was set in the water on November 30. (Photo by AFP Photo/Samsung Heavy Industries)




Japan's Mount Fuji is seen covered with snow from an airplane, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japan's Mount Fuji is seen covered with snow from an airplane, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Waves lash the ferry pier on the North Sea coast in Dagebuell, Germany, on December 5, 2013 as storm front Xaver hits Germany. (Photo by Carsten Rehder/AFP Photo/DPA)

Waves lash the ferry pier on the North Sea coast in Dagebuell, Germany, on December 5, 2013 as storm front Xaver hits Germany. (Photo by Carsten Rehder/AFP Photo/DPA)




A wooden dog covered withfrowzen snow in ssen in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Jan Woitas/AFP Photo/DPA)

A wooden dog covered withfrowzen snow in ssen in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Jan Woitas/AFP Photo/DPA)




Newly-graduated Afghan midwives attend a commencement ceremony at the Governor's House in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on December 5, 2013. Some 40 midwives graduated in the ceremony after undergoing a two and half year midwifery programme. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)

Newly-graduated Afghan midwives attend a commencement ceremony at the Governor's House in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on December 5, 2013. Some 40 midwives graduated in the ceremony after undergoing a two and half year midwifery programme. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)




People watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, carrying a classified payload from the U.S. government's National Reconnaissance Office, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Reuters)

People watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, carrying a classified payload from the U.S. government's National Reconnaissance Office, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Reuters)




People visit a new tunnel reserved for pedestrians, bicycles and buses during its inauguration ceremony in Lyon on December 5, 2013. The almost two-kilometre-long tunnel, which will be the largest structure in Europe dedicated to sustainable transport, was unveiled on the eve of the city's traditional Festival of Lights. (Photo by Philippe Merle/AFP Photo)

People visit a new tunnel reserved for pedestrians, bicycles and buses during its inauguration ceremony in Lyon on December 5, 2013. The almost two-kilometre-long tunnel, which will be the largest structure in Europe dedicated to sustainable transport, was unveiled on the eve of the city's traditional Festival of Lights. (Photo by Philippe Merle/AFP Photo)




This dazzling picture captures the raw beauty of Italy's stunning landscapes. The breath-taking images, which immortalize some of the countrys undiscovered gems, were taken by Italian photographer, Lorenzo Sgalippa. (Photo by Lorenzo Sgalippa/Caters News)

This dazzling picture captures the raw beauty of Italy's stunning landscapes. The breath-taking images, which immortalize some of the countrys undiscovered gems, were taken by Italian photographer, Lorenzo Sgalippa. (Photo by Lorenzo Sgalippa/Caters News)




Argentinian Red Bull pilot Hernan Pitocco performs a wingover high above the Karakoram Range in North Pakistan, on December 2, 2013. (Photo by Caters News)

Argentinian Red Bull pilot Hernan Pitocco performs a wingover high above the Karakoram Range in North Pakistan, on December 2, 2013. (Photo by Caters News)




Anti-government protesters remove concrete barriers outside the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 3, 2013. Protesters swarmed into the Thai prime minister's office compound Tuesday as police stood by and watched, allowing them to claim a symbolic victory after three days of bitter clashes. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/Associated Press)

Anti-government protesters remove concrete barriers outside the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 3, 2013. Protesters swarmed into the Thai prime minister's office compound Tuesday as police stood by and watched, allowing them to claim a symbolic victory after three days of bitter clashes. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/Associated Press)




Day of intense heat with maximum temperature at 32° C in the metropolitan area attracts swimmers in Ipanema, the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Luiz Gomes/Parceiro/Agência O Globo/Reuters)

Day of intense heat with maximum temperature at 32° C in the metropolitan area attracts swimmers in Ipanema, the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Luiz Gomes/Parceiro/Agência O Globo/Reuters)




Sixty-three women from around the world break the previous vertical formation skydiving record, leaping 18,000 feet from three aircraft near Eloy, Arizona, on November 30, 2013. The women linked hands as they plunged head first toward the Arizona desert, shattering the female vertical formation skydiving record, the U.S. Parachute Association said. (Photo by Niklas Daniel/United States Parachute Association)

Sixty-three women from around the world break the previous vertical formation skydiving record, leaping 18,000 feet from three aircraft near Eloy, Arizona, on November 30, 2013. The women linked hands as they plunged head first toward the Arizona desert, shattering the female vertical formation skydiving record, the U.S. Parachute Association said. The skydivers included women from the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, France, Norway, Sweden and Germany. (Photo by Niklas Daniel/United States Parachute Association)




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, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Pakistan hosts over 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest and most protracted refugee population in the world, according to the U.N. refugee agency, thousands of them still live without electricity, running water and other basic services. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)

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, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Pakistan hosts over 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest and most protracted refugee population in the world, according to the U.N. refugee agency, thousands of them still live without electricity, running water and other basic services. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)




Sir Isaac Newton's death mask held by staff member Emma Smith is part of an exhibition of 150 fascinating items from Edinburgh University's collection displayed at it's main library in Edinburgh, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by David Cheskin/PA Wire)

Sir Isaac Newton's death mask held by staff member Emma Smith is part of an exhibition of 150 fascinating items from Edinburgh University's collection displayed at it's main library in Edinburgh, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by David Cheskin/PA Wire)




Handout photo issued by GHA of a multi-storey block of Glasgow Housing Association flats at 20 Rosemount Street in Roystonhill, Glasgow, brought to the ground in five seconds using 40kg of explosives to make way for new homes, on December 1, 2013. (Photo by John Young/PA Wire)

Handout photo issued by GHA of a multi-storey block of Glasgow Housing Association flats at 20 Rosemount Street in Roystonhill, Glasgow, brought to the ground in five seconds using 40kg of explosives to make way for new homes, on December 1, 2013. (Photo by John Young/PA Wire)




A villager pours pesticide from a bucket as Mount Sinabung spews ash at Kebayaken village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, on December 4, 2013. The country has ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near the active volcano. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Reuters)

A villager pours pesticide from a bucket as Mount Sinabung spews ash at Kebayaken village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, on December 4, 2013. The country has ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near the active volcano. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Reuters)




An activist of the animal rights group 'Anima Naturalis', covered with fake blood, takes part in a protest against the use of leather and fur in the textile industry on Sant Jaume square in Barcelona on December 1, 2013. (Photo by Josep Lago/AFP Photo)

An activist of the animal rights group “Anima Naturalis”, covered with fake blood, takes part in a protest against the use of leather and fur in the textile industry on Sant Jaume square in Barcelona on December 1, 2013. (Photo by Josep Lago/AFP Photo)




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, on December 2, 2013. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Reuters)

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, on December 2, 2013. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Reuters)




Zombies hiding in a corner prepare an attack as a competitor appears in front of them in the last stage of a Zombie Survival contest in Alameda de la Sagra, near Toledo, Spain, on December 1, 2013. Participants have to avoid getting touched by Zombies and find clues to survive. The winners will leave the village by helicopter.  (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Zombies hiding in a corner prepare an attack as a competitor appears in front of them in the last stage of a Zombie Survival contest in Alameda de la Sagra, near Toledo, Spain, on December 1, 2013. Participants have to avoid getting touched by Zombies and find clues to survive. The winners will leave the village by helicopter. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)




Undated handout photo issued by Agility Global of their British-made electric motorcycle, The Saietta,  which is taking to the wide open roads of the United States this week as part of a UK trade mission. Agility Global promises a 100% clean and green alternative to the conventional petrol-guzzling bike. The Saietta, which means thunderbolt in Apennine Italian, can go from 0-60mph in 2.3 seconds and has a maximum speed of 150mph. (Photo by Agility Global /PA Wire)

Undated handout photo issued by Agility Global of their British-made electric motorcycle, The Saietta, which is taking to the wide open roads of the United States this week as part of a UK trade mission. Agility Global promises a 100% clean and green alternative to the conventional petrol-guzzling bike. The Saietta, which means thunderbolt in Apennine Italian, can go from 0-60mph in 2.3 seconds and has a maximum speed of 150mph. (Photo by Agility Global /PA Wire)




Roses offered by anti-government protesters decorate a Thai policeman's bulletproof vest outside city police headquarters, in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, December 3, 2013. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

Roses offered by anti-government protesters decorate a Thai policeman's bulletproof vest outside city police headquarters, in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, December 3, 2013. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)




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. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

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. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)




A protester is arrested in Mexico City on December 1, 2013, after clashing with police after taking 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. (Photo by Antonio Becerril/Reuters)

A protester is arrested in Mexico City on December 1, 2013, after clashing with police after taking 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. (Photo by Antonio Becerril/Reuters)




The lights are turned on for a giant menorah at the Reading Power Station in Tel Aviv, on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, on December 4, 2013. Israel's electric company said 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, came to an end on Wednesday. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)

The lights are turned on for a giant menorah at the Reading Power Station in Tel Aviv, on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, on December 4, 2013. Israel's electric company said 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, came to an end on Wednesday. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)




Amazon.com employees walk the miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center on “Cyber Monday” the busiest online shopping day of the holiday season Monday, December 2, 2013, in Phoenix. (Photo by Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)

Amazon.com employees walk the miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center on “Cyber Monday” the busiest online shopping day of the holiday season Monday, December 2, 2013, in Phoenix. (Photo by Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)




First lady Michelle Obama reacts as Ashtyn Gardner, 2, from Mobile, Alabama, loses her balance while greeting Sunny, one of the presidential dogs, as children of military families participate in a holiday arts and crafts event in the State Dining Room at the White House, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)

First lady Michelle Obama reacts as Ashtyn Gardner, 2, from Mobile, Alabama, loses her balance while greeting Sunny, one of the presidential dogs, as children of military families participate in a holiday arts and crafts event in the State Dining Room at the White House, on December 4, 2013. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)




As freezing rain falls, Tyshun Lindsey, 15, donning a Santa hat and beard rings a bell to get drivers' attention while selling bags of pecans in Memphis, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Mark Weber/Commercial Appeal)

As freezing rain falls, Tyshun Lindsey, 15, donning a Santa hat and beard rings a bell to get drivers' attention while selling bags of pecans in Memphis, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Mark Weber/Commercial Appeal)




Julian Tucci, 1, enjoys his first snowfall with his father Jeremy, in Eugene, Oregon, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Brian Davies/The Register-Guard)

Julian Tucci, 1, enjoys his first snowfall with his father Jeremy, in Eugene, Oregon, on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Brian Davies/The Register-Guard)




A firefighter standing near a Conoil petrol filing station directs his colleagues as to which direction to apply their hose, during a fire opposite the Nigeria National Petroleum corporation headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

A firefighter standing near a Conoil petrol filing station directs his colleagues as to which direction to apply their hose, during a fire opposite the Nigeria National Petroleum corporation headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)




An emergency rescue service worker walks through flood water in a residential street in Rhyl, Wales, on December 5, 2013. Hurricane-force winds disrupted transport and power supplies in Scotland and threatened costal flooding in England as they closed on northern Europe in what meteorologists said could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the continent in years. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)

An emergency rescue service worker walks through flood water in a residential street in Rhyl, Wales, on December 5, 2013. Hurricane-force winds disrupted transport and power supplies in Scotland and threatened costal flooding in England as they closed on northern Europe in what meteorologists said could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the continent in years. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)




The famous landmark fish market in the harbor of Hamburg is flooded as Storm Xaver approaches the coast of Germany, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Morris Mac Matzen/Reuters)

The famous landmark fish market in the harbor of Hamburg is flooded as Storm Xaver approaches the coast of Germany, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Morris Mac Matzen/Reuters)




Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, center, along with other government and military officials hold candles and sing songs in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej during his birthday celebrations in Bangkok, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Manish Swarup/Associated Press)

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, center, along with other government and military officials hold candles and sing songs in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej during his birthday celebrations in Bangkok, on December 5, 2013. (Photo by Manish Swarup/Associated Press)
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