Miranda Kerr arrives for the 9th Annual G'Day USA Los Angeles Black Tie gala on January 14, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)

Nora Muaid stands in Zawraa Park on December 2, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. The park's 180-foot tall Ferris wheel opened earlier this year and is the second largest in the Middle East. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

U.S. Army soldiers from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, wait to load onto their armored vehicles as they prepare to convoy to Kuwait from Camp Adder in Iraq on December 7, 2011 at Camp Adder, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

South Korean special warfare command soldiers participate in winter military training exercise on January 11, 2012 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. The South Korean troops train in temperatures below -20 degrees celsius to defend the country against any possible attacks from North Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

“A topless women's rights activist hacked down a Christian cross in the Ukrainian capital Kiev with a chain saw on Friday in protest at the prosecution of the Russian feminist punk band, p*ssy Riot”. – Reuters. (Photo by FEMEN)

Singer Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson of the Black Eyed Peas appears with her wax figure after it was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas at The Venetian September 22, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

“The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest-ever three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes, which will help astronomers explain the mysterious “dark matter” and “dark energy” that scientists know makes up 96 percent of the Universe”. – SDSS-III