China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping is directed as he prepares to greet a panel of foreign experts prior to a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 5, 2012 Image by Ed Jones / Reuters
Actors dressed as (L-R) Joseph and the Three Wise Men, part of a live-human nativity scene, stroll past the US Capitol Building after demonstrating outside the nearby Supreme Court in Washington on December 5, 2012. The Christian Defense Coalition gathered with live actors and animals to demonstrate that such displays are protected by the First Amendment. The event was a reaction to other courts’ involvement in the banning of nativity scenes in some parts of the United States Image by Jason Reed / Reuters
Rescuers evacuate a child who survived flooding with her pregnant mother as they cross a river in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on December 6, 2012. Rescuers found a six-month pregnant woman from the other side of a river with her one-year-old son escaping floods that swamped their house after Typhoon Bopha hit land in Compostela Valley Image by Erik De Castro / Reuters
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia perform during the pairs’ short programme at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Sochi on December 7, 2012 Image by Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters
A man walks with a statue of Santa Claus in the streets of downtown Guatemala City on December 6, 2012 Image by Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters
Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (third R), also known as "Long Hair," is blocked by security guards as he tries to approach Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (L) inside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on December 10, 2012. Lawmakers and protesters urged Leung Chun-ying to step down for illegal structures found in his house. On the right is Legislative Council Chairman Jasper Tsang Image by Bobby Yip / Reuters
Female Afghan National Police (ANP) officers aim their weapons during a drill at a training centre near the German Bundeswehr army camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan on December 11, 2012. German police is mentoring the training programme for ANP, as a part of an ongoing International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission. Image by Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
