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Dec. 11, 2009 Lingerie fashion show, Will Smith, whirling dervishes, features and news.

Models walk in a lingerie fashion show by Triumph International in Mumbai.

Dec. 10, 2009

Models walk in a lingerie fashion show by Triumph International in Mumbai.

Reuters

Actor Will Smith speaks during a press conference ahead of the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway. Artists from all over the world are gathering at the Oslo Spektrum to help spread the message of peace and celebrate this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, President Obama.

Dec. 11, 2009

Actor Will Smith speaks during a press conference ahead of the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway. Artists from all over the world are gathering at the Oslo Spektrum to help spread the message of peace and celebrate this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, President Obama.

John Mcconnico-AP

Activists from the Attac anti-globalization group cover the bear of a "bull and bear" sculpture with cotton wadding during a demonstration over climate politics in front of the Frankfurt, Germany, stock exchange.

Dec. 11, 2009

Activists from the Attac anti-globalization group cover the bear of a "bull and bear" sculpture with cotton wadding during a demonstration over climate politics in front of the Frankfurt, Germany, stock exchange.

Johannes Eisele-Reuters

Animal sculptor Mark Coreth sits astride his giant ice polar bear in Trafalgar Square in London. Campaigners say the gradually melting polar bear is a symbol of the threat of climate change and the plight of the Arctic in particular.

Dec. 11, 2009

Animal sculptor Mark Coreth sits astride his giant ice polar bear in Trafalgar Square in London. Campaigners say the gradually melting polar bear is a symbol of the threat of climate change and the plight of the Arctic in particular.

Peter Macdiarmid-Getty Images

Tourists wearing panda hats check a map at Tiananmen Square in central Beijing.

Dec. 10, 2009

Tourists wearing panda hats check a map at Tiananmen Square in central Beijing.

AP

China's Zhang Jun competes in the men's shot put final at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong.

Dec. 11, 2009

China's Zhang Jun competes in the men's shot put final at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong.

David Gray-Reuters

Macau's Xi Chengqing competes in the women's wushu changquan event at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong.

Dec. 11, 2009

Macau's Xi Chengqing competes in the women's wushu changquan event at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong.

Tim Chong-Reuters

Bryan Nickson Lomas of Malaysia competes in the men's 10-meter platform diving finals at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.

Dec. 11, 2009

Bryan Nickson Lomas of Malaysia competes in the men's 10-meter platform diving finals at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos.

Wong Maye-e-AP

Several dozen students holding roses and "climate change" banners run naked at the state-run University of the Philippines in Manila to demand concerted action to arrest the effects of manmade global warming.

Dec. 11, 2009

Several dozen students holding roses and "climate change" banners run naked at the state-run University of the Philippines in Manila to demand concerted action to arrest the effects of manmade global warming.

Jay Directo-AFP/Getty Images

Elderly Belorussians do exercises in a frosty forest region on the outskirts of Minsk.

Dec. 10, 2009

Elderly Belorussians do exercises in a frosty forest region on the outskirts of Minsk.

Viktor Drachev-AFP/Getty Images

A Georgian street vendor in a mask and clown nose sells balloons and other festive goods near the parliament in central Tbilisi. The Tbilisi city government has decorated the capital for the holiday season.

Dec. 10, 2009

A Georgian street vendor in a mask and clown nose sells balloons and other festive goods near the parliament in central Tbilisi. The Tbilisi city government has decorated the capital for the holiday season.

Vano Shlamov-AFP/Getty Images

Whirling dervishes perform during an experimental show in Cairo.

Dec. 10, 2009

Whirling dervishes perform during an experimental show in Cairo.

Asmaa Waguih-Reuters

An Israeli man participates in a demonstration for human rights in Tel Aviv. The demonstration was organized to mark the International Day of Human Rights, which fell on Thursday.

Dec. 11, 2009

An Israeli man participates in a demonstration for human rights in Tel Aviv. The demonstration was organized to mark the International Day of Human Rights, which fell on Thursday.

Oded Balilty-AP

A worker, with his hands covered with silver gunpowder material, makes fireworks in Bocaue, Bulacan, in the Philippines. The country, like many Asian nations, will celebrate New Year's Eve with traditional fireworks.

Dec. 11, 2009

A worker, with his hands covered with silver gunpowder material, makes fireworks in Bocaue, Bulacan, in the Philippines. The country, like many Asian nations, will celebrate New Year's Eve with traditional fireworks.

Noel Celis-AFP/Getty Images

Members of Italy's CGIL public employees union walk past a poster of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a demonstration against Berlusconi's government politics in Rome.

Dec. 11, 2009

Members of Italy's CGIL public employees union walk past a poster of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a demonstration against Berlusconi's government politics in Rome.

Alberto Pizzoli-AFP/Getty Images

Fawn Man, a bearded collie, runs with handler Greg Strong in the competition ring at the Crown Classic Dog Show in Cleveland, the last big national dog show before the Westminster Show in New York City.

Dec. 10, 2009

Fawn Man, a bearded collie, runs with handler Greg Strong in the competition ring at the Crown Classic Dog Show in Cleveland, the last big national dog show before the Westminster Show in New York City.

Amy Sancetta-AP

Abacar Boucar, 50, a farmer in Chad, uses a makeshift shovel on his plot of land near Bol on Lake Chad. In less than 30 years, Lake Chad has shrunk from about 15,500 square miles to 5,000. About 25 million people still live around the basin, many with grounded boats and barren land that was once underwater. The lake's size has always fluctuated throughout the seasons, but over the past four decades it has become progressively smaller.

Dec. 8, 2009

Abacar Boucar, 50, a farmer in Chad, uses a makeshift shovel on his plot of land near Bol on Lake Chad. In less than 30 years, Lake Chad has shrunk from about 15,500 square miles to 5,000. About 25 million people still live around the basin, many with grounded boats and barren land that was once underwater. The lake's size has always fluctuated throughout the seasons, but over the past four decades it has become progressively smaller.

Patrick Fort-AFP/Getty Images

Workers walk at Fakka oilfield in Iraq. Deal makers from the world's largest energy firms assembled amid tight security at Iraq's Oil Ministry on Friday to compete for deals to develop some of the country's most prized oilfields.

Dec. 8, 2009

Workers walk at Fakka oilfield in Iraq. Deal makers from the world's largest energy firms assembled amid tight security at Iraq's Oil Ministry on Friday to compete for deals to develop some of the country's most prized oilfields.

Atef Hassan-Reuters

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, arrives at Irbil International Airport in Iraq. Gates stopped in Iraq following a trip to Afghanistan one week after President Obama announced that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

Dec. 11, 2009

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, arrives at Irbil International Airport in Iraq. Gates stopped in Iraq following a trip to Afghanistan one week after President Obama announced that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

Justin Sullivan-Getty Images

Cuban plainclothes security agents force protesters into a vehicle as government supporters surround the car and chant. Hundreds of government supporters drowned out two small opposition protests in Cuba's capital of Havana on Thursday, chanting and jeering at the dissidents as they marched to mark International Human Rights Day.

Dec. 10, 2009

Cuban plainclothes security agents force protesters into a vehicle as government supporters surround the car and chant. Hundreds of government supporters drowned out two small opposition protests in Cuba's capital of Havana on Thursday, chanting and jeering at the dissidents as they marched to mark International Human Rights Day.

Desmond Boylan-Reuters

Police search for evidence at the grave of Cyprus's former president Tassos Papadopoulos near Nicosia. Vandals stole the corpse of Papadopoulos on Friday, digging up his grave and emptying his coffin. The theft was discovered in the morning, a day before the anniversary of his death a year ago. A former bodyguard who visited the tomb found piles of earth by the graveside and an empty coffin within.

Dec. 11, 2009

Police search for evidence at the grave of Cyprus's former president Tassos Papadopoulos near Nicosia. Vandals stole the corpse of Papadopoulos on Friday, digging up his grave and emptying his coffin. The theft was discovered in the morning, a day before the anniversary of his death a year ago. A former bodyguard who visited the tomb found piles of earth by the graveside and an empty coffin within.

Andreas Manolis-Reuters

A dog owner carries away his dog after it lost a fight in Kabul. Every Friday, the Muslim day of rest, hundreds of people participate in the dog fights, which were banned when the Taliban religious army was in power.

Dec. 11, 2009

A dog owner carries away his dog after it lost a fight in Kabul. Every Friday, the Muslim day of rest, hundreds of people participate in the dog fights, which were banned when the Taliban religious army was in power.

Dario Lopez-Mills-AP

Capybaras sit inside a hot tub at the Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, north of Tokyo. The zoo offers the "hot spa" to its family of capybaras, the largest living rodents in the world, in the winter season to entertain zoo visitors.

Dec. 11, 2009

Capybaras sit inside a hot tub at the Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, north of Tokyo. The zoo offers the "hot spa" to its family of capybaras, the largest living rodents in the world, in the winter season to entertain zoo visitors.

Kim Kyung-hoon-Reuters

A snow goose comes in for a landing to join others feeding in a field near Conway, Wash. According to the Audubon Society, up to 55,000 snow geese winter in western Washington, most gathering in the Skagit River Delta from mid-October to early May.

Dec. 10, 2009

A snow goose comes in for a landing to join others feeding in a field near Conway, Wash. According to the Audubon Society, up to 55,000 snow geese winter in western Washington, most gathering in the Skagit River Delta from mid-October to early May.

Elaine Thompson-AP

VISTA is the latest telescope to be added to European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is housed on the peak adjacent to the one hosting the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) and shares the same exceptional observing conditions.

Dec. 10, 2009

VISTA is the latest telescope to be added to European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is housed on the peak adjacent to the one hosting the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) and shares the same exceptional observing conditions.

AFP/Getty Images

The European Southern Observatory's new telescope, VISTA, in Chile, captures the Flame Nebula, a spectacular star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the familiar constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings.

Dec. 10, 2009

The European Southern Observatory's new telescope, VISTA, in Chile, captures the Flame Nebula, a spectacular star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the familiar constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings.

AFP/Getty Images

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