The World in a SNAP (6)

2. South Korean school girls from the Little Angels Folk Ballet perform in New Delhi. The schoolchildren are Korea's ambassadors of peace and goodwill and commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War by touring the 16 U.N.-member nations who sent troops and medical units to the conflict. (AFP)

3. NOVEMBER 22: Swans crowd together at the annual collection of Hamburg's famous "Alster Swans". Every year the swans are collected from waterways around the northern German city of Hamburg and taken to winter quarters where they are fed and cared for until the spring. (Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)

4. NOVEMBER 22: The Korean folk ballet group, 'Little Angels', performs in New Delhi, India, as an expression of gratitude to India for sending medical units to the country during the Korean War. (Gurinder Osan/Associated Press)

5. NOVEMBER 22: An illuminated Christmas tree stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Norway has sponsored the Christmas tree in front of the Brandenburg Gate for over 20 years. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

6. NOVEMBER 23: Laborers work at a steel manufacturing plant in Hefei, China. Global and Chinese crude steel production slowed in October to their lowest levels in 10 months, as a gloomier economic outlook forced many steelmakers to cut production to tackle weakening demand and falling steel prices. (Reuters)

7. NOVEMBER 23: Sikh devotees hold swords as they escort Sikh head Priest Jaswinder Singh, center, carrying the Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh's holy book, during a religious procession at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. (Prabhjot Gill/Associated Press)

8. NOVEMBER 24: A sheep wears a Christmas costume during a promotional event for the upcoming Christmas holiday season at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)

9. Sgt. 1st Class Justin Hathaway braves a sandstorm after leaving the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq and U.S. Forces-Iraq Provost Marshal Office at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on September 27, 2011. (Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo/USAF)

10. Tel Aviv — Models present creations by fashion design students from the Shenkar Academy at Tel Aviv Fashion Week. The three-day event that began Monday is the first fashion week to be held in Israel since the 1980s. PHOTOGRAPH BY: BAZ RATNER / REUTERS

11. North Reading, Mass. — One turkey that won't be on a Thanksgiving table looks around its pen at Seven Acres Farm on Wednesday. PHOTOGRAPH BY: BRIAN SNYDER / REUTERS

12. Jammu, India — Farmer Noor Din, 53, smokes a bidi, or an Indian leaf cigarette, in front of saccharum grass. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MUKESH GUPTA / Reuters

13. Pristina, Serbia and Montenegro — Members of a Kosovar folklore group perform during an official ceremony of the change of command of the Kosovo Security Forces. Serbia and Kosovo leaders began negotiations on Monday in Brussels after Serbia walked out of European Union-mediated talks in September. PHOTOGRAPH BY: VALDRIN XHEMAJ / EPA

14. NOVEMBER 26: Residents and tourists mark the start of Advent, next to a nativity scene made of ice in Graz, Austria. The nativity scene is hand-made by ice sculptor Gert J. Hoedl and his international team. They have been doing it for the start of Advent every year since 1996, with variations in details, and claim it's the biggest one in the world. (Darko Bandic/Associated Press)

15. Bernandino Hernandez / AP - Cadets stand on the sail yards of the Mexican navy tall ship Cuauhtemoc as it arrives at the port of Acapulco, Mexico on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.

16. NOVEMBER 26: Mosaic artist Saimir Strati works on his coffee bean mosaic which represent five continents, in Tirana, Albania. The theme of the mosaic is "One world, One family, One coffee." About a million coffee beans will be used to create the mosaic which Strati hopes will enter the Guinness World Records book. The mosaic measures 25 square meters and will take 30 days to complete. (Arben Celi/Reuters

17. NOVEMBER 26: A volunteer holds red balloons with AIDS symbols printed on them during an awareness campaign to mark World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Lai Seng Sin/Associated Press)

18. Onboard lounge of an Emirates Airbus A380 at Munich Airport Franz Joseph Strauss on November 25, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Emirates Airlines has launched a new daily A380 service from Dubai to Munich with its first flight today. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

19. ZUMAPRESS - Mandrill monkeys at their enclosure at the Jerusalem Zoo. Mandrills mainly live in dense rainforests and coastal forests and live in groups of up to 600 individuals in the wild. They are the world's largest monkeys and are usually found in the tropical rainforests of west Africa.

20. Indian Sikh schoolgirls laugh during a religious procession in New Delhi. The procession was held to mark the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, who was executed in 1675 in Delhi. (AP)

21. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images The official White House Christmas Tree arrives via horse-drawn carriage at the White House on Nov. 25. The tree, a 19-foot-tall balsam fir, was grown on Schroeder's Forevergreens farm near Neshkoro, Wisconsin.

22. Ernesto Benavides / AFP - Getty Images Andean people from the communities neighboring the Conga mine protest in front of the Laguna Cortada, in Cajamarca, Peru, on November 24.

23. NOVEMBER 26: Dancers from the Guangzhou Military Region Soldier Acrobatic Troupe perform the Chinese "Acrobatic Swan Lake" in Beijing. (Jason Lee/Reuters

24. Matt Cardy / Getty Images Artist's 5,000 lightbulbs brighten up an English winter Ed Manders makes final adjustments to lighting artist Bruce Munro's latest installation 'Field of Light' in the grounds of the Holbourne Musuem on November 23 in Bath, England.

25. NOVEMBER 26: A model performs with live butterflies during the Biofashion show in Cali, Colombia. The eco-friendly fashion show showcased designs made with organic elements such as leaves, seeds, flowers and natural fibers. (Carlos Julio Martinez/Associated Press)

26. NOVEMBER 26: The logo of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games is seen in front of a fireworks display around a Christmas tree during its launch ceremony at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro. (Andre Durao/Reuters)

27. Hanoi — Artists perform during a Vietnamese and Danish street art festival. The crown prince of Denmark is on an official visit to Vietnam. PHOTOGRAPH BY: LUONG THAI LINH / EPA

28. Aaron Lynett / National Post - Skaters enjoy the mild weather at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square, Sunday evening, November 27, 2011 as the city continues to experience temperatures above seasonal averages.

29. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images - A man dances as he and others participate during the 4th Delhi Queer Pride 2011 March on November 27, 2011 in New Delhi, India. India's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community celebrated the 4th Delhi Queer Pride March with a parade through the streets of Delhi. People gathered to protest violence, harassment and discrimination faced by the LGBT community in India.

30. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Members of a music band, dressed in Santa Claus costumes, make their way to perform in the eastern Swiss city of St. Gallen November 27, 2011.

31. Tibet, China — Tibetan Buddhist nun Den Zen, 51, and a pet Tibetan highland sheep at the entrance to the prayer room illuminated by yak butter candles, at Rongbuk Monastery, the highest monastery in the world, perched at the base of Mt. Everest. PHOTOGRAPH BY: BARBARA WALTON / EPA

32. Rust, Germany — Chinese artist Dodo performs during a press presentation of the Chinese National Circus at the Europa-Park. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROLF HAID / EPA

33. NOVEMBER 30: Artists perform during a dress rehearsal of the Birdhouse Factory circus in Hong Kong. The show, with performers from Canada, Mongolia, Israel and the United States aged between 22 and 45, blends awe-inspiring circus skills, wild machines and theatrical elements. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

34. NOVEMBER 30: A group of nuns wave scarves as they sit near a group of soldiers during a general audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome. (Pier Paolo Cito/Associated Press

35. NOVEMBER 30: Trees are heavy with ice and snow as vehicles drive down icy Haslett Road in Haslett, Michigan. (Rod Sanford/Lansing State Journal)

36. Sydney, Asutralia — Fireworks burst behind the Sydney Opera House, bathed in red light with a figure of two hands. The event is part of the lead-up to World AIDS Day on Thursday, when more than 50 landmarks and monuments around the world are to turn red in support of the campaign. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Rycroft / Associated Press

37. Japanese champion Momo Koseki, right, sends a right to her compatriot Mami Ito in the ninth round of their WBC women's atomweight boxing title bout in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Koseki defended her title with a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

38. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images - Afghan child Abdul Wahid, 10, waits for customers as he sells ballons at a cemetery in Kabul on November 30, 2011. Despite massive injections of foreign aid since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghanistan remains desperately poor with the lowest standards in the world.

39. REUTERS/Munish Sharma Artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays a creation in the shape of a red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against AIDS, made from hypodermic needles and a syringe, to create awareness about AIDS on the eve of the World AIDS Day in the northern Indian city of Amritsar November 30, 2011.

40. Tokyo — An Suzuki employee introduces the automaker's "Q-Concept" car during the Tokyo Motor Show PHOTOGRAPH BY: TORU YAMANAKA / AFP

41. Primary school students present giant and small red ribbons during an event on the eve of World AIDS Day in Wuyuan, in southern China's Jiangxi province. China will have about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of this year, state media reported, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex. (AP)

42. NOVEMBER 30: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre holds a dress rehearsal of Arden Court in New York. The work by choreographer Paul Taylor opens Wednesday evening in the newly renovated theater. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press)

43. DECEMBER 1: A man lights candles during a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. The academy lit 40, 000 candles a minute past midnight to celebrate Bangladesh's liberation from Pakistan on December 16, 1971. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

44. NOVEMBER 30: The 79th Rockefeller Center christmas tree lighting ceremony showcases a 75 year-old Norway Spruce adorned with approximately 30,000 lights. The tree measures 74 feet tall and 46 feet wide, and weights 10 tons. (Andrew Burton/Reuters)

45. DECEMBER 1: Two artists from Birdhouse Factory circus perform on a downtown street during a promotional event in Hong Kong. (Vincent Yu/Associated Press)

46. DECEMBER 1: A cleaner walks through the yard of the al-Azhar mosque of Cairo, Egypt. (Bela Szandelszky/Associated Press

47. The sails of the Sydney Opera House turn red during a World Aids Day reception in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters)

48. Members of ruling party UMNO look on during the annual general assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Delegates will meet for five days. (AFP)

49. A beaded Versace evening jacket "The Face," circa 1992, which belonged to Elizabeth Taylor is on display as part of an upcoming auction of the late actress' jewelry, clothing, art and memorabilia at Christie's Auction House in New York City. The auction will take place December 13. (Reuters)

50. Lymm, England — A deer rests beneath a tree in the early-morning sun as cooler temperatures signal the fall season at the Dunham Massey estate in Lymm, England. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images