The World in a SNAP (8)

2. DECEMBER 12: Chinese artists perform a traditional dance during a trade fair ahead of the visit of China's premier Wen Jiabao, in Katmandu, Nepal. Nepalese authorities say they won't allow Tibetan exiles to demonstrate during next week's visit by the Chinese premier, the first such trip in a decade. (Binod Joshi/Associated Press)

3. PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images - Guinness World Records Adjudicator Rob Molloy (R) and doctor Manoj Pahukar (2nd L) measure Jyoti Amge (C), 18, during a news conference in Nagpur on December 16, 2011. Amge was officially announced by the Guinness World Records on December 16 the world's "shortest woman living (mobile)" measured as 62.8cm (24.7 inches) and will take the title from US woman Bridgette Jordan, previously held the record at 69.5 cm (27.4 in).

4. Little Lady - Punit Paranjpe, AFP / Getty Images - Dec. 16, 2011 - Nagpur, India The Guinness World Records named Jyoti Amge, 18, world's shortest woman measuring 62.8 centimeters (24.7 inches)

5. Medellin, Colombia — Colombian actor Jazmin Zamora performs at the Plaza Botero. PHOTOGRAPH BY: RAUL ARBOLEDA / AFP / Getty Images

6. DECEMBER 11: Children jump on stage to dance during the Brooks Museum of Art light festival in Memphis, Tennessee. The light show followed an evening of live performances, art making, carriage rides and a visit by Santa Claus. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

7. DECEMBER 11: The Dubai Mall, the Address Dubai Mall hotel, and Dubai fountain are seen at night in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai and its state-owned non-financial companies have $101.5 billion of outstanding debt and may need further financial support to meet those obligations, Moody's said. (Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg)

8. DECEMBER 11: Skaters enjoy the ice rink at Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Mal Langsdon/Reuters)

9. DECEMBER 11: Bulgarian Muslim bride Fatme Kichukova has her make-up applied during her wedding ceremony in the remote mountain village of Ribnovo. The highlight of the ceremony is the painting of the bride's face, where in a private rite open only to female in-laws, her face is covered in thick, chalky white paint and decorated with colourful sequins. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

10. Regina Mayer jumps with her cow Luna over a hurdle in Laufen, southern Germany. (AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson)

11. In this Jan. 8, 2011 file photo, British artist Amy Winehouse, left, performs during her show in Florianopolis, Brazil. Winehouse played new material for the first time in nearly five years at her comeback show in Brazil. (AP Photo/Nabor Goulart, File) God Bless her …

12. Grabovnica, Croatia — Colorful lights are seen at a country house estate. The estate owned by the Salaj family is lighted with 1.2 million Christmas lights and turns into a winter wonderland every December, attracting thousands of visitors. PHOTOGRAPH BY: NIKOLA SOLIC / Reuters

13. Mexico City — Mexican bullfighter David Silveti with bull Charro Cantor, during the sixth bullfight of the Great Season in the Bullring of Mexico. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MARIO GUZMAN / EPA

14. Chengdu, China — Dogs get gussied up to show off their skills during a dog show audition in Chengdu. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Getty Images

15. Istanbul, Turkey — Shiite Muslims, shown with a portrait of Ali, the prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, on their building, watch an Ashura procession in Istanbul. Ashura, one of the most important days in the Shiite calendar, commemorates the death of Hussein, Muhammad's grandson, in the 7th century battle of Karbala. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MURAD SEZER / Reuters

16. A hunter releases his tame golden eagle during an annual hunting competition outside Almaty December 9, 2011. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

17. Canada's Patrick Chan skates during the exhibition gala at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finals at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse in Quebec City December 11, 2011. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

18. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Sasha greet children, dressed as elves, at the "Christmas in Washington" celebration at the National Building Museum in Washington December 11, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

19. (L to R) Nobel Peace Prize winners, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, human rights activist Tawakul Karman from Yemen and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf address a news conference at the Nobel Institute in Oslo December 9, 2011. The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on Saturday in Oslo's City hall. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

20. Malaysia's outgoing King, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, left, salutes as Queen Nur Zahirah, right, stands beside him during his official farewell ceremony at Parliament Square in Kuala Lumpur. Mizan Zainal Abidin, who was proclaimed the country's 13th king on Dec. 13, 2006, for a five-year rotation period, completed his reign on December 12, 2011. (AP)

21. Participants take part in the Great Edinburgh Santa Run in Princes Street gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Reuters)

22. Dolphins cheerleaders perform at the start of Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday at Sun Life stadium in Miami Gardens. (Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

24. Bangalore, India — Crowds watch as a sword- and shield-wielding Boothappas walk on Hindu devotees lying on a road to seek blessings during the Jillaragunta Jathra religious event in Bhaktharahalli in Andhra Pradesh, India. Jillaragunta Jathre is a daylong event that draws close to 10,000 people and takes place in Baktharahalli, a tiny village on the borders of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Manjunath Kiran / AFP

25. Deir Kifa, Lebanon — French soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon decorate the Nativity scene at their base in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Kifa. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP

26. New Delhi — An Indian family walks out of the doorway of the Lord Hanuman Hindu Temple in the Karol Bagh neighborhood of New Delhi, India. Lord Hanuman, the monkey god, is one of the most revered of gods in Hinduism. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Frayer / Associated Press

27. The Christmas lights in front of the Monte-Carlo Casino in Monaco (AFP)

28. DECEMBER 14: Artists work on their sand sculptures as they prepare for the December 18 opening of the Sand Sculpture Festival at Sentul City in Bogor, West Java. Indonesia will host the first exhibition of sand sculptures depicting the nation's rich culture, heritage and nature until January 28, 2012. (Achmad Ibrahim/Associated Press)

29. DECEMBER 14: Girls walk home after collecting drinking water on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (Anjum Naveed/Associated Press)

30. DECEMBER 12: A Pilgrim performs a traditional dance during the celebration of Virgin of Guadalupe Day at Basilica's Square in Mexico City. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters

31. A Pakistani boy tries to control a horse during sunset at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)s

32. Kidogo, a Southern White Rhinoceros, keeps an eye on her one-week-old calf as the newborn runs Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Fla. The zoo has launched a naming contest on it's Facebook page. The contest ends Dec. 23, 2011, in order for the newborn to have her name for Christmas. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

33. Pakistanis gather around a fire to warm themselves in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

34. Bode Miller of the USA skis during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training on December 14, 2011 in Val Gardena, Italy. (Photo by Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

41. Jerusalem — An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past vandalized posters showing women in Jerusalem. Media reports state that in parts of the Israeli capital, women have been forced to use different pedestrian routes and services than men. Women have been made to use separate buses, clinics, and even the Israeli military has thought of moving serving female combat personnel because of objections by religious men serving alongside them. The changes are due to attempts by ultra-Orthodox rabbis trying to distance themselves from the change of lifestyle in a modern Israel and hold on to their secular values that include not mixing with members of the opposite sex in public - PHOTOGRAPH BY: ABIR SULTAN / EPA

42. Ramah, United Arab Emirates — An Emirati man holds a falcon during a falconry competition, part of the Third International Festival of Falconry. PHOTOGRAPH BY: KARIM SAHIB / AFP / Getty Images

43. Islamabad, Pakistan — A Pakistani girl plays with a Santa Claus doll in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press

44. Branson, Mo. — Garnering national recognition for its holiday lights, Silver Dollar City's An Old Time Christmas festival features a five-story special effects tree with a sound and light show, a light parade and more than 4 million lights. PHOTOGRAPH BY: PR NEWSWIRE

45. Etibar Elchiyev demonstrates his magnetic ability as he poses with 50 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Most Spoons on a Human Body in Tbilisi, Georgia. (AP)

46. Children lie in the back of an electric tricycle as their father picks them up outside a primary school in Shouxian town, Jiangsu province December 13, 2011. At least 15 children from the school were killed when their school bus crashed in China's eastern province of Jiangsu, state media said on Tuesday. The bus rolled into a ditch as it veered off the road to avoid a pedicab, Xinhua News Agency said. REUTERS/Stringer

47. Ho Ho Ho! - Paul Ellis, AFP / Getty Images - Dec. 4, 2011 - Liverpool, England Competitors take part in the annual 5K Santa Dash.

48. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP - Getty Images Ice sculptures featured at Finland's Santa Claus Village A girl touches a bear ice sculpture in Santa Park near Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, on Dec. 14, 2011.

49. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP - Getty Images A photo taken on Dec. 14, 2011 shows a reindeer ice sculpture in the Santa Park near Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland.

50. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP - Getty Images A picture taken with a long-time exposure shows ice sculptures in the Santa Park near Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, on Dec. 14, 2011.