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The World in a SNAP (9)

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The World in a SNAP (9)

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  1. DECEMBER 18: An Indonesian traditional artist performs with his giant dolls called "ondel-ondel" during an event for the Jakarta Biennale 2011 art festival. (Dita Alangkara/Associated Press

  2. DECEMBER 18: Children play on a snow sculpture during the 2nd Snow Sculpture Festival in Hulun Buir, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (China Daily via Reuters

  3. DECEMBER 18: Jennifer Hudson performs at the "Vh1 Divas Celebrates Soul" in New York. (Evan Agostini/Associated Press

  4. DECEMBER 18: People gather under a Czech national flag as thousands mark the passing of former Czech president Vaclav Havel at Venceslaw's Square in Prague, Czech Republic. Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, died Sunday in Prague. He was 75. (Petr David Josek/Associated Press)

  5. DECEMBER 19: A mahout washes an elephant in a pool at Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

  6. A Hindu man writes "Happy Christmas" in Hindi (India's national language) on his forehead on the banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India. Source: Reuters

  7. Bejeweled brides attend a mass marriage ceremony at Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi December 17, 2011. A total of 101 couples from across India exchanged wedding vows on Saturday during the mass wedding ceremony arranged by a voluntary organization, organizers said. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma

  8. A member of a local winter swimming club takes a bathe in the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about minus 20 degrees Celcius (minus four degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

  9. Key Largo, Fla. — Santa scuba diver Spencer Slate eyes a goliath grouper while diving in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Slate, owner of a Keys dive shop, dons the costume for holiday season outings to provide photo opportunities for his customers. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bob Care / Florida Keys News Bureau

  10. DECEMBER 19: A couple stands in a park illuminated with Christmas lights in Bogota, Colombia. (John Vizcaino/Reuters) Related photos, video: Fabulous Christmas trees around the world

  11. Volunteers carry lanterns as they work on the decorations at Fo Guang Shan monastery before the completion ceremony of the newly built Buddha Memorial Center in Kaohsiung December 19, 2011. The completion ceremony of the Buddha Memorial Center will be held on December 27. REUTERS/Soo Hoo Zheyang

  12. A man has his moustache trimmed by a roadside barber in Quetta, Pakistan, December 19, 2011. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

  13. Christmas lights in Croatia

  14. Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest 2011“ Splashing", Grand Prize Winner and winner of the Nature category. Location: Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia. (© Shikhei Goh)

  15. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images A novice monk plays with a balloon during a study period at the monastery on Dec. 16 in Inle Lake, Myanmar.

  16. Eyad Baba / AP - A Palestinian prisoner is greeted by an unidentified relative after his release at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Dec. 18. Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, the second and final phase of a swap with Gaza Hamas militants that brought home an Israeli soldier after five years in captivity.

  17. Kevin Frayer / AP An Indian boy washes himself at the Mena Bazar on a cool morning in New Delhi, India, early Dec. 16.

  18. DECEMBER 21: Giant pandas Qiqi (L) and Zhizhi eat at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu,China. The country will begin sending pandas bred in captivity into a controlled wilderness area in southwestern Sichuan province next month. (China Daily via Reuters)

  19. Islamabad, Pakistan — Afghan refugee children play in an alley of a slum on the outskirts of the city. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press

  20. A visitor looks at an ice sculpture showing a contortionist at an exhibition of ice sculptures in Roevershagen, eastern Germany. (AP)

  21. David Cannon/Getty Images for Jumeirah Jumeiraha's Global Brand Ambassador Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, hits his spectacular final shots of 2011 on the helipad at the Burj Al Arab hotel on December 12, 2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

  22. STR/AFP/Getty Images Mintu the dog, mother of seven puppies breastfeeds a young monkey in Bishwanathpur village some 300 kilometres northeast of Dhaka on December 21, 2011.

  23. REUTERS/Rooney Chen Performers in traditional costumes practice fire breathing using sulphur during a local opera performance in Xi'an, Shaanxi province December 21, 2011.

  24. JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images Philippine Military Academy cadets march during the 76th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon city suburban Manila on December 21, 2011.

  25. A Pashtun boy waits for customers at his roadside shoe stall in Quetta December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

  26. President Barack Obama winks at the media as he walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, December 20, 2011. Obama returned from Andrews Air Force Base nearby, after participating in a ceremony marking the return of the United States Forces-Iraq colors and the end of the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Jason Reed

  27. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meets Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Thai ambassador's residence in Yangon December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

  28. Luke Macgregor / Reuters Crowd members join in for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Trafalgar Square in London, Dec. 20, 2011.

  29. General view of illuminated Christmas decorations at Monserrate church in Bogota December 19, 2011. REUTERS/John Vizcaino

  30. Tsering Topgyal / AP A dog in winter clothing sits next to a wayside fruit stall on a cold and foggy morning in New Delhi, India on Tuesday.

  31. DECEMBER 21: Laser beams creating the image of a large lit Hanukkah menorah are projected on the Hiriya landfill, a former waste disposal site, now called the Ariel Sharon Park, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on the second eve of Hanukkah. The Jewish festival of light, an eight-day commemoration of the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to put statues of Greek gods in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, started Tuesday. (Ariel Schalit/Associated Press)

  32. DECEMBER 22: Men with brooms stand amidst pigeons outside the Hazrat Ali, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. (Thomas Peter/Reuters

  33. An Indian homeless mother and child try to stay warm on a chilly morning near a fire in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. AP / Saurabh Das

  34. An Indian homeless child eats food as his mother cooks by a road side on a cold and foggy morning in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. AP / Rajesh Kumar Sing

  35. Artists perform during Cirque du Soleil's Alegria show in Lisbon's Atlantic pavilion(Reuters)

  36. Filipino cadets dance during the 76th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, Metro Manila. (AP)

  37. Matt Cardy/Getty Images - Druids, pagans and revellers take part in a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge on December 22, 2011 in Wiltshire, England. The unseasonable warm weather encouraged a larger than normal crowd to gather at the famous historic stone circle to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year.

  38. Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA - 'Miracle' baby: Filipino woman gives birth on roof of flooded health center - Aizee Tumanda, a five day old infant who was born on the roof of a health clinic that was submerged by floodwaters, in Cagayan de Oro, southern Mindanao, Philippines, on Dec. 22, 2011.

  39. Daniel Alarcon/Wildlife Conservation Society Endangered jaguars in Bolivia captured on camera

  40. DECEMBER 22: The Monte Carlo casino is reflected in a mirror between Christmas trees in Monaco. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

  41. North Korean traffic control women react as they make a condolence call for deceased leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang in this photo taken by Kyodo December 21, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo

  42. DECEMBER 24: People walk through a "tunnel of lights" set up in Tokyo, Japan. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)

  43. DECEMBER 24: Students dressed as Santa Claus sing during Christmas celebrations at a school in Jammu, India. (Channi Anand/Associated Press

  44. DECEMBER 24: Tiger cubs dressed as Santa Claus suckle from a sow on Christmas Eve at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand's Chonburi Province. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

  45. The Nutcracker ballet is a rich holiday tradition, with more stagings than any other ballet. For many little girls, the ballet inspired their pursuit of dance, and its story taught them it’s OK to dream. Photography by J. Gwendolynne Berry/The Palm Bach Post lexey Orlov plays the part of Drosselmeyer, here in the party scene dressed as a life-sized Nutcracker. Later in Mary's dreams, the Nutcracker becomes a prince

  46. The Nutcracker ballet is a rich holiday tradition, with more stagings than any other ballet. For many little girls, the ballet inspired their pursuit of dance, and its story taught them it’s OK to dream. Photography by J. Gwendolynne Berry/The Palm Bach Post Alexandra Kudriashkina performs the Oriental dance in the second act

  47. The Nutcracker ballet is a rich holiday tradition, with more stagings than any other ballet. For many little girls, the ballet inspired their pursuit of dance, and its story taught them it’s OK to dream. Photography by J. Gwendolynne Berry/ The Palm Bach Post Igor Kiselev and Mutsuki Yoshida perform the Chinese dance

  48. Sanaa, Yemen — Yemeni anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers in Sanaa. The protesters reject an amnesty given to President Ali Abdullah Saleh against prosecution in a deal that eases him out of office. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

  49. Tamara Llagas smiles after winning the Miss Sevilla pageant in the Andalusian capital of Seville December 22, 2011. The winner of the pageant will go on to compete in the Miss Spain beauty contest in 2012. Source: Reuters

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