The World in a SNAP (part 12)

2. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri - A Sadhu or a Hindu ascetic smokes a bidi, a local cigarette hand-rolled with leaf tobacco, inside a makeshift shelter on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata January 6, 2012.

3. A girl looks at lantern decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a park in Neihuang county, Henan province January 6, 2012. The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Source: REUTERS / China Daily

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

5. Artists perform in the streets of Johannesburg on Dec. 31, 2011 during the New Year's carnival. (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images)

6. JANUARY 5: Divers perform a dragon dance during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year at an aquarium in Beijing. The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (China Daily via Reuters)

7. Members of Chapel Royal Choirboys choir skate during a photocall at the Hampton Court Ice Rink on December 19, 2011 in London, England. The event was aimed at highlighting a new charity, "The Choral Foundation", which is hoping to raise £1.5M GBP to fund choir led music lessons for the choristers and the refurbishment of the historic organ in the Chapel. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

8. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters - A chef holds the head of a bluefin tuna after cutting its meat at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2012. The 269-kilogram (593 lbs) tuna caught off the coast of northern Japan, was sold at a record of 56.49 million yen ($736,234) in the country's first fish auction of the year.

9. JANUARY 5: Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co., left, cuts a bluefin tuna in front of his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. The bluefin tuna caught off northeastern Japan fetched a record 56.49 million yen, or about $736,000, in the first auction of the year at the fish market. (Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press)

10. JANUARY 6: A man lifts his wife in front of a snow sculpture after a group wedding ceremony as part of the 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China. The wedding was organized by the city government, and 18 couples from Nigeria, Russia and China participated in the ceremony. (Sheng Li/Reuters

11. JANUARY 9: Judges wearing wigs attend a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Hong Kong. The territory continued its common law system after it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

12. JANUARY 9: Boys in traditional costumes and masks participate in the Venetian Commedia dell' Arte, in the streets of Brunnen, Switzerland. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone/Associated Press)

13. African National Congress (ANC) supporters dance during the ANC's centenary celebration in Bloemfontein January 8, 2012. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

14. A portrait of a victim of the March 11, 2011 tsunami is seen as a kimono-clad friend (C) sits beside the photos during their Coming of Age Day event in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, where the area hit by the disaster, in this photo taken by Kyodo January 8, 2012. The Coming of Age day is held annually on the second week-end of January to congratulate all those who have reached the age of 20 years old. REUTERS/Kyodo

15. Bodhgaya, India — A young Buddhist monk attends a prayer session of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra Initiation on the ninth day of the Kalachakra Festival. PHOTOGRAPH BY: DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP / Getty Images

16. Manila — Catholics prepare for a procession celebrating the feast of the Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of Christ believed to have miraculously survived a fire aboard the ship that brought it to the Philippines from Mexico 400 years ago. Police estimated that between 2 million and 3 million people took part in the observance. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAY DIRECTO / AFP / Getty Images

17. Brunnen, Switzerland — Performers known as Nuessler, men and boys wearing traditional costumes and masks derived from those worn by characters in the Venetian Commedia dell' Arte, parade through the streets of Brunnen, marking the opening of the carnival season. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: URS FLUEELER / European pressphoto agency

18. Beijing — Workers position a giant dragon sculpture made out more than 3,000 lanterns in Yongdingmen Square Park in preparation for the arrival of lunar new year and the year of the dragon on Jan. 23. The dragon is considered to be the most auspicious creature in the Chinese zodiac.

19. Yokozuna or grand champion of sumo, Hakuho (C) performs the ceremonial entrance into the ring among Tachimochi, or sword-bearer Aminishiki (L) and Tsuyuharai, or forerunner Kyokutenho (R) at the Meiji shirne in Tokyo. Leaders of the Japan Sumo Association visited the shrine to worship for new year. (Photo credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

20. Pakistani civil rights activists shout slogans in a peace rally to mark the New Year in Lahore on Jan. 1, 2012. Three people were killed and at least 60 wounded by stray bullets in the port city of Karachi today as Pakistanis celebrated the new year by firing their guns into the air, police said. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

21. A squirrel sits on a snow covered branch in a park during a heavy snowfall in Sofia, Bulgaria, on December 22, 2011. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)

22. Manish Swarup / AP - An Indian Paramilitary officer gives a command to his contingent during rehearsals for India's Republic Day parade, amidst morning fog in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Dense fog enveloped many parts north India Wednesday, affecting normal life. Though India is famous for its brutally hot summers, temperatures fall sharply for a few weeks in December and January. Poor people, particularly those living on the streets, are the worst affected.

23. Kabul, Afghanistan — At a refugee camp, children peek through a gap in a makeshift wall of cloth. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ahmad Nazar / Associated Press

24. REUTERS/Phil Noble - An Asian short-clawed otter eats a fish in its enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England, January 5, 2012. The smallest of the world's otter species are part of a breeding program at the zoo as they are classed as being vulnerable in the wild.

25. Tokyo, Japan — Participants show off their work at a calligraphy contest. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Shizuo Kambayashi / Associated Press

26. JANUARY 7: Children break the traditional Christmas bread to mark Orthodox Christmas Day festivities in Banja Luka, Bosnia. (Radivoje Pavicic/Associated Press

27. African students perform a kung-fu themed dance in Hong Kong. Twenty-seven orphan students from Malawi who were trained to speak fluent Mandarin at a Taiwan-funded Buddhist orphanage in Africa performed dance and kung-fu for a group of primary school students in Hong Kong as a part of a cultural exchange program. - AARON TAM - AFP/Getty Images

28. JANUARY 8: Physical fitness enthusiasts dip in cold water at Teppozu Inari Shinto Shrine during a winter ritual to keep themselves fit and to display their perseverance in Tokyo. (Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press)

29. JANUARY 9: Catholic devotees jostle to kiss the cross being borne by the wooden statue of the Black Nazarene at Rizal Park during the annual festival in Manila, Philippines. More than 3 million devotees paraded the charred Christ statue, believed to have healing powers, through the Philippine capital despite a warning from President Benigno Aquino III that terrorists might target the gathering. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)

30. JANUARY 9: Indian firefighters aim colored water at a target during the annual fire drill competition in Mumbai, India. (Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press

31. 18-year-old Thang, believed to be an Agent Orange victim according to locals who know his mother, waits for customers at a market in Hanoi. Thang, who comes from Vietnam's central province of Thanh Hoa, cannot remember his full name. (Reuters)

32. A young Buddhist monk gestures as Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama delivers teachings during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in Bodh Gaya, Bihar state, India, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Bodh Gaya, is believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

33. REUTERS/China Daily Giant panda Huaao plays on a tree amid snow at a zoo in Yantai, Shandong province, China, January 4, 2012.

34. A girl, wearing a headband, uses a large brush for her New Year's calligraphy during a calligraphy contest in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) - Shizuo Kambayashi - AP

35. JANUARY 5: A surfer sails his board off a wave as large swells hit the California coastline at dusk in Cardiff. (Mike Blake/Reuters

36. JANUARY 5: Actors perform during the annual Epiphany parade as it makes its way through central Madrid. (Juan Medina/Reuters

37. JANUARY 6: Members of a traditional firefighting preservation group perform atop bamboo ladders during the annual New Year's Fire Brigade Review in Tokyo. (Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press)

38. A man kisses a cross during Orthodox Epiphany day celebrations in the port of Porto Rafti Source: Reuters

39. JANUARY 6: A man lifts his wife in front of a snow sculpture after a group wedding ceremony as part of the 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China. The wedding was organized by the city government, and 18 couples from Nigeria, Russia and China participated in the ceremony. (Sheng Li/Reuters

40. JANUARY 7: Orthodox worshippers originally from Eritrea dance outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during Orthodox Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)

41. Men jump into a lake in an attempt to grab a wooden cross on Epiphany Day in Sofia Source: Reuters

42. A penguin swims in its enclosure during the London Zoo's annual stock take of animals on January 4, 2012 in London, England. The zoo's stocktake takes place annually, and gives keepers a chance to check on the numbers of every one of the animals from stick insects and frogs to tigers and camels. - Dan Kitwood - Getty Images

43. A sales representative poses behind a nine-tael 24K gold in the shape of a dragon forming the numerals "2012", symbolizing the upcoming Year of the Dragon, at a Chow Tai Fook Jewellery store in Hong Kong December 6, 2011. Source: REUTERS / Bobby Yiip

44. Gabriel Bouys, AFP / Getty Images - Jan. 6, 2012 - Vatican City Marek Solczynski, from Poland, and Charles John Brown, from the United States, lay on the floor before being appointed bishops by Pope Benedict XVI at St Peter's basilica at the Vatican.

45. Reuters - Men dressed as "La Befana", an imaginary old woman who is thought to bring gifts to children during the festival of Epiphany, row boats down the Grand Canal in Venice, on Jan. 6. The orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany is observed as the date when the Three Wise Men visited baby Jesus.

46. Emily Wabitsch/AFP/Getty Images - A person sets up a spiral of domino dices on January 6, 2012 in Kefenrod, central Germany. 15-year-old Patrick Sinner and friends try to break the world record by constructing the longest spiral-shaped wall of domino dices.

47. Ernesto Benavides / AFP - Getty Images - Peruvian shamans perform a ritual of spiritual punishment for Dutch national Joran Van der Sloot before his hearing before court at the Lurigancho prison in Lima on Jan. 6. The trial gets started in Lima for the Dutch national Joran Van der Sloot, accused of killing a young Peruvian woman in 2010 and who also is a suspect in the disappearance years earlier of an American woman in the Caribbean.

48. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA - Akemi Takanezawa, right, and Sayaka Ikeda, center, washing 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills with water for purification at Zeniarai-Benten shrine in Kamakura, Japan, on Jan. 6, 2012. It is believed that money washed in sacred water at the shrine will increase one's fortune at the start of the New Year.

49. Greg Sorlie / UGC - Elephants and lion in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

50. Jim McAnallen / UGC - Iguana on St. Maarten, Caribbean