Style judges watch from their tower during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS138 on December 3, 2011, in Lillehammer, Norway.
Red Bull's pilot Peter Besenyei of Hungary performs during the Red Bull Air Show in Unawatuna, Sri Lanka, on December 3, 2011. The Red Bull air show comes as tourism increases in the country and Sri Lanka greeted 53,636 tourist in June 2011, 20 percent more than a year earlier, mainly driven by visitors from India and East Asia.
Spectators check out the bookmakers odds at Sandown Racecourse on December 03, 2011 in Esher, England.
Ruby Walsh riding Poungach wins The Pertemps Handicap Hurdle Race at Sandown racecourse on December 3, 2011, in Esher, England.
People take part on December 3, 2011, in the reenactment of the battle of Austerlitz near the Czech village of Tvarozn in southern Moravia. The 206th anniversary of the December 2, 1805, battle involved 900 soldiers in historical uniforms and 50 horses.
Nuns prays during the peregrination of Charity Virgin at daybreak on December 3, 2011, in Havana's Revolution Square in Cuba.
A visitor to Tahrir Square is reflected in his motorcycle rear view mirror in Cairo on December 3, 2011. Protestors have started leaving the square with only a few hardliners boosted by day tourists still occupying their tents overnight.
Magdalena Neuner of Germany competes at the women's 7.5 km sprint race during the E.ON IBU World Cup Biathlon at the Ostersund Ski Stadium on December 3, 2011, in Ostersund, Sweden.
Swimmers huddle together as they squeeze into a hot tub after taking part in the annual outdoor "December Dip" swim at Parliament Hill Lido on Hampstead Heath, north London, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. The unheated lido first opened in 1938 and the water temperature for Saturday's event organized by Britain's Outdoor Swimming Society was measured at eight degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit).
Dijon's French midfielder Younousse Sankhare, left, vies with Sochaux's French forward Cedric Bakambu during the French L1 football match Dijon vs Sochaux, on December, 3, 2011, at the Gaston Gerard
Head-to-toe veiled Iranian female students hold posters showing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left in the posters, and late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, during a demonstration to welcome Iranian diplomats expelled from London in retaliation for attacks on British compounds in Tehran, at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, early Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. About 150 hard-liners gathered at Tehran's Mehrabad airport to give the diplomats a hero's welcome but the Iranian government has reportedly opposed any high-profile welcome.
Immigrants living in Greece gather on Omonia Square in the center of Athens on December 3, 2011, during an anti-racism demonstration. Immigrants condemned racist attacks and the participation of far-right ministers in the new interim government.
A worker cleans a window on the 20th floor of the Sakura towers December 3, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. The pace of change in Myanmar (Burma) since a civilian government was elected to power in March 2011 after five decades of military rule has brought US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the country to discuss further paths to reform. Hillary Clinton's official visit to the country is the first by a high ranking US representative in over a half a century.
A worker walks through the new Maximall clothing store on December 3, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is transitioning nearly nine years after the 2003 U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation. American forces are now in the midst of the final stage of withdrawal from the war-torn country. At least 4,485 U.S. military personnel died in Iraq while more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians died from war-related violence, according to the Iraq Body Count.
American Mark Schneider dressed as Napoleon takes part on December 3, 2011, in the reenactment of the battle of Austerlitz near the Czech village of Tvarozna in southern Moravia. The 206th anniversary of the December 2, 1805, battle involved 900 soldiers in historical uniforms and 50 horses.
US Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, center, leave on December 3, 2011, after a meeting at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul. Biden is on a two-day, official visit to Turkey.
A new restaurant catering to wealthy Iraqis is seen on December 3, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq. A number of new restaurants designed for wealthy patrons have opened in the city recently as security improves. Iraq is transitioning nearly nine years after the 2003 U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation. American forces are now in the midst of the final stage of withdrawal from the war-torn country
Magdalena Neuner of Germany competes at the women's 7.5 km sprint race during the E.ON IBU World Cup Biathlon at the Ostersund Ski Stadium on December 3, 2011 in Ostersund, Sweden.
Congolese charcoal dealers push their bicycles up the hill as they transport their produce to the market in Sake, North Kivu, in democratic republic of Congo's Goma province on December 3, 2011. Much of the charcoal in Goma is produced from trees in the Virunga National Park, which is used for cooking and heating by the millions of people living in this troubled region. A sack of charcoal sells for approximately the equivalent of USD20 in the market.
Lebanese enjoy fireworks lighting the sky as a giant Christmas tree is illuminated during the launch of 2011 Christmas Festivities in Beirut on December 3, 2011.
Skiers compete beside the river Rhine during the Cross Country World Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. The World Cup is held on artificial snow in the heart of the western German city of Duesseldorf, close to the river Rhine.
A street performer walks past near the line of riot police officers, blocking protesters at a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Protesters staged a big rally against the passing of a bill on ratification of a South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement.
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