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Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California addresses the House after giving newly elected House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio the gavel during the first session of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Charles Dharapak/AP Photo
A Pakistani mourner grieves during the funeral procession of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, in Lahore, Pakistan. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore on Wednesday ahead of the funeral for an outspoken provincial governor shot dead by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by the governor's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo
An island is formed by flood water stranding vehicles and other equipment in Rockhampton, Australia. Floods that have cut air, rail, and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet before peaking. Janie Barrett/AP Photo
Youths raise their hands in a show of support for Laurent Gbagbo at a rally led by Gbagbo minister and youth leader Charles Ble Goude, in the Koumassi neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. While the United Nations and other world powers recognize rival Alassane Ouattara as the winner of November presidential elections, Gbagbo has refused to step down for more than a month after the presidential runoff vote. The 15-nation regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to remove the incumbent leader if ongoing negotiations fail. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo
Marika Sikharulidze, (r.) and Vakhtang Goguadze, (l.) wait backstage during the "Super Grandmother and Super Grandfather" contest in Tbilisi. Twenty-four participants aged over 70 from all over Georgia attended the contest. David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sings with traditional Sternsinger dressed in 'Three Wise Men' costumes, at the Chancellery in Berlin. Sternsingers collect money between Christmas and Epiphany for charitable projects of the Roman Catholic Church. This year's proceeds will go towards projects working on improving the integration of disabled children. Thomas Peter/Reuters
Romanian Bratara Buzea, who was imprisoned for witchcraft under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's repressive regime, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Mogosoaia, Romania. Trouble is brewing for Romania's witches, whose toil is being taxed for the first time despite their threats of putting curses on the government. Also being taxed for the first time are fortune tellers, who probably saw this coming. Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo
A man feeds wild ducks on the bank of the Yenisei River, some 25 miles south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Air temperature dropped to minus 27 degrees C (-16.6 degrees F.). Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Lowell Bailey of the USA, (r.), leaves the shooting area first during the men's 4x7.5 km relay at the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof, Germany. Jens Meyer/AP Photo
Jomacan, an Afghan immigrant with his lips sewn together, during a hunger strike in central Athens. Six Afghans have sewn their lips as part of the protest to pressure the Greek government into granting them refugee status. Human rights activists condemned the government's "inhuman" plan for a border fence to stem the flood of illegal immigrants entering from Turkey, and urged Athens to ease its strict asylum policy. The country currently rejects more than 99 percent of all asylum requests tabled every year. Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo
A fisherman arranges a fishing net as his wife paddles their boat in the waters of the Periyar River on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Kochi. Sivaram V/Reuters
Participants show off their writing at a calligraphy contest to the celebrate the New Year in Tokyo. About 3,000 calligraphers took part in the contest, writing different characters depending on their school grade. The contest is part of a bigger competition, in which about 11,000 entrants hope to win the "Prime Minister's Prize" by being judged as the best drawing. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
Members of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) demonstrate outside Rockefeller Center in New York City. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Children look at one of the three newly born, 1-month-old white lion cubs at the Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina. Enrique Marcarian/Reuters
Joshua Franks (r.) and his twin sister Emily (l.) look up from the floor of the House of Representatives with their father, US Representative Trent Franks (R) of Arizona on the opening day of the 112th United States Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are taking control of the US House of Representatives since winning a majority in the November congressional midterm elections. Jim Young/Reuters
Members of the 112th United States Congress congratulate one another after being sworn into office by House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are taking control of the US House of Representatives since winning a majority in the November congressional midterm elections. Jim Young/Reuters
A man dressed as one of the Three Wise Men greets the crowd after arriving at the port of Gijon in Spain. Traditionally, Spanish children receive their Christmas presents on the morning of January 6, delivered by the Three Wise Men. Eloy Alonso/Reuters
A woman is reflected in a motorcycle mirror walking along Spring Street in New York City. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Spectators watch fireworks explode over ice sculptures during the official opening of the 12th Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. David Gray/Reuters
Riot police advanced on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square shortly after Prime Minister Erdogan warned the peaceful demonstrators to clear out or be forcibly removed.
Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the prime minister warned that security forces "know how to clear" the area.
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