US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class EO3 John Chen, from Lakehurst, New Jersey, kisses his new bride Victoria Chan, from Manhattan, after they were married in a civil ceremony at New York City's Office of the City Clerk. Hundreds of couples packed the office in lower Manhattan to be married on the date 12/12/12 as this will be the last such triple date for almost a century until January 1, 2101. Mike Segar/Reuters
A street performer poses with an iPad with the time reading 12:12:12 in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid. Paul Hanna/Reuters
A fan of Brazil's Corinthians reacts during the Club World Cup semi-final soccer match against Egypt's Al-Ahly in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nacho Doce/Reuters
Indian laborers thrash rice in a field in Jammu, India. Rice is a staple in the diet of many Indians. Channi Anand/AP
A girl prepares to receive her first Catholic Holy Communion at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua. Around 550 children received their first Catholic Holy Communion during a mass organized by the Sandinistas radio station. Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters
A horse stands in woods as it is tied to a tree in Xianghe, Hebei province, China. Petar Kujundzic/Reuters
Indian students light candles to pay tribute to legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar at the Bengali Tola Inter College where Shankar had studied in Varanasi, India. Shankar, who is credited with connecting the world to Indian music, died in San Diego at the age of 92. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
A Greek municipal employee cries as riot police stand in front of a group of protesters who pushed into the grounds of Parliament, during a protest in Athens. Municipal employees are angry at government plans to include them on a list of state employees up for forced redundancy under the country's austerity program. Petros Giannakouris/AP
Matryoshkas, traditional Russian wooden dolls, are displayed for sale on a cold winter day in the Sparrow Hills, the site of a tourist attraction in Moscow. Misha Japaridze/AP
In this four pictures combo image, Pope Benedict XVI pushes a button on a tablet at the Vatican. In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, Pope Benedict XVI pushed the button on a tablet brought to him. It read: 'Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.' Gregorio Borgia/AP
Lucifer the lion grabs hold of a Christmas present given to him during a media opportunity at London Zoo. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
A stag lies in the frozen undergrowth of Richmond Park in west London. Toby Melville/Reuters
Workers walk past clocks showing a time of 12 minutes past 12 noon, on this century's last sequential date, in a plaza in the Canary Wharf business district of London. Toby Melville/Reuters
Couples kiss after exchanging rings during a wedding ceremony at the Peak in Hong Kong, an event to celebrate weddings. Bobby Yip/Reuters
People skate on a giant ice rink at the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris. The Grand Palais is transformed into a giant skating rink and will be open to the public from December 13, 2012 to January 6, 2013. Charles Platiau/Reuters
A snowboarder makes a turn on a sunny winter day in the western Austrian ski resort of Sonnenkopf mountain in Langen. Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters
Brides and grooms sit inside a bus before participating in a parade during a mass wedding ceremony organized for the poor in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Twelve lower-income couples participated in the event that was held at exactly at 12 o'clock on 12/12/12, a date seen as auspicious by many astrologers, which will not occur again for almost 100 years. Gembong Nusantara/AP
A man walks past Beaumont, a stranded British ship, on the beach of Xago near Aviles, northern Spain. The ship ran aground and has already refloated. Eloy Alonso/Reuters
A cleric looks on as Islamist protesters supporting Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gather in front of the Media City complex in Giza, Egypt. Egypt's main opposition alliance called for a 'No' vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's government forged ahead by starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates. Petr David Josek/AP
Internally displaced Afghan children warm themselves around a fire at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul. Omar Sobhani/Reuters
Nepalese devotees gather during the Bala Chaturdasi festival at the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal. Bala Chaturdashi is celebrated in memory of departed family members by lighting oil lamps and scattering seven types of grains along a prescribed route. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
A free range Norfolk Black turkey stands in woodland at Church Farm in Ardeley, southern England. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
A student holds her teacher's hand at the start of the school day at the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela school where a poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hangs on the wall in Havana, Cuba. Franklin Reyes/AP
A horse feeds under a tree as frost covers fields and trees around Arundel, West Sussex, England. Chris Ison/AP
A Syrian boy stands between men as they wait outside a bakery shop to buy bread in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
A man rides a camel past a pyramid in Giza, Egypt. An Egyptian opposition alliance urged supporters on Wednesday to vote 'No' in the referendum on a disputed constitution but said it may still boycott if its conditions are not met. Hassan Ammar/AP
The silhouette of Japan's highest mountain Mount Fuji is seen beyond buildings in Tokyo. Issei Kato/Reuters
Pilgrims wait their turn to enter the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico City. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country converge on Mexico's holy Roman Catholic site, many bringing with them images or statues of Mexico's patron saint to be blessed, marking the Virgin's feast day. Eduardo Verdugo/AP
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed hundreds of thousands of his cheering supporters in Istanbul saying, 'My patience has run out' with anti-government protests.
Turkey’s largest city was divided on Sunday by competing shows of force, between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who staged a mammoth rally of loyalists, and anti-government demonstrators, who clashed with police on Istanbul's streets once again to protest his rule.
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