A block of encrusted silver coins from the shipwreck of a 1804 galleon, on its first display to the media at a ministry building, in Madrid. Spanish cultural officials have allowed the first peep at 16 tons (14.5 metric tons) of the shipwreck, 'Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes' a treasure worth an estimated $500 million that a US salvage company gave up after a five-year international ownership dispute. Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP
Bahraini anti-government protesters walk by a wall decorated with religious verses during a protest in solidarity with Sitra village crackdown in Karrana, village, Bahrain. Hasan Jamali/AP
Visitors look at car wheel hubs during a press presentation prior to the Essen Motor Show in Essen, Germany. About 600 exhibitors will present their latest developments at the Essen trade fair from December 1 until December 9, 2012. Ina Fassbender/Reuters
A protester wearing a police helmet watches from a bridge leading to Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians protested against President Mohamed Mursi after an Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new constitution in a bid to end a crisis over the Islamist leader's newly expanded powers. Writings on the shield read, "Muslim Brotherhood prohibited. Freedom." Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
Children born with congenital disease, second generation victims of the1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, participate in a candle light vigil to pay homage to the people killed in the tragedy, in Bhopal, India. The Bhopal industrial disaster killed about 4,000 people on the night of Dec. 3, 1984. Rajeev Gupta/AP
A Palestinian Christian youth hangs up the national flag on a cross as others pray at St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church, also know as the Church of the Ten Lepers, in the West Bank village of Burqin near the town of Jenin. Palestinians celebrated the UN General Assembly votes on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state. Mohammed Ballas/AP
Ivan Vasilevich, 61, a handicapped pensioner, weaves a basket out of willow twigs in the village of Garenichi, some 110 km (68 miles) east of Minsk, Belarus. Vasilevich has a disability pension of about 2400000 Belarussian roubles ( $300) a month, and earns extra money producing baskets for a local market. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
A model showcases a creation by French designer Maurizio Galante in Singapore during the French Couture 2012 Singapore fashion show. Wong Maye-E/AP
A Sotheby's employee carefully handles one volume of a medieval manuscript , Philip The Good's copy of 'Mystere de la Vengeance' unseen on the market for 200 years, during a press viewing in London. The manuscript which comprises of two volumes estimated at 4-6 million pounds (6.5-9.6 million US Dollars) will go on sale in the evening sale of Old Master Paintings and Drawings on Dec. 5 in London. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
A supporter of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi rides a motor bike transporting a portrait of her for a public rally close to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP
A cyclist passes by steam vented from a grate near the Philadelphia Museum of Art on a cold morning in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke/AP
Israeli security officers stand near a tree during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwing protesters (unseen) at a protest against Jewish settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah. Marko Djurica/Reuters
Boxer Miguel Cotto flexes his muscles as he stands on a scale during a weigh-in, ahead of his fight against Austin Trout in New York. Cotto will fight Trout on Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Keith Bedford/Reuters
M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 17 miles west of Goma. Rebels in Congo believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure from the key eastern city by 48 hours for 'logistical reasons,' defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries and backed by Western diplomats. Jerome Delay/AP
A woman watches Shiite Muslims re-enact the seventh century battle of Karbala during the festival of Ashoura in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq. The festival of Ashoura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq, in the year 680 A.D. Karim Kadim/AP
Kevin Lunny, owner of Drakes Bay Oyster Company, listens to a phone call from US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to learn that the government will not renew his family's lease in Inverness, California, November 29, 2012. The US government sided with environmental groups with its decision to shut down a Northern California oyster farm in an attempt to restore wilderness. Noah Berger/Reuters
An Afghan man rides a horses on Qargha Lake in Kabul Afghanistan. Ahmad Jamshid/AP
Workers lift the Christmas Tree, a Nordmann Fir from Dumfries, Scotland, outside the 10 Downing Street official residence of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, in London. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Bobby Valentine, former Boston Red Sox manager (r.) and Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees rappel 22 stories from one of the tallest buildings in Stamford to mark the start of Santa's arrival as part of 'Heights & Lights' in Connecticut. Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters
Noriaki Kasai of Japan soars in the air during the Ski Jumping HS 142 Team Competition of the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic Opening 2012 in Kuusamo, Finland. Japan finished fifth place in the competition. Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Reuters
Historical re-enactment enthusiasts dressed as soldiers rest as they march near the southern Moravian village of Prace. Hundreds of history enthusiasts gathered near the city of Slavkov ahead of a re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz to mark its 207th anniversary. David W Cerny/Reuters
Women attend a weekly rally for pro-democracy protesters in Sanaa, yemen. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Afghan refugee children stand in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan and Afghanistan discussed freeing more Taliban detainees in Islamabad's custody to help coax the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war, officials said. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (l.) speaks with French economics journalist Francois Lenglet during the conference 'Growth and integration in solidarity: what strategy for Europe?' with top financial officials at the Economy ministry in Paris. Charles Platiau/Reuters
Pedestrians enjoy a walk in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki. Nikolas Giakoumidis/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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