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Spanish police officers carry a member of the Mortgage Victims' Platform out of Bankia headquarters in Madrid after members of the platform occupied the bank during a protest against evictions. One in four people in Spain are now unemployed as the economic crisis tightens its grip. Spain is now under increasing pressure to come up with a first-of-its kind insolvency law for the country that would allow mortgage debtors to turn in their keys and face limited liability. Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP
New York Giants' running back David Wilson does a back flip after running for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the New Orleans Saints in their NFL football game in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday. Mike Segar/Reuters
Children watch as candles are lit for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood. Ammar Awad/Reuters
An injured wild elephant tries to eat a banana leaf with its trunk after it was attacked by poachers a number of days ago at the foothills of Pancharatna hills in Goalpara district of lower Assam, India. The poachers cut off two tusks and the tail of the elephant, who is now expected to survive, according to local animal officials. Anupam Nath/AP
Indonesian students perform as corruption suspects arrested during an anti-government protest to mark International Anti-Corruption Day in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Protesters staged the protest accusing the government of failing to fight corruption and improve human rights. Abbas Sadji/AP
A man brushes snow off the top of a monument at Mansudae in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kyodo/Reuters
Chief Raoni (l.), head of the Brazilian Kayapo Indians, and Megaron Metuktire, Chief Kayapo, listen to questions about the campaign Amazon Urgency during a press conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva. Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone/AP
Johan Huibers poses with a stuffed tiger in front of the full-scale replica of Noah’s Ark in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The Ark has opened its doors after receiving permission to receive up to 3,000 visitors per day. In the Bible story, God ordered Noah to build a boat massive enough to save animals and humanity while God destroyed the rest of the earth in an enormous flood. Peter Dejong/AP
Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for Global Education, attends the event 'Stand up for Malala, Girls' education is a right!' during the United Nations Human Rights Day at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. A special tribute was paid to Malala Yousafazi, the teenage Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban after advocating education for girls, at the British hospital where she is being treated. Charles Platiau/Reuters
A man removes copper wiring from electrical cables outside a scrap shop in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai, India. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Kashmiri Muslim women, supporters of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), hold a portrait of Kashmiri prisoner Showket Ahmad as they take part in a hunger strike in Srinagar, Indian-Administered Kashmir. Separatists have called a strike that has shuttered shops across the region in protest of the life sentences handed out by an Indian court to two pro-independence Kashmiri activists. Mukhtar Khan/AP
Yekaterina Fomina, helped by a volunteer, takes part in the 'Beauty without limits' beauty contest for women confined to wheelchairs in Vladivostok, Russia. The contest is open to wheelchair users from Russia's far eastern Primorsky region. Yuri Maltsev/Reuters
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (r.) swears in Defense Minister Diego Molero in front of Vice President Nicolas Maduro (c.) at the Presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Prior to his departure to Cuba for a third cancer operation, Chavez met with his Cabinet and promoted Molero to the rank of admiral in chief. Marcelo Garcia/Miraflores Press Office/AP
A Naga Sadhu, or holy man, holds a sacred lamp as he performs evening prayer on the river bank of Yamuna ahead of the Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. During the festival, hundreds of thousands of Hindus take part in a religious gathering on the banks of the River Ganges. The festival is held every 12 years in different Indian cities. Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
Ice forms on the River Neva in front of The State Hermitage Museum in central St.Petersburg, Russia. The temperature in Russia's second city fell to around 14 degrees Fahrenheit. Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
Young girls pose for a photograph by a wall painted with graffiti showing President Mohammed Morsi (l.) and a split portrait of former Defense Minister Hussain Tantawi (c.) and former President Hosni Mobarak in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo. The Egyptian military assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. Petr David Josek/AP
North Koreans walk after paying a visit to the bronze statues of national founder Kim Il Sung (l.) and late leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kyodo News/AP
Laureates of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine John B. Gurdon of Britain and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan (from l. to r.), sit with the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature Mo Yan of China and joint laureate for the 2012 Nobel Prize for Economics Alvin Roth of the US during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm. Henrik Montgomery/Scanpix/Reuters
A child plays with a snowman after a snowfall in the central Bosnian town of Zenica. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
A student recites as others listen to him while they are memorizing the Koran at the Jamia Binoria Al-Alamia Seminary Islamic Study School in Karachi, Pakistan. About 6,000 boys and girls are educated, fed and housed at the madrasa, or religious school. Athar Hussain/Reuters
President Barack Obama shakes hands with a supporter on his arrival in Detroit, Mich. Obama is travelling to the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford for an event on the economy. Jason Reed/Reuters
Monte Carlo casino is reflected in a giant Christmas decoration in Monaco. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Lisha Barboza looks up as she stands with her father, Ben, while he holds a picture of his wife, nurse Jacintha Saldanha, as they leave the Houses of Parliament in London. Two Australian radio announcers who made a prank call to a British hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife, Kate, broke a three-day silence to speak of their distress at the apparent suicide of the nurse who took their call. Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (3rd r.), also known as 'Long Hair,' is blocked by security guards as he tries to approach Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (l.) inside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, where the latter is being questioned by lawmakers. Lawmakers and protesters urged Leung Chun-ying to step down for illegal structures found in his house. Bobby Yip/Reuters
Balinese volunteer Nyoman Jangkling feeds baby sea turtles at the breeding area in Turtle Park in Serangan, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Sea turtles in Indonesia have long suffered from poaching for their meat, fat, shells and eggs. Firdia Lisnawati/AP
Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions, close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria. The gains by rebel forces came as the European Union denounced the Syrian conflict, which activists say has killed more than 40,000 people. Manu Brabo/AP
People walk inside a train station as snow falls in Nagano, central Japan. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
Harry Jackson, 13, the head chorister at St Paul's Cathedral School, holds a candle during a photo call inside the Cathedral in central London. The choir will sing to more than 20,000 people over the Christmas period. Andrew Winning/Reuters
Costumed participants in the annual 'Best Father Frost' contest make their way through a courtyard in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Father Frost is the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
Saudi woman scales Everest with group of 64 climbers Saturday. Raha Moharrak, a 25-year old graphic designer, is the first Saudi woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain.
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