Residents walks past murals of late South African former president Nelson Mandela in Soweto,
near Johannesburg, on December 7, 2013, two days after his death. (Photo: Carl de Souza - AFP)
Turkish riot police officers take cover as Kurdish protesters shoot fireworks at them during clashes in
central Istanbul on December 7, 2013. Two Kurdish protesters were killed by Turkish police the day before.
(Photo: Bulent Kilic - AFP)
Runners dressed as Father Christmas take part in the charity fund-raising
"Santa Run" in Victoria Park, north London on December 8, 2013. (Leon Neal - AFP)
Anti-government protesters celebrate after removing concrete barricades outside
the Government House in Bangkok on December 9, 2013. (Photo: Indranil Mukherjee - AFP)
Brazilian youngsters play football at the beach in Natal, Brazil on December 8, 2013.
Natal is one of the cities to host the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. (Photo: Christophe Simon - AFP)
A Pakistani child looks for items to be recycled amid garbage on the outskirts of Lahore on December 9, 2013.
Government statistics say 22 percent of the population live in poverty,
although independent economists say the figure is closer to 30 percent. (Photo: Arif Ali - AFP)
A Thai Buddhist monk holds his bowl against his chest as he waits for alms outside a temple near
the Government House in the early morning in Bangkok on December 11, 2013.
(Photo: Indranil Mukherjee - AFP)
Marseille's Tunisian forward Saber Khalifa (R) eyes the ball on December 11, 2013
at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France. (Photo: Bertrand Langlois - AFP)
A woman walks at the Christmas decorated Syntagma square opposite the parliament in
Athens on December 11, 2013. (Photo: Aris Messinis - AFP)
Young Syrian refugees build a snowman following a storm in a makeshift refugee camp
in the Lebanese village of Baaloul in the Bekaa Valley, on December 12, 2013.
(Photo: Mahmoud Zayyat - AFP)
Beirut's seafront area of Ain al-Mreisseh during the arctic storm Alexa on December 11, 2013.
(Photo: Marwan Tahtah)
