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A couple sits under a street lamp in a park near Christmas lights in central Tokyo, December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A couple takes in a Christmas light display in Tokyo. Reuters

A pro-Russian-separatist patrols the street in front of Russian humanitarian trucks in Makiivka (Makeyevka) in Donetsk region, December 12, 2014. According to Russian media, over 50 trucks arrived in Donetsk while another 80 trucks arrived in Luhansk. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY)

A pro-Russian separtist patrols a street in Makiivka, Ukraine. Reuters

A U.S. soldier from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment prepares his Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for a mission on forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An American soldier prepares his Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for a mission in Laghman, Afghanistan. Reuters

A protester takes part in a demonstration against new laws on pornography outside parliament in central London December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A protester demonstrates against new laws on pornography in London. Reuters

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones at Israeli troops as others gather during clashes near Israel's Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones at Israeli police in Ramallah, West Bank. Reuters

Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims gather as they commemorate Arbain in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad December 12, 2014. Hundreds of thousands of black-clad pilgrims from across Iraq streamed into the city of Kerbala on Friday a day before the culmination of Saturday's Arbain, which marks the end of 40 days of mourning for Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who died in a 7th century battle at Kerbala. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims gather in Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters

Workers decorate a Christmas tree at Lenin's Square as a plane passes by in Stavropol December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Workers decorate a tree at Lenin’s Square in Stavropol, Russia. Reuters

Angela Merkel, German chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party CDU receives a present of Teresa Treut (L), this year's gold-foiled Christ Child of the world's most famous Christmas market of Nuremberg, following her key-address at the party congress of the CDU's sister party, Bavaria's Christian Social Union party CSU in Nuremberg December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY TRAVEL)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gets a gift at the Nuremberg, Germany, Christmas market. Reuters

Activists wearing masks depicting (L to R) Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, China's President Xi Jinping, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen before they demonstrate to demand cuts in global emissions during the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 20 in Lima December 12, 2014. The two-week long United Nations climate summit opened on December 1 in Lima, with experts and analysts from around the world gathering to discuss melting glaciers and extreme weather patterns. Protesters also urged international leaders to reach an agreement at the Paris Conference 2015, a deal to drive climate action beyond 2020. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: ENVIRONMENT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Protesters wear familiar faces in Lima, Peru. Reuters

*** VIDEO AVAILABLE *** DALLAS, TX - DECEMBER 2014: An adorable puppy is bathed under a tap in December 2014, in Dallas, Texas. This adorable puppy may be the most chilled canine on the planet as he blissfully settles into bath time. The two-week-old was close to death when he was found abandoned in a dumpster with his two sisters but now it looks like his troubles are a million miles away. They were found by Dallas Animal Service and referred to the DFW Rescue Me animal shelter where volunteer Claire Fowler was tasked with looking after them. PHOTOGRAPH BY Claire Fowler / Barcroft USA UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

A puppy gets a bath Barcroft Media

*** VIDEO AVAILABLE *** DALLAS, TX - DECEMBER 2014: The three adorable puppies relax on a towel in December 2014, in Dallas, Texas. This adorable puppy may be the most chilled canine on the planet as he blissfully settles into bath time. The two-week-old was close to death when he was found abandoned in a dumpster with his two sisters but now it looks like his troubles are a million miles away. They were found by Dallas Animal Service and referred to the DFW Rescue Me animal shelter where volunteer Claire Fowler was tasked with looking after them. PHOTOGRAPH BY Claire Fowler / Barcroft USA UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

… then takes a nap with some pals. Barcroft Media

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 12: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama (C) delivers remarks to reporters before meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Ebola response coordinator Ron Klain and other members of the president's national security and public health teams to receive an update on the government's Ebola response in the Roosevelt Room at the White House December 12, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama said that important progress had been made on the fight against Ebola in West Africa but that work would continue until the virus is stamped out. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama meets Getty

A woman walks between the palm trees before sunrise on Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

While you’re bundled up, remember that Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, looks like this right now. AP

Earth moving equipment is buried by debris in Camarillo Springs, Calif., about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. The homeowners association hired a construction crew to move debris, but the muck buried one of the earth movers as a powerful storm moved through the area. (AP Photo/Raquel Dillion)

Debris buries earth-moving equipment in Camarillo Springs, Calif. AP

A dog plays in a snow-covered park in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Snowfall hit the Russian capital on Friday, with temperatures about -2 C (F 28.4). (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

A dog plays in Moscow. AP

PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: Ice storm in Hungary ) - If you thought the weather bomb in Britain was bad, youll find these surreal pictures of a Hungarian ICE STORM hard to BRRRR-lievable. The rare ice storm, also known as white death, was pictured by Kornl Kollth, a meteorologist at the Hungarian Meteorological Service (MOSZ), in the forested mountains of Pills, Hungary. An ice storm, usually only found in extremely harsh climates, such as Alaska, is created when the water in low clouds rapidly drops below freezing point, blanketing everything that comes into its path in a thick layer of ice. SEE CATERS COPY

An ice storm covers Pills, Hungary. Kornl Kollth / Caters News

epa04526231 Indonesian mahouts clean their Sumatran elephant in a river near the zoo in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 12 December 2014. According media reports, the smallest of the Asian elephants, Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatrensis) is facing serious pressures arising from illegal logging and associated habitat loss and fragmentation in Indonesia. The population has come under increasing threat from rapid forest conversion to plantations. EPA/DEDI SAHPUTRA

An elephant gets a bath in North Sumatra, Indonesia. EPA

In this photo released by the San Diego Zoo, a 2-year-old male sloth bear named Sahaasa climbs to the top of a felled log in his new exhibit at the San Diego Zoo, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in San Diego, Calif. The bear and his sister, Kayla, moved to their new exhibit Thursday morning after completing quarantine at the Zoos animal hospital. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ben Bohn)

A sloth bear climbs on a log in the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, Calif. AP

PIC BY JAN MORTON/ CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: Nordin Siam and one of the many sharks that are being fed) - These stunning images capture the moment daredevil divers hand feed some of the worlds most dangerous SHARKS. Surrounded by hammerheads and oceanic white tips the fearless feeders gracefully give the swarming sharks a BITE to eat. Photographer Jan Phillip Morton captured the divers who wore protective chainmail suits designed to prevent sharks teeth from piercing the skin in case of an accidental nibble. SEE CATERS COPY

Brave divers hand-feed sharks. Jan Morton / Caters News

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos smile as they address a joint news conference after their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogota December 12, 2014. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Sec. of State John Kerry and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos smile in Bogota, Colombia. Reuters

A general view of the Kukulkan Pyramid during the "Nights of Kukulkan" sound and light show at the archaeological zone of Chichen Itza in Yucatan state December 10, 2014. Picture taken December 10. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez (MEXICO - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY)

The Kukulkan Pyramid is illuminated in a sound and light show in Chichen Itza, Mexico. Reuters

A youth plays the oboe (flute) near cats in Jeddah December 12, 2014. The oboe, or mizmar in Arabic, is a widely used musical instrument in Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Mohamed Al Hwaity (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

A boy plays the flute for his cats in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

The Capitol Dome and the Capitol Christmas Tree are illuminated late Thursday evening as Congress works to pass a $1.1 trillion U.S. government-wide spending bill and avoid a government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The Obama White House and House Republicans joined forces Thursday to pass the funding bill over clamorous protests from Democrats objecting that it would roll back bank regulations imposed in the wake of the economic near-meltdown of 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Capitol Dome and Christmas tree are illuminated in Washington. AP

A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) feeds dogs inside a training camp in Ras al-Ain December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT ANIMALS MILITARY)

A soldier feeds dogs in a training camp in Ras al-Ain, Syria. Reuters

Just dew it: Up close and personal with insects

Just dew it: Up close and personal with insects