People stand next to a giant art installation representing a polar bear painted with red food dye at the base of the Langjokull glacier in Iceland, on Nov. 26. The image, created by artist Bjargey Olafsdottir, is inspired by the Nazca lines of Peru and children's drawings and seeks to highlight diminishing glaciers and the uncertain future polar bears face.

Duncan Wilson, a tartan salesperson, clears the snow away from the front of his store in Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 28. Freezing temperatures were recorded around the country after heavy overnight snowfalls, local media reported.

Farmers stand in a field of blossoming cabbage plants in Thuong Hoi village, outside Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 28.

Staff at the Amazon Swansea fulfillment center process orders as they prepare for what is expected to be their busiest Christmas on record on Nov. 26, in Swansea, Wales. The 800,000 square foot fulfillment center, the largest of Amazon's six in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world, is gearing up for 'Cyber Monday', which is Dec. 6, and is predicted to be the busiest online shopping day of the year. In 2009, Cyber Monday saw 2 million orders received at a rate of 23 orders per second.

A woman fills out her presidential ballot at a polling station at Groupe Scolaire Saint Jeanne in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, Nov. 28. Ivorians went to the polls Sunday in a long-overdue presidential election that many hope will reunite the country eight years after a civil war divided it in two. Voters are choosing between president Laurent Gbagbo and the man he accuses of being behind the rebellion that sought to topple him, Alassane Ouattara.

Afghan children with sheep walk through a path covered with fallen leaves in Panjwai district, Afghanistan's Kandahar province, on Friday, Nov. 26.

American flags fly in the wind as members of the North Texas Patriot Guard Riders stand in formation as they await the arrival of the casket of U.S. Army Pfc. Kyle M. Holder on Saturday, Nov. 27, at the Lone Star Executive Airport in Conroe, Texas. Holder, of Conroe, died Nov. 17 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a noncombat incident, according to a statement from the Department of Defense. Holder enlisted in February and was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance and Surveillance), 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Soldier aim their weapons during an operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 27. Soldiers and police crouching behind armored vehicles trained their rifles on dozens of entrances to a sprawling slum Saturday, preparing to invade in an effort to try to push drug gangs out of an area long considered the most dangerous in Rio de Janeiro, a city set to host the 2016 Olympics.

A resident walks in front of a collapsed house in a crowded sector of Caracas, Venezuela, on Nov. 27, following landslides due to heavy rains. Venezuelan authorities put most states in the northern Caribbean coast on alert.

Residents crowd the windows and doors of the city hall to pick up their identification cards needed to vote in Sunday's election in the Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 27. The center closed for the day before all the identification cards were distributed, leaving the others in line unable to get their cards.

Pakistani volunteers and firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire at the site of a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday, Nov. 28. A cargo plane crashed into a housing complex in Pakistan's largest city soon after takeoff Sunday, setting off a huge blaze. The aircraft had eight crew on board, the civil aviation authority said.

A person walks in Pioneer Courthouse Square, the site of an attempted bombing Nov. 27, in Portland, Ore. A Somali-born teenager, Mohamed Osman Mohamud was arrested and charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction when the previous night he allegedly attempted to set off a car bomb during Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the park. It was reported that civilians were not at risk because the bomb was supplied to him by undercover federal agents and the explosives were inert.

South Korea's Lee Jun-ho, right, challenges Myanmar's Zaw Zaw Aung at the net during their men's double sepak takraw final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 27.

A bear sits in a tree in the snow-covered Bear Park in Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 27.

In this photo taken Oct. 26, 2010, a tiny chapel is seen on the grounds of the Northeast Science Station near the town of Chersky in Siberia, 4,000 miles east of Moscow, Russia. Scientists are studying methane gas locked inside Siberia's frozen soil and under its lakes. Methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, has been seeping out since the end of the last ice age. But recently, especially in the last five years as the Earth has warmed, the permafrost has thawed more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane and contributing further to climate change.

A Yemeni man sells dates while other Yemenis are seen in their shops in an alley of the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, on Nov. 27.

Two men dressed as Santa Claus step out of a commuter train on Nov. 27, in Berlin, Germany. More than one hundred Santas gathered for an annual convention in Berlin to prepare for their duties over the forthcoming festive season. The Santas, who were organized by Berlin's student employment agency, got training on what to do when delivering presents to children and were trained in singing Christmas carols. Students of universities in Berlin traditionally earn some extra money over Christmas by stepping in as rental Santas or angels. Around 800 Santa Clauses and angels will visit around 10,000 families in Berlin and the surrounding area during the season.

David Beckham of the Galaxy heads for the dressing room following the friendly match between the Newcastle Jets and the LA Galaxy at EnergyAustralia Stadium on Nov. 27, in Newcastle, Australia.