A Greek Orthodox monk cleans the Church of the Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011.

Greek Orthodox members clean the floor of Church of Nativity, the traditionally accepted birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Dec. 28.

Armenian clergymen scuffle with police and Greek Orthodox clergymen during the annual cleaning of the Church of Nativity, the traditionally accepted birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Dec.28. Several hundred clergy of different Christian sects, as well as some faithful, pitch in to clean the entire church, one of the oldest in the world, but with special care taken not to overstep one's boundaries and delicate cleaning responsibilities. The entire church is swept, dusted, cleaned with kerosene and covered in sawdust to soak up the flammable liquid as the church is cleaned of all the dirt accumulated in the past year and made ready for the next year's onslaught of pilgrims, clergy and tourists.

Palestinian police officers stand between Armenian Orthodox, left, and Greek Orthodox clergymen, not seen, during the cleaning of the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, Dec. 28.

Rescuers work near an overturned Russian-made Tupolev 134 passenger jet at the airfield outside Osh, Kyrgyzstan on Dec. 28. The packed TU-134 flipped over and caught fire on landing in the southern Kyrgyz city today injuring at least six people, officials and witnesses said.

Rescuers work near an overturned Russian-made Tupolev 134 passenger jet at the airfield outside Osh on Dec. 28. The packed TU-134 flipped over and caught fire on landing in the southern Kyrgyz city today injuring at least six people, officials and witnesses said.

A man yawns as he makes red lanterns with other workers for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a workshop in Yaxi village, in Xianju county in east China's Zhejiang province, on Dec. 27, 2011.

Workers carry red lanterns through a small lane outside a workshop in Yaxi village on Dec. 27, 2011.

Aa car carrying Kim Jong Il's body during the funeral procession in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011.

A uniformed man tries to control crowds attending the funeral procession for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

Military personnel bowing their heads during Kim Jong Il's funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang.

North Korean soldiers mourning during the funeral ceremony for Kim Jong Il.

This TV grab taken from Korean Central Television (KCTV) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C-front) and other top military and civilian officials walking beside the car carrying the coffin of his late father Kim Jong-il on its roof in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. North Korea began the funeral of late leader Kim Jong-Il, Russian media reported from a snowy Pyongyang, as the grieving communist state bolstered his son's status as "great successor".

This TV grab taken from Korean Central Television (KCTV) shows North Korean new leader Kim Jong-Un (C) and other top military and civilian officials walking beside the car carrying the coffin of his late father Kim Jong-il on its roof in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011.

This tv grab taken from North Korean TV on December 28, 2011 shows North Koreans mourning during the funeral ceremony for the late leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang.

This tv grab taken from North Korean TV on Dec. 28, 2011 shows a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong-Il on a car arriving at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. North Korean state television began broadcasting the funeral of late leader Kim Jong-Il December 28, with footage of tens of thousands of troops bowing their heads in the snow outside a memorial palace.

President Barack Obama holding hands with his daughters Malia, left, and Sasha, right, leave Sea Life Park, a marine wildlife park, with family friends including Marty Nesbitt, rear right, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Waimanalo, Hawaii.

Fifty year old Australian Saltwater Crocodile Elvis is fed by keeper Billy Collett after attacking a lawn mower in his enclosure earlier in the morning at the Australian Reptile Park in Gosford Dec. 28 2011. Elvis was acquired by the park in 2008 after he had been causing a nuisance in Darwin harbor by climbing onto fishing boats.

Fifty-year-old Australian Saltwater Crocodile Elvis watches his keepers place a lawnmower back in his enclosure after having attacked the mower earlier in the morning at the Australian Reptile Park in Gosford December 28, 2011.

Landmark Signs workers install 288 sparkling new Waterford Crystal triangles featuring this year's "Let There Be Friendship" design on the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball, Dec. 27, 2011 in New York. The crystals, designed and crafted by Waterford artisans, feature a pattern that represents friends holding hands around the world.

Medical personnel checks the condition of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on the first day of his hunger strike in Mumbai, India on Tuesday. Activist Anna Hazare started a new hunger strike to demand a stronger law while India's Parliament debates on anti-corruption legislation. Corruption has become a key issue as several big-money scandals hit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government over the past year. Hazare has been campaigning for a strong anti-graft bill since April 2011 by holding hunger strikes and rallies.

A supporter of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare shouts pro-Hazare slogans from inside a police vehicle after he was detained during a demonstration in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 27, 2011. A three-day fast led by 74-year-old activist Hazare and a plan for thousands of people to picket the home of Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi on New Year's Eve will be a test of strength for the anti-corruption movement that forced a government U-turn in the summer.

Supporters of Indian activist Anna Hazare wave the Indian tricolour on the first day of his 3 day-long fast in Mumbai on Tuesday. The 74-year-old former soldier, Hazare, along with volunteers of his India Against Corruption (IAC) organisation embarks on a fresh hunger strike against a proposed new law to tackle endemic graft. At least 40,000 people a day are expected to attend the three-day fast in the city's northern suburbs, organisers said, even though lawmakers are still debating the planned legislation in parliament. The former army driver's latest high-profile protest comes amid question marks over the integrity of his anti-corruption movement, as well as criticism that he is riding roughshod over the democratic process.

A Delhi Municipal employee fumigates the ground where supporters of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gather to protest, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Hazare began a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai Tuesday even as the country's Parliament prepared to debate legislation to create an anti-corruption watchdog. Hazare, who claims inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi has called his protest against corruption the second freedom struggle and has fasted three times already to garner support for his demands.

People work at the construction site of a Catholic church made of snow in the Bavarian village of Mitterfirmiansreut, near the German-Czech border on . The snow church is to be unveiled during a ceremony on Wednesday and is likely to become a tourist attraction till the beginning of spring.

People work inside a Catholic church made of snow in the Bavarian village of Mitterfirmiansreut, near the German-Czech border on Tuesday.

People work at the construction site of a Catholic church made of snow in the Bavarian village of Mitterfirmiansreut, near the German-Czech border

Vineyard in Santa Ynez Valley, Calif.

North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un cries as his father, North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il, lies in state during the run-up to his funeral in Pyongyang in this Dec. 27, 2011, still image taken from video.

Lee Hee-ho, widow of former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, shakes hands with new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after she paid her respect to North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il lying in state in Pyongyang in this still image taken from video broadcasted on Dec. 27, 2011. Lee Hee-ho whose husband drew up a now-abandoned policy of engagement with the North led a delegation across the border on Monday. The South Korean group laid wreaths at the mausoleum where Kim Jong-il's body is on display. North Korean media said the footage is said to have been shot on Dec. 26th and was released by state broadcaster KRT the next day.

People warm themselves up by a bonfire on a cold morning in the old quarters of Delhi on Dec. 27. Temperature in New Delhi has dipped to 40 degrees Fahrenheit, local media reported.

Indian rickshaw drivers warm themselves around a bonfire on a cold morning in New Delhi, India, Tuesday on Dec. 27. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting cold conditions, according to news reports.

Indian men feed birds on a cold morning in New Delhi, India on Dec. 27. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting cold conditions, according to news reports.

An elderly woman sells newspapers wrapped in a shawl to keep warm on a cold morning in New Delhi, India on Dec. 27. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting cold conditions, according to news reports.

Women supporters of Pakistan's slain leader Benazir Bhutto hold her posters at a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of her death, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi on Dec. 27, 2007.

A gathered crowd listens to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto, outside the Bhutto mausoleum on the fourth anniversary of her death.

Activists of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) launch lanterns on the fourth anniversary of the death of former premier Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad on December 27. Pakistan's embattled president used the fourth anniversary of his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination to urge the country to foil "conspiracies against democracy."

Vehicles are seen after floodwaters receded at the Honda factory in Ayutthaya province on Nov. 26. Thailand's worst floods in 50 years have killed 610 people and devastated industry, but the situation is slowly improving, with water receding in many affected areas.

Workers walk amidst Honda cars that were damaged by the flood before the destruction demonstration at Honda automobile plant in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand on Dec. 27. The 1,055 unit of Honda cars, mostly Brio eco-cars and City subcompacts, were destroyed in an action to assure to customers that the flood-damaged cars will not be repaired and sold.

A Honda worker lifts a flood damaged car at the Honda factory in Ayutthaya province on December 27, 2011. Japanese car assembler Honda automobile (Thailand) started to scrap 1,055 cars which were damaged by the recent floods in Thailand, ensuring that damaged parts would not be sold, the company said in statement.

A flood damaged Honda car is destroyed at the Honda factory in Ayutthaya province on Dec 27. Japanese car assembler Honda automobile (Thailand) started to scrap 1,055 cars which were damaged by the recent floods in Thailand, ensuring that damaged parts would not be sold, the company said in statement.

Siberian tigers approach a keeper's car as they wait to be fed at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, China on Dec. 27. More than 800 Siberian tigers are currently living in the park, which is also a breeding center for this endangered species, local media reported.

A Siberian tiger clings to wood logs at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, China on Dec. 27. More than 800 Siberian tigers are currently living in the park, which is also a breeding center for this endangered species, local media reported.

Visitors watch from a bus as Siberian tigers try to catch a chicken at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, China on Dec. 27. More than 800 Siberian tigers are currently living in the park, which is also a breeding center for this endangered species, local media reported.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is driven from Papworth Hospital on Dec. 27 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The Duke is returning to the Sandringham Estate to join other members of the Royal Family for Christmas after receiving treatment for a blocked artery.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is driven from Papworth Hospital on Dec. 27 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

A girl goes up the escalators in the Comuna 13 neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia on Dec. 26, the day of their inauguration. The escalators are the first of their kind to be installed in a shantytown with high rates of urban violence. It is a system that will transform the mobility of the inhabitants of this district, replacing more than 350 concrete stairways. The escalators are composed of six sections and will benefit 12 thousand users.

A woman looks at the escalators in the Comuna 13 neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia on Dec. 26.

Children play as they take the escalators in the Comuna 13 neighborhood.

Rubbish is piled up in between parked cars in downtown Mexico City, Dec. 26. After city authorities shut down the Bordo Poniente landfill, one of the largest dumps in the world, garbage has started to accumulate and trucks have been slower to pick it up, according to local media.

A woman covers her face as she walks past piled up garbage that accumulated over the Christmas weekend in front of the Monument to Benito Juarez, one of Mexico's most important statesmen, in downtown Mexico City, Dec. 26. Garbage disposal workers complain that since last week's official closing of the Bordo Poniente city dump,one of the world's largest, they are backed up trying to get rid of the garbage.

Rubbish is piled up next to the monument of Mexico's late President Benito Juarez in Mexico City, Dec. 26.

Shoppers rush into a department store as it opens for Boxing Day sales in central London, Monday, Dec. 26. Despite disruptions caused by London's subway drivers striking over a pay dispute, large crowds of shoppers started flooding department stores in London as soon as doors opened early Monday.

Shoppers rush into a department store as it opens for Boxing Day sales in central London, Monday, Dec. 26. Despite disruptions caused by London's subway drivers striking over a pay dispute, large crowds of shoppers started flooding department stores in London as soon as doors opened early Monday.

A woman with sale bags sits on the bus 73 to King's Cross on Boxing Day in London on Dec. 26, during the first day of the post Christmas Sales. London's underground train service was virtually halted by a strike over pay today, disrupting the start of the post-Christmas sales and sporting fixtures. Most lines were shut or operating a vastly reduced service, with people forced to use buses or taxis to reach shops which are desperate for business after disappointing sales in recent months.

Members of the United Apostolic Church pray at the divine Fertility Caves deep in the Maloti Mountains near Clarens, South Africa, on Dec. 14. The congregants retain some of their traditional pre-Christian belief system of ancestor worship in parallel with their Christianity. Living in the caves are several witch doctors, known as sangomas, who help interactions with the spirit world

Members of the United Apostolic Church walk with candles through the caves as they move to the next praying area deep in South Africa's Maloti Mountains.

Phara Nyathela, right, and Eva Dipeere, left, hold the hand of a young boy as he and other members of the United Apostolic Church cleanse themselves of evil spirits as they immerse themselves in the freezing water of a waterfall at the caves. The ritual forms part of a belief system that includes pre-Christian traditions of ancestor worship as well as conventional Christianity.

A member of the United Apostolic Church prays after she immerses herself in the freezing waters of the waterfall.

Members of the United Apostolic Church leave the Fertility Caves before heading to a waterfall for a ritual cleansing.

Athletes dressed as Santa Claus jump into the Mediterranean sea as they take part in the Copa Nadal in the Spanish port of Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, Dec. 25. The Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) is a traditional swimming competition that takes place in Barcelona every December 25th, where participants swim 200 meters in the open sea in the port of Barcelona.

A Christmas Day reveller takes the plunge into the chilly waters on Brighton beach in Brighton, Britain, on Dec. 25. Hundreds of people flocked to Brighton beach for the annual Christmas day swim.

A swimmer reacts as he climbs a ladder to leave the Vltava river after a swim within the traditional Christmas winter swimming competition in Prague, Czech Republic, on Dec. 26. Enthusiast swimmers every year brave the cold waters of the Vltava river for a swim.

A winter swimmer jumps with a mop into the icy water of the Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on Dec. 26, 2011.

Members of the 'Berlin Seals' club swim in the Oranke Lake with a water temperature of three degrees Celsius, wearing Christmas costumes in Berlin, Germany, on December 25. The winter swimmers traditionally meet on Christmas Day to take a swim together.