An injured woman is helped by a man at the scene of a powerful explosion that rocked central Oslo July 22. A huge explosion damaged government buildings in central Oslo on Friday including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office, injuring several people, a Reuters witness said. The blast blew out most windows on the 17-story building housing Stoltenberg's office, as well as nearby ministries including the oil ministry, which was on fire.

A child toboggans down snow covered steps past sculptures in the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo December 11, 2010.

Chinese dissident and peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife are seen on a monitor as workers clean the walls at an exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, December 9, 2010. With the guest of honor stuck in a Chinese prison, this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will center around an empty chair, as its celebration of dissident Liu Xiaobo continues to split the global community and infuriate Beijing. The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said he was surprised at the level of international support for jailed Chinese dissident and peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo despite pressure from Beijing.

Oslo residents Anne Opsahl (68), Berit Nordli (70) and Turid Degen (71) brave water temperatures of a mere three degrees Celcius as they prepare for their swim in the Oslo fjord, Norway, Dec. Dec. 7. They feel they have found the answer to keeping winter flu and colds at bay, and meet several times a week for a swim, regardless of the plummeting temperatures.