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An Indian Hindu woman holds a tray filled with earthen lamps during Diwali celebrations in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Hindus across the country are celebrating Diwali where people decorate their homes with light and burst firecrackers. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Switzerland Weat... Towns and villages emit light visible through a layer of cloud covering the Lake Geneva region as the Mont Blanc massif is visible in background at center right, as seen from 1,528 meters (5,013 feet) above sea level at La Barillette in the Jura mountains, western Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/David Azia)
Australia Solar ... In this photo provided by Tourism Queensland, the moment of a total solar eclipse is observed at Cape Tribulation in Queensland state, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Starting just after dawn, the eclipse cast its 150-kilometer (95-mile) shadow in Australia's Northern Territory, crossed the northeast tip of the country and was swooping east across the South Pacific, where no islands are in its direct path. (AP Photo/Tourism Queensland)
Festival of Ligh... Festival of Lights opens at Moody Gardens, Galveston Island with record attendance. (PRNewsFoto/Moody Gardens)
Nepal Hindu Fest... A flower vendor woman smiles as she waits for the customer during Tihar festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov 12, 2012. Tihar, the festival of lights is one of the most important of all Hindu festival, where they worship Goddess Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth and decorated their houses with oil lamps. The five day festival starting from the thirteenth day of the waning moon in October also meant for life and prosperity. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Poland Violence Police secure the area during clashes at the March of Independence to mark Poland's Independence Day, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. A Police spokesman says that two officers have been injured in a brief clash with hooligans in which police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas during a right-wing march to mark Poland’s independence day. Earlier, thousands of people walked peacefully in another march, led by President Bronislaw Komorowski, and in smaller marches backed by various political options. Last year, many police officers were injured and there was damage in the streets when right-wing marchers clashed with opponents and police. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Belgium Armistic... Paper poppies are seen in a field during an Armistice Day ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. British and Commonwealth soldiers often passed through the 'Menenpoort' on their way to the front lines, some 300,000 of them being killed in the Ypres Salient. Approximately ninety thousand of these soldiers have no known graves and their names are now inscribed on walls of the gate. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Serbia Weather Fallen leafs float in a creek in a park, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Weather forecast predicts good autumnal weather conditions in Serbia for the upcoming days. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Germany Carnival... 'Funkenmariechen', or young majorette dancers, put their fingers in their ears during a cannon cracker at the start of the carnival season in Erfurt, central Germany, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Argentina Gay Pr... A transgender poses for a photo before the start of Argentina’s annual gay pride parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Argentina has improved rights for sexual minorities over the last years, becoming the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, and this year, the Congress approved Argentina's gender identity law, granting people the right to change their legal and physical gender identity simply because they want to, without having to undergo judicial, psychiatric and medical procedures beforehand. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Veterans Day Joseph Manning, right, of Raynham, Mass., and his son Joey, 6, a Cub Scout, place U.S. flags at the graves of deceased veterans at the National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Thousands of flags were placed in the cemetery in advance of Veterans Day. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)
Hindu Festival o... Candles and lamps are lit across a field ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Argentina Tradit... A gaucho parades during the Tradition Day in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. The tradition day annually celebrated in San Antonio de Areco, Province of Buenos Aires, marks the birthday of Argentine writer Jose Hernandez, author of Argentina's national poem "The gaucho Martin Fierro," a story in verse of an Argentine gaucho lifestyle. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Britain Remembra... Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stands by a cross bearing a poppy during the service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Remembrance Day and the annual service is to remember those who have lost their lives serving in the Armed Forces. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The 100th Annive... A platinum and diamond necklace recovered from the Titanic is seen in an image made from video. This piece and others begin a three-city tour in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 and represent the largest collection of jewelry ever on display marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship. Although single pieces of jewelry have been on display at one or more permanent and traveling exhibits sponsored by Premier Exhibitions Inc., their Atlanta debut is the first time the majority of the collection has been available to the public. (AP Photo/Jpohnny Clark)
Mexico Fashion W... A model wears a creation by Mexico's designer David Salomon at the Mercedes Benz Fashion show in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Nepal Hindu Fest... Nepalese policemen apply vermillion powder and perform rituals on a dog during the Tihar festival celebrations at a police kennel division in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their role in providing security during Tihar festival, one of the most important Hindu festivals dedicated to the worship of the Goddess of wealth Laxmi. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Germany Traditio... Friedrich Glogger arranges assembled sledges for a photo outside his company in Lutzingen near Augsburg, southern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. The Bavarian family company Gloco produces arround 30,000 hand-crafted wooden sledges yearly. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Indonesia Sumatr... A Sumatran tiger stands on a tree at a zoo in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. There are only around 250 of the cats left in the wild, compared to about 1,000 in the 1970s, according to the World Wildlife Fund, meaning that the Panthera tigris sumatrae could become the first large predator to go extinct in the 21st century. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Sunrise Flight Balloons fly across some of the 3,000 Buddhist temples during a sunrise flight in Bagan, Myanmar, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
India Diwali Fes... An Indian Hindu woman holds a tray filled with earthen lamps during Diwali celebrations in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Hindus across the country are celebrating Diwali where people decorate their homes with light and burst firecrackers. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Congress Returns After a seven-week pause, Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert the economic double hit of tax increases and automatic spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Germany Weather A man walks past cut trees in Duisburg, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. While temperatures in Germany drop, these tree trunks wait to be dried. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Newborn Silverba... A four-day old newborn silverback gorilla holds to his mother gorilla in the Ramat Gan safari, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Sigd Holiday An Ethiopian Jewish man prays during the 'Sigd' holiday in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate the biblical union between the Jewish people and God. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Spain General St... Workers from Telefonica phone company take part in a demonstration blocking the traffic and protesting against the unjustified dismissals at their company ahead of a general strike in Barcelona Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike will be the second in Spain this year. The masks reads in Spanish: "I am a profitable person". (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Hungary Morning ... Morning mist floats above the water of Lake Orfu, decorated with autumn colours, at Orfu, 206 kms south of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/MTI, Ferenc Kalmandy)
Nepal New Year A Nepalese ethnic Newari beats a drum while participating in a parade to celebrate their New Year in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. Nov 14, 2012. Members of the Newar community celebrated their New Year's Day by praying for longevity and performing rituals to purify and empower the soul for the coming year. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
India Internatio... Visitors look at products at one of Turkey's pavilions at the India International Trade Fair in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The trade fair, an annual popular event with visitors, opened to the public Wednesday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Germany Weather A walker passes pollarded trees, typical for the lower Rhine area, with yellow leafs on the river Rhine bank in Duisburg, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Sunny and warm weather interrupts the usual gray autumn days in November. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Pakistan Diwali ... A Pakistani Hindu girl holds an earthen lamp while decorating an area of her house to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan. Hindus across the country are celebrating Diwali, where people decorate their homes with light and set off firecrackers. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
India Nehru Anni... Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, center left wearing black, Vice President Hamid Ansari, center, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, center right, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, release balloons to mark the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at his memorial, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Holocaust Memori... A general view of the Holocaust Memorial photographed on a foggy morning in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The German Government and the Jewish Claims Conference held a ceremony in Berlin to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Luxembourg Agreement and will add a new agreement to compensate victims of the Nazis. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Congress Freshme... Incoming House freshmen of the 113th Congress pose for a group photo on the East steps of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Lightwire Theatr... Dancers of the Lightwire Theatre perform during a press rehearsal of "Darwin The Dinosaur" in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The Lightwire Theatre from the United States will perform in the German capital on Dec. 1 and 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The Art of the B... A man is silhouetted against an exhibit from The Art of the Brick exhibition by New York-based brick artist Nathan Sawaya showcased at the ArtScience Museum at the Marina Bay Sands on Thursday Nov. 15, 2012 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Colorado Sunrise... The sun rises over the plains east of the Rocky Mountains, in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Pakistan Tomb of... A woman fills a clay lamps with oil during her visit to the shrine of the Sufi Bari Imam (1617–1705), the patron saint of Islamabad and the greater Pothohar region on outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. It is common practice for Sufis to visit or make pilgrimages to the tombs of saints, great scholars, and righteous people. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Bearded Vulture ... 20 months old bearded vulture Fausto spreads its wings as it inspects its new home in the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The vulture is hoped to pair with Riccarda, a female bearded vulture that has been at the zoo for a year. A bearded vulture can reach a wingspan of almost three meters.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Germany Weather A worker shovels a huge amount of falling leaves in a public park in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012.Temperatures in Germany drop to 5 deegrees Celsius (41F) with a gray and foggy day.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Perot Science Mu... A visitor looks at a display of cross sections of the human body at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science during a media preview in Dallas, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The museum set to open Dec. 1 was named for billionaire former presidential candidate Ross Perot and his wife, Margot, after their five children made a $50 million gift in honor of them. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Israeli Air Stri... Explosion and smoke rise following an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Mexico Fashion W... A model wears a creation by Mexico's designer Alejandro Carlin at the Mercedes Benz Fashion show in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Annual Festival ... In this Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 photo, Buddhist monks of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage blow traditional horns during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Leh, Ladakh, northern India. The sacred dances are a purification ritual that Tibetan Buddhists believe will rid the world of negative obstacles. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Herald Square Ch... A spectator touches the glass as she reads a few lines on a window display at Macy's Herald Square Christmas Window Unveiling, on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in New York. Macy's kicked-off the season with an evening of holiday performances at the annual Christmas window unveiling in Herald Square. (John Minchillo/AP Images for Macy’s)
Greece Uprising ... A boy throws a flower at a monument honoring students killed in a 1973 pro-democracy uprising in the courtyard of the National Technical University of Athens, formerly known as the Polytechnic, on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Thousands of people are expected to take part in a march to the U.S. embassy to Athens on Wednesday, the 38th anniversary of the deaths during Greece's 1967-74 dictatorship.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
China Flower Dec... In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, a flower decoration with Chinese words "Patriotism" is displayed in Beijing. The color red has long had special significance in China, symbolizing health, wealth, and good wishes. Its red army and a sea of red flags and banners came to characterize both cities and countryside following the success of the 1949 revolution. However, in the more than three decades since the death of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong and the jettisoning of orthodox Marxism, red has taken on different meanings and contexts, some ancient, some very modern, finding its way into home furnishings, luxury items, clothing, and leisure goods, as well as the restored vestiges of Beijing’s imperial heritage. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Brazil Cloning W... In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, an onca pintada jaguar sits in the Jardim Zoo in Brasilia, Brazil. The scientists at Brazil's Embrapa agriculture research agency said this week they have spent two years building a gene library with hundreds of samples from eight native species, including the collared anteater, the bush dog, the black lion tamarin, the coati, and deer and bison varieties, as well as the onca pintada jaguar and the maned wolf, according to team leader Carlos Frederico Martins. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Britain Festive ... People skate during the launch party of the annual Somerset House festive season ice rink in London, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The organizers claim Somerset House as the most glamorous of the winter ice rinks in London, boasting over 1 million visitors that have skated their since it first appeared in the year 2000. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
The 20th Anniver... A young male, left, and female orangutan share a breakfast of leaves in the Rainforest at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The zoo celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Rainforest this weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Japan Snow Festi... Tourists flock to the snow sculpture of Bangkok's Royal Palace at the Snow Festival in Sapporo, Japan. (PRNewsFoto/Hotels.com)