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Smoke billows above areas where clashes are taking place between pro-government forces, who are backed by the locals, and the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels, who have joined forces with the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi November 16, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)

An animal rights activist is detained by riot police after he protested in the bull ring to boycott 'Toro de Jubilo' Fire Bull Festival in Medinaceli, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 (Photo: AP)

Children sit atop a monument honouring students killed in a 1973 pro-democracy uprising in the courtyard of the National Technical University of Athens, formerly known as the Polytechnic, in Athens, on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 (Photo: AP)

Russia's Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin perform during the exhibition gala at the Rostelecom Cup ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Moscow November 16, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)

From left silver medalists Russia's Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, gold medalists Russia's Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov and bronze medalists Russia's Kristina Astakhova and Alexei Rogonov pose on the podium during the medal ceremony at the Cup of Russia ISU Grand Prix figure skating event in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 (Photo: AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd L) stands on a podium next to officials during a ceremonial welcome in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House November 16, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)

Shoppers throng Oxford street in central London, as the run up to Christmas begins, Sunday Nov. 16, 2014 (Photo: AP)

An autumnal colored tree stands in a meadow near Hertenstein, Switzerland, Switzerland, , Sunday Nov. 16, 2014. In background the snow-covered Pilatus mountain. Weather forecasts predict changeable weather for Switzerland (Photo: AP)

Sparks fly as a fire bull looks at a reveler during the 'Toro de Jubilo' Fire Bull Festival in Medinaceli, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 (Photo: AP)

A Syrian Kurdish refugee child from the Kobani area, peers from a tent on a cold morning at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 (Photo: AP)