 People dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, take "selfies" during a parade in the Russian southern city of Krasnodar December 20, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)
 Visitors view a section of cooled lava from lava flow that began on June 27 as it approaches a shopping center in Pahoa, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 (Photo: AP)
 Pakistanis release sky lanterns during a vigil to pay tribute to the victims killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a military-run school in Peshawar, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 in Lahore, Pakistan (Photo: AP)
 Tourists pack a shopping alley, decorated for coming new year with wooden plaques of a lion dancer, a good luck doll and sheep, at Asakusa Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. The temple town prepares for year-ending and new year's event (Photo: AP)
 A fisherman walks on the beach of Nice, southern France, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 (Photo: AP)
 Boats carrying passengers sail across the Yangon River Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, in Yangon, Myanmar (Photo: AP)
 Cambodians ride across a Mekong bamboo bridge in Kom pong Cham, Cambodia Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 (Photo: AP)
 An Indian woman dries cow dung cakes in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 (Photo: AP)
 A protester holds up a poster of modern Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk to protect himself as riot police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse members of the Turkish Teachers' Union who were protesting against the government's education and economy policies and corruption, in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 (Photo: AP)
 Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against Spanish Citizens Security Law in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. Banner reading "we won't shut up" (Photo: AP)
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