A woman wearing a mask of Santa Claus poses for a picture during year-end celebrations in front of the Sphinx at the Giza Pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo December 31, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)
Afghan children collect small pieces of wood, cardboard boxes and wasted papers for fuel use, as prices of wood and charcoal rise in the winter in the city of Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 (Photo: AP)
A Nepalese boy rings a bell at the Boudhanath Stupa in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. The Boudhanath Stupa is an important pilgrimage site for Buddhists (Photo: AP)
An Afghan refugee boy plays with a tire in a slum that hosts Afghan refugees and internally displaced Pakistanis from tribal areas on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 (Photo: AP)
Residents salvage their belongings after a raging fire engulfed around 2,000 houses in Quezon city, metro Manila January 1, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)
A man and a woman pray after laying flowers at the site of a deadly stampede in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 (Photo: AP)
Kenyans take boat rides as others relax during New Year's celebrations at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 (Photo: AP)
Norway's Anders Jacobsen soars during the trial jump at the second stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 (Photo: AP)
Supporters of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff stand behind a fence near the Planalto Palace where Rousseff is expected to arrive after being sworn in for a second four-year term in Brasilia January 1, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)
Maestro Zubin Mehta, center, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under a shower of confetti during the traditional New Year's concert at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 (Photo: AP)