Green Santa, Michael Pritchard, wearing a crown of mistletoe and holly, walks among this year's crop of mistletoe at the annual Tenbury Wells Mistletoe Auction, on November 29, 2011, in Tenbury Wells, England. Ancient druids believed mistletoe had magical properties because of the way it grows, never touching the ground and without taking nourishment from the earth. Tenbury Wells has been the traditional mistletoe capital for over 150 years. Druids blessed this year's crop before buyers put their bids in for the festive plant. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas comes from the belief that mistletoe aids fertility.
A man shouts slogan as he holds candle with placard reading "Invalidity, FTA between South Korea and the U.S." during a candle rally denouncing the passing of a bill on ratification of a South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. South Korea's president on Tuesday signed a slew of laws needed to implement the country's free trade deal with the United States amid growing protests denouncing the accord at home.
Iranian police officers prevent further protesters from entering the British Embassy, as others stand on the gates holding a satirized British flag and Islamic flags, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. Dozens of hard-line Iranian students stormed the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the anger against Western powers after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The mob moved into the diplomatic compound two days after Iran's parliament approved a bill that reduces diplomatic relations with Britain following London's support of recently upgraded Western sanctions on Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.
A participant drinks water as she attends a rally near the Indian parliament to urge Indian lawmakers to ensure basic right to food for the country's poor in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. The International Food Policy Research Institute ranks India 67 out of 84 countries in its 2010 global hunger index, a survey of the prevalence of child malnutrition, child mortality and the proportion of people who are calorie deficient.
Romanian volunteers hold hands to form a red ribbon during a flash-mob downtown Bucharest on November 29, 2011, to mark the upcoming World AIDS Day on December 1. In Romania there are over 10000 people living with HIV.
Ukrainian veterans of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster cleanup, also known as liquidators, carry a mock coffin on November 29, 2011, during the symbolic burial of their peer Gennady Konoplyov during a protest in the eastern Ukrainian industrial city of Donetsk. Konoplyov died on November 27, 2011, shortly after police officers forcibly removed a tent camp set up by liquidators in Donetsk to protest cuts in their benefits. During the operation Konoplyov was shoved by police and died in an ambulance during his transfer to hospital.
A Pakistani child carried by her mother looks back as they make their way home through an alley in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.
A sunflower is covered in hoar frost on early morning near Metzingen, northern Germany, on November 29, 2011. Meteorologists forecast temperatures ranging from around the freezing point up to 8 degrees Celsius (to 46 degrees Fahrenheit) for the following days in the region.
A voter press his thumb on a piece of paper after dipping it in ink at a parliamentary polling station in the Cairo neighborhood of Shubra on November 29, 2011. Egyptians in Cairo and the port city Alexandria waited in long queues to cast ballots for a new parliament -- the start of multi-stage elections that are the first since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in February.
Pakistani human rights activists hold national flags and lit lanterns in Islamabad on November 29, 2011, during a protest to pay tribute to Pakistani soldiers killed in a NATO strike. Pakistan decided to boycott a key international conference on Afghanistan next month, widening its protest over lethal cross-border NATO strikes and exacerbating a deep crisis in US ties.
In this combination image made from six photos, Egyptian women pose with their inked fingers after voting at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. Long lines formed at polling stations for a second day of voting Tuesday and the head of the election commission, Abdel-Mooaez Ibrahim, proclaimed turnout so far had been "massive and unexpected." But he did not give figures.
Druid Garth Reynolds blesses this year's crop of mistletoe and holly at the annual Tenbury Wells Mistletoe Auction on November 29, 2011, Tenbury Wells, England. Ancient druids believed mistletoe had magical properties because of the way it grows, never touching the ground and without taking nourishment from the earth. Tenbury Wells has been the traditional mistletoe capital for over 150 years. Druids blessed this year's crop before buyers put their bids in for the festive plant. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas comes from the belief that mistletoe aids fertility.
A village woman arranges cow dung deposits to be sun dried in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. Cow dung cakes are a major source of domestic fuel for rural households and an environment friendly alternative to firewood.
France's opposition Socialist Party (PS) candidate for the 2012 French presidential election Francois Hollande speaks to the journalists as he visits the Pollutec Fair on November 29, 2011, in Villepinte, a Paris northeastern suburb. This fair is dedicated to equipment, technology and environment activities.
