Images of certain selection of stories that have been making headlines around the world over the past few days.
 Survivors salvage debris left after the passage of tropical storm Washi on the Southern Philippines island of Bayug in Hinaplanon village in Iligan City on December 18, 2011. The death toll from mammoth floods unleashed in the southern Philippines by tropical storm Washi has climbed to 1000 with morethan 800 others missing  Busses covered with mud are seen in an aerial shot in southern island of Mindanao on December 19, 2011, two days day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flood victims December 19 to minimise health risks from rotting cadavers after a cyclone disaster left hundreds dead or missing on Mindanao island
 Residents clean their mudded house in Cagayan de Oro, in southern island of Mindanao on December 18, 2011, a day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. Philippine rescuers strived with mud, fatigue and the stench of death December 18 to help dazed survivors of devastating flash floods that have killed about 500 people
 a resident washes her belonings among the debris and flood waters in Cagayan de Oro City on December18, 2011, a day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. Philippine rescuers strived with mud, fatigue and the stench of death December 18 to help dazed survivors of devastating flash floods that have killed about 500 people
 A woman looks at posters of missing persons in Cagayan de Oro City, in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. Authorities have doubled the number of dead and missing in deadly floods to more than 2,000, as relief groups rushed in aid for desperate survivors
 Philippine military personnel carry the corpse of a boy found in a destroyed house during a retrieval operation at a village in Iligan City, in southern island of Mindanao on December 19, 2011, two days day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flood victims December 19 to minimise health risks from rotting cadavers after a cyclone disaster left hundreds dead or missing on Mindanao island.
 motorist speeds past a car hanging on a wall of a house, swept away at the height of the devastating floods in Iligan City, in southern island of Mindanao on December 19, 2011  Residents use ladders to reach their houses surounded by floods in Iligan City, in southern island of Mindanao on December 19, 2011, two days day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city.  A resident stands next to an overturned vehicle swept away at the height of the devastating floods in Iligan City, in southern island of Mindanao on December 19, 2011, two days day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flood victims December 19 to minimise health risks from rotting cadavers
  The body of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il lies in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this photo taken by Kyodo December 20, 2011. North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal.
  New North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un bows as he pays his respects to his father and former leader Kim Jong-il, lying in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this still picture taken from video footage aired by KRT (Korean Central TV of the North) December 20, 2011. North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal.  People react as they view the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this photo taken by Kyodo December 20, 2011. North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal.
 Medals belonging to former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il are displayed as he lies in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 20, 2011. North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il
 North Korean women cry after learning death of their leader Kim Jong Il 
 File photo of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il waves his hand from a car after the meeting with Russian President dmitry Medvedev at Sosnovy Bor Military Garrison, Zaigrayevsky District, Buryatia outside Ulan-Ude on August 24, 2011. Kim Jong-Il met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Siberia for secrecy-shrouded summit talks on energy and food aid
 Pakistani Christians decorate a tree for Christmas along a street in Islamabad on December 20, 2011 ahead of Christmas celebrations. There is a tiny Christian minority in Pakistan, where only three percent of the population of 167 million are estimated to be non-Muslim. Christians in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world will celebrate Christmas, the birthday of Jesus Christ, on December 25.
 A Sri Lankan vendor makes mangers at a roadside stand in Wattala, on the outskirts of Colombo on December 22, 2011. Christians account for some six percent of Sri Lanka's 21 million people
 Rita Capuano sits near her shop in Via San Gregorio Armeno in Naples which hosts many artisans who make world renowed hand-crafted Nativity scenes on December 20, 2011. Via San Gregorio Armeno is usually bustling at this time of year as Italians and tourists come for brightly painted figurines, from the Mary and Child, to the Angel Gabriel, to the richly-robed Three Wise Men but the artisans warn they may not be around for much longer as the economic crisis hits their family businesses
 People get a closer view of a Christmas Tree decorated and displayed for the festive season in Los Angeles, California, on December 20, 2011. The 110-foot Christmas Tree that is lit every year the the Grove at Farmer's Market is the tallest Christmas Tree in the city of Los Angeles
 In this photograph taken December 15, 2011 visitors pose for a picture session with Santa Claus complete with mock up reindeers and snowman in winter setting inside an upscale mall in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta. Some commercial centers are decorated for the Christmas season celebration in the world's most populous Muslim country  People attend to the ilumination of Christmas tree at the El Zocalo square in Mexico City on December 20, 2011. Mexicans prepare to celebrate the Christmas and New Year party
 A Bahraini woman covering her head with a national flag takes part in the demonstration of Shiite employees who were dismissed from their jobs over pro-democracy protests in front of the ministry of labour in Isa Town, south of the capital Manama on December 21, 2011. Many Shiite employees were either dismissed or indefinitely suspended from their jobs in the wake of a brutal crackdown on a Shiite-led month-long protest in February and March.
 A handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian presidency shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) being greeted by supporters upon his arrival for a visit at Varamin, south of Tehran, on December 21, 2011
 Syrian regime supporters wave their national flag as they celebrate the unveiling of the "Syrian Soldier" statue during a rally in Damascus on December 21, 2011
    The final section of the last American military convoy to depart Iraq crosses over the border into Kuwait on December 18, in Khabari Al Awazeem. The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Baghdad to oust dictator Saddam Hussein closes with a fragile democracy still facing insurgents, sectarian tensions and the challenge of defining its place in the Arab region  Soldiers hug while preparing to depart in the last convoy. At least 4,485 US military personnel died in service in Iraq.  soldier celebrates as the final section of the last American military convoy to depart Iraq from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division crosses over the border into Kuwait on December 18, 2011 in Khabari Al Awazeem. Around 500 troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ended their presence on Camp Adder, the last remaining American base, and departed in the final American military convoy out of Iraq, arriving into Kuwait
 Egyptian soldiers stand guard as voters queue at a polling station in the Manial neighbourhood of Cairo on November 28, 2011. Egyptians began voting in the first elections since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak who was ousted in February in one of the most important moments of the Arab Spring
 An Egyptian protester throws a stone toward soldiers, unseen, as a building burns during clashes near Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers swept into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday, chasing protesters and beating them to the ground with sticks and tossing journalists' TV cameras off of balconies in the second day of a violent crackdown on anti-military protesters that has left nine dead and hundreds injured
 New Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is sworn in during a ceremony at the Zarzuela Palace on December 21, 2011 in Madrid, Spain.
 Workers place dead chickens into plastic bags after they were killed at a live chicken distribution centre in Hong Kong on December 21, 2011. Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens and suspended live poulty imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus
 An Egyptian woman shouts slogans during a protest in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square to denounce the military's attacks on women and to call for an immediate end to the violence against protesters on December 20, 2011
 Bahraini anti-government protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by riot police in the Shiite village of Abu Saiba, west of Manama, on December 20, 2011 during a demonstration that began following a memorial service for Shiite youth Ahmed Radi al-Qassab, who was run over by a car while allegedly crossing a highway to escape a riot-police patrol last week
 Indian policeman push back Kashmiri teachers during a protest against the government in Srinagar on December 20, 2011. Police in Indian Kashmir detained dozens of government teachers demanding hikes in salary and regularisation of their jobs
 an Iraqi man in Baghdad reads a local newspaper, featuring a front page picture of Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi with the word "wanted" above his face, on December 20, 2011. Iraq's Sunni Arab Vice-President said he was "ready to face trial" on terror charges on condition that the case be heard in the autonomous Kurdish region, after a five-member judicial panel issued a warrant on December 19 for Hashemi's arrest on terror charges, plunging Iraq into political crisis
 In this photograph taken on December 13, 2011 a group of detained Indonesian punks wash themselves in a lake after their hair was shaved off at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. Sharia police are "morally rehabilitating" more than 60 young punk rock fans, saying the youths tarnish the province's staunch Islamic image. After being arrested at a punk rock concert in the provincial capital Banda Aceh Saturday night, 59 male and five female punk rock fans have been forced to have their hair cut, bathe in a lake, change clothes and pray, an AFP correspondent on the scene said
 handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows Sheikh Moammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the Untied Arab Emirates, attending the closing ceremony of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) annual summit in Riyadh on December 20, 2011. Gulf Arab states urged Syria's government to immediately halt its "killing machine", and called on arch rival Iran to stop interfering in their internal affairs
 Etibar Elchiyev demonstrates his magnetic ability as he poses with 50 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Most Spoons on a Human Body in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Elchiyev claims that his body acts as a magnet attracting metal objects
 Guinness World Records adjudicator Rob Molloy, center, and Dr. Manoj Pahukar of Wockhardt hospital, second right, measures Jyoti Amge, 18 years, as her mother Ranjana Amge, left, and father Kishanji Amge, right, look on in Nagpur, India, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. Amge, a high school student in central India, was recognized as the world's shortest woman by Guinness World Records on Friday as she turned 18 and said she hopes to earn a degree and make it in Bollywood
 In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, Indian laborers unload cotton from a truck at a cotton mill in Dhrangadhra, about 110 kilometers from Ahmadabad, India
 The leggy lass looked ethereal in a short one-shoulder satin red dress at the BBC Good Food Guide launch event. We just cannot help admiring Deepika Padukone in that outfit.
 Catherine, Duchess visits homeless charity 'Centrepoint' in Camberwell on December 21, 2011 in London, England
 The voluptuous beauty, Vidya Balan made a vibrant entry by wearing a loud red sari, on the sets of hit television serial Bade Acchey Lagtey Hain
 US pop singer Lady Gaga reacts to Japanese fans upon her arrival at the Narita International Airport, suburdan Tokyo on December 20, 2011. Gaga is now here to perform at a Japanese television's music program
 Robert Huth of Stoke City tangles with Sergio Aguero of Manchester City during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Stoke City at the Etihad Stadium on December 21, 2011 in Manchester, England
 Jumeirah's Global Brand Ambassador Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits his spectacular final shots of 2011 on the helipad at the Burj Al Arab hotel on December 12, 2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
 Bangladeshi batsman Nasir Hossain tries to avoid a bouncer from the unseen Pakistan bowler Umar Gul during the fifth day of the second cricket Test match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on December 21, 2011
 Gary Cahill of Bolton Wanderers tangles with Yakubu of Blackburn Rovers during the Barclays Premier League match between Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers at Ewood Park on December 20, 2011 in Blackburn, England.
 Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah (13) power forward Carlos Boozer, center, and Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert battle for a rebound during the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 in Chicago. The Bulls won 93-85. |
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