December 25, 2013
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A man wearing a Santa hat (R) prepares to cut a cake that is 201-feet (61 meters) long as boys dressed in Santa Claus costumes cheer during Christmas celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.
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A six-story Christmas tree shines at the National Harbor in Washington, D.C. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
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People walk through the ice encrusted forest in Earl Bales Park following an ice storm in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 24, 2013.
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A protester holds a picture of journalist Tetyana Chornovil, who was beaten and left in a ditch just hours after publishing an article on the assets of top government officials, during a protest rally in front of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kyiv.