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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama depart Joint Base Andrews in Washington en route to Johannesburg December 9, 2013. Obama will attend the memorial service for South Africa's Nelson Mandela on Tuesday. Mandela, South Afr...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to sign the condolence book for former South African President Nelson Mandela at South Africa's embassy in Berlin, Monday Dec. 9, 2013. Mandela passed away Thursday night, Dec.5, after a long illness. He was 95...
Workers lift up a mosaic depicting Pope Francis before installing it at Saint Paul's Basilica in Rome December 9, 2013. REUTERS
Pope Francis sits at a table with Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou N'Guesso on the occasion of their private audience in the pope's library at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. AP Photo
Greenpeace activists dig into the yard of Romania's Parliament, to protest against a Canadian company's plan to set up Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine in Romania, in Bucharest December 9, 2013. A special Romanian parliament commission overwhe...
Butler forward Kameron Woods, back and Manchester guard Brady Dolezal go for a loose ball in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Indianapolis, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. AP Photo
This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows Miley Cyrus performing during the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball concert at Staples Center in Los Angeles. MTV has declared that Miley Cyrus is the best artist of the year. MTV said Monday, Dec. 9, that the VMA duet on 'We ...
US actor Leonardo Di Caprio, US director Martin Scorsese and French actor Jean Dujardin arrive for the screening of The Wolf of Wall Street, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. AP Photo
New Zealand director Peter Jackson, center, his daughter Katie, left, and Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly arrive for the European Premiere of the movie 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. AP Photo
This photo released by Sony Pictures shows Christian Bale, left, as Irving Rosenfeld, Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser, and Bradley Cooper as Richie Dimaso walking down Lexington Avenue in a scene from Columbia Pictures' film, 'American Hustle.' AP Pho...
Children sitting in the formation of '11-12-13', the numerically special date that falls tomorrow, at a school in Surat on Tuesday. PTI Photo
Olympic Champion boxer Mary Kom and superstar Amitabh Bachchan during the launch of her autobiography 'Unbreakable' in Mumbai on Monday night. PTI Photo
President Barrack Obama speaks to mourners during the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.AP photo
People run through rows of seats as they arrive for a service for former South African President Nelson Mandela at the First National Bank Stadium, also known as Soccer City, in Johannesburg December 10, 2013. World leaders from U.S. President Bar...
14-year-old Thomas is reflected in the glass of a security barrier as he look across the arena ahead of the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in the Johannesburg, South Africa township of Soweto,...
Sonia Gandhi, right, is greeted as she arrives for the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.AP photo
Pakistani Christians hold placards bearing the image of former South African President Nelson Mandela as they gather to pay tribute to Mandela in Islamabad December 10, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela Mandela died peacefully...
Kochi: Children celebrate Christmas in Kochi on Tuesday. PTI Photo
Hyderabad: Police arrest students who were protesting for United Andhra Pradesh in Hyderabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo
Bijapur : Naxal cadres surrender in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. 10 ultras including two couples surrendered. PTI Photo
Young Kashmiri boys watch a torch protest by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) to mark International Human Rights Day in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. JKLF was protesting against the alleged human rights violations by the Indian sec...
Faridabad: A shop ablaze at a market in Faridabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo
Pakistani Christians hold placards bearing the image of former South African President Nelson Mandela as they gather to pay tribute to Mandela in Islamabad December 10, 2013. South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela Mandela died peacefully...
Guwahati: Film-maker Buddhadev Dasgupta lights the lamp during inaugural function of the Guwahati Film Festival 2013 in Guwahati on Tuesday. PTI Photo
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