2011-12-25 Photo gallery

Photo by Roopa Hariprasad and Hariprasad Jayaram

Photo by Roopa Hariprasad and Hariprasad Jayaram

  A vendor sells Christmas paraphernalia at a roadside market on Christmas eve in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.AP Photo

A beach goer poses with a life guard for a photo in front of a Christmas tree at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. AP Photo

In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, men wearing Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) costumes, (the Santa Claus in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine,) and women wearing Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) costumes, the traditional companion of Ded Moroz, perform at th...

Chinese people crowd a square near a shopping district for the Christmas eve celebration in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. AP Photo

  Students of Sudarshan sand art institute dressed as Santa Claus create a sand sculpture of Santa Claus on the eve of Christmas at Golden beach of Puri on Saturday. PTI Photo

In this Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 photo, Wu Weiping, 35, watches her daughter Wang Yile, 4, right, and her son Wu Yixiao, 2, play at home in Zhuji, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Chinese today are free to choose where they live and work and who th...

In this Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 photo, Wu Weiping, 35, plays with her daughter Wang Yile, 4, and her son Wu Yixiao, 2, near their home in Zhuji, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Chinese today are free to choose where they live and work and who the...

  In this Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 photo, Wu Weiping, 35, plays with her daughter Wang Yile, 4, left, and her son Wu Yixiao, 2, by a pond near their apartment in Zhuji, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Chinese today are free to choose where they ...

In this Sept. 14, 2011 photo, Matt Hammitt reads a book to his 1-year-old son, Bowen, at their home in Perrysburg, Ohio. Hammitt, lead singer for the Christian rock band Sanctus Real, has released an album inspired by his son who was born with a rar...

  From left, Britain's Prince William, Prince Charles, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive to attend a Christmas Service at St Mary's church on the grounds of Sandringham Estate, the Queen's Norfolk retreat, England, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. AP Ph...

Britain's Prince William, back left, Prince Charles, front left, Kate Duchess of Cambridge, center, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, foreground right, and Prince Harry, back right, arrive to attend a Christmas Service at St Mary's church on the grounds o...

A boy adjusts a festive hat on another as they sit around a fire with their parents who are homeless street vendors at a Christmas Market near the Sacred Heart's Cathedral in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.

Power department staff maintain electrical cables during magh mela preparations on the bank of river Ganga in Allahabad on Sunday. PTI Photo

Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli wearing Santa hats on Christmas eve before test match against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday night. PTI Photo

Rahul Dravid gives his autograph during a visit to a movie theatre to watch recently released movie,

Sachin Tendulkar with his son Arjun Tendulkar on Christmas eve before test match against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday night. PTI Photo

Sachin Tendulkar's wife Anjali Tendulkar with daughter Sarah on Christmas eve before test match against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday night. PTI Photo

Indian cricketers pose with fans during their visit to a movie theatre to watch recently released movie,

(Lto R) Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi, JDU president Sharad Yadav, BJP leaders L.K Advani alongwith his wife Kamla and BJP President Nitin Gadkari during a

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being welcomed on his arrival at the Chennai airport on Sunday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being welcomed by former union minister Dayanidhi Maran as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa looks on at the Chennai airport on Sunday.

Relatives of children who died in a bus accident mourn at a local hospital in Dhar, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Indore, India, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Five school children were killed and 45 others injured when a school bus fell into a gorge near th...

A school bus is seen after falling into a gorge near the tourist town of Mandu, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Indore on Sunday. Five school-children were killed and 45 others injured.

A Rest of the World player falls from his horse during Ezra World Masters Challenge Cup match against Calcutta Polo Club, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. The event is part of 150 year celebrations of the Calcutta Polo Club, the oldest exist...

Polo players of Manipur state of India try to snatch a ball from each other during an exhibition polo match in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Polo is known as