2011-12-30 Photo gallery

Photo by Gouri Satya

Photo by Gouri Satya

Maria Ponce, 78, stands in the doorway of her home constructed from recycled plastic bottles, near El Transito, El Salvador, Thursday Dec. 29, 2011. Ponce, who did not have money to build a traditional house, says in 2005 a dream revealed to her to f...

Prudencio Amaya, 102, and his companion Maria Ponce, 78, stand in front of their home's facade, constructed from recycled plastic bottles, near El Transito, El Salvador, Thursday Dec. 29, 2011. Ponce, who did not have money to build a traditional h...

- This Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 file photo provided by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, shows a 100-pound, 8-foot-tall statue made to look like a Lego man that was found on Siesta Key beach in Sarasota, Fla., Tuesday morning.

A person takes out his dog for a walk amidst dense morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting cold and dense...

A rickshaw puller ferries iron rods for construction amidst dense morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting...

A group of sadhus siting at Babughat camp in Kolkata on Thursday on their way to Gangasagar. PTI Photo

President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, second from right, take flowers to drop into the water at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, with Admiral Robert Willard and his wi...

President Barack Obama participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.AP Photo

The USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, is seen in the distance, after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participated in a wreath laying ceremony there, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, in...

A view of Pattinapakkam area near Marina beach during Cyclone Thane in Chennai on Friday. The cyclonic storm on Friday morning moved further westward and crossed north Tamil Nadu coast between Cuddalore and Puducherry.

Fishermen come out of a helicopter after being rescued by the eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Eleven fishermen trapped in the Bay of Bengal near Narasapur in East Godavari district and Yanam of Pondicherry due to severe cyclone 'T...

A fisherwoman walks at Marina Beach after Cyclone Thane in Chennai on Friday. The cyclonic storm on Friday morning moved further westward and crossed north Tamil Nadu coast between Cuddalore and Puducherry.

Participants at a vintage car rally at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur on Friday. PTI

A young girl is ready to welcome new year 2012 in Ahmedabad on Friday. PTI

A view of Golden Temple decorated with lights on the eve of birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singhji in Amritsar on Friday. PTI

A mechanic checks the Honda's motorcycle of Jan Van Woerkum from Netherlands a day before of the technical verification ahead the 2012 Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Wednesday. The Dakar Rally will start on Jan. 1. A...

A mechanic with Japan's HINO team puts a sticker on the truck during a technical verification ahead of the 2012 Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Thursday. The Dakar Rally starts Jan. 1. AP

Mitsubishi's vehicles are seen parked a day before the technical verification ahead the 2012 Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Wednesday. The Dakar Rally will start on Jan. 1. AP

Toyota's driver Diego Weber and co-driver Alonso Carrillo, both from Peru, drive past an Argentine Navy training sailing ship Libertad, or Liberty, before checking their car during technical verification ahead of the 2012 Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar R...

Poland's biker Marek Dabrowski, left, and Jacek Czachor check their KTM before the technical verification ahead of the Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally 2012, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Friday. The Argentina-Chile-Peru 2012 Dakar Rally will start...