Belarus soldiers leave a voting booth to cast their ballots during pre-schedule voting at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Presidential elections in Belarus are scheduled for Dec. 19, 2010.
Japanese officials take photographs of one another in front of a World War II era Japanese canon on Iwo Jima island Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. In a rare visit to Iwo Jima, now known in Japan as Ioto, Japan's Prime Minister offered prayers at two recently discovered mass grave sites and vowed to find the more than 12,000 fallen soldiers whose bodies have yet to be recovered from the remote island where some of World War II's fiercest fighting took place.
Two yellow roses covered in ice protrude from a frost cloth cover at Dewars Nurseries in Apopka, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. The plants are sprayed with water to help protect them from below freezing temperatures.
Snow covered tables and chairs stand outside a restaurant on top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, central Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010.
Actress Angelina Jolie signs autographs as she arrives for the Europe Premiere of the movie "The Tourist" in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010.
Children's faces are covered with foam used to simulate snow at a shopping mall on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, in Singapore where malls are taking advantage of the festive season to draw in customers through visual merchandising, advertising and year end sales.
Afghan refugee children are reflected in a stream while gathering in a slum area on the outskirts of AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010.
Traders Richard Genna, left, and Peter Tuchman work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010.
Police officers drag a demonstrator following clashes in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Outside parliament, thousands of students, some of them downing beers as they marched, smashed shop windows, destroyed bank ATMs and set at least three vehicles on fire. At one point they even entered a bank, prompting staffers to try to barricade themselves inside. Police fired tear gas as the protesters neared Premier Silvio Berlusconi's residence. Berlusconi won back-to-back votes of confidence in the Italian parliament Tuesday to survive one of the toughest tests of his political life. But he was left with a razor-thin majority that will make it hard for him to govern effectively.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reacts behind the heavily tinted window of a police van as he arrives at Wandsworth Prison in London, Tuesday Dec. 14, 2010. A British judge granted Assange bail on Tuesday but he will remain in custody for at least another 48 hours after Swedish prosecutors said they would challenge the decision.
Protesters attack a custom police officer, kneeling on the ground at center holding a gun, as unidentified men try to defend him during clashes in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Premier Silvio Berlusconi won back-to-back votes of confidence in the Italian parliament Tuesday to survive one of the toughest tests of his political life. But he was left with a razor-thin majority that will make it hard for him to govern effectively. As lawmakers cast their votes, a violent core of anti-Berlusconi protesters outside clashed with police, smashing shop windows, setting cars on fire and hurling firecrackers, eggs and paint.