Chris Smith and Beth Smith view Olafor Eliasson's "Inverted Berlin Sphere" artwork at The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse during the Art Basel show in Miami, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, holds the World Cup trophy after the announcement of Qatar hosting the 2022 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.
Backdropped by the iconic Tower Bridge, a fan of England's bid for the 2018 soccer World Cup, draped in an English flag, leaves after the announcement that Russia will host the tournament, in London, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, meets with U.S. servicemen at the Manas airbase outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The United States will reconsider its military presence in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan once it winds down its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014, Clinton said Thursday.
Light creations are displayed in front of the Sforzesco Castle as part of the Led (Light Exhibition Design) International Festival of Lights, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.
General view of Le Mont Saint Michel under snow, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Nine regions in northwest and southeast France were put on a weather alert, warning of snow and ice until Thursday morning. SNCF, France's national railway, said traffic on the main southeast routes had been affected by heavy snow, but 80 percent of its high-speed trains were still running.
Veronica Ortiz Rivera, widow of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Javier O. Ortiz Rivera, grieves during her husband's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Ortiz died while serving in Afghanistan.
Opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, center, celebrates after the electoral commission head announced his victory in last Sunday's presidential run-off, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. A senior advisor to Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has described the announcement of results by the country's electoral commission showing a victory for the opposition as "an attempted coup."
Buddhist holy scriptures are seen during a function to mark 900 years of the Karma Kagyu Lineage at the Karmapa international Buddhist monastery, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. This year marks the 900th year since the birth of first Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa, who founded the lineage of Kagyu which is the second oldest reincarnate lineage in Tibetan Buddhism.