Young men hold hands as they stand in front of a street fire set by supporters of opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara in protest at incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo remaining in office, in the Koumassi neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Former South African President Thabo Mbeki tried to mediate the nation's growing political crisis Sunday as hundreds protested in the country's north, a day after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now president.
A hippopotamus named Nikica swims in the flooded village of Berislavci, some 12 miles south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. The hippo escaped from a flooded private zoo at the Skadar Lake in southern Montenegro.
President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, to board Marine One helicopter as he travels to Winston-Salem, N.C.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers his speech to delegates of fourth National Assembly in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Presidential elections in Belarus are scheduled for December 19, 2010.
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, waves local residents and journalists as she leaves Naz Foundation care home for orphaned children with HIV/AIDS in New-Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni on their four-day visit to India are accompanied by defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders.
Youths throw stones at riot police during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens Monday during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city, but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings.
Bill Walker of Los Angeles watches closely at a viewing of televised U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals proceedings on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, the voter-approved state constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage, at the Gay & Lesbian Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Walker, who married his same-sex partner when it was still legal, says they did it for their two kids.
Members of the group World Wildlife Fund stand around a map made of candles during an event to make a call for a strong deal to leaders joined at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. The slow-moving U.N. talks on combating global warming took a step forward with revised for a $100-billion-a-year climate aid fund and other issues for debate by the world's environment ministers this week.
Members of the Serbian national tennis team hold the Davis Cup trophy and jubilate after they have won the Davis Cup finals against France in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010.
Israeli police honor guard stand at attention during the funeral of Haifa police chief Ahuva Tomer, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Tomer, Israel's top policewoman, who had clung to life for four days after her patrol car was trapped in a burning Israel forest, died Monday of her wounds.