Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Dec. 21, 2011, after Gaeta's ship returned from 80 days at sea. It is a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings - one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.
Romanian honor guard soldiers are reflected in a puddle during a religious service at the Hero's Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 21, 2011. Romanians commemorated 22 years since the toppling of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu during a popular uprising. Ceausescu was executed together with his wife Elena on Dec. 25, 1989. More than a thousand people are reported to have lost their lives during the Romanian revolution.
Republican presidential candidate and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney waves to patrons through a window while campaigning at Village Pizza in Newport, N.H., Dec. 20, 2011.
Voluntary medical workers support a woman who fainted while visiting a portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 21, 2011.
In this photo taken with a fisheye lens and with long time exposure, people watch the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with the Soyuz TMA-03M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Dec. 21, 2011. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Donald Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Netherlands' astronaut Andre Kuipers.
Laser beams creating the image of a large lit Hanukkah menorah are projected on the Hiriya landfill, a former waste disposal site, now called the Ariel Sharon Park, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on the second eve of Hanukkah, Dec. 21, 2011. The Jewish festival of light, an eight-day commemoration of the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom started Tuesday.
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, dances with Vanessa Boateng, as his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, looks on during a visit to Centrepoint's Camberwell Foyer in London on Dec. 21, 2011. The national charity, Centrepoint, provides housing and support to improve the lives of homeless young people aged 16-25.
A seal plays with a new toy it found amongst treats left around a make shift snowman during festive celebrations at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 21, 2011.
Kermit the frog entertains the audience during the premiere of the new Muppet movie in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 21, 2011.