• http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/Ayu13.St.138.jpeg|406
    PATRICK SEEGER - AFP/Getty Images
    Young carol singers make their way over a snowy meadow as in background can be seen the "Maria Himmelfahrt" (Ascension of Mary) conventual church on January 3, 2013 in St. Maergen, southern Germany. The 2013 "Three King's Action" charity focuses on the plight of children in Tansania. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK SEEGER GERMANY OUTPATRICK SEEGER/AFP/Getty Images
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/VtWZD.St.138.jpeg|408
    FRISO GENTSCH - AFP/Getty Images
    Young carol singers attend a service before starting their mission on January 3, 2013 at the St Laurentius church in Neuenkirchen near Bramsche, western Germany. The 2013 "Three King's Action" charity focuses on the plight of children in Tansania. AFP PHOTO / FRISO GENTSCH GERMANY OUTFRISO GENTSCH/AFP/Getty Images
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/1m2dCG.St.138.jpeg|455
    Jessica Hill - AP
    A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day of classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School students since the Dec. 14 shooting, in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Chalk Hill School in Monroe was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/yR8Jl.St.138.jpeg|414
    Jessica Hill - AP
    A sign welcomes Sandy Hook Elementary school children on their first day of classes near the former Chalk School in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Classes resumed Thursday for the students of the school where a gunman last month burst in and killed 20 children and six adults before killing himself. It was the second largest school shooting in the U.S. history. With their school still being treated as a crime scene, the more than 400 students of Sandy Hook Elementary School attended classes at the neighboring town's Chalk School. AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/1ciaoS.St.138.jpeg|442
    Toby Talbot - AP
    A customer sips coffee in the freezing cold at Parker's Quick Stop on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 in Montpelier, Vt. Temperatures will struggle to make it out of the teens throughout much of Northern New England. The temperatures fell far below zero on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/HWa9B.St.138.jpeg|420
    Robert F. Bukaty - AP
    Two passengers brave the frigid weather while riding outside on a ferry crossing Casco Bay in Portland, Maine, at sunrise, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The overnight low temperature dropped to 0 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland. The combination of cold air and warmer ocean water created the arctic sea smoke. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/PcefY.St.138.jpeg|434
    Robert F. Bukaty - AP
    Robin and Rob Whitten, and their dog, Bella, walk along the Eastern Promenade overlooking Casco Bay in Portland, Maine, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The overnight low temperature dropped to 0 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland. The combination of cold air and warmer water created the arctic sea smoke rising from the ocean in the background. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/14/74IMO.St.138.jpeg|383
    Matt Cardy - Getty Images
    (FILE PHOTO) UK Met Office Announces 2012 As Second Wettest Year On Record GLASTONBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 25: People walk from Glastonbury Tor as flood water in the fields below is seen, on November 25, 2012 in Somerset, England. Another band of heavy rain and wind continued to bring disruption to many parts of the country today particularly in the south west which was already suffering from flooding earlier in the week. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/97qyp.St.138.jpeg|416
    Oli Scarff - Getty Images
    (FILE PHOTO) UK Met Office Announces 2012 As Second Wettest Year On Record PANGBOURNE, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 29: Gulls perch on a partially submerged park bench due to flood waters from the River Thames on December 29, 2012 in Pangbourne, England. The Environment Agency has issued widespread flood warnings across the UK whilst the Met Office has predicted further rain forecast for the remainder of 2012, which is likely to be recorded as the wettest year since records began in 1910. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/phPvy.St.138.jpeg|374
    Ben Margot - AP
    A river otter carries seaweed back to its nest Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, in San Francisco. For the first time in decades, a river otter has made San Francisco its home, taking up residence in the ruins of the Sutro baths, a 19th century seaside pond facing the Pacific Ocean. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/MF1ZZ.St.138.jpeg|416
    DIPTENDU DUTTA - AFP/Getty Images
    Musicians play John Lennon's "Imagine" in a memorial tribute to the 23-year old Indian gang rape victim, during a mass guitar ensemble played by some 600 guitarists in Darjeeling on January 3, 2013. Protesters have massed in Indian cities daily since the December 16 assault demanding the government and police take sex crime more seriously, with tougher penalties for offenders and even chemical castration being considered. Five men accused of gang-raping a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi in a deadly crime that repulsed the nation are to be formally charged in court January 3. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA (Photo credit should read DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/sDXg2.St.138.jpeg|428
    Dar Yasin - AP
    Indian women carry placards as they march to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. India's top court says it will decide whether to suspend lawmakers facing sexual assault charges as thousands of women gathered at the memorial to independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi to demand stronger protection for their safety. The banners read "India won't tolerate women's insult and We want respect not violence in life." (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/ur4GE.St.138.jpeg|416
    AFP - AFP/Getty Images
    Indian Hindu Saddhus (holy men) participate in a religion procession as the first "royal entry" for the Kumbh Mela at Sangam in Allahabad on January 3, 2013. The Kumbh Mela, which is scheduled to take place in the northern Indian city in January and February 2013, is the world's largest gathering of people for a religious purpose and millions of people gather for this auspicious occasion. AFP PHOTO/ Sanjay KANOJIA (Photo credit should read Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/z7KHk.St.138.jpeg|404
    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    A Naga Sadhu, or Naked Hindu holy man, who have come to participate in Mahakhumbh dries his clothes after a dip in the river Ganges, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the religious congregation on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the Mahakumbh festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/1mMYVN.St.138.jpeg|408
    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    A Naga Sadhu, or Naked Hindu holy man, displays his nails as he participates in a religious procession towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of the Sangam during the festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/19Dtam.St.138.jpeg|416
    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    Indians respectfully watch a religious procession by Naga Sadhus, or Naked Hindu holy men, towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of the Sangam during the festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/BSRrF.St.138.jpeg|353
    PUNIT PARANJPE - AFP/Getty Images
    Indian daredevils perform car and bike stunts during an annual fair in Mumbai on January 3, 2013. The ten day-long fair is being held in honour of the Sufi saint Makhdoom Ali Mahimi on the dusty Mahim beach, which is full of people on giant wheels, toy trains and enjoying gravity-defying stunts in the ?Maut Ka Kuan? or 'Valley of Death'. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/1n0fey.St.138.jpeg|376
    PUNIT PARANJPE - AFP/Getty Images
    Indian revellers enjoy an amusement park ride during an annual fair in Mumbai on January 3, 2013. The ten day-long fair is being held in honour of the Sufi saint Makhdoom Ali Mahimi on the dusty Mahim beach, which is full of people on giant wheels, toy trains and enjoying gravity-defying stunts in the ?Maut Ka Kuan? or 'Valley of Death'. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/QDHTr.St.138.jpeg|414
    Andrew H. Walker - Getty Images
    NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 03: Exterior overview of the New Year's Eve Ball Relighting as a plane flies overhead at One Times Square on January 3, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/puF8Z.St.138.jpeg|394
    MARC MUELLER - AFP/Getty Images
    A yellow-bellied slider sits at the botanical garden in Munich-Nymphenburg, southern Germany, on January 3, 2013. The land and water turtle is native to the southeastern United States, but is also held as a pet. AFP PHOTO / MARC MUELLER GERMANY OUTMARC MUELLER/AFP/Getty Images
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/1iVLXV.St.138.jpeg|525
    Ben Curtis - AP
    A boy fisherman casts his line as he tries to catch fish to sell and make a living, though the catches are small and sparse, on the shores of the river Ubangi in Bangui, Central African Republic Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. President Francois Bozize consolidated military power under his control Thursday after dismissing his own son as acting defense minister along with his army chief of staff and while outside the capital government forces are at a tense standoff with rebels, in Bangui itself many residents continue to go about their daily business despite the tense political and military situation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/dt58h.St.138.jpeg|390
    Nikolas Giakoumidis - AP
    A youth uses a super market's chariot to carry various pieces of wood collected from recycling bins in Thessaloniki, Greece on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. A huge smog cloud over the major Greek cities is the result of a massive switch to wooden stoves and fireplaces for heating as many households, already hard hit by the economic crisis, cannot afford to buy heating oil after the cash-strapped government decided to harmonize taxes on heating oil and diesel fuel, leading to a 40% rise in the price of heating oil. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/51iz2.St.138.jpeg|427
    Kin Cheung - AP
    A worker collects pieces of shark fins dried on the rooftop of a factory building in Hong Kong Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. For centuries, shark fin, usually served as soup, has been a coveted delicacy in Chinese cooking, extolled for its supposed ability to boost sexual potency, enhance skin quality, increase one's energy, prevent heart diseases and lower cholesterol. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/3Z9wn.St.138.jpeg|416
    Vahid Salemi - AP
    Iranian mourners attend a ceremony commemorating Arbaeen, the final day of the annual 40-day mourning period for the seventh century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/tUM84.St.138.jpeg|416
    Vahid Salemi - AP
    Iranian mourners beat their chests, in a ceremony commemorating Arbaeen, the final day of the annual 40-day mourning period for the seventh century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/Xpvsk.St.138.jpeg|439
    Majdi Mohammed - AP
    Palestinians perform during a rally celebrating the 48th anniversary of the Fatah movement, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/a7CYC.St.138.jpeg|441
    Anonymous - AP
    In this picture taken on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, a citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Free Syrian Army fighter wears as a Santa Claus suit and holds his AK-47, right, as he directs a civilian man, in the old city of Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Lens Young Homsi)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/3CT39.St.138.jpeg|411
    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    Pakistani schoolgirls, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, chant prayers during a class to pay tribute for five female teachers and two aid workers who were killed by gunmen on Tuesday, at a school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five female teachers and two aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/iXmQG.St.138.jpeg|416
    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    Pakistani schoolgirls, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, chant prayers after their classmate, during a class to pay tribute for five female teachers and two aid workers who were killed by gunmen on Tuesday, at a school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five female teachers and two aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/1n09ux.St.138.jpeg|403
    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    Sadia Mukhteya, 12, who was displaced with their family from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, reads in front of the class during an English language lesson at a school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed several female teachers and aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/13/EkjlB.St.138.jpeg|414
    Alvaro Barrientos - AP
    A man rest on a bench as the shadows of trees are seen on the street, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain has gone down, bringing some cheer as the country looks to emerge from recession in 2013. Spain is in the throes of its second recession in just over three years. Its economy has been battered by a collapse in the once-key real estate sector(AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/zvSnk.St.138.jpeg|416
    Emilio Morenatti - AP
    A woman waits for customers at her street stall in Zahara de los Atunes village, near Barbate, Cadiz province, southern Spain, Thursday, Jan. 3 2013. The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain has gone down, bringing some cheer as the country looks to emerge from recession in 2013. Spain is in the throes of its second recession in just over three years. Its economy has been battered by a collapse in the once-key real estate sector. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/19xq3u.St.138.jpeg|416
    A.M. Ahad - AP
    An elderly Bangladeshi man walks past riot policemen standing guard as members of the radical group Tehreek e Khatme Nabuyat stage a protest outside the National Mosque compound in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The protest was held to demand the government declare Ahmadiyya Muslims as "Non-Muslim," according to media reports. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/XpMqV.St.138.jpeg|416
    Matt Dunham - AP
    Conservator Francesco Rosellini, originally from Florence in Italy, works on restoring the West Wall baroque painting by Sir James Thornhill entitled "The Golden Age Returned" in the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The restoration on the interior artwork, which dates back to the second decade of the 18th century, is the first time it has been done for over 50 years and is due to take four months. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/beK8u.St.138.jpeg|390
    Ben Curtis - AP
    A boy fisherman pulls in nets with others to try to make a living selling fish, though the catches are small and sparse, on the shores of the river Ubangi in Bangui, Central African Republic Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. President Francois Bozize consolidated military power under his control Thursday after dismissing his own son as acting defense minister along with his army chief of staff and while outside the capital government forces are at a tense standoff with rebels, in Bangui itself many residents continue to go about their daily business despite the tense political and military situation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/8O4fY.St.138.jpeg|392
    Ben Curtis - AP
    The final contingent of reinforcements under current deployment plans, a group of around forty soldiers from Cameroon, departs by truck after arriving to bolster the multinational central-african regional force known as FOMAC which now numbers around a thousand troops, at the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Facing an insurgency by a new rebel coalition, Central African Republic President Bozize consolidated military power under his control Thursday after dismissing his own son as acting defense minister along with his army chief of staff. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/2Oceh.St.138.jpeg|350
    Rafiq Maqbool - AP
    A Muslim girl takes aim to shoot balloons at a fair in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/1o8ejw.St.138.jpeg|381
    Rafiq Maqbool - AP
    Ferris wheels stand lit at a fair in Mumbai India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Fairs are an integral part of entertainment in rural India, with travelling fairs hitting big cities during festive season. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/Jzw2O.St.138.jpeg|415
    Nasser Nasser - AP
    An Egyptian street vendor sits at the back of a pickup truck along with vegetables displayed for sale, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/1sgOKH.St.138.jpeg|423
    Ben Curtis - AP
    FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, an Egyptian antiquities worker performs restoration work on the Ben Maimon Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt. A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and advisor to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews living in Israel to return home because the Jewish state won’t survive. The TV remarks of Essam el-Erian, a prominent Brotherhood member often jailed under the previous regime of Hosni Mubarak, put his Islamist group, now in power, on the spot on many fronts as detractors of the group, and in one incident allies, seized on the comments to criticize the group.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/uuTHA.St.138.jpeg|413
    Khalil Hamra - AP
    Egyptians walking in a street are reflected in mirrors displayed for sale outside a furniture shop in Cairo, Egypt. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/i45ka.St.138.jpeg|525
    Nabil al-Jurani - AP
    Shiite pilgrims march to Karbala for Arbaeen, in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 3 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/4CADo.St.138.jpeg|413
    Nabil al-Jurani - AP
    Shiite pilgrims march to Karbala for Arbaeen, in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 3 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/UbKhG.St.138.jpeg|386
    Majdi Mohammed - AP
    ADVANCE FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2012 file photo a protestor waves a Palestinian flag in front of Israeli troops during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. A film made by Bilin resident and amateur filmmaker Emad Burnat has been shortlisted for an Oscar. The film “5 Broken Cameras,” features footage shot by Burnat, who bought a camera to film home videos but ended up documenting six years of family life on the backdrop of weekly Palestinian demonstrations against the building of Israel’s separation barrier through Bilin. Two Israeli-produced documentaries about the conflict have been shortlisted for nomination in this year’s Academy Awards. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/1qw1DP.St.138.jpeg|416
    Andoni Lubaki - AP
    A civilian looks at a destroyed home in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The area is immersed in a Syrian civil war that the United Nations estimates has killed more than 60,000 people since the revolt against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/rlNmb.St.138.jpeg|416
    Andoni Lubaki - AP
    Free Syrian Army members react to fighting in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The area is immersed in a Syrian civil war that the United Nations estimates has killed more than 60,000 people since the revolt against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011.(AP Photo/ Andoni Lubaki)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/1j1zsG.St.138.jpeg|370
    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    A Pakistani boy, feeds his family's camels in a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/1bNGVi.St.138.jpeg|414
    ANDREAS GEBERT - AFP/Getty Images
    One and a half-year old elephant Ludwig (C) walks with two adult elephants through his enclosure at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany, on January 3, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS GEBERT GERMANY OUTANDREAS GEBERT/AFP/Getty Images
    Store
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/1p5GvK.St.138.jpeg|525
    Kirsty Wigglesworth - AP
    A muddy Bullfrog is inspected during a photo call for the annual stock take at London Zoo, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. More than 17,500 animals including birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians are counted in the annual stock take at the zoo. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/vRTpu.St.138.jpeg|525
    Ben Curtis - AP
    A boy fisherman shows the results of his small catch, on the shores of the river Ubangi in Bangui, Central African Republic Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. President Francois Bozize consolidated military power under his control Thursday after dismissing his own son as acting defense minister along with his army chief of staff and while outside the capital government forces are at a tense standoff with rebels, in Bangui itself many residents continue to go about their daily business despite the tense political and military situation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/JNr6N.St.138.jpeg|393
    David Duprey - AP
    Ignacio Alvira, a former Bethlehem Steel employee for 39 years, takes photos with his dog Chico, of the former Bethlehem Steel building in Lackawanna, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Demolition is set to begin for the building that was at the center of a months-long effort by preservationists to save the site. But local officials argued the building was too far gone for rehabilitation. The building has been vacant for 30 years. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
    Buy Photo | Store |
  • http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/03/18/12/bnsHL.St.138.jpeg|401
    Bill Haber - AP
    Florida linebacker Jon Bostic (1) hits Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) hard enough to dislodge his helmet in the first quarter of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
    Buy Photo | Store |
Loading in additional galleries