A man prepares decorations ahead of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Sidon, south Lebanon December 19, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A young Syrian refugee looks up as her father holds her and a Canadian flag at the as they arrive at Pearson Toronto International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, December 18, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Volunteers wearing Santa Claus costumes distribute presents to the poor in Najaf, south of Baghdad, December 19, 2015. Picture taken December 19, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A Somali policeman walks past a damaged car at the scene of the blast near Al Kowsar supermarket in capital Mogadishu December 19, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Search crew work in an area hit by an avalanche in Longyearbyen, the main settlement of the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway December 19, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A man helps a woman stretch her leg at a park in Beijing, China, December 19, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Buildings inside the Forbidden City are seen amid heavy smog under a red alert for air pollution, in Beijing, China, December 19, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A French flag with the message "I am Paris" is seen among candles and flowers left by passers-by at an informal memorial in front of the"Casa Nostra" pizzeria, one of the sites of the November shooting attacks, in Paris, France, December 18, 2015, more than a month after the shooting attacks which killed 130 people in the French capital. The operation to collect the notes, poems and drawings directed by the Archives of Paris is to save and store the documents to keep the memory intact of the moving and spontaneous show of solidarity and compassion toward the victims. Photo: Reuters
US Secretary of State John Kerry yawns while he attends a Security Council meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York December 18, 2015. Photo: Reuters
