Kenyan doctors sing slogan songs on the third day of a nationwide strike outside the Ministry of Health office in Nairobi. The doctors are demanding a salary hike of 300 percent from the government, paralyzing health facilities around the country. (Reuters)

The Apple logo hangs inside the newest Apple Store in New York City's Grand Central Station, during a press preview of the store, which opens to the public on Friday. (Reuters)

A monk looks up at Buddhist flags while participating on a rally in Kathmandu. The Council of Buddhist Union organized a peace rally against the government's decision to form the Lumbini Development National Steering Committee. (Reuters)

A worker takes a break from loading coal onto trucks near the town of Dangcheng, located 250 km southwest of Beijing. A study by the Global Carbon Project, an annual report card on mankind's CO2 pollution, showed that globally, CO2 emissions in 2010 from coal totaled 41 percent, with China's emissions jumping 10.4 percent in 2010. (Reuters)

A Tibetan woman prays as she listens to spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a teaching at the Gyurmey Tantric Monastery in Gurupura, Karnataka state. The monastery is located in southern India in an area settled by a large community of Tibetan exiles. (AP)

A man shops for vegetables at a market in New Delhi. India on Wednesday suspended its plan to open its huge retail sector to foreign companies such as Wal-Mart in a reversal seen as a major capitulation to political opponents that further weakens the administration. (AP)

Dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, a diver feeds sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population are Christians. (AP)