A woman lights a candle at a bus stop where a grenade-lobbing gunman killed three people and injured 123, in the city center of Liege, Belgium. (AP)

A man reads his ballot paper in a booth before casting his vote at a polling station during the second day of parliamentary elections in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)

A health worker fumigates a housing development after flood waters receded in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)

An Indonesian worker prepares sand sculptures for the December 18 opening of the Sand Sculpture Festival at Sentul City in Bogor, West Java. (AP)

Etibar Elchiyev demonstrates his magnetic ability as he poses with 50 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Most Spoons on a Human Body in Tbilisi, Georgia. (AP)

A reindeer handler chats with police officers in Downing Street, London, before the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual Christmas party. (AP)

France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (R) gives gifts to children of Alsace during the Christmas party at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Reuters)

Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene wave to children during the traditional Christmas tree ceremony at the Monaco Palace, Monaco. (Reuters)

Edu Dracena (R) of Brazil's Santos and Junya Tanaka of Japan's Kashiwa Reysol fight for the ball during their FIFA Club World Cup semi-final soccer match in Toyota, central Japan. (Reuters)