Towns and villages emit light visible through a layer of cloud covering the Lake Geneva region as the Mont Blanc massif is visible in background at center right, as seen from 1,528 meters above sea level at La Barillette in the Jura mountains, western Switzerland. Photo: AP
Pike, a 30-year old female polar bear, rolls around in snow that was brought in to celebrate her birthday and the holiday season at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco. Photo: AP
A woman places candles outside Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland for Savita Halappanavar who died of blood poisoning after suffering a miscarriage in Galway, Ireland. Photo: AP
The Villarica volcano is covered in snow near Pucon, Chile. The search for three European hikers, who have been lost for more than a week now on the Villarica volcano, in southern Chile, has high-tech help and a fresh group of volunteers, but heavy clouds are setting them back. Photo: AP
A man works on his sand castle near the city wall in a beach in Cadiz, Spain. Cadiz will host the 22nd Ibero-American Summit next Nov. 16. Photo: AP
Wastewater sits inside of a partially operating treatment tank at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission in Newark, N.J. The state's largest wastewater treatment plant suffered a complete power outage during Superstorm Sandy. Photo: AP
President Barack Obama, accompanied by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., hugs Debbie Ingenito on Cedar Grove Avenue, a street significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy, on Staten Island, in New York. Photo: AP
The remainder of 18,000 empty fruit containers after they were set alight by farm workers in Wolseley, South Africa. Violent protests by farm workers have erupted in South Africa after weeks of unrest in the country's mining industry. Photo: AP
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla watch the Maori welcome at the Christchurch City Council building in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo: AP
Alex Smith of Kauai, Hawaii, rides a wave during the Reef Hawaiian Pro surfing competition at Ali'i Beach Park in Haleiwa, Hawaii. Photo: AP