The hands of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as he speaks to the media following a meeting with members of his future cabinet and economic advisors at his transition office in Washington January 6. Photo: Jason Reed/REUTERS

People follow king penguins exploring their outdoor pen at Zurich's Zoo in Switzerland January 6. Photo: Christian Hartmann/REUTERS

Mongolian-born grand sumo champion Yokozuna Asashoryu performs the New Year's ring-entering rite at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan January 6. Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/REUTERS

Julia Lesnikova, an employee of a special beauty salon for pets, decorates a 3-year-old Chinese Crested Dog for Orthodox Christmas in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk January 6. Photo: Ilya Naymushin/REUTERS

A worker unloads tuna on to a wooden cart for delivery inside the public market in Pasay City, metro Manila, the Philippines January 6. Photo: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERS

Mathemagician Andrew Jeffrey pretends to saw Bryana Kelly (14) a pupil from St Dominics High School, Santa Sabina, Sutton, Co. Dublin as her friends Tara Watts (14) and Katie Petherbridge (13) (wearing hairband) look on during a photocall at the RDS in Dublin January 6, to publicise the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Photo: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times

Believers attend an Orthodox Christmas mass in Riga January 6. Latvia's large community of Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian calendar that is used by the Orthodox church. Photo: Ints Kalnins/REUTERS

Indian policemen beat Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslim mourners during a Muharram procession in Srinagar January 6. Photo: Danish Ismail/REUTERS

Members of Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration in Tokyo, Japan January 6. Photo: Yuriko Nakao/REUTERS

A boy hangs on a goalpost near the Bekasi commuter rail line in the Tanah Abang area of Jakarta January 6. Hundreds of poor families have set up makeshift homes along this stretch of rail tracks. Photo: Beawiharta/REUTERS

A child sleeps as women pack candies outside their homes in a slum in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri January 6. Photo: Rupak De Chowdhuri/REUTERS

Four men ride a traditional wooden sledge during the annual Bavarian sledge race in the Alpine resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany January 6. Photo: Alexandra Beier/REUTERS

Customers shop at Woolworths as stores prepare to close across the country, in Glasgow, Scotland January 6. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Guido Tschugg of Germany (Yellow) falls fom his bicycle behind Johannes Fischbach (Blue) of Germany during the Fourcross VTT competition on day three of the Tignes Airwaves Freestyle Ski event at Tignes Val Claret Grande Motte in Tignes, France January 6. Photo: Michael Steele/Getty Images

A South Korean martial artist gives a Taekwondo demonstration in front of India's historic monument 'Gateway of India' in Mumbai January 6. Photo: Arko Datta/REUTERS