A Christmas tree made of 8,000 beer bottles is seen in Lagos, NigeriaPius Utomi Ekpei/AFPTian Tian the giant panda prepares to eat a special Christmas cake crafted in the shape of a Christmas tree at Edinburgh ZooRussell Cheyne/ReutersZoo owner Manny Tangco holds snakes behind an orangutan during the animal Christmas party at Malabon Zoo in ManilaErik de Castro/ReutersClowns from Slava's Snow Show pose on London's South Bank.The show will take place at the Royal Festival Hall from 17 December to 5 JanuaryPaul Hackett/ReutersNagoya Castle is seen covered with snow in Nagoya, Japan. Three people died as a low pressure system dumped heavy snows in parts of Japan and triggered a tidal surge floodReutersA woman looks out from a window of a bus covered with frost in Changchun, Jilin province, China, as temperatures plummeted to minus 21 degrees CelsiusReutersStorm clouds gather over Shell's Pulau Bukom oil refinery in SingaporeEdgar Su/ReutersA visitor takes a selfie inside the Church of the Nativity, revered as the site of Jesus's birth, in the West Bank town of BethlehemAmmar Awad/ReutersA couple dances an Argentinean tango in front of Saint Peter's basilica at the Vatican, for the 78th birthday of Pope FrancisTony Gentile/ReutersAn anti-Castro Cuban exile holds a national flag after the announcement that diplomatic ties between Cuba and United States will be restored, in Little Havana, Miami, FloridaCarlos Barria/ReutersAlan Gross makes a statement to the news media in Washington DC, after arriving back in the United States. He was imprisoned in Cuba for five years on espionage chargesChip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPakistani children gather around lit candles in Karachi during a vigil for the victims of an attack by Taliban gunmen on an army-run school in PeshawarAsif Hassan/AFPThousands of floral tributes are left for deceased hostages Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson in Sydney, AustraliaCole Bennetts/Getty ImagesRescuers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Makongeni estate in Nairobi, KenyaNoor Khamis/ReutersA grave digger sleeps near the graves of Ebola victims at a cemetery in Freetown, Sierra LeoneBaz Ratner/Reuters
