COOLEST PIX OF 012 WEEK 52

Youths play in a fountain at Mexico City's Monument to the Revolution. EDGARD GARRIDO/REUTERS

Reverend Billy performs to celebrate the End of the World in Times Square, New York. ANDREW KELLY/REUTERS

Anti-riot policemen stand guard outside a supermarket in San Fernando. MARCOS BRINDICCI/REUTERS

A boy reacts near the body of his sister, whom activists say was killed after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syrian President al-Assad fired missiles, during her funeral in Jerjanz. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote in the final stage of a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in El Dokki district of greater Giza, south of Cairo. AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/REUTERS

Demonstrators shout slogans as police use water cannons to disperse them near the presidential palace during a protest rally in New Delhi. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

People dressed as Santa Claus row boats through the fog on the Venice canal. STRINGER/ITALY/REUTERS

A horse carriage carrying tourists travels past ice sculptures during the lights testing period of the 14th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin. CHINA DAILY/REUTERS

Guatemalan Firefighter Chacon, dressed as Santa Claus, rappels down from Belize bridge to give toys to children living in the area under the bridge. JORGE DAN LOPEZ/REUTERS

 A man dressed as Saint Nicholas and people in traditional Bavarian attire known as Buttenmandl and Krampusse march in the southern German town of Maria Gern. MICHAEL DALDER/REUTERS

 Passengers ride a double decker bus past Christmas lights on Oxford Street, in London. ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS

 CRH380 Harmony bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan. DARLEY SHEN/REUTERS

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the crowd as he makes his Urbi et Orbi address from a balcony in St. Peter's Square in Vatican. ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/REUTERS

 Abdlhamid Haj Omar, 70, a father who lost three sons and two grandsons in the ongoing Syrian crisis, prays as he visits their graves at the Martyrs' cemetery in Azaz city, North Aleppo. AHMED JADALLAH/REUTERS

Shoppers beg sales assistants for perfume products Selfridges on the morning of the Boxing Day sales in London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

Free Syrian Army fighters aim their weapons during a gunfight with forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad near Aleppo's airport. MUZAFFAR SALMAN/REUTERS

 People in Santa Claus costumes take part in the annual race in downtown Belgrade. MARKO DJURICA/REUTERS