This Week in Photos, Week of Dec 9-15, 2011
A Bulgarian Muslim bride has her make-up applied; "Paris, Metropolis 2020" is unveiled; Norways' World Cup Nordic combined Gundersen competition and more.
Bulgarian Muslim bride Fatme Kichukova has her make-up applied during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains south of Sofia.
People look at "Paris, Metropolis 2020," a digital model, during a press visit to "Paris, a City in the Making" exhibition at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris.
People leave tributes at the site of a gun and grenade attack in central Liege, Belgium.
United States Marine Corps Sgt. Jeremy Grotler kneels at the grave of his friend, Lance Cpl. Tyler O. Griffin, after laying a wreath on his headstone at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.
Norway's Jan Schmid (R-L), Magnus Krog and Austria's Mario Stecher compete during the World Cup Nordic combined Gundersen competition in Ramsau.
A protestor affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement dances in the center of Winter Garden Atrium, at Three World Financial Center in NYC.
Canada's Patrick Chan skates during the exhibition gala at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finals at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse in Quebec City.
The winter sun rises over the Somerset Levels viewed from Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, England.
People take part in a half-naked "Santa Run" in Budapest.
A worker stands next to a track as a tram approaches on its way up The Peak in Hong Kong. The Peak Tram, one of the oldest modes of transportation in the city, started its service in 1888.
The China team competes in the Synchronized Swimming Free Combination Final during day 3 of the 6th FINA Synchronized Swimming World Trophy, at the Water Cube in Beijing.
People spend a holiday night skating at Trocadero ice rink near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
A boy watches Yang Guang, a male giant panda, walk in his new enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo.
Eight-year-old Ximena, center, takes part in an Apache dance celebrating the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe outside the Cathedral of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
A man walks on the Cobb in Lyme Regis (UK) as storm waves break behind him.