A Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi on Monday ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit.

Police detain India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and his supporters at Janpath in New Delhi on Friday. Kejriwal along with physically challenged persons were marching towards PM's residence to demand the resignation of Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid.

Pakistani cricket fans celebrate their team's victory against Bangladesh in the final of Asia Cricket Cup, in Lahore, Pakistan.

Activists of the animal-rights group AnimaNaturalis protest naked covered with fake blood against the use of fur in the textil industry in Madrid.

Queen Elizabeth II (R) speaks with a sniper as she meets members of the Household Cavalry during her visit to Combermere Barracks in Windsor, on November 26, 2012. During her visit to the barracks the Queen saw troops preparing uniforms ahead of the visit by the Emir of Kuwait, met with soldiers and inspected horses.

This picture taken on November 22, 2012 shows a half-demolished apartment building standing in the middle of a newly-built road thanks to a Chinese couple that refused to move in Wenling, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Luo Baogen, 67, and his 65-year-old wife have waged a four-year battle to receive more than the 41,300 USD compensation offered by the local government of Daxi, a Chinese newspaper said. The phenomenon is called a "nail house" in China, as such buildings stick out and are difficult to remove, like a stubborn nail.

The Diamond Ring effect is shown following totality of the solar eclipse at Palm Cove in Australia's Tropical North Queensland on November 14, 2012. Eclipse-hunters have flocked to Queensland's tropical northeast to watch the region's first total solar eclipse in 1,300 years on November 14, which occurred as the moon passed between the earth and the sun, casting a shadow path on the globe and lasting for a maximum on the Australian mainland of 2 minutes and 5 seconds.

US President Barack Obama hugs Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) as they leave after making a speech at her residence in Yangon on November 19, 2012. Obama met Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a historic visit to Yangon aimed at encouraging political reforms.

The top of the Eiffel Tower rises above clouds and fog covering the city

Two women kiss in front of people taking part in a demonstration called by the "Alliance VITA" association against gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples on October 23, 2012 in Marseille, southeastern France. France on October 10 named October 31 as the date when a draft law authorising gay marriage will be approved by government ministers, amid mounting opposition to the proposed legislation.

Syrian youths walk past graffiti in the rebel-held Syrian city of Minbej on October 10, 2012. The Syrian regime rejected a UN call for a unilateral ceasefire as rebels confronted columns of tanks and troops sent to retake a town on the road to main battleground city Aleppo.

A picture taken on October 5, 2012 from the Egyptian port of Ismalia, 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, shows the largest container ship in the world, Danish flag Edith Maersk, crossing the Suez Canal.

A Military policeman hugs his daughter before attending the parade in commemoration of Brazil's Independence Day at the Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil celebrates the 190th anniversary of Independence.

China's Zheng Tao celebrates breaking the world record after winning the men's 100m backstroke - S6 swimming event during the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre in east London on August 30, 2012.

A group of women --many of whom have lost a relative in a violent event-- take part in a demonstration to protest against insecurity in the city of Caracas on July 28, 2012. The half picture they use is of a woman whose whole family was murdered. Unofficial statistics indicate that every two hours a murder takes place in Venezuela.

This picture taken on July 24, 2012 shows water released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, after heavy downpours in the upper reaches of the dam caused the highest flood peak of the year. Weekend floods in Beijing caused "significant losses" and casualty numbers are still being tallied, the head of the worst-hit district has said, as residents of China's capital question the official toll.

Patrick Karabaranga, a warden at the Virunga National Park, plays with an orphaned mountain gorilla in the gorilla sanctuary in the park headquarters at Rumangabo in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 17, 2012. The Virunga park is home to some 210 mountain gorillas, approximately a quarter of the world's population. The four orphans that live in the sanctuary are the only mountain gorillas in the world not living in the wild, having been brought here after their parents were killed by poachers or as a result of traffickers trying to smuggle them out of the park. "They play a critical part in the survival of the species" says Emmanuel De Merode, Director for Virunga National Park. He adds that the ICCN does not currently have access to the gorilla sector of the park due to the M23 rebellion.

Tourists look at street artists performing a Fakir style act near the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on June 26, 2012.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel celebrates after Philip Lahm scored against Greece during the Euro 2012 football championships quarter-final match Germany vs Greece on June 22, 2012 at the Gdansk Arena.

The statue of Christ the Redeemer, atop Corcovado Hill, is lit in green on the last day of Rio+20 in Rio de Janeiro on June 22, 2012

A fully grown male wild leopard climbs a net after it fell into a water reservoir tank at a tea estate in Haskhowa, some 45 kms from Siliguri, on June 20, 2012. The animal was rescued by the Sukna Forest rescue team from the Mahananda Wildlife sanctuary by lowering a ladder and a net into the tank.

US President Barack Obama gives the Hawaiian gesture shaka as he speaks during the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 18th Annual Gala Dinner in Washington, DC,