Merry Belugas

(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

Santa Belugas : White Belugas, wearing Santa hats pose with a trainer during a new Christmas show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, in Kanagawa prefecture.

"Romantic Feelings"

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Workers make a snow sculpture "Romantic Feelings" in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, December 16, 2007. The sculpture will debut at the 20th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo which starts from December 20, at the Sun Island Scenic Area in Harbin, local media said. Picture taken December 16, 2007.

REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES)

A man lights a cigarette in front of a giant lantern during the Christmas Lantern Festival in San Fernando, Pampanga, north of Manila December 15, 2007. The lantern festival is held annually by the local government to promote and attract local and foreign tourists. Each lantern, which took two months to prepare by at least 20 people, has more than 3,000 bulbs and measures 20 feet (6 m) in diameter.

Santa goes swimming

(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

A man dressing as Santa Claus frolics in the sea during the 63nd Christmas bathe in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007. 250 swimmers took part to the bathe. The water was 15 degrees Celsius, 59 Fahrenheit.

Pull-ups

(AFP/Adrian Dennis)

Hanging out : A Blue Tit hangs from a branch awaiting its turn on a bird feeder in forestry commission land near Minley Manor, Farnborough, some 40 miles west of London.

Shadow Dancing

AFP/Fabrice Coffrini

Temple of Poseidon

(AP Photo/Frank Hormann)

Sculptor Tolek Zen from Poland works at his sculpture entitled 'Temple of Poseidon' in Roevershagen, northern Germany, Friday, Dec. 14, 2007.

Potato Tree

REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU)

Students stand next to a Christmas tree made of potatoes at a local institute in Lima December 4, 2007. Students made the tree using 98kg (216 lbs) of potatoes and 18 varieties.

My daughter Mary

My daughter, Mary went dressed as Leeloo from Fifth Element this Halloween. She used conduit tape she bought at Home Depot! Halloween is her favorite holiday.

Water drops on a spider web

Water drops hang in a spider web on a foggy morning in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Autumn reflection

An autumn coloured forest is reflected on the lake of Viacha outside Minsk. (AFP/Viktor Drachev)

Boathouse in Germany

A boathouse is mirrored in the Lake Max Eyth in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. November started with a bright sunny day in southern Germany. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

Moon and mountain

Glacier moon : The moon is seen above the "Feegletscher" (Fairy Glacier) near the ski resort of Saas-Fee. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

Green glass art

At first I thought this was something under a microscope!

This is a work of glass art by artist Dale Chihuly at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh as a part of the Chihuly at Phipps gardens and art exhibit on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Sky on fire

An old farming hay boom is silhouetted by the sky Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007, sunrise south of Nampa, Idaho. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Mike Vogt)

Red-feathery model

A model presents a creation by Nicola Le Cauchios of France during a fashion show in Budapest October 27, 2007. REUTERS/Karoly Arvai (HUNGARY)

Pigtails

REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA)

A girl makes a pigtail to another girl against the sunset in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh July 30, 2007.

Dancers in Bogota

(AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)

Women dance in the streets during a carnival parade in Bogota, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. Thousands of people take part in the carnival festivities during a celebrating marking the 469th anniversary of Bogota's foundation.

Swimming in a sea of feathers

(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

A duck swims in a sea of feathers dropped from molting geese and ducks that have taken up residence around the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, in Washington.

exotic dance

REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN)

Dancers perform an exotic dance during the 13th Moorish Games of Aben Humeya in Purchena, southeast Spain late August 5, 2007. The games is a competition of medieval sports and exotic dancing.