With temperatures around 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit), a man plays in the surf, with some thousands celebrating the New Year by jumping into the North Sea during the traditional New Year’s Dive in Ostend, Belgium, Saturday Jan. 5, 2013. Geert Vanden Wijngaert / The Associated Press

Acrobats of the Hungarian ‘Golden Power’ team perform on the circus floor of the Grand Circus of Budapest on January 11, 2013 during a rehearsal of the of a new production, title the ‘Hungarian circus stars’. The premiere will be held on January 12. ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP/Getty Images

The photo taken on January 9, 2013, and posted by Perth Weather Live shows a towering red dust storm over the ocean ahead of the cyclone approaching Onslow on the West Australian coast. Tug boat worker Brett Martin, who captured the fearsome pictures 25 nautical miles from the town of Onslow, reported conditions were glassy and flat before the storm hit late on January 9. But when the wild weather arrived, the swell lifted to two metres, winds increased to 40 knots and visibility was reduced to 100 metres. BRETT MARTIN / AFP/Getty Images

A man walks near palm trees as snow falls in Jerusalem’s Old City on January 10, 2013. Jerusalem was transformed into a winter wonderland after heavy overnight snowfall turned the Holy City and much of the region white, bringing hordes of excited children onto the streets. MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images

Homeless Bratislav Jovanovic, 43, enters a grave, which he uses as a shelter during winter time at a cemetery in Nis, 200 kilometres south Belgrade, on January 10, 2012. Jovanovic has been homeless for nearly twenty years, since his house was burned down in a fire. The last 15 years he lives in a tomb beside the caskets of his dead relatives. SASA DJORDJEVIC / AFP/Getty Images

A model is pictured during a look rehearsal at L oreal Professionnel Academy for the show of the label C’est tout at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, on January 11, 2013. Look rehearsals are used to prepare the styling of the models for the fashion shows. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week will take place from Jan. 15-18 in Berlin. JENS KALAENE / AFP/Getty Images

A Greek Orthodox priest sits on a platform at the Athens’ Larissa metro station on January 11, 2013. ARIS MESSINIS / AFP/Getty Images

A member of historic club wearing 1812-era French army general’s uniform rides during a re-enactment of the French Invasion of Russia in 1812, during celebrations to mark the Russian Orthodox Christmas in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians who rely on the old Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. Dmitry Lovetsky / The Associated Press

A Lebanese boy, rides his bicycle as he makes his way through a flooded highway, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Jan. 7, 2013. Lebanon has been hit with a snow storm that has blocked roads in the mountains and brought heavy rain showers to the capital Beirut and other coastal areas since Sunday. Hussein Malla / AP

A reveller takes part in the Devil’s Carnival in Riosucio, Caldas department, Colombia, on January 6, 2013. Riosucio’s Carnival was proclaimed by UNESCO as a cultural intangible heritage and takes place every two years. FREDY AMARILES / AFP/Getty Images

Los Angeles Clippers centre DeAndre Jordan, left, and forward Blake Griffin, right, playfully shine the head of forward Lamar Odom as they sit on the bench during the second half of their NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill / AP

People walk past a giant trompe-l’oeil by artist Pierre Delavie set up on the facade of the Palais de la Bourse building in Marseille, southern France, on January 7, 2013, as part of “Marseille-Provence European Capital of Culture” in 2013. GERARD JULIEN / AFP/Getty Images

French President Francois Hollande (C) wearing security glasses looks at a technician at work as he visits the Amplitude Systemes plant, specialized in ultrafast diode-pumped solid-state lasers, in Pessac near Bordeaux, in southwestern France, on January 10, 2013. REGIS DUVIGNAU / AFP/Getty Images

A man walks past toy cars displayed on a bridge at the HKTDC Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair in Hong Kong on January 7, 2013. More than 2,500 exhibitors display their latest playthings during the biggest toy fair in Asia that takes place from January 7 to 10. PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP/Getty Images

Jean Zossoujbo, a guide at the Temple of Pythons, shows a python to a visitor to the temple in Ouidah, Benin, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Ouidah, considered the major cultural city in the West African nation of Benin, is preparing for its annual Voodoo Festival on Thursday. Voodoo is an official religion in this nation of 9 million people and this year’s festival will honour the slaves taken from surrounding countries and sent into America and the Caribbean, people who brought the religion with them. Sunday Alamba / AP

Jean Zossoujbo, a guide at the Temple of Pythons, shows a python to a visitor at the temple in Ouidah, Benin, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Ouidah, considered the major cultural city in the West African nation of Benin, is preparing for its annual Voodoo Festival on Thursday. Voodoo is an official religion in this nation of 9 million people and this year’s festival will honour the slaves taken from surrounding countries and sent into America and the Caribbean, people who brought the religion with them. Sunday Alamba / AP

French actor Gerard Depardieu’s lawyer Eric de Caumont, centre, speaks to reporters at a Paris court, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. De Caumont has said his client will not turn up at a Paris court to face charges of drunk driving on his scooter last November. Christophe Ena / The Associated Press

French actor Gerard Depardieu, left, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin after his arrival late Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at the president’s residence in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Depardieu has received a Russian passport after flying to Russia for a late night dinner with Putin. Depardieu sought Russian citizenship as part of his battle against a proposed super tax on millionaires in France, and Putin granted his request last week. Mikhail Klimentyev / The Associated Press

Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul looks on as fans hold up pictures of him during the first half of their NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill / AP

Winning bidder Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co., cuts a bluefin tuna at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. In the year’s first auction at Tokyo’s sprawling Tsukiji fish market, the 222-kilogram (489-pound) tuna caught off northeastern Japan sold for 155.4 million yen (US$1.76 million) said Ryoji Yagi, a market official. Koji Sasahara / The Associated Press

Younus Mahmood of Iraq jumps for the ball during his team’s match against Saudi Arabia in the 21st Gulf Cup in the Bahraini capital Manama, on January 6, 2013. MARWAN NAAMANI / AFP/Getty Images

An artist performs over the crowd during the ‘Cabalgata de Reyes,’ or the Three Wise Men parade in Madrid, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. The traditional parade marks the eve of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrating the story of the three wise men believed to have followed a bright star to offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem. Andres Kudacki / The Associated Press

Swimmers race to retrieve a wooden cross during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece’s northern port city of Thessaloniki, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The traditional ceremony marks the Epithany, and similar ceremonies are held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes, when an Orthodox priest throws a simple wooden cross into the water and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. Nikolas Giakoumidis / The Associated Press

The Holly Man, the winter guise of the Green Man, a character from pagan myths and folklore, joins with other actors from the Bankside Mummers group and members of the public in a procession after a folk play in central London on January 6, 2013, in celebration of Twelfth Night, marking the end of the twelve days of winter festivities. Twelfth Night celebrations in the traditional agricultural calendar mark a last chance to make merry before returning to the rigours of work on Plough Monday. CARL COURT / AFP/Getty Images

Wheels are stored for recycling in a field in Sesena, near Madrid, on January 9, 2013. PEDRO ARMESTRE / AFP/Getty Images