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Pakistani police officers hold their weapons as a supporter of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto lights candles next to her portrait at the site of Thursday's suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Dec. 31. Election officials recommended Monday that parliamentary polls scheduled for Jan. 8 be delayed for an unspecified period following unrest triggered by the assassination. (EMILIO MORENATTI, Associated Press / December 31, 2007)


Police use a water cannon on opposition supporters during riots Dec. 31 in the Kibera slum in Nairobi. Police battled thousands of opposition supporters across Kenya who charge President Mwai Kibaki stole his way to re-election, and several officers said Monday they had orders to shoot to kill to quell the violence that has killed at least 94 people. (KAREL PRINSLOO, Associated Press / December 31, 2007)


An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks in a street in Jerusalem on Dec. 31. A week before President Bush visits the region, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sent an official letter to Cabinet ministers ordering them not to authorize any West Bank construction without his approval, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Associated Press on Monday. (SEBASTIAN SCHEINER, Associated Press / December 31, 2007)


An Emerald colored Comet 8P/Tuttle is seen (center left) next to Galaxy M33 and both are near the gas cloud of Comet Holmes, (center right) among the stars of the Northern sky in the evening, in this 20 sec. exposure made from Tyler, Texas on Dec. 30. Comet Tuttle will make its closest approach to the Earth between Jan. 1 and 2, when it should be visible with the unaided eye overhead in the early evening. (Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, Associated Press / December 30, 2007)


A group of men sift thru the debris after a fire destroyed stores selling pyrotechnics Dec. 31 in Bocaue town in Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines. A fire destroyed nine firecracker stalls injuring at lest three people and setting off panic to people making last-minute purchases of pyrotechnic products to welcome the New Year. (PAT ROQUE, Associated Press / December 31, 2007)


Taiwan lights up the New YearAn electric count down including fireworks outside the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Jan. 1, welcomes in the New Year in Taiwan. Hundreds of thousands of people defied cold winds to part take in the celebrations. (Patrick Lin/AFP/Getty Images)


A bear marketA Black Bear with a basketful of vegetables joins Chinese shoppers at a street market in Wenling, China, on Dec.30. Zookeepers took the bear out on the promotional stunt to attract more visitors to the zoo during the upcoming New Year break. (Str/AFP/Getty Images)


In with the newThe new Times Square New Year's Eve ball is seen lit up as it moves along the flagpole on the roof of One Times Square in New York during a test of the ball on Dec. 30. The ball is more than twice as bright as the old one with enhanced color capabilities and LED lights. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the New Year's Eve ball drop in New York Times Square. (AP/Tina Fineberg)


Before the swimA paddle of ducks gather in the snow at Scidmore Park before plunging into the St. Joseph River for a swim in Three Rivers, Mich., on Dec. 28. (AP/Three Rivers Commercial-News, Elena Hines)




New Year's ritualA young boy wearing bear fur watches a New Year's ritual dances in Comanesti, near Bucharest, Romania, on Dec. 30. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs toured houses in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)