A man carries child who survived after being under rubble, after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to President al-Assad in Aleppo
A man carries a child who survived after being under rubble, after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, December 28, 2013. About 40 people died from shelling in Aleppo on Saturday, activists said. REUTERS/Ahmad Othman (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
An African migrant holding a candle takes part in a rally against the Israeli government for civil rights, in Tel Aviv
An African migrant holding a candle takes part in a rally against the Israeli government for civil rights, in Tel Aviv December 28, 2013. Some 60,000 African migrants living in Israel face indefinite jail time under a law parliament passed this month. The measure describes the migrants - deemed by the government as job-seekers though migrants say they want asylum or safe haven - as doing "harm to Israel's social fabric and safety of its citizens". REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
Families, displaced from violence, take shelter at the airport in capital Bangui
Families, displaced from violence, take shelter at the airport in capital Bangui in Central African Republic December 28, 2013. French President Francois Hollande has asked the United Nations to play a bigger role in the Central African Republic, Hollande's office said in a statement on Friday. France deployed a 1,600 strong peacekeeping mission in its former colony this month to stop massacres between Muslim and Christian militias, but the U.N.-backed intervention is struggling to restore security in the country. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY RELIGION)
Children, displaced from violence, take shelter at airport in capital Bangui
Children, displaced from violence, take shelter at the airport in capital Bangui in Central African Republic December 28, 2013. French President Francois Hollande has asked the United Nations to play a bigger role in the Central African Republic, Hollande's office said in a statement on Friday. France deployed a 1,600 strong peacekeeping mission in its former colony this month to stop massacres between Muslim and Christian militias, but the U.N.-backed intervention is struggling to restore security in the country. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)
Iraqi security personnel carry the coffin of soldier, who was killed during clashes in Ramadi, during funeral in Naja
Iraqi security personnel carry the coffin of a soldier, who was killed during clashes in Ramadi, during a funeral in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad, December 28, 2013. Iraqi security forces arrested a prominent Sunni Muslim lawmaker and supporter of anti-government protests in a raid on his home in the western province of Anbar, sparking clashes in which at least five people were killed, police sources said. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
U.S. military personnel freed after brief detention in Libya
USA-LIBYA/MILITARY (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV):UPDATE 4-U.S. military personnel freed after brief detention in Libya