Torch run skiing, pelicans play, Moscow winter (13 images)

Lights appear to dance on the ski hill as people make their way down the slope at le Massif de Charlevoix, wearing headlamps as part of the annual torch run (descente aux flambeaux) on Wednesday, in Petite-Riviere-Saint-Francois, Que. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)

The first light of dawn colors the eastern sky as Carolyn Sanford walks in 5 degree F weather at Winslow Park on Wednesday in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Balloons fly over Sao Paulo's downtown area after members of the city's Commerce Association released them to celebrate the end of the year on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A man rides a sleigh in a park on the bank of the Moskva River on the outskirts of Moscow on Wednesday. A heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Tuesday and continued until Wednesday. (AP Photo/ Mikhail Metzel)

Fort Wayne firefighters battle a building fire at Pyromaniac Fireworks on Wednesday. The building was a complete loss. (AP Photo, Clint Keller/The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

A pair of American white pelicans play keep-away with a piece of wood while floating on Second Creek in Waterloo, Ala. where a large flock of the birds have landed. (AP Photo/The Times Daily, Matt McKean)

A Palestinian worker takes a break inside a smuggling tunnel between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Smugglers bring in goods from Egypt through tunnels, though those routes may eventually be cut off. Egypt has recently begun installing border fortifications to block the tunnels, which also serve as a conduit for Hamas weapons. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

Competitor 'Grommet minus his sidekick Wallace' takes part in the Hoar Cross Downhill Soap Box race on Wednesday in Lichfield, England. The annual race in the Staffordshire village of Hoar Cross raises tens of thousands of pounds for charity. The competition, organised by the MAD Club is run over a 1.25 mile course downhill to the club headquarters the Meynell Arms public house. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A group of street vendors put on the head gear and blow the paper horn they are selling to attract customers on Wednesday in Manila's bargain district of Divisoria, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

The U.S. cross country skier Andrew Newell skis during rainy and foggy weather conditions at the training before beginning the Tour de Ski competition in Oberhof, central Germany on Wednesday. The cross country event and the competitions of the Nordic Combined start in the Thuringian Forest on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Newly-recruited Chinese Paramilitary police officers watch their seniors demonstrate marching skill at a training camp in Hefei in central China's Anhui province on Tuesday. (AP Photo)

A passer-by takes photos of Israeli illusionist Hezi Dayan who looks through the wall of ice as he attempts to remain there for a record-breaking time of 64 hours on Wednesday in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dayan is on the second day of his attempt to break the record of American illusionist and endurance artist David Blaine who remained 58 hours inside an ice cube in 2000. Dayan plans to stay in his 8-ton ice cube in subzero temperature to emerge after 64 hours at midnight on New Year's eve. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, attends a prayer session at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India on Wednesday. Exiled Tibetans gathered at the temple to pray for the long life of the Dalai Lama and to remember the 10th Panchen Lama, who died this day 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)