ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈໍາ ວັນທີ 25 ທັນວາ 2013
![A man wearing a Santa hat prepares to cut a 201-feet (61-meters) long cake as boys dressed in Santa Claus costumes cheer during Christmas celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/83ed859d-9bea-4891-afa2-0b2e1526194e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man wearing a Santa hat prepares to cut a 201-feet (61-meters) long cake as boys dressed in Santa Claus costumes cheer during Christmas celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.
![A six-story Christmas tree at the National Harbor in Washington, D.C. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/011e6153-0971-4cb3-a506-b36790b28627_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A six-story Christmas tree at the National Harbor in Washington, D.C. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
![People walk through the ice encrusted forest in Earl Bales Park following an ice storm in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 24, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3cad903c-a75d-4701-9d04-453fbc345abe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk through the ice encrusted forest in Earl Bales Park following an ice storm in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 24, 2013.
![A protester holds a picture of journalist Tetyana Chornovil, who was beaten and left in a ditch just hours after publishing an article on the assets of top government officials, during a protest rally in front of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kyiv.](https://gdb.voanews.com/00500690-f736-45d2-80e7-b25b700e06e5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester holds a picture of journalist Tetyana Chornovil, who was beaten and left in a ditch just hours after publishing an article on the assets of top government officials, during a protest rally in front of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kyiv.