ພາບເດັ່ນ ປະຈຳ ວັນທີ 12 ທັນວາ 2014

Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims gather as they commemorate Arbain in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands of black-clad pilgrims from across Iraq streamed into the city a day before the culmination of Saturday's Arbain, which marks the end of 40 days of mourning for Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.

A demonstrator holds flares during a general strike in Rome, called by several trade unions. Unions are protesting against Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's emblematic Jobs Act legislation which aims to shake up the labor market by making it easier for companies to hire and fire.

Activist depicting U.S. President Barack Obama, Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, China's President Xi Jinping, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe demonstrate on the sidelines of the U.N. COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences being held in Lima, Peru.

Belgium King Philippe and Queen Mathilde and Prince Lorenz leave the funeral service of the late Queen Fabiola, at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St.Gudula, in Brussels. Queen Fabiola passed away Dec. 5, at the age of 86.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko places a poppy in the World War I Honor Roll during a visit to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Poroshenko is on a two-day visit to Australia with talks on the downing of MH17 over Ukraine with the loss of 38 Australian citizens and residents expected to be high on the agenda.

A worker stands atop a pile of rock and mud after a mudslide overtook at least eight homes during heavy rains in Camarillo Springs, California. A major storm that pummeled northern California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds moved south overnight, prompting evacuation orders in areas prone to floods and mud flows.

Uber taxi drivers hold placards during a protest against the ban on online taxi services, in New Delhi. A ban on online taxi services in India, following the arrest in New Delhi of an Uber driver accused of rape, has brought uncertainty to the millions of dollars of international investment pumped into Uber's Indian rivals Ola and TaxiForSure.

Movers prepare to hang Leonardo da Vinci's "Earlier Mona Lisa" painting ahead of its exhibition at The Arts House in Singapore. The world premiere of the exhibition will take place from Dec. 16 to Feb. 11, 2015.

Palestinian militants from the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, march during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Central Gaza Strip.

A security person stands guard near a sculpture depicting victims at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. The hall is sealed off ahead of a ceremony to mark China's first National Memorial Day remembering the 1937 massacre of civilians by Japanese forces in Nanjing.

People take pictures of miniature paper umbrellas, symbols of the pro-democracy movement, in the area occupied by protesters at Causeway Bay shopping district, in Hong Kong. Police arrested nearly 250 activists on Thursday and cleared most of the main protest site near the Central business district, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations.

People dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, and Snow Maiden wait to take part in the contest "Yolka-fest-2014" (Fir-festival-2014) in Minsk, Belarus.

A dog plays in a snow-covered park in Moscow, Russia. Snowfall hit the Russian capital on Friday, with temperatures about -2 C (F 28.4).

Visitors walk past Christmas lights towards Hofburg Palace's Michaeler Cupola in Vienna, Austria.