Sixteen-month-old giant panda cub Bao Bao plays in the snow with her mother Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian's National Zoo as a winter storm hits Washington, DCDevin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo/ReutersIcicles are seen near a beach on Lake Michigan in Chicago, IllinoisJim Young/ReutersThe Chicago skyline is reflected in the snow-covered, curved surface of Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate" sculpture in Chicago, IllinoisJim Young/ReutersThe hearse carrying the coffin of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo is escorted by members of the New York State Police as it arrives at St Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan for his funeral serviceBrendan McDermid/ReutersA man looks up at a building covered with ice after a water pipe burst in Shenyang, Liaoning province, ChinaChina Daily/ReutersRussian Cossacks, dressed in traditional uniform, guard the Kazan Cathedral in Stavropol, southern Russia, during an Orthodox Christmas serviceEduard Korniyenko/ReutersSviatoslav Mahulia, 12, sings carols while going door to door in celebration of Orthodox Christmas in Iltsi, UkraineBrendan Hoffman/Getty ImagesPeople attend a ceremonial burning of dried oak branches for Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of a church in Smederevo, SerbiaAndrej Isakovic/AFPPeople walk in front of the Holy Trinity Cathedral during a midnight Christmas service in Tbilisi, GeorgiaDavid Mdzinarishvili/ReutersRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana attend a Christmas service in Christ the Saviour cathedral in MoscowKirill Kudryavtsev/AFPDevotees with replica statues of the Black Nazarene participate in a procession in Manila. The Black Nazarene, a life-size wooden statue of Jesus Christ carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippines in the 17th century, is believed to have healing powers in the predominantly Roman Catholic countryRomeo Ranoco/ReutersSchoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in the western Indian city of AhmedabadAmit Dave/ReutersKamil Stoch from Poland soars through the air during the practice for the final jumping of the 63rd four-hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, AustriaDominic Ebenbichler/ReutersGuerlain Chicherit of France drives during the third stage of the Dakar Rally 2015, from San Juan to Chilecito in ArgentinaFelipe Dana/ReutersUS House Speaker John Boehner kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after being re-elected speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DCJonathan Ernst/Reuters
