Dec 16, 2013

Dec. 16 Daily Brief: Santa spottings around the globe, Palestinians battle floodwaters, and bodybuilders prep for Myanmar competition

Santa spottings around the globe, Palestinians battle floodwaters, bodybuilders prep for Myanmar competition and more in today’s daily brief.

: A man dressed as Father Christmas rides a motorbike past the Houses of Parliament in central London on December 15, 2013. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)

: Napoli’s cheerleaders dressed as Santa Klaus perform before the Italian Serie A football match SSC Napoli vs Inter Milan in San Paolo Stadium on December 15, 2013. (Carlo Herman/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man dressed as Santa Claus walks on December 15, 2013 on the beach in Nice as part of a traditional christmas winter sea swimming event. (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)

: Members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club warm up before swimming at the beach at Coney Island in New York December 15, 2013. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)

: A swimmer gestures at the sun as he exits the ocean after a dip with a Polar Bear club in Coney Island, New York December 15, 2013. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: Tun Min of Myanmar works out amongst other athletes before competing in the 55kg bodybuilding contest at the Myanmar Convention Center during the 2013 SEA Game on December 14, 2013 in Yangon, Burma. (Ruben Salgado Escudero/Getty Images)

: Phanorn Onnim of Thailand gets tanned up before competing in the bodybuilding contest at the Myanmar Convention Center during the 2013 SEA Game on December 14, 2013 in Yangon, Burma. (Ruben Salgado Escudero/Getty Images)

: Hashrine Hashim of Malaysia helps team member Azuwan Jef get ready to compete in the bodybuilding contest at the Myanmar Convention Center during the 2013 SEA Game on December 14, 2013 in Yangon, Burma. (Ruben Salgado Escudero/Getty Images)

: Athletes in the 55kg category get ready to compete in the bodybuilding contest at the Myanmar Convention Center during the 2013 SEA Game on December 14, 2013 in Yangon, Burma. (Ruben Salgado Escudero/Getty Images)

: Palestinians, whose house were flooded with rainwater, wait to receive food supplies in the northern Gaza Strip December 15, 2013. More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from flood-damaged homes in northern Gaza and at least one person killed in what the United Nations called “a disaster area”. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

: A Palestinian youth climbs a gate to cross a road flooded with rainwater in the northern Gaza Strip December 15, 2013. More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from flood-damaged homes in northern Gaza and at least one person killed in what the United Nations called “a disaster area”. Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

: Typhoon survivors play basketball in Tacloban city in central Philippines December 15, 2013. More than a month after super typhoon Haiyan lashed central Philippines, bodies are still being recovered with the death toll now at over 6,000, nearly 1,800 people missing and around 4 million people displaced, a government disaster agency said. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)

: Volunteers prepare to form a large flag of Bangladesh as the nation celebrates National Victory Day at the National Parade ground in Dhaka December 16, 2013. According to the organizers, 27,117 volunteers formed a large human national flag for six minutes and sixteen seconds as they attempted to set a new Guinness world record. Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan on December 16, 1971, following a nine-month guerrilla war which cost millions of lives. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

: Bangladeshi participants form the worlds largest human national flag to mark the country’s Victory Day in Dhaka on December 16, 2013. A total of 27,117 volunteers, mostly students, used coloured tiles to form the flag at Dhaka’s National Parade Ground. Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan after a bitter nine-month war in 1971 led by the country’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which is celebrated every year on December 16.(Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images )