Dec 3, 2013

Thai riot police and anti-government protesters embrace instead of clash, a nativity scene held outside the Supreme Court celebrates the first amendment, Santa Claus dives with a stingray and more in today’s daily brief.

: Thai policemen cut a barbed wire fence to open barricades at the Metropolitan police headquarters in Bangkok on December 3, 2013. Hundreds of Thai opposition protesters entered the government headquarters unopposed on December 3, after police said they would offer no resistance to the demonstrators who have vowed to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

: An anti-government protester hugs a riot policeman during a rally near the Government House in Bangkok December 3, 2013. Thai police said on Tuesday they would not stand in the way of protesters battling to seize the prime minister’s office and city police headquarters, focal points of demonstrations aimed at toppling the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

: A Thai Buddhist monk holds a gas mask during a rally outside the Government House in Bangkok December 3, 2013. Thai police said on Tuesday they would not stand in the way of protesters battling to seize the prime minister’s office and city police headquarters, focal points of demonstrations aimed at toppling the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

: Anti-government protesters wave flags after they entered the compound of Government House, the site of fierce clashes with police over the last few days in Bangkok December 3, 2013. Thailand’s government ordered police to stand down and allow protesters into state buildings on Tuesday, removing a flashpoint for clashes and effectively bringing an end to days of violence in Bangkok in which five people have died. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

: Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi of Japan poses for the media next to a model of a Mercedes sport car during the international presentation of the new Sony PlayStation “Gran Turismo 6” video game at Ascari Race circuit in Ronda, southern Spain, December 3, 2013. One of Ronda’s most high-profile streets was named after Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo creator, yesterday. The surroundings of Ronda will be available in one of the game’s functions, incorporating stunning Andalusian scenery and the nearby Ascari Race Resort, an exclusive, private race circuit. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)

: Children wait to receive aid distributed by the Bulgarian Red Cross and the Medical University of Sofia at the recently opened Vrazhdebna refugee shelter in Sofia on December 3, 2013. Over 11,100 refugees, most of them Syrians, have entered Bulgaria illegally this year, crossing the porous 274-kilometre (170-mile) border with Turkey. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)

: People shout slogans and wave Ukrainian and European Union flags during an opposition rally at Independence Square in Kiev on December 2, 2013. Tens of thousands have been protesting in Kiev, occupying City Hall and blocking entrances to the government headquarters, in an ongoing standoff after the government failed to sign a key EU pact. (Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images)

: A member of The Jammu and Kashmir Handicapped Association (JKHA) shouts slogans from within a police vehicle after his detention during an anti-government protest march in Srinagar on December 3, 2013, held to mark International Day of People with Disability. Indian police detained dozens of members of the association during the rally which was held to demand an increase in monthly pensions and free education for deaf and blind handicapped people. (Rouf Bhat/AFP/Getty Images)

: A protester from the Youth Movement of Indonesia Caravan wearing a Guy Fawkes mask gets ready to take to the streets along with other protesters ahead of the ninth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Denpasar, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali December 3, 2013. The WTO conference will begin on Tuesday until Friday. (Edgar Su/Reuters)

: A diver dressed as Santa Claus rings the bell next to a ray inside a fish tank at the Sea Life aquarium in Berlin, December 3, 2013. (Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch)

: Kara Iden, a member of Faith and Action in the Nations Capital, is watched by a police officer as she leads camel to the Supreme Court to participate in a Live Nativity on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 3, 2013. For the past several years, Faith and Action has sponsored the only Live Nativity procession seen on Capitol Hill. When actors portraying Mary, Joseph, and a cooing Baby Jesus, make their way down Constitution Avenue with a shepherd boy, three Wise Men, and a real live camel, a donkey, and a sheep in their wake. (Jim Watson/AFP)

: Actors dressed for a nativity scene are pictured during a prayer reading in front of the Supreme Court in Washington December 3, 2013. The religious group “Faith and Action” held their annual “Live Nativity on Capitol Hill” on Tuesday to exercise their first amendment rights. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

: Quarterback Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks runs with the ball as outside linebacker David Hawthorne #57 of the New Orleans Saints defends during a game at CenturyLink Field on December 2, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. (Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

: An Afghan man selling balloons rides on his bicycle in Kabul December 3, 2013. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

: A Palestinian farmer works tossing compost at his field near the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia, on December 3, 2013. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)

: A truck drives along a dirt road in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 3, 2013. Western Australia’s Pilbara region, which is the size of Spain, has the world’s largest known deposits of iron ore and supplies nearly 45 percent of global trade in the mineral. (David Gray/Reuters)

: Recording artist Flo Rida performs onstage during 106.1 KISS FM?s Jingle Ball 2013 at American Airlines Center on December 2, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

: Nathalie Owezarek from France, 49, poses with a two-year old mare, Cateta, during the Sicab International Pre Horse Fair in the Andalusian capital of Seville December 3, 2013. The show runs till December 8 and is dedicated exclusively to Spanish thoroughbreds. (Marcelo del Poz/Reuters)

: Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) personnel chip tusk bits from a male elephant during an electronic data collaring process south of Kajiado 120km (75 Miles) south of capital Nairobi, December 3, 2013. The wildlife body is collaring elephants along the Amboseli ecosystem to monitor movement patterns of the animals due to shrinking land availability with the ever increasing human settlement. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)

Dec. 3 Daily Brief: Thai police and protesters get along, Gran Turismo 6 launches, Underwater Santa

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