Remembering tsunami victims, Santa slingshot, Rambu Solo

Fireworks explode above a square as nearly 100,000 people gather to celebrate the 121th birth anniversary of China’s former Communist Party leader Mao Zedong in hometown of Shaoshan, Hunan province December 26, 2014. arious commemorative activities will be held nationwide to mark the day. REUTERS/Stringer

An elderly Indian man smokes a cigarette during a cold winter morning in New Delhi on December 26, 2014. The city experienced a dense foggy morning with the low visibility affecting road, rail and air traffic. AFP/Getty/Chandan Khanna

Flowers are displayed on the Ban Nam Khem tsunami memorial park wall on the tenth anniversary of the 2004 tsunami in Phang-nga province on December 26, 2014. Prayer recitals and solemn visits to mass graves marked the start of mourning on December 26 across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a decade ago. AFP/Getty/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

US supermaxi yacht Comanche leads the Sydney to Hobart yacht race just after the start in Sydney harbour on December 26, 2014. Newcomer Comanche was first out of the Sydney Heads in Australia’s 70th annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race in good conditions on December, but forecasters have warned of tricky weather ahead. AFP/Getty/Peter Parks

This photo taken on October 12, 2014 shows a woman praying at a church in Loikaw, Kayah state, eastern Myanmar. Six decades after its first saint was murdered for his faith amid a bloody civil war, Myanmar’s Catholic Church is stepping up calls for peace and religious tolerance as it celebrates its 500th anniversary. AFP/Getty/Ye Aung Thu

An Indian pedestrian walks along railway tracks during a cold winter morning in New Delhi on December 26, 2014. The city experienced a dense foggy morning with the low visibility affecting road, rail and air traffic. AFP/Getty/Chandan Khanna

A picture taken on December 25, 2014 shows tourists taking a selfie in the Tuilerie Garden in Paris with a ferris wheel in the backround. AFP/Getty/Lionel Bonaventure

A Palestinian boy, wearing a mask hides in a pipe during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Bilin, west of Ramallah, following a march organized in solidarity with the people of the village against the construction of settlements and the confiscation of their land on December 26, 2014. AFP/Getty/Abbas Momani

A Palestinian man, wearing a Santa Claus costume and waving the national flag, hurls a rock at Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank village of Bilin, west of Ramallah, following a march organized in solidarity with the people of the village against the construction of settlements and the confiscation of their land on December 26, 2014. AFP/Getty/Abbas Momani

A mortar flies out of a tube during a mortar exercise for U.S. soldiers in Dragon Company of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Saint Peter’s Square is reflected on an ornamental ball on a tree as Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer at the Vatican December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Craftsmen polish a snow sculpture at a park in Changchun, Jilin province December 25, 2014. Picture taken December 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

A worker is silhouetted against the setting sun while installing an overhead electric cable pole on the banks of river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash

Villagers and relatives carry the remains of a deceased person as part of a traditional Rambu Solo funeral rite ceremony in Makale, Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi province December 26, 2014 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Sahrul Manda Tikupadang

A Palestinian protester, dressed as Santa Claus, uses a slingshot to return a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes following a demonstration against Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Tharu performers dressed in traditional attire participate in a parade marking an Elephant Festival event at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu December 26, 2014. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan will participate in the Elephant festival, which involves elephant races, elephants playing an exhibition soccer match and taking part in various other sporting activities. The event will start from 26th December and will end on 30th December 2014. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Survivors, local residents and visitors release paper lanterns during a ceremony for victims of 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia’s 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

A rose is lit by a candle as survivors, local residents and visitors gather for a ceremony for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia’s 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

A boy throws a rose into the sea near a monument for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the tsunami, December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia’s 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Visitors look at the glowing names of tsunami victims at Aceh Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia’s 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. Hundreds gathered in Indonesia’s Aceh province, many bursting into tears as poems and songs were heard and a montage was screened showing the devastation from a disaster that killed 126,741 people in Aceh alone. REUTERS/Beawiharta

Remembering tsunami victims, Santa slingshot, Rambu Solo | Dec. 26

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