Protests in Los Angeles, AirAsia search and recovery, and preparing for New Year’s Eve

A crew member of an Indonesian Maritime Surveillance plane says a prayer before a search mission to look for AirAsia’s Flight QZ8501 in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka island December 30, 2014. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast of Borneo island on Tuesday and officials said they were “95 percent sure” debris spotted in the sea was from a missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia’s Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters)

Pedro Guevara of Mexico celebrates after he beat Akira Yaegashi of Japan during their WBC boxing light flyweight title bout in Tokyo December 30, 2014. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Indian Air Force soldiers rehearse for the Republic Day parade on a cold and foggy winter morning in New Delhi December 30, 2014. India will celebrate its annual Republic Day on January 26. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A shop assistant creates a window display in a Next store in central London December 30, 2014. British clothing retailer Next’s sales rose 2.9 percent in the run up to Christmas mostly due to online and catalogue purchases, hitting the upper end of its predictions and it said full-year profit would rise by about 11.5 percent. (Neil Hall/Reuters)

Jeffrey Straus (R), president of Countdown Entertainment and Brent Shafer, CEO of Philips North America, test flipping the switch on the Times Square crystal ball before tomorrow night’s New Year’s Eve celebration on December 30, 2014 in New York City. The ball is illuminated with 32,256 LED lights and is made up of 2,688 Waterford crystals. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

A dog plays with a ball in the Orangerie park covered in snow, on December 30, 2014 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Heavy snowfall brought both chaos and joy across Europe, created idyllic conditions for skiers in France, but also havoc for holidaymakers rushing to and from ski resorts for their end-of-year vacations. (Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images)

Vladimir Shcherba, 53, a fan of winter swimming, dips to the Yenisei River at air temperature some minus 23 degrees Celsius (-9 Fahrenheit), in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 30, 2014. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Two polar bears relax in the snow at Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna December 30, 2014. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)

Belgian’s Wout Van Aert (L) and Netherlands’ Mathieu Van Der Poel compete during the sixth stage in the Bpost Bank cyclocross trophy on December 30, 2014 in Loenhout. Van Aert won the stage ahead of Der Poel and Belgium’s Tom Meeusen. (David Stockman/AFP/Getty Images)

An Occupy-themed guesthouse run by British freelance writer Stephen Thompson, 50, is pictured as he poses in his tent in Hong Kong December 30, 2014. Set up in a small apartment in the Causeway Bay shopping district, the guesthouse that gives what it calls “Umbrella Revolution Occupation Experience” charges guest HK$100 (US$13) a night to stay in a tent surrounded by pro-democracy banners, a cardboard cutout of Chinese President Xi Jinping holding a yellow umbrella, and serves toilet paper printed with the face of embattled leader of Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Germone Hopper #5 of the Clemson Tigers attempts a reception against Jordan Thomas #7 of the Oklahoma Sooners during the Russell Athletic Bowl at Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

Protesters light candles near the site where Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old mentally ill black man, was shot and killed by two LAPD officers in August, on December 29, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The long-awaited autopsy report, which was put on a security hold at the request of police and ordered by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti to be made public before the end of 2014, was released December 29. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Protesters block the southbound lanes of the 110 freeway after the Los Angeles County Coroner released an autopsy report on the LAPD’s shooting of Ezell Ford in Los Angeles, California December 29, 2014. Ford, an unarmed 25-year-old black man slain by Los Angeles police officers in August suffered three gunshot wounds, including one to his back, a long-awaited autopsy report into the killing showed on Monday. Police have said two officers shot Ford, described by a family lawyer as mentally challenged, on Aug. 11 after he struggled with one of them and tried to grab the officer’s holstered gun. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)

A member of the Indonesian military reads a map during a search and rescue (SAR) mission over the waters of the Java Sea near Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan on December 30, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Debris and dead bodies have reportedly been sighted in the Java Sea during search operations for the missing AirAsia flight QZ 8501. AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board, lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 a.m. local time on December 28. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Edy, a man who has been homeless for several years, tries to sleep in his car which is parked in a lot in Nice, southern France. Five homeless people have died since Saturday in France, alleged victims of the cold wave, a “terrible litany” according to the Abbe Pierre Foundation, which reopens the debate on the “poor housing” in the country. According to the INSEE national statistics office, the number of homeless has increased by 44% in France in 11 years. In 2012, 111,700 homeless people, including 31,000 children, were identified in the French medium and large cities, a report published last November by the office announced. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

An Ebola patient is put on a Hercules transport plane at Glasgow Airport in Scotland December 30, 2014, to be transported to London. A healthcare worker has been diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying home to Glasgow from Sierra Leone, the Scottish government said on Monday. UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the woman would be flown to a specialist unit at Royal Free Hospital in London, local media reported. (Stringer/Reuters)

A mahout looks through the window of a kitchen in Chitwan, south of Kathmandu December 30, 2014. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A one and a half months old baby elephant stands close to its mother as she lies down in Chitwan National Park in Chitwan, south of Kathmandu December 30, 2014. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A woman runs through Victoria Park at sunrise in Leicester, central England, December 30, 2014. (Darren Staples/Reuters)

Female sea lion ‘Sarasa’ holds a hose with her mouse to help a trainer clean her room at the Shinagawa Aqua Stadium aquarium in Tokyo on December 30, 2014. The aquarium is carrying out year-end general cleaning of their facilities. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)

Spanish rejoneador Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza performs during a bullfight at the Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia on December 29, 2014, in the framework of 57th Fair of Cali. Pablo Hermoso De Mendoza cuts two ears, Luis Bolivar cuts two ears and Ivan Fandino three ears. (Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. soldiers from D Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment walk on a hill after finishing with a training exercise near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 30, 2014. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

People ride past a road damaged by flooding at Kuala Krai in Kelantan December 30, 2014. The worst flooding in Malaysia in more than a decade has killed 10 people and forced nearly 160,000 from their homes and more rain is expected, authorities said on Sunday. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

Paul Moloney riding Allez Vic (L) stand well of the fence whilst jumping at Taunton racecourse on December 30, 2014 in Taunton, England. (Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Nepal’s former King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (C) looks at a token presented to him during the Elephant Festival event at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu December 30, 2014. Elephants and “mahouts,” or elephant riders, from Chitwan are participating in the Elephant festival, which involves elephant races, elephants playing an exhibition soccer match and taking part in various other sporting activities. The event runs from December 26 to December 30. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny (R) talks with his brother and co-defendant Oleg (inside defendants cage) during a court hearing in Moscow December 30, 2014. A Russian court ruled on Tuesday to give Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence for embezzling money but jailed his brother for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

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