Snowy weather, prayers, saying goodbye to 2014

A Buddhist monk participates in Nyigma Monlam prayers at the Boudhanath Stupa in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The Nyigma Monlam is an annual prayer for world peace. (Niranjan Shrestha/AP photo)

A woman screams during an unauthorized rally in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg Navalny in central Moscow on December 30, 2014. Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny on December 30, 2014, called for mass protests to “destroy” President Vladimir Putin’s regime after a court handed him a suspended sentence and jailed his brother in a controversial fraud case. (Alexander Nemenov/Getty Images)

Children displaced from Pakistani tribal areas due to fighting between security forces and militants play under a tree during the last sunset of the year on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (B.K. Bangash/AP photo)

Pakistanis tourists ride on a camel during the last sunset of the year at Clifton beach in Karachi on December 31, 2014. (Asif Hassan/Getty Images)

People walk at a snowy stairs of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen hill ahead the qualification jump of the second session of the Four-Hills Ski jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany on December 31, 2014. The second competition of the Four-Hills Ski jumping event takes place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, before the tournament continues in Innsbruck (Austria) and in Bischofshofen (Austria). (Christof Stache/Getty Images)

People try to make their way on Istiklal Avenue during a storm on December 31, 2014 in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/Getty Images)

Belarusian Sergei Selekh plays with his 6-month-old tamed wolves on the outskirts of the village of Gaina, 45 kilometers (28 miles) north of Belarus capital Minsk, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Selekh owns a farmstead, where sheep, wolves and an ethnographic museum serve as entertainment for guests. (Sergei Grits/AP photo)

Runners in fancy dress cross the Pennine hills near Haworth,northern England in the traditional Auld Lang Syne Fell race which attracts hundreds of runners many in costume Wednesday Dec. 31, 2014. (John Giles/AP photo)

A skier makes his way through the snow-covered landscape in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (Matthias Schrader/AP photo)

The body of a victim is carried out of a north Edmonton home in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Nine people, including seven adults and two young children, were found dead at three separate crime scenes in what Edmonton’s police chief on Tuesday called a “senseless mass murder.” (Jason Franson/AP photo)

Indonesian women hold candles to pray for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan 1, 2015. A massive hunt for the victims of the jet resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, but wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved ones. (Tatan Syuflana/AP photo)

Officers of the National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) carry a body of one of the victims on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501, from a helicopter upon arrival at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. A massive hunt for the victims of the jet resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, but wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved ones. (Achmad Ibrahim/AP photo)

Streetlamps are covered in snow and ice outside a restaurant on the peak of the Feldberg mountain, 20km (12.4 miles) outside of Frankfurt, December 31, 2014. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters photo)

Pakistani brick factory worker Ghulam Mohammed, 41, arrives to work in a brick factory in Mandra near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP photo)

A voter registers before casting his ballot for the Likud primary at a polling station in Jerusalem December 31, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is widely expected to retain the helm of the conservative Likud party ahead of Israel’s March 17 general election. (Baz Ratner/Reuters photo)

The Blue Sky M cargo ship, carrying an estimated 900 migrants, is seen at the Gallipoli harbour, southern Italy, December 31, 2014. Four migrants were found dead on a cargo ship which was taken to Italy after apparently being abandoned by its crew in Greek waters, the Italian Red Cross said on Wednesday. The Blue Sky M was spotted drifting near the coast of Corfu on Tuesday. Greece sent its navy and coastguard with a military helicopter to the scene in response to an alarm call about a possible incident on the ship and Italian coast guard officials later boarded to check if it could navigate properly. (Reuters photo)

Medics help migrants after they arrived onboard the Blue Sky M cargo ship at the Gallipoli harbour southern Italy, December 31, 2014. Four migrants were found dead on a cargo ship which was taken to Italy after apparently being abandoned by its crew in Greek waters, the Italian Red Cross said on Wednesday. The Blue Sky M was carrying an estimated 900 migrants when it was spotted drifting near the coast of Corfu on Tuesday. Greece sent its navy and coastguard with a military helicopter to the scene in response to an alarm call about a possible incident on the ship and Italian coast guard officials later boarded to check if it could navigate properly. (Reuters photo)

An African migrant reacts upon arriving at CETI, the short-stay immigrant centre, after crossing the border from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla December 31, 2014. More than 50 migrants managed to pass the border fence and are currently held at CETI, local authorities said. (Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda/Reuters photo)

Challenger Israel Perez of Argentina punches the champion Takashi Uchiyama (Left) of Japan during their WBA boxing super featherweight title bout in Tokyo December 31, 2014. Uchiyama won the match by technical knock out in the ninth round. (Yuya Shino/Reuters photo)

A camper rides a bicycle through a snow-coverd campground following a winter storm in Joshua Tree National Park, California December 31, 2014. Two people, including a harbor patrolman, died on a wind-beaten Southern California coastal island and emergency crews rescued more than 100 drivers trapped in the snow-caked mountains outside Los Angeles in the wake of the storm. (Lee Celano/Reuters photo)

Gay couple Joe Schofield (blue kilt) and Malcolm Brown from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire are married in the Trades house shortly after midnight in front of friends and family in one of the first same-sex weddings in Scotland on December 31, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Same-sex couples have been able to enter into ‘civil partnerships’ since 2005, however following a change in the law in March 2014 gay couples are now eligible to marry in Scotland. Parliament’s decision to grant same-sex couples an equal right to marriage has been met with opposition from religious groups. Gay marriage is already legal in England and Wales, however the Northern Ireland administration has no plans to make it law. (Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

Forces of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad stand in a damaged factory in the Handarat area after regaining control of the whole area, they said, north of Aleppo December 31, 2014. (George Ourfalian/Reuters photo)

A Shinto priest looks behind a cover during ceremonies bidding farewell to 2014, ahead of New Year’s Day, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo December 31, 2014. (Thomas Peter/Reuters photo)

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