Day in Photos, December 26, 2011

Monday was a strange day. Some confusion and vacillation. Some thought better of it and decided to go to work, while others on the contrary went on strike. African Christians prayed, but did not forget the pagan past, and in Korea, frozen fountains.

Another oil spill in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.





White Whale amused emission of rings in an aquarium in Chiba, Japan.



Here is the fountain of Seoul as a result of unexpected frosts, Korea.



The girl rides a horse into the church for the blessing of the priest, the day of St. Stephen, your average, Slovenia.



Skiers run in freshly fallen snow in Graubundene, Switzerland.



A black Christian prays at an improvised cross on the beach in Lagos, Nigeria.



In Britain today held a day of gifts - the beginning of the winter sales.



Despite the transport problems in London wanting to get discounts was enough.



In New York, a similar frenzy, USA.



Parishioners of the United Apostolic Church go to the waterfall for a ritual bath, the Maloti Mountains, South Africa.



Chinese walrus dives into a hole on a broomstick, the Songhua River, Harbin, China.



A man crosses the Rio Branco Avenue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hiding from the rain under an umbrella.



One of the central streets of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, in Christmas lights.



Plateau in Abidjan is also decorated with festive lights, but more modest, Côte d'Ivoire.



Here's a Christmas "tree" created on the local television tower in Vilnius. As a result, a "tree" was 312 meters in height, Lithuania.



The explosion of the old 80-meter building in the city of Kunming.



The carriages of the London Underground are at the depot during the daily train drivers strike, demanding payment of allowances for public holidays, UK.



A supporter of Indian anti-corruption Anna Hazara waving the national flag in the clubs of gas during the fumigation in the complex «Bandra-Kurla», Mumbai, India.



President Barack Obama is trying to dodge the prying fingers of an eight-month baby Cooper Wall Wagner at the meeting the head of the country with the American soldiers' families on the basis of one of the Hawaiian Islands.



South Korean icebreaker "Araon" finally reached the distressed Russian fishing vessel "Sparta", drifted week after hitting an iceberg, Antarctica.



Racing on elephants during the festival of elephants in Sauraha, Nepal.



Tonight NBA basketball fans gave the most important gift - the start of the regular season the best basketball league of the world. Kobe Bryant of the «Los Angeles Lakers» in anticipation of the match against «Chicago Bulls».



Player of football club "Liverpool", Martin Skrtel, neither rode on the back of Yakubu Aiyegbeni from "Blackburn Rovers", his team failed to win the outsider - 1: 1.



Coach "Manchester City" Roberto Mancini screamed his players most of the match against the "West Brom". But never dokrichatsya, his team played in a draw 0: 0, and ceased to be the sole leader of the championship of the Premier League.



Sail boats look out over the waves during the start of the regatta in Sydney, Australia.



An employee of the Harbin ice and snow festival rolls tourists on a dog sled in China. The official opening of the festival on 5 January 2012.



Photo: AP, Getty Images, Reuters