In a cove below the San Diego City Wastewater Treatment Plant in Point Loma, Calif., city lifeguards Wednesday towed away the body of a rare 67-foot female fin whale that washed up Saturday. Scientists hope eventually to determine the cause of death. (Earl S. Cryer/Zuma Press)

Tim Mathieson, Australian Prime minister’s partner, shows U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama his cowboy boots before she hosts a luncheon with the spouses of APEC leaders at Kualoa Ranch in Kaaawa, Hawaii. (REUTERS/Hugh Gentry)

Chalk messages mark the spot where non-violent protestors were pepper-sprayed by police at an “Occupy UCD” rally on campus in Davis, California. (Max Whittaker/Reuters) Click image to zoom.

A man walks amidst morning fog in New Delhi, India, November 21. (Gurinder Osan/Associated Press) Click image to zoom.

A couple walk across Victoria Park during foggy weather in Leicester, England, November 20. (Darren Staples/Reuters) Click image to zoom.

A white whale wears a Santa Claus hat during a show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, November 19. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)

Cape Penguins, wearing colorful ribbons, take a walk at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Japan. (AP)

A giant decorated Christmas tree is seen on the ground floor of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris, November 17. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)

An abandoned dog sits on a concrete pipe in a flooded area of Bangkok, Thailand, November 16. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters) Click image to zoom.

The Russian Soyuz TMA-22 space ship, attached to its Soyuz-FG rocket booster, sits on the pad before its launch from the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Mikhail Metzel/Pool/Associated Press) Click image to zoom.