Women carry water to spritz on a sand sculpture created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik, on the eve of World AIDS Day on a beach in Konark, about 40 miles from Bhubaneswar, India. (Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)

An employee walks a wide isle at Amazon.com‘s 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center on Cyber Monday. Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history. Shoppers are expected to spend $1.5 billion, up 20 percent from last year, according to research firm comScore. That would not only make it the biggest online shopping day of the year, but the biggest since comScore started tracking shoppers’ online buying habits in 2001. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)

A car stops beside a house in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling, Zhejiang province, China, November 22, 2012. An elderly couple refused to sign an agreement to allow their house to be demolished. They say that compensation offered is not enough to cover rebuilding costs, according to local media. Their house is the only building left standing on a road which is paved through their village. (REUTERS/China Daily)

A man feeds pigeons outside the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the targets of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India. The lone surviving Pakistani gunman from the terror attack was executed earlier in the day providing much-needed closure over the three-day rampage that shook the nation’s core and deepened enmity with neighbor Pakistan. (Rafiq Maqbool / Associated Press)

Meerkats snuggle against each other for warmth at a zoo in Belgrade, Serbia. (Darko Vojinovic/Associated Press)

About 800 children and teachers from 14 schools, and volunteers gather to form an image of the Chinese white dolphin on Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong. (Kin Cheung/Associated Press)

Jake Dimmock, co-owner of the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, works with flowering plants in a grow room in Seattle. After voters weighed in on election day, Colorado and Washington became the first states to allow legal pot for recreational use, but they are likely to face resistance from federal regulations. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)

Bicycles are partially buried in the snow after heavy snowfall in Yanqing county near Beijing, China. (Associated Press)

A dog looks out from an open window as its owner takes pictures near the seawall in Scituate, Massachusetts. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press)

Brainshire School students in Halloween costumes during their “Halloween Day” in Manila. (Reuters)