World in photos

Navayah Livingston, 8 months, checks out the line of people waiting to receive gifts of food, household items and toys in Detroit as part of A Miracle in Motown. The event is part of a nationwide program that helps poor and disadvantaged families.  (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

A woman takes cover behind riot police as students throw eggs at the entrance of Athens’ main court complex on Wednesday. Greece has seen its worst riots in decades after a 15-year-old boy died this month in a police shooting incident.  (Thanassis Stavrakis / Associated Press)

A veiled woman waits to cast her vote Wednesday at a polling station in Kishtwar, in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir. Security forces patrolled towns in the Himalayan territory to protect voters in state elections. Muslim separatists urged residents to boycott the vote.  (Channi Anand / Associated Press)

Skiers compete in the men’s 20 km individual biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, on Thursday. Russia’s Maxim Tchoudov won ahead of his teammate Ivan Tcherezov and Sweden’s Bjorn Ferry.  (Joe Klamar / AFP/Getty Images)

South Korean opposition lawmakers trying to break into a barricaded parliamentary office are met with the force of fire extinguishers in Seoul. Members of a committee inside the office were signing a trade agreement with the United States.  (Jeon Young-Han / AFP/Getty Images)

A worker prepares to destroy 500 illegal gambling machines confiscated by the police during several operations throughout Lima, the Peruvian capital.  (Karel Navarro / Associated Press)

Thrill-seeking Santa Clauses take the plunge over Picton in Australia’s Southern Highlands.  (Craig Bennett / AFP/Getty Images)

Anti-riot police clash with protesters during a demonstration in Athens on Thursday. The Greek capital saw more unrest as 5,000 protesters swamped riot police outside the parliament nearly two weeks after the fatal shooting of a teenager sparked riots.  (Aris Messinis / AFP/Getty Images)

A caisson carries the commingled remains of Vietnam veterans Maj. Bernard Bucher, Staff Sgt. Frank Hepler, Airman George Long, Maj. John McElroy, Lt. Stephen Moreland and Army Capt. Warren Orr Jr. during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The men were part of a crew on a C-130 Hercules plane that crashed near Da Nang, South Vietnam, on May 12, 1968.  (Kevin Wolf / Associated Press)