Far-Out Photos

• A woman offers a bottle of champagne to a paraglider in Dunakeszi, Hungary, Dec. 31. Hungarian paragliders traditionally mark the last day of the year with flights.
  
  
  

  Bela Szandelszky, AP

• Tourists and locals play chess at Szechenyi Thermal Bath, one of the largest spa complexes in Europe, in Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 30. The baths were built in 1913.
  
  
  

  Attila Kisbenedek, AFP / Getty Images

• A South Korean resident wears a mask resembling former Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-Hee during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 30. About 3,000 people protested outside the headquarters of Samsung group, whose barge was blamed for causing a massive 2007 oil spill. The demonstrators demanded more compensation for the disaster.
  
  
  

  Jung Yeon, AFP / Getty Images

• A woman holds a newborn Chinese Meishan pig in Berlin on Dec. 30.
  
  
  

  Theo Heimann, AFP / Getty Images

• Bolivian shaman Carmen Acho, right, performs a traditional purification ritual holding a Quirquincho, a three-banded armadillo, over a patient's head in Lima, Peru, Dec. 29. Acho said the ritual cleans the participant of evil spirits and brings good luck for the new year.
  
  
  

  Karel Navarro, AP

• A dog attacks an army soldier during an exercise in Akhnoor, India, Dec. 27.
  
  
  

  Channi Anand, AP

• Sheryl Wheeler shovels snow Dec. 24 outside her piercing and tattoo shop in Troutdale, Ore.
  
  
  

  Don Ryan, AP

• Children watch as Nong Na lies on a bed inside a glass room in Pattaya, Thailand, on Dec. 22. Nong hopes to break her own world record by staying 33 days and nights in the enclosure along with 5,000 scorpions.
  
  
  

  Christophe Archambault, AFP / Getty Images

• Police demonstrate some of their tough skills during a graduation ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22.
  
  
  

  Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters

• When dinosaurs ruled the world, it probably wasn't quite like this. A massive sand sculpture celebrates the age of the "terrible lizards" in Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 19.
  
  
  

  Enrique Ascui, Getty Images