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We bring for you a collection of the best photos from around the world in the last 24 hours
A rose is seen covered in snow in Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland December 5, 2011. Britain's Meteorological Office said it expected cold weather across the UK for most of the week, with temperatures to drop to freezing point in some parts of the North.
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A new Kaibil graduate, a member of Guatemala's special forces, salutes during an exhibition to commemorate a graduation ceremony in Poptum, Peten, 400 km away from Guatemala City, December 5. The elite group of the Guatemalan Army, founded in 1974, held a graduation ceremony on Monday to commemorate nine members who successfully completed the 77th international Kaibil course.
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Police officers investigate wrecked luxury cars at the site of a traffic accident on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki, southwestern Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo. Ten people were slightly injured in the pile up involving eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini, two Mercedes-Benz and two Japanese cars, according to the police. A group of luxury sports car fans were believed to be driving together when the accident occurred, local media reported
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A woman displays her hand with a chain and lock during a demonstration to demand trial of Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz
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A man stands in front of barricades placed by the Egyptian military at Mohamed Mahmoud street which leads to the Interior Ministry, where clashes between protesters and security force took place in late November, near Tahrir Square in Cairo December 5. The graffiti on the barricade reads: "Freedom, Regime, Freedom will prevail".
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Autocues are seen during a performance at the K-Pop music concert at the Brixton Academy in London December 6
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Revellers dressed as Saint Nicholas and a devil (R) look at a child at the Old Town Square in Prague December 5. The revellers approached children on the streets as part of a tradition to determine if they had behaved well during the past year; and depending on their answers, would receive presents, sweets or coal accordingly
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Shi'ite Muslim men touch a symbolic sacred horse for good luck as they take part in a religious procession ahead of the Ashura festival in Lahore December 5, 2011. The horse is symbolically represented in Ashura ceremonies as Imam Hussein's horse Zuljina. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the 7th century battle of Kerbala.
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Syrian armed forces fire a missile during a live ammunitions exercise in an undisclosed location December 4, 2011, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA on December 5
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Figurines from the comic strip Tintin by Brussels-born author Georges Remi, better known as Herge, are displayed in a shop at the Herge Museum in Louvain-La-Neuve. Belgians have flocked to see "The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn", a new film by US. director Stephen Spielberg which brings to life the fictional exploits of a cartoon character who is a household name in Europe. Belgians, proud of a comic strip history which also includes the Smurfs, Gaston and Lucky Luke hope the movie inspires Americans to delve into the original Tintin books, and to discover more about Belgium. Picture taken December 1, 2011
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New Orleans Saints cheerleader dances on the sidelines as her team took on the Detroit Lions defenders during their NFL football game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana
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A motorboat sails through a frosty fog along the Yenisei River some 55 km south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 5
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Five-year-old Muawia helps his friend to fly a homemade kite on the outskirts of Karachi December 5
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US Army soldiers from Charlie Company 2-5 Cavalry Regiment watch illumination rounds during a night patrol near Camp Kalsu in Tunis, Iraq
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