Giant pandas Chengjiu and Shuanghao play in the snow at a zoo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. REUTERS

Competitors taking part in a chilli pepper eating contest in a hot spring filled with chilli peppers in the Mingyue Qiangu Scenic Area in Wentang Town, Yichun City, in China. AFP

A girl laughs while her brother cries being held by Santa Claus at the King of Prussia Mall, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Mark Makela

A man fishes on a bank of the Yenisei River covered with snow and hoarfrost with the air temperature at about -16 degrees Celsius outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi scores during the Spanish league football match RCD Espanyol against FC Barcelona at the RCDE Stadium in Cornella de Llobregat. AFP / PAU BARRENA

A protestor wearing a "yellow vest" (gilets jaunes) and brandishing a french national flag stands in front of riot police armored vehicles in Marseille, southern France. AFP / BORIS HORVAT

Afghan refugees collected by Turkish border army sit in the truck after being deported by Greek army officers near Greece border in Edirne. AFP / BULENT KILIC