Week in Pictures 6 - 10 December

At the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, a poster showed the face of Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident and winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The prize ceremony will be held Friday, with an empty chair representing Mr. Liu, now serving an 11-year prison sen

Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjoern Jagland looks down at the Nobel certificate and medal on the empty chair where Xiaobo would have sat during the ceremony at Oslo City Hall Friday. (Heiko Junge/Reuters)

Pearl Harbor survivor John Hughes, left, and Lance Cpl. Zackary Morphew attend the 69th anniversary ceremony marking the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tuesday, Dec. 7 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Marco Garcia/AP)

Akira Suzuki (L) of Japan and his compatriot Ei-ichi Negishi meet the media at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm Thursday.The two scientists will receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010. The portrait in background shows King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who wi

A supporter of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London where Julian Assange's case was heard, Tuesday, Dec. 7. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)

A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wears the mask featuring the American National flag during a protest at Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong Friday. (Kin Cheung/AP)

A portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is seen painted after a protester from a conservative civic group broke a balloon containing red paint, with a mock pistol during an anti-North Korea rally in Seoul December 8. (Truth Leem / Reuters)

A supporter of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly, with Martelly's electoral stickers on his face, waits to meet the candidate outside his home in Peguy Ville December 9. (St-Felix Evens/Reuters)

Supporters of opposition leader Alassane Ouattara protest in front of the U.N. headquarters at rebels' stronghold of Bouake, in central Ivory Coast December 5. (Luc Gnago/Reuters)

As a fire burned in Parliament Square, police officers with riot shields and batons pushed protesters back. (AP)

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London, Thursday, Dec. 9. (Matt Dunham/AP)

Rescue workers and locals gather in front of a wrecked train in Narsingdi December 8, 2010. At least seven people were killed and 50 were injured in a head-on train collision in Bangladesh on Wednesday. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama and his family react as his daughter Sasha (L) pushes the button to light the National Christmas Tree during a ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington December 9. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

The National Christmas Tree is lit in front of the White House during the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Washington December 9. (Molly Riley/Reuters)

A van drives past frozen trees with the air temperature at about -31 degrees Celsius (-24 degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 10. ( Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Afghan men play football in front of the old palace in Kabul December 7, 2010. (Omar Sobhani / Reuters)

Fans of Argentina's Independiente cheer before their Copa Sudamericana final soccer match against Brazil's Goias, in Buenos Aires December 8. (Enrique Marcarian / Reuters)