Travel photos of the week: Dec. 1
Great shots from around the world, including soda-guzzling monkeys, an erupting volcano and stadiums full of snow
A pod from the London Eye is seen in front of Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament in London November 27, 2011.CHRIS HELGREN
Musicians from a brass band play as fireworks are set off during a wedding procession on November 23, 2011 in New Delhi, India.Daniel Berehulak
Alex Tague and Julie Young, tourists from London, sit by the lake during the mild autumn weather in Prospect Park on November 27, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York.Michael Nagle
The newly renovated and protected tombstone of Oscar Wilde is unveiled on the 111th anniversary Of the writer's death at Cimetierre du Pere Lachaise on November 30, 2011 in Paris, France. Adoring fans have tradionally kissed the Jacob Epstein sculpted tombstone.Antoine Antoniol
A park ranger stands at the site of a new eruption in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 24, 2011. Volcano fanatics will have to pay $300 (220 euros) to be escorted to a viewing site.STEVE TERILL
Monkeys eat fruit and drink soda in front of an ancient temple during the annual 'monkey buffet' in Lopburi province, Thailand, on November 27, 2011. More than 2,000 kilograms of food were offered to monkeys during the festival to help promote tourism.PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL
Tourists visit the Morro Cabana colonial-era fortress at dusk in Havana, Cuba, November 23, 2011.DESMOND BOYLAN
Children enjoy a fairground carousel on November 25, 2011 at Liseburg's Amusement Park in Sweden, where nearly 5 million lights are on display in Gothenburg to December 23.STEVE CRISP
Workers spread fake snow on November 28, 2011, as they prepare Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium to be transformed into a snowy winter wonderland.STR
The sun rises above an Orthodox Church in the town of Novogrudok, 150 kilometres west of the Belarussian capital Minsk, November 30, 2011.VLADIMIR NIKOLSKY
A vendor serves hot wine at the traditional Christkindelsmaerik (Christ Child market) near Strasbourg Cathedral in France, November 27, 2011. Held annually since 1570, the market started last Saturday.VINCENT KESSLER
A shadow is cast on a wall of the new wing of the Tel Aviv Museum November 23, 2011. The dazzling new building is no less an attraction than the art showcased inside.BAZ RATNER
Tourists watch a panda eating at the research base for giant panda breeding in Chengdu, the capital of China's southwestern province of Sichuan on November 22, 2011.LIU JIN
Snow tubers descend the 'Batterhorn' at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The Cleveland Indians opened their winter attraction featuring the tubing hill, ice skating track and regulation hockey rink on the infield at the ballpark.Mark Duncan
Fog rolls in during the sunny autumn weather at the chapel of the snowless central Swiss ski resort of Stoss, at 1,305 metres above sea level, near Lake Lucern, November 24, 2011.CHRISTIAN HARTMANN
People walk past Revert Andrews, 15, center, and Revon Andrews, 13, members of the New Life Brass Band, as they perform in the French Quarter section of New Orleans on Nov. 22, 2011.Gerald Herbert
Cross-country skiers ski on a circuit in the eastern Swiss mountain resort of Davos November 26, 2011.ARND WIEGMANN
Competitors participate in the annual 'Stair Race' event at Azrieli Tower in Tel Aviv on November 25, 2011. The race attracts hundreds of competitors each year to climb the 1,144 steps in the 51-storey tower.NIR ELIAS
Tourists gather for a group photograph in front of the Gateway of India in Mumbai on November 26, 2011.INDRANIL MUKHERJEE