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Snowflakes collect on a car window during a winter nor'easter snow storm in Waltham, Massachusetts January 2, 2014.BRIAN SNYDER/Reuters

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Youths walk towards burning houses in Bossangoa, north of Bangui January 2, 2014. Clashes between Muslims and Christians in Central African Republic's capital killed at least three on Wednesday as angry residents threw grenades and torched homes, witnesses said.ANDREEA CAMPEANU/Reuters

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A memorial for Julie Paskall, a Surrey woman who was fatally beaten on Sunday night, outside the Newton Arena in Surrey, British Columbia on January 2, 2013.Ben Nelms

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People attempt to extinguish a fire at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs January 2, 2014. The powerful explosion in Shi'ite group Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold killed three people on Thursday and sent a column of smoke into the sky, a witness said.KHALIL HASSAN/Reuters

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A young neighborhood resident carries makeshift weapons, as he returns from a camp for the displaced at Mpoko Airport to fetch household goods from the Garaba neighborhood, in Bangui, Central African Republic, on New Year's Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford laughs during a press conference to announce the city's plan to clean up debris following the ice storm in Toronto, ON, Thursday, January 2, 2014.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail

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A woman carrying an umbrella is framed by decorative lights hanging outside a business on Granville Island as heavy rain falls in Vancouver, on Thursday January 2, 2014.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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