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Onboard Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing the crew takes a break during quiet days during Leg 2 between Cape Town, South Africa and Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Volvo Ocean Race visits 11 ports in 11 countries over nine months.Handout/Getty Images

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A seven-year-old boy who only prefers to give his first name as Benjamin bandages a horse as he prepares for his polo lessons at the Puesto Viejo Ranch in Canuelas, outside Buenos Aires.ENRIQUE MARCARIAN/Reuters

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends a Christmas celebration with pickers of recyclable material next to a mural depicting a man pushing a cart loaded with recyclable material, in Sao Paulo.NACHO DOCE/Reuters

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Prince Harry attends The Annual ICAP Charity Day in London, England.WPA Pool/Getty Images

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A veteran chats on his phone during the unveiling ceremony of London's first public memorial to the Korean War.Carl Court/Getty Images

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Andalusian horsemen wait before taking part in a contest for colts of three years during the Sicab International Pre Horse Fair in the Andalusian capital of Seville.Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

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Sri Lanka's Dhammika Prasad appeals for an unsuccessful LBW wicket during their third One Day International cricket match in Hambantota.DINUKA LIYANAWATTE/Reuters

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Indian labourers work at a cotton processing and packaging indusry in Kadi, also known as 'Cotton City of India', some 50 kms from Ahmedabad.SAM PANTHAKY/AFP / Getty Images

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A sign for the village of Schneeberg, translated as Snow Mountain, is covered with ice, in northern Austria.HEINZ-PETER BADER/Reuters

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Artist Kaya Mar carries his cartoon painting depicting Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne waving an axe in London, England.Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

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