Week in Pictures 3/12/10

South Korean marines patrolled on Yeonpyeong Island, in a vehicle that was damaged from the Nov. 23 shelling of the island by North Korean artillery. Four people were killed in the bombardment. (Reuters)

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, pictured November 4. Police ratcheted up the pressure on Assange this week, asking European officers to arrest him on rape charges as his organization continued to embarrass the Obama adminstration with a stream of le

Children play in a makeshift shelter after losing their homes to weeks of rain in Caracas. More than a dozen people have died and thousands have been forced from their houses after weeks of downpours in Venezuela that have caused flooding and mudslides.

A man walks in the flooded streets in Barlovento in the state of Miranda outside Caracas December 1. (REUTERS/Miranda Government/Handout)

Detainees are displayed for the media during a news conference by Iraq's Interior Minister in Baghdad December 2. Security forces arrested 39 al Qaeda militants, including the group's leadership in Anbar province and one of its top officers in Iraq, in ra

Rabbis inspect the setting-up of a large Menorah in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 1, ahead of a ceremony marking the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)

Buildings are seen shrouded in polluted air in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1. Heavy air pollution has forced Iranian authorities to close government offices and declare a two-day public holiday in the capital, Tehran. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Sontaya, a 39 year-old HIV positive Thai man who claims to have three wives, all HIV positive, rests at a hospice for those dying of AIDS at a Buddhist temple in Lopburi on the World AIDS day December 1, 2010. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen testify before the Senate Arms Services Committee hearing about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays serving in the military in Washington Decem

A policeman stands amidst thick smoke from flares during a Europa League Group soccer match between CSKA Sofia and Besiktas in Sofia December 2, 2010. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)

Crowds celebrated at Doha, the capital of Qatar, after the Persian Gulf emirate was chosen as the site of the 2022 world cup. Qatar would be the first Arab, Middle Eastern or Muslim nation to host the worldwide soccer tournament. (AP)

A Qatari soccer fan blows a vuvuzela before the announcement of the hosts for the 2022 World Cup, in Souq Waqif December 2. (Fadi Al-Assaad/Reuters)

Aung San Suu Kyi (C) comforts HIV/AIDS infected people during a visit to the National League for Democracy party headquarters to mark World AIDS Day in Yangon December 2. (Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

People hold signs at a candlelight vigil calling for peace on the Korean peninsula, in Seoul November 29. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed retaliation against any further provocation by the North after it attacked an island last week. (Kim Kyun

Jewish men look at a forest fire that broke out near kibbutz Beit Oren in the north of Israel December 2. The huge forest fire swept northern Israel on Thursday, killing up to 40 peopl. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30, in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP)

A lonely fisherman is seen on the bank of the Moskva river at the outskirts of Moscow on a Thursday afternoon, Dec. 2, 2010 as temperatures plummeted to -23 Celscius ( -9 Fahrenheit). (Mikhail Metzel/AP)

Musician Stevie Wonder prepares during The Grammy Nominations Concert Countdown event in Los Angeles December 1. The 53rd annual Grammy Awards will be presented on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)