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Published Dec. 4, 2014, 6:25 p.m. ET

Indian Navy soldiers demonstrate their skills as they play drums during Navy Day celebrations in Mumbai December 4, 2014. The Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day to commemorate its offensive operation at Karachi Harbour during the India-Pakistan war in 1971. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Navy soldiers perform in Mumbai, India. Reuters

PIC FROM KURT AMSLER / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: The new born baby sperm whale) This is the incredible moment a sperm whale gives birth, with several midwives escorting the newborn to the surface for the babys first breath. The footage and pictures show the pregnant mother swimming among a pod of the normally shy animals in the Azores. But suddenly the female gives birth, with several other whales surrounding her. Quickly the group usher the newborn towards the surface as the weak mother watches on. The remarkable incident was captured by wildlife photographer Kurt Amsler. SEE CATERS COPY

A newborn sperm whale goes for a swim in the Azores, Portugal. Kurt Amsler / Caters News

(6/12) *** EXCLUSIVE - VIDEO AVAILABLE *** OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA OCTOBER 28: A female leopard jumps on a male lechwe, grabbing it around the neck on October 28, 2014 in Okavango Delta, Botswana. A BRAVE antelope makes an unlikely escape after being ambushed by a leopard as it battled a rival. The red lechwe was already exhausted having locked horns with another male when the killer cat struck - but managed to shake it off. The fast-paced footage was shot by safari guide Thomas Nkwazi, in the Okavango Delta area of Botswana, as he enjoyed a morning drive with four guests. PHOTOGRAPH BY Thomas Nkwazi / Barcroft Media UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

A leopard preys on a lechwe in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Barcroft Media

In this picture provided by the Prague Zoo and taken on, Monday Dec. 1, 2014, shows three of the newly born cheetah quadruplets yawning. The zoo says the four who have been born on Nov. 21, 2014 have survived the most critical period after the birth and their mother, the three-year-old Savannah, is taking good care of them. (AP Photo/Petr Hamerník, Zoo Praha)

Cheetah cubs cuddle in the Prague Zoo. AP

ROME, ITALY - DECEMBER 04: Several hundred demonstrators gather near the Senate to protest the approval of the Jobs Act leading to clashes between protesters and security forces on December 4, 2014 in Rome, Italy. PHOTOGRAPH BY Luca Prizia / Pacific Press / Barcroft India UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

Demonstrators throw pink powder in Rome. Barcroft

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: Low-wage federal contract workers block rush hour traffic on Independence Avenue while demanding presidential action to win an increase to $15 an hour wage December 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. A number of workers were expected to walk off their jobs later in the day as part of the protest. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Protesters in Washington DC call for higher minimum wage. Getty

Two crowned cranes stand face to face in their compound at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/dpa, Tim Brakemeier)

Crowned cranes have a stare down in a Berlin, Germany, zoo. AP

ALREWAS, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 4: Living historian Paul Thompson, poses as General Walter Congreve VC at the National Memorial Arboretum as he reads the general's letter from the trenches describing the Christmas Day Truce of 1914 on December 4, 2014 in Alrewas, Staffordshire. The previously unpublished letter, donated by the general's family to the Staffordshire Council archives, tells how British and German soldiers agreed the famous truce in no man's land, where they sang songs and played a football match, before returning to their trenches. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A living historian poses as Gen. Walter Congreve at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, UK. Getty

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani during the London Conference on Afghanistan on December 4, 2014 in London, England. Afghanistan's new leaders are hoping to build bridges with the West at the conference in London, as they struggle to bring peace while foreign combat forces withdraw after 13 years in the country. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Sec. of State John Kerry speaks with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani during the London Conference on Afghanistan. Getty

Women dressed as Spider woman and Bat woman cosplay at the Comic Con Experience fair in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. Sao Paulo hosted the international comic trade fair for the first time and plan to hold one every year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Cosplayers attend the Comic Con Experience in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP

A man carries an umbrella as he crosses Montgomery Street in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. The San Francisco Bay Area reached or exceeded normal annual rainfall totals for the first time in years. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco, Calif., gets a rare rainy day. AP

Student leader Joshua Wong walks inside his tent during hunger strike at the occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. Wong, 18, and four other members of his Scholarism group started a hunger strike this week to try to force the government to resume talks over the students' demands, which include dropping Beijing's requirement to screen candidates for inaugural 2017 elections. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A protester walks inside his tent during a hunger strike in Hong Kong. AP

Workers install the names of the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the wall of the Tsunami Museum ahead of the 10th anniversary of the killer waves in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. The tsunami triggered by a magnitude-9.1 earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004 killed 230,000 people in several countries, more than half of them in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Workers install names of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims in the Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. AP

A man wears a hat bearing the name of Eric Garner during a news conference at the National Action Network headquarters in New York, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. National Urban League President Marc Morial calls the lack of an indictment in the Garner case "a travesty of justice." About 20 civil rights leaders met behind closed doors. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A man wears an Eric Garner hat in New York. AP

People walk past and take photographs next to a Christmas parcel light decoration at the Rossio square in Lisbon, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Christmas lights illuminate Lisbon, Portugal. AP

Crews begin the clean up process at a homeless encampment known as The Jungle Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in San Jose, Calif. Police and social-workers on Thursday began clearing away one of the nation's largest homeless encampments, a cluster of flimsy tents and plywood shelters that once housed more than 200 people in the heart of California's wealthy Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Crews clean out a homeless encampment in San Jose, Calif. AP

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe sweats as he leaves the podium after delivering his speech during the official opening of the Zanu pf 6th National Congress in Harare, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. Mugabe attacked his deputy President Joice Mujuru aledging she plotted to remove him from power.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe leaves a speech in Harare, Zimbabwe. AP

A group of dogs waiting to be walked are pictured on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York, December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

Dogs go for a group walk in the Upper East Side. Reuters

PIC BY MIKE MEZEUL II/ CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: A cloud-to-ground lightning bolt strikes over Albany, Texas as the Milky Way shines above, May 2011. ) - A photographer has weathered some of Americas most violent storms to capture these stunning snaps. Storm chaser Mike Mezeul II, 30, has travelled all over the US to shoot the likes of mammoth thunderstorms and surreal cloud patterns. His incredible collection of storm images are the result of more than 15 years of photography and thousands of miles of travel. The photographer, from Frisco in Texas, USA, became interested in storm chasing aged 16 when he got his first car. He has since shot ferocious storms as far north as the Canadian border and as far south as Mexico. SEE CATERS COPY.

Lightning strikes over Albany, Texas. Mike Mezeul II / Caters News

The day in photos

The day in photos