Giant pandas Yuan Zi and Huan Huan eating bamboo in Chengdu. China and France have agreed a high-level deal for Beijing to lend two giant pandas to the French zoo for 10 years starting from early 2012.

A Pakistani couple cross over a stream using an aerial cableway in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

A figure of a devil burns during the traditional 'Quema del Diablo' (Burning of the Devil) celebration in Guatemala City.

Virender Sehwag plays a shot during the fourth one-day international cricket match between India and West Indies at The Holkar Stadium in Indore.

Palestinians gather around the wreckage of a car targeted in an airstrike in Gaza City. Two suspected Islamic militants were killed in an Israeli missile strike on their vehicle near a crowded public park in Gaza City.

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, left, and England coach Fabio Capello are seen before an appeal against Rooney's three-match ban which excludes him from England's 2012 European Championship group-stage matches at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The finishing touches are put to a wax figure of US singer Lady Gaga wearing a dress made from cling film designed by Adnan Bayatt in a Christmas grotto at Madame Tussauds.

Napoli's football fans celebrate the victory of their team in Naples. Napoli defeated Villarreal 2-0 in Spain, a victory that see them through the UEFA Champions League knockout round.

Members of Kerala Assembly Committee visiting the Mullaperiyar dam in Idukki.

People living near nuclear plant sites participate in an anti-nuclear protest in New Delhi.