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A photographer, with a painted face, poses for a photo at San Andres cemetery in Mixquic, November 2, 2014. On the Day of the Dead, Mexicans pay homage to their late relatives by preparing meals and decorating their graves. The festival has its origins in a pre-Hispanic Aztec belief that the dead return to Earth one day each year to visit their loved ones. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A photographer poses at a cemetery in Mixquic, Mexico. Reuters

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: Sweepers stir up dust as they clean the reflecting pool in front of the US Capitol that is covered in scafollding for repairs, November 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. Today Americans will head to the polls to cast their vote in the mid-term elections leaving the control of the US Senate in question. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Sweepers stir up dust while cleaning the reflecting pool at the Capitol. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: The US Capitol is reflected in the Senate Park Reflecting pool, November 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. Today Americans will head to the polls to cast their vote in the mid-term elections leaving the control of the US Senate in question. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
The Capitol is reflected in the reflecting pool in Washington. Getty

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Newly-wed grooms lead camels carrying their brides during a mass wedding in a desert at a tourism area containing a populus euphratica reserve in Yuli county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, November 2, 2014. A total of 22 couples took part in the mass wedding on Sunday, local media reported. Picture taken November 2, 2014. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
Newlyweds in a mass wedding trek across a desert area in Xinjiang, China. Reuters

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Lebanese Hezbollah supporters march during a religious procession to mark Ashoura in Beirut's suburbs November 4, 2014. Ashoura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the seventh century battle of Kerbala. REUTERS/Aziz Taher (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Hezbollah supporters march during a religious procession in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters

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Dark clouds fill the Autumn sky over the jetty in Andernos, southwestern France, November 4, 2014. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Dark clouds fill the sky over Andernos, France. Reuters

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Spanish model, Raquel Bonilla, 22, walks along the footbridge of the wooden structure Metropol Parasol as she wears a creation by Myriam Hurtado during an urban photo shooting, part of the Andalucia de Moda (Andalusia Fashion) in Seville, southern Spain November 4, 2014. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: FASHION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Model Raquel Bonilla walks on the Metropol Parasol footbridge in Seville, Spain. Reuters

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REFILE - ADDING STREET NAME - A man walks past stands for balloons installed along former Berlin Wall location, which will be used in the installation 'Lichtgrenze' (Border of Light) in Liesenstrasse in Berlin November 4, 2014. A part of the inner city of Berlin will be temporarily divided from November 7 to 9, with a light installation featuring 8000 luminous white balloons to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
A man walks past the “Lichtgrenze (Border of Light)” installation at Liesenstrasse in Berlin, Germany. Reuters

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Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession to mark Ashoura in Mumbai November 4, 2014. Ashoura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the seventh century battle of Kerbala. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Shi’ite Muslims flagellate themselves in Mumbai, India. Reuters

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Sydney's Opera House and the cruise ship Celebrity Solstace are pictured alongside giraffes in their enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney November 4, 2014. According to Taronga's conservation society, there are an estimated 80,000 giraffes remaining in the wild with the 30 percent drop in numbers over the past decade directly due to poaching for bush meat and habitat encroachment by humans. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TRAVEL)
Taronga Zoo giraffes watch the cruise chip Celebrity Solstice sail past the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Reuters

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) applauds as he visits a theatre during the National Unity Day celebration in Moscow November 4, 2014. Putin did not join the march marking "Unity Day" but later delivered a speech portraying Russia as morally superior in the standoff with the West and saying it had united in the face of "difficult challenges". Russia marks National Unity Day on November 4 to celebrate the defeat of Polish invaders in 1612. REUTERS/Michael Klimentyev/Ria Novosti/Kremlin (RUSSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS RELIGION) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds during a play in Moscow for National Unity Day. Reuters

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray exit a polling center after casting their votes, in the Brooklyn Borough of New York November 4, 2014. Voters in the United States took to the polls on Tuesday, casting ballots in midterm elections. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray leave a polling place in Brooklyn. Reuters

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MENDHAM TWP., NJ - NOVEMBER 04: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie emerges from a voting machine after casting his vote, November 4, 2014 at the Emergency Services Building in Mendham, Twp., New Jersey. All 12 of N.J.'s House seats are up for grabs today. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie votes in Mendham Township, N.J. Getty

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Smoke rises from explosions demolishing houses on the Egyptian side of the border town of Rafah as seen from the Palestinian side of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. With dynamite and heavy machinery, Egypt's army has been demolishing homes along its border with the Gaza Strip, after the military ordered residents out last week to make way for a planned buffer zone meant to stop militants and smugglers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Smoke rises from military demolitions of houses in Rafah, Egypt. AP

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Fighters shoot a machine gun toward the position of the Islamic State group on the outskirts of Kobani, seen from the Kara Ali village on the Turkey-Syria border Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Fighters shoot towards ISIS in Kobani, Syria. AP

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Zoe Buck, a 14-month-old child, checks out an empty voting booth as at her mother, Julie Buck, votes at left, Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014, at the Alaska Zoo polling place in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
This little lady looks too young to vote. AP

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