Pigeons fly next to the Georges Pompidou art center, left, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. .23, 2011. (Christophe Ena / Associated Press)
A protester sits on a mound of rocks during a temporary cease-fire with the Egyptian riot police, not pictured, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Egyptian police are clashing with anti-government protesters for a fifth day in Cairo. Tens of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square have rejected a promise by Egypt's military ruler to speed up a presidential election to the first half of next year. They want Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi to step down immediately in favor of an interim civilian council. (Tara Todras-whitehill / Associated Press)
President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, pardons Liberty, a 19-week old, 45-pound turkey, on the occasion of Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. At left is National Turkey Federation Chairman Richard Huisinga. (Pablo Monsivais / Associated Press)
Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, left, talks to journalists during a telecom meeting at Lisbon Congress Center Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 in Lisbon. The two main Portuguese worker unions called for a general strike on Nov. 24 to protest government austerity measures after Portugal took a euro78 billion ($106 billion) bailout earlier this year. (Francisco Seco / Associated Press)
Andrew Cotton, from Great Britain, rides a wave during a tow-in surf competition Wednesday, Nov. 23 2011, in Nazare, Portugal. In tow-in surf the athletes are pulled by jet skis to be able to catch the biggest waves. (Armando Franca / Associated Press)
A traveler waits for his flight at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. About 42.5 million people are expected to drive, fly or ride trains to their Thanksgiving destinations this year, according to AAA. That's the highest number since the start of the recession, despite an average 20 percent increase in travel costs. (Nam Huh / Associated Press)
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing as he arrives for a general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
View a gallery of photos from around the world on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.