Girls Aloud with Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Cheryl Cole arrive for the Brit Awards 2009 at Earls Court on February 18, 2009 in London, England. They went on to win Best British Single, their first award at the Brits in five years of trying.
A swimmer takes an early morning dip in the Hampton heated outdoor pool on December 10, 2008 in London. Regular swimmers use the pool, which is heated to 28 degrees centigrade, 365 days a year. This morning the air temperature was only 1 C above freezing.
Pakistani people gather at the site after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. The death toll from an overnight car bombing rose to 29 in northwest Pakistan, unnerving a region already dangerously on edge following the attacks on India's commercial capital, police and doctors said Saturday.
Penguins take a winter walk at Basel's zoo King and gentoo penguins waddle through the animal park during snowfall at the zoo in Basel, Switzerland, 10 December 2008. From now on the pengiuns will be taken for walks through the zoo every day during the wintertime.