Thursday Dec. 17, Our World In Pictures
INDONESIA — Santas Go Surfing: Surf instructors dressed as Santa Claus teach children how to surf at Kuta beach in Bali on Thursday.
CUBA — Man Crawls to Shrine: A man crawls as self-imposed penance during a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Lazarus in El Rincon on Wednesday. Lazarus is also identified as the Yoruba deity Babalu Aye — the protector of the sick who took upon himself all the illnesses of his people to save them.