A hunter holds his hawk during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty, December 5, 2009. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China. Picture taken December 5. To match FEATURE KAZAKHSTAN-EAGLES/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN ANIMALS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A worker prepares red lantern decorations at a park in Beijing January 12, 2009. Red decorations are customarily used by Chinese people all over the world to usher in the Lunar New Year on January 26, 2009, which is the Year of the Ox. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause (CHINA) 

A woman carries a plastic bag on her head in Seoul December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA) 

Commuters navigate their way through snow, cold and blustery winter weather as they get off an Amtrac train in Depew, a suburb of Buffalo, New York December 16, 2007. The snowstorm caused delays and travel headaches throughout the Eastern region of the United States. REUTERS/Gary Wiepert (UNITED STATES) 

Tourists take part in the reindeer safari at Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, northern Finland, December 17,2007. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel(FINLAND) 

Fawn Hill braces herself as she fights through high winds and blowing snow on Hollis street in Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 3, 2007. REUTERS/Paul Darrow (CANADA) 

A passenger of the M/S Explorer cruise ship, Yu Mei Ha (C) from Hong Kong, carries her bag in the Chilean research base before being transported to Punta Arenas November 24, 2007. More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt after being evacuated by lifeboat on Friday from the ship Explorer that hit ice off King George Island in Antarctica. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado(CHILE) 

Onlookers walk on the seafront as waves break on the sea wall during strong winds, high tides, and tidal surges, Lowestoft, Suffolk, eastern England November 9, 2007. Police urged thousands of families to leave their homes on Friday as the Norfolk and Kent coasts braced for severe flooding from a tidal surge in the North Sea. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN) 

Stephan Eberharter of Austria takes off his anorak prior to the first
training session for a men's World Cup downhill race in the Tyrolean
ski resort of Kitzbuehel January 21, 2003. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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A model for French fashion house Lanvin presents this silver grey padded anorak over beige sweater and trousers as part of his Autumn/Winter 1999 Men's fashion collection, January 28. ??» 

A model for French fashion house Lanvin presents this silver grey padded anorak over beige sweater and trousers as part of his Autumn/Winter 1999 Men's fashion collection, January 28.

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Models present a fur-collared anorak over a tuxedo as part of designer Dominique Morlotti for French fashion house Lanvin's Autumn-Winter 1997-1998 men's ready-to-wear collection, January 23. 

Models present a fur-collared anorak over a tuxedo as part of designer Dominique Morlotti for French fashion house Lanvin's Autumn-Winter 1997-1998 men's ready-to-wear collection, January 23.

FRANCE FASHION 

A model wears an anorak featuring solar pannels which power a heating and cooling system as well as a a Global Positioning System and cellular telephone as part of French designer Olivier Lapidus Autumn/Winter 1996 fashion show July 7. 

French designer Olivier Lapidus displays anorak featuring solar pannels which power a heating and cooling system as well as a a Global Positioning System and cellular telephone as part his Autumn/Winter 1996 fashion show July 7.