[Shoppers spend their Thanksgiving evening relaxing with loved ones at the Brea Mall in Brea, Calif. The mall opened at 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving and will stay open until 10:00 p.m. Friday. Photo by Jae C. Hong via AP]

[A giant Uncle Sam balloon is marched down 6th Avenue during the Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning. He is watching you eat. Eat as much as you can. Photo by John Minchillo via AP]

[Vernita Gray, left, and Patricia Ewert hold their Illinois marriage license after they were married in Chicago on Wednesday. While the state's gay marriage law takes effect in June 2014, the couple was granted an expedited marriage license because Gray is terminally ill. Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast via AP]

[Balloons will not fly at the 87^th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York if sustained winds exceed 23 mph and gusts top 34 mph. Snoopy's inflation will be decided early Thursday morning by the NYPD, the National Weather Service, and Macy's. Photo by Bebeto Matthews via AP]

[North Dakota resident George Loegering saw this large spinning ice circle in the Sheyenne River while out hunting on Saturday. Members of the National Weather Service said a combination of cold, dense air last weekend and an eddy in the river likely caused the large spinning circle of ice bits to form. Photo by George Loegering via AP]

[Pole dancer Florencia Murga of Argentina performs in the Miss Pole Dance South America 2013 and Pole Dance Argentina 2013 competitions in Buenos Aires. Photo by Victor R. Caivano via AP]

[Thai anti-government protestors ride a truck through Bangkok on their way to the Finance and Foreign ministries in a bid to oust the current government of Yingluck Shinawatra. Security guards and riot police were unable to ward off the protestors, who quickly took control of the building without violence. Image by Paula Bronstein via Getty.]

[Pope Francis meets Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, during celebrations for the fiftieth anniversary of the translation of the relics of St. Josaphat to the Vatican Basilica. Photo by Andrew Medichini via AP]

[Long lines have been forming inside the David Zwirner gallery in New York City as visitors wait for their chance to stand inside one of artist's Yoyoi Kusama's "Infinity Rooms." The 84-year-old artist and creator of the "I Who Have Arrived In Heaven" exhibit is currently on leave from the Japanese psychiatric hospital she calls home. Photo by Andrew Toth via Getty]

[Mount Sinabung spews pyroclastic smoke seen from Tigapancur village on Sunday in Karo district, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Mount Sinabung erupted eight times overnight and the Indonesian government raised the alert level for the volcano to the highest point on a four-stage scale. Photo by Ulet Ifansasti via Getty]

[Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Kiev today to demand that the Ukrainian government defy Russia and sign extensive political and trade agreements with the European Union. Photo by Sergei Chuzavkovo via AP]

[Two Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Gaza City. Photo by Hatem Moussa via AP]

[A child watches a show by the French street theatre company Les Plasticiens Volant, featuring giant, terrifying puppets, during an event to mark the start of the Christmas shopping season in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Thursday. Photo by Peter Dejong via AP]

[Excited about the grand opening of Delaware hoagie chain Capriotti's first Washington branch, Vice President Joe Biden put in his order right after 11 a.m. on Thursday. "The only way to eat these things is with hot peppers," Biden said, "but not everybody understands that. You know what I mean?" Photo by Carolyn Kaster via AP]

[An Afghan bus driver offers prayers in front of his empty bus, as the center of Kabul comes to a standstill. Thousands of prominent Afghans gathered to meet for a Loya Jirga to debate a contentious security agreement with the United States in the Afghan capita. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus via AP]

[Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs the state's Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act into law during ceremonies on Wednesday in Chicago. The bill, which won't take effect until June 1, makes Illinois the 16th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast via AP]

[Oprah Winfrey and former President Bill Clinton were two of the 16 recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on Wednesday. The award is the nation's highest civilian honor. Photo by Evan Vucci via AP]

[A Filipino man walks through a neighborhood devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines on Wednesday morning. Residents from Tacloban are still waiting for evacuation flights so they can leave the shattered city. Photo by Dita Alangkara via AP]

[The U.S. Air Force launched an Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 Rocket into orbit from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Tuesday night. According to photographer Louis Suarato, this is the rocket as seen from Albany, N.Y. Photo via Twitter]

[Rick Miller, a President Abraham Lincoln re-enactor, poses for photographs after a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Photo by Matt Rourke via AP]