Ding Jianjun of China reacts as he competes in the men's 62kg Group A weightlifting snatch competition at the World Weightlifting Championship in Goyang, north of Seoul, South Korea.

Pot-smoking San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum won baseball's Cy Young award for the second year in a row. Goes to show...

John Kirkley, an American Santa Claus "teacher", instructs students at a training session in Shandong province, China. Many young Chinese in the region earn extra money at Christmas working as Santas in shopping centres.

Kids play on the monkey bars in the village of Raducaneni, Romania.

The San Francisco Chronicle has a few photos of sailors clowning around during lulls in World War II. From the collection of Bob Bragman.