A participant attends the fourth Delhi Queer Pride parade. Since homosexuality was decriminalised in India in 2009, an increasing number of LGBT tourists are viewing India as a holiday destination. Changing mindsets have created business possibilities for travel operators, who are now portraying India as an emerging gay-friendly destination. – Reuters Photo

A gallery maintenance staff sweeps the floor past paintings to be auctioned at Saffron art gallery in New Delhi. The first works by Van Gogh and Picasso to be auctioned by an Indian gallery are on display at a luxury hotel in New Delhi, a sign that dealers in Western art are now chasing local money. – AFP Photo

Two months into Pakistan's blockade on NATO supplies crossing into Afghanistan, thousands of trucks are overcrowding the port in Karachi and drivers fed up with waiting have started deserting. There were rumours of an imminent reopening of the border, blocked after US air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on November 26. – AFP Photo

A fisherman arranges dried fishes next to the heavily polluted coast at Manila Bay. Governments and businesses should step up the effort to protect the seas from land-based pollution as this will result in higher profits and more sustainable earnings, UN experts said. – AFP Photo

A fisherman arranges dried fishes at the Manila Bay. – AFP Photo

An empty building in Brooklyn, New York City. Homeless activist group Picture the Homeless will release findings from a study which found that vacant properties in New York City could house every homeless person and more. The report, "Banking on Vacancy: Homelessness and Real Estate Speculation," is the latest in a six-year campaign to document vacant properties in New York City. – AFP Photo

Buddhist monks walk through the Shwe Indein Pagoda. Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Marriott International both said they wanted to start running hotels in Myanmar. The former Burma, one of the most isolated countries in Asia, is being welcomed back into the international fold after years of sanctions, thanks to democratic reforms including the release of political prisoners by President Thein Sein. – Reuters Photo

Greeks struggle as they wait to receive free onions and other vegetables offered by farmers in Syntagma Square. Farmers from the Thebes and Viotia district north of Athens handed out tones of agricultural products to protest media reports that waste from local industries has polluted their crops with hexavalent chromium, making it dangerous for consumption. – Reuters Photo