A lighter look – in pictures

'Hold on - I've got a map on my phone', Queen Elizabeth II with Foreign Secretary William Hague as she tours The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Photograph: Alastair Grant/PA

Americans breed lighter than air pony: The Saddle bronc competition at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP

Crew members practise sleeping arrangements on cramped International Space Station: Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, US astronaut Thomas Marshburn and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield after putting on their space suits at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia Photograph: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

Perhaps the latest facelift went a touch too far … Silvio Berlusconi adjusts his tie Photograph: Guido Montani/EPA

Let's hope Santa Claus isn't really sleeping with the fishes Photograph: Kim Hong-ji/Reuters

Holy smoke … a Sadhu smokes marijuana in Allahabad, India Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Look no hands. Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a visit to the San Patrizio al Colle Prenestino parish on the outskirts of Rome Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

What – no satsumas? Yoko, a chimpanzee receives a Christmas hamper, at Rio de Janeiro's zoo Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

Russia's President Vladimir Putin reacts after hearing that the band Pussy Riot could be the Christmas number one Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Mexican Police cope with budget cuts during the annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters