December 3 - December 9, 2011 (50 images)

Member of Japan's Ground Self Defense Force decontaminate at the city office of Tomioka Machi, 9 kilometers from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on December 8, 2011. About 900 members of Japan's GSFD started a two-week decontamination operation. UPI/Keizo Mori

New York Jets running back Shonn Grenn is tackled by Washington Redskins London Flecher (59) and DeAngelo Hall during the third quarter at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on December 4, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan takes the field prior to his team's game against the New York Jets at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on December 4, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

2011 Kennedy Center Honoree jazz musician Sonny Rollins, 81, salutes photographers on the red carpet as he arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a gala evening, December 4, 2011, in Washington. The Kennedy Center annually salutes a select group for their contributions to the performance arts in America. UPI/Mike Theiler