On a cold December day Julian Assange, Steve Coogan and Hugh Grant were in London on serious business attending respective legal cases.
Over in Paris, meanwhile, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had an equally serious business lunch to discuss the eurozone crisis.
On a jollier note, over in the US 250 Santa Clauses took to the slope for charity and President Obama and his wife Michelle attended an awards ceremony in Washington.