South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-Hye (R) receives a document from Fukushiro Nukaga, a special envoy of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during their meeting at her office in Seoul Jan 4, 2013. Abe sent the special envoy to meet the South Korean president-elect, a sign of Japan reaching out to its neighbour despite feuds over territory and wartime history.[Photo/Agencies]

A flamingo is pictured in its enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal Jan 4, 2013.[Photo/Agencies]