A child stands as her sister prepares for her first Catholic Holy Communion at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua Dec 12, 2012. Around 550 children received their first Catholic Holy Communion during a mass organized by the Sandinistas radio station.[Photo/Agencies]

US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class EO3 John Chen, 23, from Lakehurst, New Jersey, kisses his new bride Victoria Chan, 25, from Manhattan, after they were married in a civil ceremony at New York City's Office of the City Clerk Dec 12, 2012. Hundreds of couples packed the office in lower Manhattan to be married on the date 12/12/12 as this will be the last such triple date for almost a century until Jan 1, 2101.[Photo/Agencies]