Today in Pictures: Dec. 20, 2012

A Bangladeshi laborer pulls a cart full of empty drums during a nationwide strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 20, 2012. Twelve Islamic parties called an eight-hour general strike in the capital Dhaka and a dawn-to-dusk general strike across the country as they seek a ban on left-wing political parties. (Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)