Snapshots: the world in 24 hours

Freestyle skier Toby Dawson , South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Chairman and CEO of the bid committee Cho Yang Ho, Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na, President of the South Korean Olympic Bid Committee Park Y.S. (L-R) and members of the Pyeongchang 2018 bid committee react after the announcement of the winning city bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games during the 123rd IOC session in Durban July 6, 2011. Pyeongchang of South Korea won the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, comprehensively winning a vote by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over rivals Munich of Germany and France's Annecy. [Photo/Agencies]

A protestor dressed as German Chancellor Angela Merkel joins demonstrators opposed to Germany's sale of 200 tanks to Saudi Arabia in front of the Reichstag in Berlin July 6, 2011. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government faces a grilling in parliament over a secret sale of tanks to Saudi Arabia that Germany's opposition argues reverses a post-war stance severely restricting arms sales abroad. [Photo/Agencies]