Ukraine Protest

Police block the street leading to the Cabinet of Ministers, seen in the background, in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Thousands of people are gathered in Kiev’s Independence Square, where Orthodox priests chanted prayers at dawn and demonstrators are vowing to keep up their protests. President Viktor Yanukovych is out of the country on an official trip to China and the government is showing no signs of yielding, suggesting that the tensions that have gripped the country for two weeks are far from resolution. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)