2014 - Images of DECEMBER - Dec 24 - Dec 31

2014- Images of DECEMBERDec. 24 – Dec. 31

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Monday, December 22, 2014Members of an all-women funeral company carry the coffin of Tori Johnson, manager of the Lindt cafe involved in the Sydney siege, following his funeral at St Stephens Uniting Church in Sydney, Australia, December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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A man inspects a tree in Guerrero, Mexico, which bears the names and pictures of 43 trainee teachers who went missing near there in SeptemberA crib made out of rubble and a Christmas tree are set on a roundabout in the regime-held Hamedieh neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Homs on December 22, 2014, as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate the holy day.

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PhotographerLucas Jackson

LocationBAGRAM, Afghanistan

Reuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014

A U.S. soldier from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment casts a shadow on a sign

painted on a blast barrier at BagramAir Field in the Parwan province of

Afghanistan December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerAlexandre Meneghini

LocationHAVANA, Cuba

Reuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Children play on the

street in Havana, Cuba, December 23,

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PhotographerFaisal MahmoodLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Men decorate a Christmas tree ahead of Christmas in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

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PhotographerCarlo AllegriLocationNew York, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Trader Peter Tuchman wears a "Dow 18,000" cap as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

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PhotographerAlkis KonstantinidisLocationATHENS, GreeceReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Greek lawmakers leave the hall after the second of three rounds of a presidential vote at the Greek parliament in Athens December 23, 2014. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis

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PhotographerMike SegarLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014A New York City Police officer stands next to a flag flying at half mast on a roof of the 66th Police Precinct headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, December 23, 2014, during a rally with members of the community in support of police after two police officers were fatally shot in Brooklyn, New York Saturday, December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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PhotographerAdnan Abidi

LocationNEW DELHI, India

Reuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014People warm themselves around a fire

along a street on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India, December 23, 2014.

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PhotographerDamir Sagolj

LocationPHANG NGA, Thailand

Reuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims

are arranged to be photographed outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Ngaprovince, Thailand, December 19, 2014.

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PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014New York Police Department (NYPD) policemen use motorbikes to create a cordon as protesters, demonstrating decisions by grand juries in New York and Missouri not to indict white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men, hold placards while marching down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York, December 23, 2014. REUTERS/AdreesLatif

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PhotographerMussa QawasmaLocationBETHLEHEM, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014A Palestinian protester dressed in a Santa Claus costume argues with an Israeli border policeman during a demonstration against the Israeli settlements and demanding for free movement for the Palestinians during Christmas near a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 23, 2014. REUTERS/ Mussa Qawasma

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PhotographerNeil HallLocationLondon, United KingdomReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014Butchers sell their remaining produce of the year at discount price during the Christmas Eve auction at Smithfield Market in central London December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall

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Christmas revellers have been enjoying a spectacular

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People in traditional Mongolian costumes attend a horse race on a snowy grassland in Hulun Buir,

north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

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The Aurora Borealis was clearly visible behind Bamburgh Lighthouse

in Northumberland, England. The aurora happens when the Earth's

magnetic field is battered by storms of charged particles from the Sun

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An elephant dressed as Santa Claus entertains pupils at a school in the city of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, Thailand

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Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have found a novel way of showing their displeasure with Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying

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Bomb squad officers in Malang, on the Indonesian island of Java, are carefully searching churches ahead of Christmas services

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These children enjoyed a game of football in a field in a village on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

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Residents of Moscow brave icy conditions as they cross a bridge over

the Moskva River near Christ the Saviour Cathedral

Iraqi Christian boy who fled city of Mosul, poses for a photo in the

grounds of Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church in Irbil, capital of the

Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq

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This Iraqi Christian boy, whose family fled Islamic State militants in Mosul, poses for a picture at a Catholic church in Irbil, Kurdish northern Iraq

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Pope Francis kisses a statue of Baby Jesus as he celebrates the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Pope Francis is celebrating Christmas Eve with a late-night Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and a phone call to some Iraqi refugees forced to flee their homes by Muslim militants. Francis told refugees at the tent camp in Ankawa, a suburb of Irbil in northern Iraq, that they were like Jesus, forced to flee because there was no place for them. For Christians, Christmas marks the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem barn manger, chosen because there was no room for his parents at an inn. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Last minute Christmas shoppers are reflected in a store’s window as they walk through Chicago’s Loop Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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A woman chooses purchases next to a kiosk selling T-shirts with a portrait of the Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Christmas market in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. The sign on the T-shirt signs ‘Putin is all right ‘. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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A man dressed as Santa Claus lights flares as he sits on a boat in Imperia, near Genoa, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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A man wears a giant paper mache head as he poses for photos during the traditional dance of “Los Gigantes,” or “The Giants,” during Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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A Chinese man prays during a mass on the eve of Christmas at the South Cathedral official Catholic church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Estimates for the number of Christians in China range from the conservative official figure of 23 million to as many as 100 million by independent scholars, raising the possibility that Christians may rival in size the 85 million members of the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A butcher receives payment from a client while the pig’s head is on the table in Campo Florido east of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Dec. 24 , 2014

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Volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes throw their hats in the air as they gather to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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PhotographerStringer IndiaLocationSONITPUR, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014A tribal plantation worker holds a bow and arrow as he stands next to a burning house belonging to indigenous Bodo tribesmen after ethnic clashes in Balijuri village, in Sonitpur district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerZohra Bensemra

LocationISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Reuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014

A woman carries her baby as she looks out of her house window in a Christian slum in Islamabad on

Christmas eve, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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PhotographerSara FaridLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014Girls sit on a ladder with a Christmas tree on a wall of their house on Christmas eve at a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Sara Farid

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PhotographerFaisal Mahmood

LocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday,

December 24, 2014A girl stands outside a house

illuminated with lights on Christmas eve in a Christian

slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal

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PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014A Santa Claus figurine hangs from a tree ahead of Christmas in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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A girl carries her nephew at her house in a Christian slum in Islamabad on

Christmas eve, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014A Christmas tree is seen on a balcony on Christmas eve in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014Children play near a Christmas tree ahead of Christmas in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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Men decorate a tree ahead of Christmas in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014.

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PhotographerFaisal MahmoodLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014Children play in a street illuminated with lights on Christmas eve in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

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A girl stands at an entrance of her house ahead of Christmas in a

Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014.

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PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014A Christmas tree is seen ahead of Christmas in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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Pakistani Christians gather in an alley of a Christian neighborhood decorated with festive lights for Christmas in Islamabad, Pakistan on Dec. 24, 2014.

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PhotographerJitendra PrakashLocationALLAHABAD, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014People carry their bicycles as they cross railway tracks on a foggy and cold morning in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 24, 2014. REUTERS/JitendraPrakash

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PhotographerYuya ShinoLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer pose for pictures during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

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PhotographerMohammad Ismail

LocationBAGRAM, Afghanistan

Reuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014U.S. troops from the Nato-led

International Security Assistance Force light candles during Christmas Eve

celebrations at Bagram Airfield, north of Kabul, December 24, 2014.

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Christians held candles in mass ceremony in Surabaya on Java island to the East, on December 24, 2014. Millions of Christians in Indonesia celebrate Christmas Eve in countries with the largest Muslim population in the world.

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A contestant in the old man Noel sat sleigh pulled by reindeer in a race on the snow-covered at the opening of a local Winter Festival in Hulun Buir city, Inner Mongolia autonomous region in North China, on December 24, 2014.

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Children carry a snake made out of rags and paper mache as they take part in the traditional dance of "Los Gigantes," or "The Giants," during Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve in Antigua Guatemala on Dec. 24, 2014.

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LocationGAMBERI, Afghanistan

Reuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014U.S. soldier from the 3rd Cavalry

Regiment take part in a Christmas Eve celebration with soldiers from the Polish

army's 21st Mountain Brigade on forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman

province of Afghanistan December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fire a 120mm mortar during an exercise on forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment take part in an artillery exercise on forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghmanprovince of Afghanistan December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Thursday, December 25, 2014U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment grill meat over hot coals as part of Christmas Day celebrations on forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Thursday, December 25, 2014Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters carry U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) away after a Christmas Day visit to forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghmanprovince of Afghanistan December 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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Reuters / Thursday, December 25, 2014U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment watch Die Hard projected onto an outdoor wall as part of Christmas Day celebrations on forward operating base Gamberi in the

Laghman province of Afghanistan December 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas

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A man dressed as the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus poses for

photographs during the early hours of Christmas Day celebrations in the

Causeway Bay shopping district in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014.

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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A worshipper lights a candle during Mass at the St Alexander

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American soldiers pose for a selfie during Christmas lunch at forward operating base Gamberi in Afghanistan

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An alpaca is used for enticing shoppers in Beijing, China, where Christmas was once banned

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The Salaj family in the town of Cazma, Croatia, have turned their estate into a massive Christmas light installation featuring 1.5 million lights

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An impromptu nativity scene and tree are made using rubble in the heavily-damaged Hamedieh neighbourhood of Homs, Syria

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Visitors take photos in front of an inflatable snow man and Santa Claus on Bondi Beach on Christmas Day on Dec. 25, 2014.

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A man dressed as Santa Claus drives a vehicle during Christmas day in Sidon, South Lebanon on Dec. 25, 2014.

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People enjoy an annual yearend illumination in Shiodome district in Tokyo, Japan. (ShujiKajiyama/Associated Press)Seasonal lights

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A Chinese security guard is seen in his booth among trees decorated with Christmas lights outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Dec 17. While few Chinese celebrate the religious side of the Christmas holidays, many enthusiastically get into the shopping and gift giving tradition, granting much cheer to the retail industry during this period. (HOW HWEE YOUNG/EPA)

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The Champs Elysees avenue in Paris is illuminated by Christmas lights hanging from trees, as rush hour traffic fills the avenue leading to the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, Dec. 17. (Remy de la Mauviniere/Associated Press)

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A Pakistani Muslim devotee holds a lit oil lamp at the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Ali bin Osman Al-Hajvery, popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh, during the annual ''Urs'' religious festival in Lahore on Dec. 11. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

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A boy picked up a ball from a seller on the road in the Centre of Minsk, Belarus.

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A costumed Romanian man, seen through Christmas light decorations, takes part in the charity amateur race 'Santa Runs' at the Mogosoaia Park near Bucharest, Romania, Dec 6. (ROBERT GHEMENT/EPA)

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People watch Harley Davidson motorcyclists, wearing Santa Claus dresses, driving through the streets of Basel, Switzerland, Dec. 6., as they take part in a parade of the Harley Owner Group (HOG) Northwest Chapter Switzerland. (GEORGIOS KEFALAS/EPA)

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People walk past and take photographs next to a decorative light in the shape of a Christmas parcel at the Rossio square in Lisbon, Dec. 4. (Francisco Seco/Associated Press)

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Shoppers tour a shopping mall decorated with light installation for the Christmas season in Beijing, China, Dec. 7. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)

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Trees illuminated by Christmas lights are pictured on Unter den Linden street near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Dec. 9. (FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters)

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Belvedere palace is reflected in a pond behind the lights of an advent market in Vienna Dec. 15. (HEINZ-PETER BADER/Reuters)

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A person is silhouetted in front of a giant illuminated Menorah or Hanukkah lamp in the port of Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec.18. Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication. (ABIR SULTAN/EPA)

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LED trees line up the river banks of the Singapore River at Boat Quay on Nov. 28 in Singapore. The annual light-up festival, "Christmas by the River" features Christmas decorations and themed events and activities along Boat Quay, (SuhaimiAbdullah/Getty Images)

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Community members look for the nameplates of their loved ones Dec. 9, at Myers Funeral

Service and Crematory in Porterville, Calif. during the 20th

year of the memorial tree lighting. (Chieko Hara/The

Porterville Recorde via Associated Press)

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Christmas lights illuminate the Medellin River on Dec. 9 in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. (Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images)

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People enjoy the Christmas lights on the 700 block of 34th Street in the Hampden community of Baltimore, Maryland on Dece. 12. The display called "Miracle on 34th Street" dates back to 1947 and attracts thousands of tourists each year. (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Kashmir man sail across the frozen lake on a cold morning and mist in Srinagar, India.

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An activist of the FEMEN women's rights group Vatican police arrested the protesters on the square of St. Peter in the Vatican.

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Princess Kate of Britain holding the flower are the people in the crowd awarded after attending Church on Christmas in the tradition of British

Royal family at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Sandringham, England.

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Reuters / Friday, December 26, 2014U.S. soldiers from Dragon Company of the

3rd Cavalry Regiment search a range for improvised explosive devices before an

exercise near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of

Afghanistan December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Friday, December 26, 2014U.S. soldiers in Dragon Company of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment burn unused accelerant following a mortar exercise near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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Prime Minister David Cameron joined the race crossed the

stream at Great Brook Run with a distance of one mile across

the water and mud, in Chadlington in southern

England.

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Athlete Simon Ammann of Switzerland falling in a grounding in the first round of 63 on the Hill beyond the skiing in Oberstdorf, Germany.

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The beach at Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil overwhelmed people

go on holiday last year, on December 28, 2014.

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People walking next to the U-Bahn subway drawing on a pier entrance Unterden Linden recently under construction in Berlin, Germany.

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Smoke billows from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A blaze broke out on the car deck of the Norman Atlantic Sunday, Dec. 28, while the ferry was traveling from the Greek port of Patras to Ancona in Italy causing

the death of at least 11 people. Italian and Greek helicopter rescue crews evacuated 427 people among passengers and crew members but Italian officials think the death toll could be

much higher because of serious discrepancies in the ship’s manifest and confusion over how many people were aboard. “We cannot say how many people may be missing,” Italian

Transport Minister Maurizio Lupi said at a news conference. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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PhotographerStringer PhilippinesLocationMISAMIS ORIENTAL, PhilippinesReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Policemen evacuate families trapped in their home during heavy flooding brought by tropical storm Seniang in Misamis Oriental, Mindanao island in southern Philippines December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Erwin Frames

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PhotographerAntara Photo Agency

LocationSURABAYA, Indonesia

Reuters / Monday, December 29, 2014A member of an Indonesian Hercules C130

aircrew watches through a window while monitoring the Belitung Timur sea during

search operations for AirAsia flight QZ8501 near Belitung island, December 29, 2014.

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Afghan refugee girls sit on the ground attend a class to learn how to read and write the alphabet at a makeshift school in the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/MuhammedMuheisen)

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A man prays during a ceremony in honor of Iemanja, goddess of the sea, at Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers of Iemanja celebrate the deity, offerings flowers and launching boats, large and small, into the ocean in exchange for blessings in the coming year. The belief in the goddess comes from the African Yoruban religion brought to America by West African slaves. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and NYPD police commissioner Bill Bratton, center, stand on stage during a New York Police Academy graduation ceremony, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Nearly 1000 officers were sworn in as tensions between city hall and the NYPD continued following the Dec. 20 shooting deaths of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Bangladeshi people gather after a lorry rammed into a passenger train in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. A several persons were killed and more than 20 others were injured in the accident Monday, according to local reports. (AP Photo/Suvra Kanti Das)

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A crew of an Indonesian Air Force C-130 airplane of the 31st Air Squadron is silhouetted by the light from the window during a search operation for the missing AirAsiaflight 8501 jetliner over the waters of Karimata Strait in Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. The Airbus A320-200 vanished Sunday morning in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. (AP Photo/DitaAlangkara)

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Rosa Caceres, 52, the wife of a former worker of Unicom, a Paraguayan Itaipu Dam contractor, lies on a wooden cross in a symbolic crucifixion in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Caceres is part of a group that for the last 25 years, after the construction on the dam was completed, is demanding compensation benefits from the contractor. The Itaipu hydroelectric dam on the Parana River straddles the Brazil-Paraguay border. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

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A boy walks behind an ice wall, at the annual ice sculpture festival in Bruges, western Belgium, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. This year’s theme is titled ‘the Land of the Hobs’, and takes visitors into the mythology of dwarves, elves, fairies, hunters, magicians and devilish figures. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A snowman made by children is backdropped by trees

covered in snow in a park in Bucharest, Romania, Monday,

Dec. 29, 2014. Romania, especially the eastern part, is

affected by heavy snow falls and blizzards this year that

cause traffic disruptions but are enjoyed by children and

mountain tourists. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A little over sheep-shaped ornament statue to celebrate the new year in Beijing, China. The year 2010 is the

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A person propelled qifu gangui hugged the dog sitting on the Street between

the snow in Bucharest, Romania.

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The Filipino people to jam the card faces former President and currently the Mayor of Manila, Joseph Estrada, while waiting to receive presents in the Christmas gift of a local government in the slums of Tondo, Manila, Philippines.

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Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik India edit the final definition for the sand sculpture of two missing aircraft, AirAsia's QZ8501 and MH370 of the Malayasia Airlines, on the beach of Golden Sea in Puri, about 65 miles east of the city of Bhubaneswar, India.

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Spectators watches the athletes of the first stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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The audience watching bull fighting in a bullfighting school in bull fighting Canaveralejo in Cali, Colombia, on December 29, 2014.

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Thousands of balls can be biodegradable commercial Association of Sao Paulo dropped to heaven at the Patio do Colegio, which laid the Foundation to build this city in Brazil in the year 1554.

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationELEFSINA, GreeceReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014A man (C) and his daughter (2nd L), both rescued from the Norman Atlantic ferry, disembark from a Greek Airforce C-130 military cargo aircraft at the Elefsinamilitary airport near Athens, Greece, December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Kolesidis/Pool

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PhotographerStringer .LocationRas Lanuf, LibyaReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Firefighters work to put out the fire of a storage oil tank at the port of Es Sider in Ras Lanuf December 29, 2014. Oil tanks at Es Sider have been on fire for days after a rocket hit one of them, destroying more than two days of Libyan production officials said. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerPhil NobleLocationKNUTSFORD, United KingdomReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014A person walks during sunrise in Knutsford, northern England, December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble

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PhotographerHeinz-Peter BaderLocationVIENNA, AustriaReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Snowflakes gather on a late blossoming rose in Vienna, Austria, December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

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PhotographerAkhtar SoomroLocationKARACHI, PakistanReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Shop owner Mohammad Hussain, 45, sits on the wreckage of a vehicle in the aftermath of a fire at a timber market in Karachi, Pakistan, December 29, 2014. According to local media, over 100 shops were burnt when a fire broke out in the timber market. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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PhotographerAsmaa Waguih

LocationCAIRO, Egypt

Reuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Former Egyptian President Mohamed

Mursi sits behind bars with other Muslim Brotherhood members at a

court in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, December 29, 2014. Mursi and 35 other

top Islamists are charged with conspiring with foreign groups to

commit terrorist acts in Egypt, implicating the Palestinian group

Hamas, the Shi'ite Islamist government of Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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PhotographerAsmaa WaguihLocationSIWA, EgyptReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Sheikh Abdulla, a blind man, uses his stick to climb to a mosque inside the old city, Shali, where he works as an Imam, Egypt, November 25, 2014. REUTERS/AsmaaWaguih

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PhotographerHamad I Mohammed

LocationBilad Al Qadeem, Bahrain

Reuters / Monday, December 29, 2014A protester holds a Bahraini flag in the

midst of tear gas during clashes between police and demonstrators protesting for

Al Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman, in the village of Bilad Al Qadeem, south of Manama, Bahrain, December 29,

2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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PhotographerMichael DalderLocationOBERSTDORF, GermanyReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Michael Hayboeck from Austria speeds down the ski jump during the trial round for the first jumping of the 63rd four-hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

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PhotographerAmir CohenLocationASHDOD, IsraelReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014An Israeli fire fighter rappels down a rope during a rescue drill at Ashdod port December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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PhotographerHandout .LocationADRIATIC SEA, GreeceReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014The car ferry Norman Atlantic is pictured on the way to Brindisi harbour after it caught fire in waters off Greece December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Marina Militare

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PhotographerYannis Behrakis

LocationATHENS, Greece

Reuters / Monday, December 29, 2014

Greek Prime Minister AntonisSamaras reacts in parliament

during the last round of a presidential vote in Athens

December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

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Reuters / Monday, December 29, 2014A platoon leader in D Troop of the 3rd

Cavalry Regiment works underneath antique rifles hanging inside his office at forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas

Jackson

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An Afghan laborer works at a charcoal workshop on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. In the winter, prices of wood and charcoal rise among all other necessities for Afghans. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Palestinian mourners carry the body of Palestinian Imam Dwikat who was shot dead by Israeli troops on Monday, in the West Bank village of Baita near City of Nablus , Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. The Israeli military said its forces shot and killed Dwikawho was throwing stones at drivers in the West Bank. The forces called out to them to stop and fired live rounds into the air to disperse them, then opened fire on the stone throwers when they persisted. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Passengers look out from an Atlanta Streetcar as it makes its inaugural trip through downtown, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Atlanta. The inaugural journey marks the first time streetcars have regularly traversed Atlanta streets since 1949. The official launch of the new streetcar happened during a grand opening ceremony in Woodruff Park downtown, where dignitaries spoke, pastors blessed it with prayers and onlookers snapped photos on cellphones. Atlanta Mayor KasimReed says the streetcar’s 2.7-mile route will connect neighbors to several tourist attractions, museums and entertainment venues. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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A couple go for a walk as they cross the ancient ”France Gateway” around of the old city during a dusk winter with cool weather, in Pamplona northern Spain, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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A crew member of Indonesian Navy CN-235 airplane prays prior to the start of a search operation for the missing AirAsia flight 8501 at the airport in PangkalPinang, Bangka Island, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Six bloated bodies and debris seen floating in Indonesian waters Tuesday painful ended the mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the Java Sea and was lost to searchers for more than two days. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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A young Nepalese Gurung boy holds a flag of Nepal and walks in a parade to mark their New Year know as “Tamu Loshar” in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014. The indigenous Gurungs, also known as Tamu, are celebrating their new year, welcoming the year of the Sheep. (AP Photo/NiranjanShrestha)

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A health worker was diagnosed with Ebola infection after returning from Sierra Leone were put up in Hercules transport aircraft at Glasgow International Airport, flown to hospital Royal Free in London.

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Mr. A.T.M. Azharul Islam, Assistant General Secretary of the Communist Party of Jamaat-e-Islami, were put into a police car after being a Special Court sentenced to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Special Court sentenced the leader of the Islamic party's senior for leading a militia carried out the killings and mass rape during the war for independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971Dec. 30 , 2014

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A Python swallow a mouse bag Wallaby in Nitmiluk National Park in the northern territory of Australia. Huge party can keep the BOA no belly for three months.

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Ms. Cho Hyun-ah (mid) former Vice President of the airline, Korean Air Lines, to the West of the County Prosecutor's Office in Seoul, Korea. She resigned as Vice President earlier this month amid increasing at unheard of public criticism about whether she forced a flight to turn back because a bag macadamia.

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A road damaged by floods in Kuala Krai in Kelantan, Malaysia. The most serious flooding in Malaysia for more than a decade have killed 10 people and caused nearly 160,000 people to leave homes and according to the forecast of rain still continues to pour down, authorities said.

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1,600 pandas in paper, the work of French artist Paulo Grangeon, is on display in front of a giant statue of MuruganDeity while on display around the world at the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Dec. 30 , 2014

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The Sea Lions ' Sarasa ' shut up the pipes to help the clean-up training stables in Shinagawa Aqua Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

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PhotographerKCNA KCNALocationPYONGYANG, North KoreaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks through a pair of binoculars as he guides the multiple-rocket launching drill of women's sub-units under KPA Unit 851, in Pyongyang December 30, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA

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PhotographerJonathan AlcornLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Protesters block the southbound lanes of the 110 freeway after the Los Angeles County Coroner released an autopsy report on the LAPD's shooting of Ezell Ford in Los Angeles, California December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

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PhotographerBeawiharta BeawihartaLocationSURABAYA, IndonesiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Family members of passengers onboard missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 cry at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerIlya NaymushinLocationKrasnoyarsk, RussiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Vladimir Shcherba, 53, a fan of winter swimming, dips in the Yenisei River with temperature at minus 23 degrees Celsius (-9 Fahrenheit), in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/IlyaNaymushin

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PhotographerAhmad MasoodLocationNEW DELHI, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Indian Air Force soldiers rehearse for the Republic Day parade on a cold and foggy winter morning in New Delhi December 30, 2014. India will celebrate its annual Republic Day on January 26. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014U.S. soldiers from D Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment walk on a hill after finishing with a training exercise near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghmanprovince of Afghanistan December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerDarren StaplesLocationLEICESTER, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014A woman runs through Victoria Park at sunrise in Leicester, central England, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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PhotographerAntara Photo AgencyLocationPANGKALAN BUN, IndonesiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Members of the Search and Rescue Agency SARS carry debris recovered from the sea presumed from missing Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ 8501 at Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Kenarel

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PhotographerEric Gaillard

LocationNICE, France


Edy, a man who has been homeless for several years, tries to sleep in his

car which is parked in a lot in Nice, southern France, November 29,

2014. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

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PhotographerBeawiharta BeawihartaLocationSURABAYA, IndonesiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Indonesia's President JokoWidodo (R) walks beside AirAsia's CEO Tony Fernandesafter meeting with family members of passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerSergei KarpukhinLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny (R) talks with his brother and co-defendant Oleg (inside defendants cage) during a court hearing in Moscow December 30, 2014. A Russian court ruled to give Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence for embezzling money but jailed his brother for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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PhotographerAndrew Nelles

LocationCHICAGO, United States


A partially collapsed wall at the Morton Salt facility gave way to tons of salt being dumped onto

parked cars at an adjacent car dealership in Chicago, Illinois,

December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles

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PhotographerEric GaillardLocationNICE, FranceReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Mustafa, a British-Egyptian homeless man, rests in downtown Nice, southern France, November 26, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

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PhotographerAntara Photo AgencyLocationPANGKALAN BUN, IndonesiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Air force personnel carry presumed to be from missing Indonesia AirAsiaflight QZ 8501 recovered from the sea at Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Kenarel

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PhotographerSTRINGER MexicoLocationBuenavista Tomatlan, MexicoReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Vigilante leader Luis Antonio Torres, alias "El Americano" (C), holds hands with a relative after he and other vigilantes voluntarily surrender to state authorities to cooperate in a shootout investigation in the town of Buenavista Tomatlan, Michoacan, Mexico, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

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PhotographerRalph Orlowski

LocationBAD HERSFELD, Germany

Reuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Firefighters work on the site of a bus crash on

a slope next to the A4 motorway near the town of Bad Hersfeld, Germany, December 30,

2014. The bus, carrying pensioners from Baden-Wuerttemberg to Leipzig, lost control

and veered off the road after a car crashed into it. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

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PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014An Occupy-themed guesthouse run by British freelance writer Stephen Thompson, 50, is pictured as he poses in his tent in Hong Kong December 30, 2014. Set up in a small apartment in the Causeway Bay shopping district, the guesthouse that gives what it calls "Umbrella Revolution Occupation Experience" charges guest HK$100 (US$13) a night to stay in a tent surrounded by pro-democracy banners, a cardboard cutout of Chinese President Xi...more

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PhotographerHosam Katan

LocationALEPPO, Syria

Reuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Rebel fighters of al-Jabha al-Islamiya (the

Islamic Front) prepare an improvised explosive to fire towards forces loyal to

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at the frontline near Nairab military airport in

Aleppo, Syria, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

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PhotographerWong CampionLocationKUNMING, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014A performer in a ram costume looks at his phone backstage during a performance in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, December 30, 2014. The show is held to celebrate the upcoming year 2015, which is the year of sheep in Chinese zodiac calendar. REUTERS/Wong Campion

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PhotographerSTRINGER MexicoLocationCiudad Juarez, MexicoReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014A man pushes his bicycle across a street amid cold wind at an impoverished neighbourhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

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PhotographerRussell CheyneLocationEDINBURGH, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Up Helly Aa vikings from the Shetland Islands hold lit torches during the annual torchlight procession to mark the start of Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

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The members of an Indonesian search and rescue team in Pangkalan Bun bags of bodies of victims on AirAsia flight QZ8501.Dec. 31 , 2014

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A group of pro-democracy protesters lying dead in a luxury shopping mall in Hong Kong, demanding real universal suffrage for the city in 2017.

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A sea lion draw simplified "Units" in a new year at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in the water, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan.

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Fireworks light up Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong to celebrate by 2015.

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People walking on the stairs in the snow on the hills of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski prize competition

before crossing Southern Hillsnước

Đức.

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Street lamps were covered by snow and ice outside a restaurant on top of the Feldberg, Germany's Frankfurt city 20 miles.

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The Pakistan tourists riding camels in the sunset of the year at Clifton Beach in Karachi.

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A woman hanging pieces of paper written new year wishes up a tree in Seoul, South Korea.

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Kids snowman costumes join new year parades in the capital Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan.

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A U.S. soldier from Dragon Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment rests on bags stored in a shipping container during preparations for a return home from Afghanistan, at forward operating base Gamberiin the Laghman province of Afghanistan December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerSTRINGER ItalyLocationGALLIPOLI, ItalyReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014The Blue Sky M cargo ship, carrying an estimated 900 migrants, is seen at the Gallipoli harbour, southern Italy, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerThomas PeterLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A Shinto priest looks behind a cover during ceremonies bidding farewell to 2014, ahead of New Year's Day, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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PhotographerSigit PamungkasLocationSURABAYA, IndonesiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Indonesian military carry the caskets containing the bodies of two AirAsiaflight QZ8501 passengers recovered off the coast of Borneo at a military base in Surabaya, Indonesia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AfghanistanReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014An Afghan girl sits amongst burning garbage dump in Kabul December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A tourist wearing a foam novelty headpiece walks on Sydney's Bondi beach, Australia, before the first sunrise of the new year, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A woman wears a head band displaying 2015 as she waits for the annual New Year fireworks display on Sydney Harbour, Australia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

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PhotographerEzra AcayanLocationBocaue, PhilippinesReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Confetti falls on revelers at midnight during New Year celebrations outside the Philippine Arena in Bocauetown, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ezra Acayan

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PhotographerTatyana MakeyevaLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks light the sky over the Kremlin's Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower, covered by scaffolding, during celebrations of New Year's Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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PhotographerTatyana MakeyevaLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Revellers pose for a picture with a man dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, during celebrations of New Year's Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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PhotographerTatyana MakeyevaLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Revelers celebrate ahead of New Year's Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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PhotographerKCNA KCNA

LocationPYONGYANG, North Korea


Schoolchildren's New Year performance "We Are the Happiest in

the World" is given at the Central Youth Hall on the occasion of the New

Year, December 31, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean

Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 31, 2014.

REUTERS/KCNA

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PhotographerAly SongLocationSHANGHAI, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Light and laser illuminate the Lujiazui financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China, during a light show as part of a New Year countdown celebrations on the Bund in Shanghai January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song

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PhotographerJalal Al-mamoLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A Free Syrian Army fighter sprays graffiti on a wall prior to the new year in Aleppo, Syria, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Al-Mamo

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PhotographerKim Kyung HoonLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Performers and attendees celebrate the arrival of the new year in front of the National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest", on which the year 2015 is projected, during a new year's countdown event celebrating the arrival of the new year and wishing in winning the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Beijing January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the annual fireworks display to usher in the new year, early January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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PhotographerThomas PeterLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014People release balloons during New Year celebrations in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks light up the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge during an early light show before the midnight New Year fireworks, in Australia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Spectators on boats are silhouetted as fireworks shower down from the Sydney HarbourBridge in Australia, during the annual fireworks display to usher in the new year, early January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Crowds watch and take photographs as fireworks light up the Sydney HarbourBridge during the annual fireworks display January 1, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray

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PhotographerAmit DaveLocationAHMEDABAD, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014School teachers arrange flower petals in a formation during their New Year's Day celebrations at a school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Amit Dave

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocationSINGAPORE, SingaporeReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A floating installation of 25,000 wishing spheres line Marina Bay as the city's financial district is seen in the background, ahead of the New Year's Day countdown celebrations, in Singapore December 31, 2014. Throughout December, people penned their New Year's wishes on the spheres to be placed in the waters as part of the coming New Year Day celebrations. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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PhotographerThomas PeterLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A man hangs an "Ema", a wooden plaque with people's wishes or prayers, on a hook during ceremonies bidding farewell to 2014, ahead of New Year's Day, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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PhotographerAmit DaveLocationAHMEDABAD, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014School students dressed in Santa Claus costumes pose during their New Year's Day celebrations at a school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Amit Dave

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationSHENYANG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Students form "2015" standing on snow to welcome the upcoming New Year at Shenyang Agriculture University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks explode near the observation wheel during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, China, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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PhotographerKim Hong-Ji

LocationSEOUL, South Korea


A woman lights a candle before a ceremony to celebrate the new year at

Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Kim

Hong-Ji

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PhotographerKim Hong-Ji

LocationSEOUL, South Korea


A couple takes a "selfie" as fireworks go off during a

ceremony to celebrate the new year at Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, January 1,

2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks explode near the observation wheel during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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PhotographerChristian HartmannLocationPARIS, FranceReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks light the sky over the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France, as revelers take part in New Year celebrations, early January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

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PhotographerKeith BedfordLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Confetti engineer Norm Larsen tosses confetti onto revellers from the roof of the Marriott Marquis hotel during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Keith Bedford

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PhotographerDado RuvicLocationSARAJEVO, Bosnia and HerzegovinaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks explode during New Year's celebrations in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

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PhotographerSTRINGER BrazilLocationRIO DE JANEIRO, BrazilReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014People watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations at the Pavao Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mauro Pimentel

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PhotographerSuzanne PlunkettLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks explode behind the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben on the River Thames during New Year celebrations in London January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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PhotographerCarlo AllegriLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Trader Joseph Mastrolia works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange while wearing 2015 novelty glasses on New Year's Eve, the last trading day of the year, in New York December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

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PhotographerAlkis KonstantinidisLocationATHENS, GreeceReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's day celebrations in Athens, Greece, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis

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PhotographerTomas BravoLocationMexico City, MexicoReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A woman holds a candle and a flag while looking at riot policemen during a protest to demand justice for the 43 missing students of the AyotzinapaTeacher Training College Raul Isidro Burgos, near Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Mexico, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo

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PhotographerAly SongLocation

SHANGHAI, ChinaReuters / Wednesday,

December 31, 2014Relatives of a victim hug as

they wait at a hospital where injured people of a

stampede incident are treated in Shanghai, China,

January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song

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LocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Wednesday,

December 31, 2014U.S. soldiers from Dragon

Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment take part in their

last exercise of 2014 near forward operating base

Gamberi in Laghmanprovince, Afghanistan,

December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerBeawiharta BeawihartaLocationPANGKALAN BUN, IndonesiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A Search and Rescue team member carries a stretcher as he gets ready to board SAR ship Purworejo for search operations for passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Kumai port, Pangkalan Bun district, Indonesia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerAnindito MukherjeeLocationDELHI, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A homeless man covered in a blanket sleeps inside a government-run night shelter on a cold winter night in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/AninditoMukherjee

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PhotographerAlessandro BianchiLocationVatican, Vatican CityReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Pope Francis kisses the statue of baby Jesus as he arrives to lead the First Vespers and TeDeum prayers in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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PhotographerThomas PeterLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A woman ties a piece of paper to a string as part of a Shinto ritual on the first day of the new year at the Shinto Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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People pray during ceremonies bidding farewell to 2014, ahead

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A girl prays on the first day of the new year at the Shinto Meiji Shrine

in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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