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Saturday, December 8, 2012 12:00:00 AM
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Dec. 31, 2012: Kijivu, a female Western lowland gorilla, holds her newborn baby at Prague Zoo on Dec. 27 in Prague, Czech Republic. The baby gorilla was born on Dec. 22, just months after Kijivu’s second child, Tatu, died after accidentally hanging himself with a climbing rope. Zoo director Miroslav Bobek called the death the most tragic event at the zoo since flooding in 2002 killed more than 100 animals. (© Frantisek Vlcek/isifa/MAFRA/Getty Images)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Megan Carlson takes a photograph of a Tournament of Roses Parade float being decorated in Pasadena, Calif. on Dec. 28. The 124th Rose Parade will take place Jan. 1 in Pasadena & feature 42 floats, 23 bands & 21 equestrian units. (© Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Switzerland's Simon Ammann soars through the air during the trial round for the first jump of the 61st Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Dec. 30. (© Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Austrian choreographer Willi Dorner & his company of international dancers demonstrate 'Bodies in Urban Spaces' at the De Grote Post cultural center, Ostend, Belgium. (© Edwin Fontaine/Reporters/Redux)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Elephants play an exhibition soccer match during the final day of the Elephant Race at Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. (© Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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Dec. 31, 2012: A collapsed section of a road in Taiyuan, China. (© HAP/Quirky China News /Rex Features)
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Dec. 30, 2012: Temple parishioners clean the Reclining Buddha with bamboo at Nanzoin Temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, Japan. (© The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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Dec. 29, 2012: A reveler takes part in Els Enfarinats, a festival that includes a flour fight, in Ibi, Spain. (© David Ramos/Getty Images)
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Dec. 28, 2012: Cody Mooney tosses his 17-month-old daughter, Willow, in the air as snow geese take flight in the Skagit Valley near La Conner, Wash. (© Elaine Thompson/AP)
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Dec. 28. 2012: A zookeeper in Manila, Philippines, is not fearful of Burmese pythons that wrap themselves around his body during a celebration to mark the Chinese Zodiac's upcoming Year of the Snake. (© Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Zuma Press)
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Dec. 28, 2012: With the New York City skyline behind it, a beached whale washes up Breezy Point, NY. The whale later died and will be buried in the town that was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. (© Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
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Dec. 28, 2012: This unnamed baby elephant stands under its mother, Farina, at the Hanover Zoo in Hanover, Germany, on Dec. 27. It was born on Christmas Eve. (© Emily Wabitsch/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 28, 2012: An Orthodox Jewish mother decorates her newborn baby with jewelry in a silver bowl for the pidyon haben in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Dec. 27. Pidyon haben, or redemption of the firstborn son, is an ancient Jewish custom in which the firstborn son is redeemed by use of silver coins from his birth state of sanctity at the age of 30 days. (© Abir Sultan/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 28, 2012: Paramilitary policemen practice during their winter training against extreme weather in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 26. (© China Daily/Reuters)
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Dec. 27, 2012: A farmer harvests rice next to the artist Suharyanto Tri's statue titled 'Planting Brain' at Nitiprayan village in Bantul, Indonesia, on Dec. 27. Tri's statue is a part of an outdoor sculpture exhibition called 'Last Harvest,' which includes works from 30 artists who are voicing their concerns over diminishing agricultural land in Indonesia. The exhibition ends on Dec. 31. (© Dwi Oblo/Reuters)
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Dec. 27, 2012: Andreas Hempel throws a 2-meter Nordmann Fir into the air during the Christmas tree throw in Ichtershausen, Germany, on Dec. 27. The Christmas tree throw has taken place here for 13 years. (© Michael Reichel/EPA/Reuters)
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Dec. 27, 2012: Women carry milk in aluminum pitchers to pour into the Bay of Bengal in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Dec. 26. This gesture was performed in honor of the victims of the 2004 tsunami. Hundreds of memorial events were held across Asia on Wednesday in memory of the victims of the waves that crashed ashore with little warning on Dec. 26, 2004, killing 226,000 people in 13 countries. (© Babu/Reuters)
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Dec. 27, 2012: Identical twins Monette & Mady of Paris share an uncommonly close relationship. They often finish each other's sentences, eat the same in identical portions & refer to themselves as 'I' instead of 'we.' If they ever go out dressed in different outfits, people stop & ask why they argued. (© Maja Daniels, www.majadaniels.com)
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Dec. 27, 2012: Harmony bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on Dec. 25. China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line this week when a link between Beijing & the southern metropolis of Guangzhou is inaugurated, underscoring a commitment to a trouble-plagued transport scheme. A bullet train crash in 2011 killed 40 people. Rail investment slowed sharply after that, & media reported earlier this year that the government had cut planned railway investment by 500 billion yuan to 2.3 trillion yuan. (© stringer/Reuters)
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Dec. 27, 2012: Decorated buffalo pull chariots through Jembrana, Bali, Indonesia, as part of the Makepung race. Farmers use their livestock in this annual gladiator-style race & chariots can reach speeds of up to 30 mph. Competitors spend months carefully decorating livestock before going head-to-head with farmers from other villages. (© Robertus Dupyanto/Caters)
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Dec. 26, 2012: This blue heron had been looking for food in a quiet marsh when it bit off more than it could chew with a feisty snake. The snake tightly wrapped its body around the heron's beak before the bird had the chance to bite. After 15 minutes, the heron changed technique & started to bang the snake on the ground. The reptile's grip began to wane & the heron gulped it down. (© Peter Brannon/Caters)
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Dec. 26, 2012: Members of the ice swimming club Berlin Seals attend the annual Christmas swim at the partially frozen Oranke Lake in Berlin on Dec. 25. The tradition goes back to 1984. (© Markus Schreiber/AP)
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Dec. 26, 2012: The Ippoasi Vegan Farm is located in Tuscany & holds about 50 animals rescued from animal testing or slaughter with the help of animal welfare groups. Vanity Fair published a report about intensive livestock farming in Italy, which is the second part of a project regarding the abuses hidden behind the meat industry. (© Francesco Pistilli)
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Dec. 26, 2012: High-end butcher & game dealer Doug Nicholson, owner of C Nicholson & Son, prepares to brave the cold at his store & snuggle up for the night with 300 premium turkeys in North Tyneside, Britain, on Dec. 20. Nicholson started protecting his turkeys, & his customers' Christmas dinners, by sleeping at the store since thieves tried to steal the birds several years ago. (© London News Pictures/Rex Features)
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Dec. 26, 2012: A woman lets her child peer inside the Grotto in the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Dec. 24. Nigerian pilgrims came to pray at the holy site, traditionally considered to be the birthplace of Jesus. The basilica marking the site is known as the oldest continuously operating Christian church in the world. (© Fadi Arouri/Xinhua/Zuma Press)
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Dec. 26, 2012: Kung Fu masters from martial arts schools in Dengfeng show off their skills at Zhengzhou Railway Station in Zhengzhou, China, on Dec. 20. (© HAP/Quirky China News/Rex Features)
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Dec. 25, 2012: Popping bubbles is irresistible at any age, but few of us know what really happens when one bursts. The action is too fast for the human eye to catch. Photographer Richard Heeks spent weeks trying to capture the right moment. (© Richard Heeks, http://www.flickr.com/photos/11164709@N06/sets/72157623083082333/)
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Dec. 24, 2012: Photographer Tore Heggelund set out to capture images of the Milky Way the night of Dec. 19 near Hardangerfjord, Norway. Unusual light conditions gave a nearby waterfall a bright white glow. After carefully positioning his camera, Heggelund created a shot in which the waterfall looks like a continuation of the Milky Way cascading down from the sky. (© Tore Heggelund/Caters News)
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Dec. 24, 2012: A student sits by some of the 500 Santa sand sculptures created at Sudarshan Pattnaik's sand art school on the beach of Puri, Bhubaneswar, India, on Dec. 24. (© ZUMA/Rex Features)
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Dec. 24, 2012: Houston Texans fan Chris Lockwood buries his head in his hands as the Texans lose to the Minnesota Vikings during the fourth quarter of the NFL football game in Houston on Dec. 23. (© Richard Carson/Reuters)
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Dec. 24, 2012: Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus work during an event promoting Christmas at a hotel in Tokyo. (© Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
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Dec. 24, 2012: A child flies a model airplane at the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival near Madinat Zayed, United Arab Emirates. (© Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dec. 24, 2012: Though it looks like a cape, this is a kite being flown by this man at the beach in Ashkelon, Israeli. (© Amir Cohen/Reuters)
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Dec. 23, 2012: A young couple shares a tender moment braving the freezing outdoors at Red Square in Moscow. (© Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dec. 22, 2012: People participate in a Santa Claus parade in Famalicao, Portugal. (© Estela Silva/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 21, 2012: A woman walks past a fake polar bear in a snow maze at the Fourth Snow and Ice Festival in Beijing. (© ZUMA/Rex Features)
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Dec. 21, 2012: A man uses a snowblower to clear a path in West Bend, Wis., after the Midwest was pummeled by a snowstorm. (© Michael Sears/MCT/Zuma Press)
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Dec. 21, 2012: Flood victims stand on railroad tracks in Chilaw, Sri Lanka. (© S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dec. 21, 2012: Train attendants hold chopsticks in their mouths to learn the perfect smile during a training session in Xi'an, China, on Dec. 19. (© HAP/Quirky China News/Rex Features)
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Dec. 21, 2012: Winda Wahyuni kisses the hand of her husband, Ahmad Yasir Saputra, after their wedding in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 9. The couple, who met a year ago on Facebook, married in an Islamic ceremony at a local mosque. Dating on social networks has become increasingly popular in the Aceh region, where the Islamic Sharia law makes it a crime for an unmarried man & woman who are not related to associate in an isolated place. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but Aceh is the only part of the country to implement Islamic laws. (© Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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Dec. 21, 2012: Visitors walk through the Darwineum, an exhibit devoted to evolution, at the zoo in Rostock, Germany, on Dec. 19. More than 120,000 visitors came to the zoo since the exhibit opened in September, more than twice the number in the same period in 2011. (© Bernd Wuestneck/DPA/Landov)
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Dec. 21, 2012: Jammu & Kashmir police march in a parade on Dec. 19 near Srinagar, capital of the Indian administered state of Jammu & Kashmir. Nearly 900 recruits were sworn in during the parade, joining Indian soldiers fighting militants in Kashmir. Almost 1 million soldiers are posted in the disputed Himalayan region, making it the most militarized zone in the world. (© Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)
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Dec. 21, 2012: A man in a costume made of mirrors poses in Usaquen Park during the annual Festival de Navidad in Bogota, Colombia, on Dec. 19. (© Fredy Builes/Reuters)
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Dec. 21, 2012: Visitors look at a 7-foot '13' sign on display at the Times Square Museum & Visitor Center in New York City on Dec. 19. The numbers will be installed atop One Times Square to complete the '2013' sign that will light up at midnight on Dec. 31 to announce the beginning of the new year. (© Andrew Gombert/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 21, 2012: Suki, a Jack Russell terrier, takes a walk in her fur-lined, waterproof coat in Brockenhurst, England, on Dec. 20. (© Harry Page/Rex Features)
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Dec, 20, 2012: Moscow photographer Andrew Osokin braved the cold in the Russian capital to capture this stunning image of ice formations using macro photography. He takes to the street & employs special lenses to photograph the unique structures. 'I appreciate the beauty of nature, so the idea of photographing icicles was the perfect subject for me,' Osokin said. (© Andrew Osokin/Rex Features)
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Dec. 20, 2012: A police officer shows off his skills during a graduation ceremony for the Afghan armed forces in Herat, Afghanistan, on Dec. 20. More than 200 police officers, including eight women, are ready to serve after receiving six months of training. Afghan troops are in the process of taking over security from NATO & U.S. forces, a transition expected to be completed in 2014. (© Hoshang Hashimi/AP)
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Dec. 20, 2012: Parrots at the Suzhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province, China, on Dec. 20. (© ZUMA/Rex Features)
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Dec. 20, 2012: A trekker in the Chatyr-Dag mountains in the Crimea, Ukraine, photographs what appears to be a ghostly figure peering through a spherical rainbow. The apparition is called a Brocken spectre – a phenomenon that can occur when the sun shines behind someone looking down into fog from a ridge. Ukranian photographer Mikhail Baevsky captured this image. (© Mikhail Baevsky/Caters News)
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Dec. 20, 2012: A clown holds an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe during a Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City on Dec. 18. Hundreds of clowns from the Clown Club of Mexico converged on the basilica that day in an annual tradition to pay homage to the patron saint of Mexico. (© Tomas Bravo/Reuters)
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Dec. 20, 2012: Congjiang County farmers in southwest China's Guizhou province have begun raising bamboo rats to make extra money. Local rat farmer Shi Beidan poses with a bamboo rat on Dec. 18. She has some 2,000 rodents, which can be sold for meat & fur. Congjiang County has 18 bamboo rat farms & plans to expand to 20 next year. (© HAP/Quirky China News/Rex Features)
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Dec. 20, 2012: Pigeons warm themselves in the metro ventilation shaft in Moscow on Dec. 18. Temperatures in Russian capital dropped to 3 degrees earlier this week but, due to high humidity and wind, meteorologists warned it would feel more like minus 13 degrees. (© Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dec. 20, 2012: A young monk sits at Wat Chedi Luang, a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Oct. 27. The country's rapid economic rise has altered the role of the Buddhist monk from a figure of moral authority to someone whose job often is limited to presiding over ceremonies. (© Giulio Di Sturco/International Herald Tribune/Redux)
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Dec. 20, 2012: Winter Dew Tour gold medalist Shaun White snowboards in the Superpipe during the final round in Breckenridge, Colo., on Dec. 15 (© Joe Morahan/Zuma Press)
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Dec. 20, 2012: A caretaker feeds white doves in front of the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, also known as the Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, on Dec. 18. Locals believe that your wish will come true if you release a white dove. (© Maurizio Gambarini/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 19, 2012: Hindu holy men who have arrived ahead of the month-long Maha Kumbh Mela festival perform morning rituals honoring Triveni Sangam in Allahabad, India, on Dec. 19. Sangam signifies the confluence of three sacred rivers, a holy place for Hindus where the rivers Ganges, Yamuna & the mythical Saraswati come together. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to arrive here in January for the religious festival, which occurs every 12 years. (© Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)
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Dec. 19, 2012: The Cassini spacecraft took this mosaic image of Saturn & its rings backlit against the sun on Oct. 17. The craft used infrared, red & violet spectral filters to create an enhanced-color view. NASA released the image on Dec. 18. The image was obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera about 500,000 miles from Saturn. Also captured in the photo are two of Saturn's moons: Enceladus & Tethys. (© NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Reuters)
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Dec. 19, 2012: A model wears a creation by Israeli designer Hagit Witman's brand, Fishndag, during Tel Aviv Fashion Week in Israel on Dec. 19. (© Ariel Schalit/AP)
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Dec. 19, 2012: A man prepares part of an exhibit at the Museum of Broken Relationships, Centquatre arts center, Paris. (© Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
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Dec. 19, 2012: A Qatari fighter jet flies over skyscrapers on National Day in Doha, Qatar. (© Fadi Al-Assaad/Reuters)
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Dec. 19, 2012: A fisherman carries a swordfish from the Indian Ocean to a market in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. (© Ismail Taxta/Reuters)
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Dec. 19, 2012: A street vendor sells mushrooms in a busy market in Katmandu, Nepal. (© Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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Dec. 19, 2012: An Iberian pig rests in La Alberca, Salamanca province, Spain. (© Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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Dec. 19, 2012: A guard stands by a gate between cell blocks where inmates receive vocational & literacy training at Helmand Central Prison in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. (© Bryan Denton/The New York Times/Redux)
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Dec. 19, 2012: 2 women play in the snow in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, where the temperature was minus 22 degrees. (© Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
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Dec. 18, 2012: Peggy Layton from Manti, Utah, is a “prepper” who has stocked up on goods in case the Mayan calendar prophecy turns out to be true Friday. But in the event it doesn’t happen, Layton bought this 1950s-style bomb shelter for whenever doomsday may actually happen. (© William Anthony, wmanthony.com)
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Dec. 18, 2012: Janet Bitton, the assistant house keeper at Chatsworth House, cleans a chandelier at the stately home in Chatsworth, England. (© Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Dec. 18, 2012: People learn to ski in Mexico City's historic Zocalo Square. (© Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
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Dec. 18, 2012: Aman Paregi, 5, enjoys snow tubing on artificial snow at the Columbia County Snow Festival in Evans, Ga., on Dec. 16. (© Jon-Michael Sullivan/The Augusta Chronicle/Zuma Press)
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Dec. 18, 2012: A Hyllus diardi spider is perched on a gecko's head in a colorful image staged by Thai photographer Theerasak Saksritawee, also known as Popumon. (© Theerasak Saksritawee/Caters News)
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Dec. 18, 2012: A dancer from London's Dream Engine performance group is suspended under the Heliosphere with the Hong Kong skyline in the background on Dec. 16. The massive helium balloons are used by the artists to craft unique performances with a mixture of light, music & gravity-defying acrobatics. (© Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
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Dec. 18, 2012: Women look at a man buried in the sand for a traditional medical treatment at Syiah Kuala Beach, Banda Aceh province, Indonesia, on Dec. 17. The Acehnese believe that bathing in the sand can help prevent stroke & hypertension. (© Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 18, 2012: The sun breaks through dark clouds above the Leye-Fengshan World Geopark in Guangxi province, China, on Dec. 15. (© HAP/Quirky China News /Rex Features)
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Dec. 18, 2012: A performer wears traditional clothing & makeup during the opening ceremony of the Mayan Culture Festival in Merida, Mexico, on Dec. 14. The festival honors Mayan culture & helps the public understand the Mayan Long Count calendar, which expires Dec. 21, the date some people believe will bring the end of the world. The festival runs through Dec. 22. (© Francisco Martin/Reuters)
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Dec. 18, 2012: Animal trainer Adam Bean is seen with Labelle, a wedge-tailed eagle, at the Territory Wildlife Park in Darwin, Australia, on Dec. 12. Labelle was recovering from eye surgery for an injury the bird suffered after falling off the flight deck. (© Michael Franchi/Newspix/Rex Features)
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Dec. 17, 2012: People make bracelets in the Analog Zone during a Device Free Drinks party at Jones lounge in San Francisco on Nov. 15. The party was billed as an occasion to 'enjoy a few hours off the grid' & guests had to surrender their digital devices at the door. (© Peter DaSilva/The New York Times/Redux)
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Dec. 17, 2012: A woman dressed in period clothing sits in a vintage subway car in New York City on Dec. 16. The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority runs vintage subway trains from the 1930s through the 1970s each Sunday until the end of the year along the M train route from Manhattan to Queens. (© Preston Rescigno/Getty Images)
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Dec. 17, 2012: Waves break on the pier near a lighthouse at Douro's river mouth in Porto, Portugal, on Dec. 14. The weather forecast for northern Portugal predicted strong winds & heavy rain for the next few days. (© Paulo Duarte/AP)
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Dec. 17, 2012: Shopkeeper Gao Ming enjoying her cat-themed coffee bar in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. (© Wang Kai/Xinhua/Landov)
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Dec. 17, 2012: A man loads a Christmas tree onto a bicycle in Osnabruck, Germany. (© Friso Gentsch/DPA/Zuma Press)
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Dec. 17, 2012: A polar bear gets frisky at Hanover Zoo, Hanover, Germany. (© Action Press/Rex Features)
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Dec. 17, 2012: A person swims as people walk on partially frozen Houhai Lake, Beijing, on Dec. 14. (© Jason Lee/Reuters)
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Dec. 17, 2012: Xiu Yulin, 58, refuses to leave his home, which is scheduled for demolition, in Yantai, Shandong Province, China. (© HAP/Rex Features)
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Dec. 17, 2012: An anti-Mohamed Morsi protester shouts in front of burning cars during clashes with the president’s supporters in Alexandria, Egypt. (© Reuters)
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Dec. 17, 2012: Several Palestinians, one flying a flag atop the wall that borders Israel, participate in a protest in Ramallah, Palestinian Territory. ( © Ahmad Mesleh/Demotix/Corbis)
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Dec. 16, 2012: Tourists cross the Titlis Cliff Walk, the highest rope bridge in Europe, at an altitude about 10,000 feet in Titlis, Switzerland. (© Sigi Tischler/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 15, 2012: Even the historic Colosseum in Rome, a world-renowned tourist attraction, gets a touch of the holiday spirit. (©AGF s.r.l./Rex Features)
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Dec. 14, 2012: Alex Marin practices parkour, a sport that embraces urban landscape as an obstacle course, on what remains of the boardwalk on Rockaway Beach, NY (© Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Dec. 14, 2012: Snow covers the Piazza Duomo square in Milan, Italy. (© Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dec. 14, 2012: A Pakistani man holds colored chicks in his hands as he waits for customers at a roadside in Peshawar, Pakistan. (© Arshad Arbab/EPA/Landov)
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Dec. 14, 2012: Helmut Sechser, 72, holds his old eye prosthesis before being fitted for a new one at a medical equipment shop in Munich, Germany, on Dec. 11. Shop owner & ocularist Gerhard Greiner handcrafts blown-glass eye prostheses for people who have lost eyes due to illness or accidents. Each glass eye takes about an hour to make. Greiner closely works with clients when he draws the veins & makes sure the color is just right. A bespoke glass eye costs about $457. (© Michaela Rehle/Reuters)
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Dec. 14, 2012: A pilgrim holds an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City on Dec. 12. Thousands of Mexicans & Latinos in the US celebrated the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico. (© Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dec. 14, 2012: A member of the Aptitudes Arts & Disability Dance Company takes part in a rehearsal of 'The Nutcracker' in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Dec. 1. More than 70 performers took the stage in the production created by the dance company, which promotes the integration of people with developmental disabilities into society & the arts. (© Alejandro Acosta/Reuters)
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Dec. 14, 2012: Polar bear cub Lomonosov plays with his mother, Uslada, at the Leningrad Zoo in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 13. Lomonosov, who is 1 & was born in St. Petersburg, was scheduled to move to a zoo in the northeastern city of Yakutsk the following week. (© Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)
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Dec. 14, 2012: A street performer walks in the rain with his trained monkey & goat in Lahore, Pakistan, on Dec. 13. Pakistanis continue to struggle with weak economic growth. (© Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dec. 14, 2012: Seats & screens are seen in the economy-class cabin of Qatar Airways' new Boeing 787 Dreamliner after it arrived in London during its Dec. 13 inaugural flight. Qatar Airways is the first airline to operate scheduled Dreamliner flights to & from the UK. (© Andrew Winning/Reuters)
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Dec. 14, 2012: An exhibit depicting mujahedeen leaders who fought against the Soviets is seen at the Jihad Museum in Herat, Afghanistan, on Oct. 31. The museum is dedicated to Afghans who fought the Soviets & the Soviet-supported government. (© Bryan Denton/The New York Times/Redux)
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Dec. 13. 2012: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Chen, 23, from Lakehurst, N.J., kisses his new bride, Victoria Chan, 25, from New York City, after getting married at New York City's Office of the City Clerk on Dec. 12. Hundreds of couples packed the office in lower Manhattan to be married on the unique & memorable date of 12/12/12. (© Mike Segar/Reuters)
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Dec. 13, 2012: An activist hurls traffic cones at riot police guarding the Tucuman provincial house in Buenos Aires, Aregentina, on Dec. 12. Several people reportedly were injured & others were arrested during a protest over the ruling in the Maria de los Angeles Veron case. Prosecutors & many Argentinians believe Veron, who disappeared from her hometown at age 23, was kidnapped & forced into prostitution. Thirteen suspects were acquitted in the trial. Veron's mother has rescued hundreds of sex trafficking victims since her daughter's disappearance but has not found Veron. (© Joaquin Salguero/Reuters)
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Dec. 13, 2012: Religious dignitaries stand in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during a ceremony commemorating the cathedral's 850th anniversary on Dec. 12. Thousands of tourists & locals gathered for the ceremony and mass to mark the beginning of a year-long celebration. (© Christophe Ena/AP)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Kijivu, a female Western lowland gorilla, holds her newborn baby at Prague Zoo on Dec. 27 in Prague, Czech Republic. The baby gorilla was born on Dec. 22, just months after Kijivu’s second child, Tatu, died after accidentally hanging himself with a climbing rope. Zoo director Miroslav Bobek called the death the most tragic event at the zoo since flooding in 2002 killed more than 100 animals. (© Frantisek Vlcek/isifa/MAFRA/Getty Images)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Megan Carlson takes a photograph of a Tournament of Roses Parade float being decorated in Pasadena, Calif. on Dec. 28. The 124th Rose Parade will take place Jan. 1 in Pasadena & feature 42 floats, 23 bands & 21 equestrian units. (© Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Switzerland's Simon Ammann soars through the air during the trial round for the first jump of the 61st Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Dec. 30. (© Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Austrian choreographer Willi Dorner & his company of international dancers demonstrate 'Bodies in Urban Spaces' at the De Grote Post cultural center, Ostend, Belgium. (© Edwin Fontaine/Reporters/Redux)
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Dec. 31, 2012: Elephants play an exhibition soccer match during the final day of the Elephant Race at Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. (© Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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Dec. 30, 2012: Temple parishioners clean the Reclining Buddha with bamboo at Nanzoin Temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, Japan. (© The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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