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Nepal's former communist rebels participate in a torch rally in Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Dec. 19.
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Travelers wait in a winding security line at Reagan National Airport, after a massive snow storm shut down air travel over the weekend, in Washington, on Monday, Dec. 21.
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Kool & the Gang performs on stage at the imperialist Plaza in Havana, Sunday, Dec. 20. The band is one of the few U.S. musical groups to play in Cuba in recent memory, despite Washington's travel restrictions.
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A Pakistani boy, looks at a brick factory at the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 17.
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Henry Adamucci, 9 months, meets Santa Claus for the first time on Saturday, Dec. 19, in New York.
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A United States Marine from the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines "Warlords" patrols during an operation in the Garmsir district of the volatile Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday.
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Lava cascades down the slopes of Mayon volcano in a continuing mild eruption as viewed from Legazpi city, Albay province, about 500 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines Wednesday.
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The sun shines over boat houses on the Kochelsee Lake in Schlehdorf near Murnau, southern Germany, Friday, Dec. 18. The lake, with an area of around six square kilometers, sits on the edge of the Upper Bavarian Alps.
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Georgians carry portraits of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin during a rally marking his 130th birthday anniversary in Stalin's home town of Gori, 80 km (50 miles) west of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Monday.
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A person with bags in hand negotiates snow piled high in the aftermath of a storm in Philadelphia, Monday.
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Amidst smoke from a flare, a soldier attends a military ceremony in Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, Dec. 23.
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Micah Smith of Philadelphia takes a nap while he waits on his grandparents who's train is delayed, at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Wednesday.
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Two Kenyan motorists sit on their stranded vehicle after a heavy downpour in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Dec. 23.
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A Kashmiri woman carries dried leaves on her head for burning them in firepots in winter, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Dec. 22.
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A couple walk on a snow covered pavement after a snow fall in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday, Dec. 20. Swathes of Europe have been affected by a cold snap and snow, causing widespread travel disruptions since Friday.
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Greenpeace activists stand under floating car hoods as they protest the results of the recent Copenhagen climate summit in Lake Chapultepec in Mexico City, Sunday, Dec. 20. Mexico City will host next year's UN climate summit.
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Workers and police investigators sift through debris surrounding the cracked fuselage of American Airlines flight AA331 which crash landed overnight on a flight from Miami to Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday.
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Army Sgt. Maj. Dennis Edelbrock plays the Taps during a burial service for Army Sgt. Daniel A. Frazier, Tuesday, Dec. 22 at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. Sgt. Frazier died Nov. 19, in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
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Workers remove snow from the stands at M&T Bank Stadium during a winter storm, Saturday, Dec. 19, in Baltimore.
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Spain's tenor Placido Domingo performs during a sound check prior to a free concert in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 19. Domingo, who formed part of the Three Tenors, performed in more than 120 different opera roles.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waits for a train to depart from Kings Cross Station in London Thursday Dec. 17. from where she traveled by scheduled service to Kings Lynn in Norfolk.
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A cargo train derailed near residential areas in Nairobi and killed two people, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. The death toll may rise further because many people are thought to be trapped beneath the train.
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The sun sets behind the Kansas Statehouse dome in Topeka, Kan., Monday, marking the close of the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice is the day in the Northern Hemisphere with the fewest hours of daylight, marking the first day of winter.
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Morgan Rosbrook, 12, of Raleigh, N.C., is blows snow from her hands in Times Square, Sunday, Dec. 20, in New York. A slow-moving storm that blanketed swaths of the mid-Atlantic with nearly 2 feet of snow reached southern New England on Sunday.
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A flamingo seen, in the snow-covered outdoor enclosure of the 'Hagenbeck' zoo, in Hamburg, northern Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 23.
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Fishing boats sit in Rock Harbor in Orleans, Mass, during the first major snowstorm of the season Sunday, Dec. 20.
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A column of ash shoots up to the sky in another mild eruption of the cloud-covered Mayon volcano as viewed from Legazpi city in Albay province, 500 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday.
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Russian Communists hold red flags as they queue to lay flowers at the grave of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to mark the 130th anniversary of his birth, as they walk along the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 21.
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Indian vendors return home after selling snacks at Sangam in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 22. Allahabad, on the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswathi, is one of Hinduism's important centers.
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