Images from around the world
A trader blows a paper horn signaling the closing of the last day of trading for the year Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Manila's financial district of Makati, Philippines.
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Slum children keep themselves near bonfire due to heavy cold weather experiencing in the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, December 29. Cold wave conditions continue in most parts of northern India.
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The first light of dawn colors the eastern sky as Carolyn Sanford walks in 5 degree weather at Winslow Park, Wednesday, Dec. 30, in Freeport, Maine.
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A free runner performs a jump whilst training in a snow fall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 26.
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A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim shouts religious slogans as Indian police detain him during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 28. Police detained more than two dozens Kashmiri Shiite Muslims.
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U.S. service members are seen during a candlelight service marking Christmas Eve at al-Faw Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 24.
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This sequence of images taken from amateur video obtained by APTN shows an unidentified woman jumping over a barrier and grabbing Pope Benedict XVI as a guard pulls her down Thursday, Dec. 24.
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A free runner performs a jump whilst training in a snow fall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 26.
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A member of the Albrighton Woodland Hunt club prepares for the Boxing Day hunt at Hagley Hall in Hagley, England, Saturday, Dec. 26. Thousands of people are expected to attend Boxing Day hunts across the United Kingdom.
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Team Finland's Eero Elo, left, sends a shot toward Team Austria goalie Marco Wieser during the first period of a preliminary round match at the world junior hockey championship action in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Wednesday, Dec. 30.
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Suricates (suricata suricatta), also known as meerkats, seen seated by a heating lamp in a zoo in Freiburg , southern Germany, Monday, Dec. 28.
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This picture provided by J.P. Karas shows Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the runway after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Friday, Dec. 25.
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Lava continues to flow from the crater of the restive Mayon volcano in continuing mild eruption as viewed from Sto. Domingo.
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A man rides a sleigh carrying tourists in a park on a bank of the Moskva River at the outskirts of Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 30. A heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Tuesday and continued until Wednesday.
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This undated image obtained and provided by ABC News shows the syringe detonator used on a failed plot to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25.
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A man rows his boat in the high water flooding St. Mark's square in Venice, northern Italy, very early Friday Dec. 25.
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Los Angeles International Airport Police Officer Jerome Evans uses "K-9 Alda" to check baggage under increased security efforts in Los Angeles Monday, Dec. 28.
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A member of the 'Seehunde Berlin' winter and ice swimming club, swims with an umbrella in the frozen Oranke Lake in Berlin, Friday, Dec. 25. It is an annual event that club members meet for a Christmas swim at the lake.
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Snow covered trees are seen along the banks of the Moskva River on the outskirts of Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 30. A heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Tuesday and continued until Wednesday.
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President Barack Obama, and first lady Michelle Obama, both wearing a leis, wave as they walk over to the crowd at Hickham Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii Thursday, Dec. 24. They were in Hawaii for the holidays.
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In this Dec, 29 photo, the South Haven lighthouse is reflected in a puddle along the north pier as people walk down the south pier to watch the sunset in South Haven, Mich.
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A jogger runs in Tom McCall Waterfront Park as the Hawthorne Bridge fades into icy cold fog over the Willamette River in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Dec. 24.
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In this photo released by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful during the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and to the World) blessing and message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Friday.
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Shadows of Hindu devotees praying are seen reflected on clothes left to dry on the bank of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 29.
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England's bowler Graeme Swann, right, celebrates for taking the winning wicket as umpire Aleem Dar of Pakistan, left, signals on the final day of the second Test cricket match at the Kingsmead in Durban Dec. 30. England won.
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This undated image obtained and provided by ABC News shows underpants with the explosive used on a failed plot to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25.
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Pope Benedict XVI, left, is assisted by Bishop Guido Marini at the end of the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and to the World) message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Friday.
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A Shiite Muslim woman is caked in mud as a sign of grief for Imam Hussein during the festival of Ashoura in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Dec. 26.
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People walk along Red Square with St. Bazil's Cathedral seen through the mist and snow in background, on Tuesday, Dec. 29. A heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Tuesday.
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Israeli illusionist Hezi Dayan looks through the wall of an ice cell, as he attempts to remain there a record-breaking time of 64 hours, in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 29.
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