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Hot shots photos of the day: Christmas celebrations around the world, yoga in the snow

By David Sim David Sim
Published 19 December 2014, 9:23 AM GMT
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flares
Members of the US Coast Guard conduct flare training on Plum Island, Massachusetts US Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class MyeongHi Clegg/Reuters
IS soldier
A US soldier from Grim Company of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment sits in a vehicle as he prepares for an early morning mission at Forward Operating Base Fenty in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan Lucas Jackson/Reuters
snow yogo
Xie Xiaoming, 26-year-old owner of a yoga club, practises yoga near trees covered in frost on the snow-covered banks of the Songhua River in Jilin, Jilin province, China Reuters
Christmas France
People walks in front of a Ferris wheel in Nice, southeastern France Valery Hache/AFP
christmas Edinburgh
Members of the public enjoy a ride on the star flyer in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Christmas rio
A man dressed as Santa Claus slides on a pulley at Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
christmas India
Students dressed as Santa Claus distribute sweets among children at a school in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh Ajay Verma/Reuters
manila robot street
A street sweeper dressed as a robot Santa Claus cleans a street in Manila, the Philippines Noel Celis/AFP
christmas singapore
A man lifts a boy in the air as they enjoy fake snow at the Christmas Wonderland fair in Singapore Xavier Galiana/Reuters
prince harry baby
Prince Harry swings three-year-old orphan boy Lerato, in this photograph taken with the help of three-year-old blind girl Karabo, during a visit to Phelisanong Children's Home in Lesotho Chris Jackson/Getty Images
camilla duck
Camilla meets characters from the finale of the Horse of the Year show in London Alastair Grant/Pool/Getty Images
art horse
A man looks at an art work by Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping, during a preview of the exhibition Bugarach at the Maxxi museum in Rome Gabriel Bouys/AFP
new york bull statue
A woman poses for a photo with the Wall Street bull in the Manhattan borough of New York Carlo Allegri/Reuters
sydney hugs
Women in angel costumes line up to receive an embrace from a man giving out 'free hugs' to those mourning the victims of the siege in Sydney's Martin Place Jason Reed/Reuters
chile riot police uniforms
A student is detained during a demonstration near the Ministry of Education at Santiago, Chile Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
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Robber disguised as Father Christmas plunders San Francisco bank and makes escape into Santacon crowd
Hot shots photos of the day: Sydney flowers, snow in Japan, Christmas tree made of 8,000 beer bottles

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