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A Christmas tree made of 8,000 beer bottles is seen in Lagos, Nigeria Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP
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Tian Tian the giant panda prepares to eat a special Christmas cake crafted in the shape of a Christmas tree at Edinburgh Zoo Russell Cheyne/Reuters
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Zoo owner Manny Tangco holds snakes behind an orangutan during the animal Christmas party at Malabon Zoo in Manila Erik de Castro/Reuters
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Clowns from Slava's Snow Show pose on London's South Bank.The show will take place at the Royal Festival Hall from 17 December to 5 January Paul Hackett/Reuters
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Nagoya Castle is seen covered with snow in Nagoya, Japan. Three people died as a low pressure system dumped heavy snows in parts of Japan and triggered a tidal surge flood Reuters
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A woman looks out from a window of a bus covered with frost in Changchun, Jilin province, China, as temperatures plummeted to minus 21 degrees Celsius Reuters
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Storm clouds gather over Shell's Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore Edgar Su/Reuters
church nativity
A visitor takes a selfie inside the Church of the Nativity, revered as the site of Jesus's birth, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Ammar Awad/Reuters
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A couple dances an Argentinean tango in front of Saint Peter's basilica at the Vatican, for the 78th birthday of Pope Francis Tony Gentile/Reuters
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An anti-Castro Cuban exile holds a national flag after the announcement that diplomatic ties between Cuba and United States will be restored, in Little Havana, Miami, Florida Carlos Barria/Reuters
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Alan Gross makes a statement to the news media in Washington DC, after arriving back in the United States. He was imprisoned in Cuba for five years on espionage charges Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Pakistani children gather around lit candles in Karachi during a vigil for the victims of an attack by Taliban gunmen on an army-run school in Peshawar Asif Hassan/AFP
sydney siege flowers
Thousands of floral tributes are left for deceased hostages Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson in Sydney, Australia Cole Bennetts/Getty Images
building collapse
Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Makongeni estate in Nairobi, Kenya Noor Khamis/Reuters
ebola
A grave digger sleeps near the graves of Ebola victims at a cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone Baz Ratner/Reuters
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