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| Manila, Philippines: A man dressed in costume holds a statue of the infant Jesus during a festival |
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| Oakland, USA: Occupy protesters knock down fences to escape from the police after they were surrounded to be detained |
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| Los Angeles, USA: Women rest during a yogaqua class, which combines yoga and paddleboarding, in Marina Del Rey |
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| Davos, Switzerland: An anti-capitalist demonstrator washes his eyes with water from a puddle after he was sprayed with teargas by police during a protest at the World Economic Forum |
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| St Petersburg, Russia: A winter swimmer warms himself near a fire after bathing in an icy pond on the 69th anniversary of the city's liberation after the 900-day Nazi siege of Leningrad |
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| Wuhan, China: A man sets off fireworks ahead of the first business day following the new year, in the hope that it will prove a propitious omen for the coming year |
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| Cairo, Egypt: A man crawls through a gap in a barrier of cement blocks on a road leading to the protest camp in Tahrir Square |
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Kurovichi, Belarus: A car passes through snow-covered fields shortly after sunrise as morning temperatures plummeted to -23C
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| Morinda, India: A farmer walks beside tractors carrying cane outside a sugar mill |
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| Beijing, China: Lanterns on display for sale at a store in the Qianhai lake tourist area |
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| New Delhi, India: An exiled Tibetan woman prays at a rally to show solidarity with Tibetans who have died by self-immolation or were allegedly killed by Chinese police |
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Ilopango, El Salvador: A pilot performs his routine during the Ilopango aerial show
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| Tehran, Iran: An MP walks through the chamber during a parliamentary session |
