The day in photos: Dec. 12, 2016

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The day in photos: Dec. 12, 2016

Emil Lendof

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Dec 12, 2016

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Children dressed as Santa Claus participe in a parade held to collect food for the needy, in Lisbon

Children dressed as Santa Claus participate in a parade held to collect food for the needy in Lisbon, Portugal. Reuters

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Children leap into a tidal pool as temperatures soar at Camps Bay beach in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters

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Show host TJ Miller appears in a headless costume at the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica

Host TJ Miller appears in a headless costume at the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California. Reuters

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Members of Japanese idol group Kamen Joshi (Masked Girls) in attires featuring images or names of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, pose for a photo after a rehearsal for a concert at their theatre in Tokyo’s Akihabara district

Members of Japanese idol group Kamen Joshi (Masked Girls) sport Donald Trump-theme attire after a rehearsal for a concert at their theater in Tokyo’s Akihabara district. Reuters

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Displaced Iraqis who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul walk at Khazer camp IraqDisplaced Iraqis, who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, walk at Khazer camp, Iraq. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Iraqis who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosulwalk at Khazer camp, Iraq. Reuters

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A man stands attends the Gay Pride Parade at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP

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Sparrows fly along the edge of the forest near Minsk, Belarus. AP

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Ana Rita Ruedas Arana, dressed as the Virgin of Guadalupe, poses in front of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Every year hundreds of thousands of people converge at the Basilica on Dec. 12 in honor of Mexico’s patron saint. AP

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Thousands of pilgrims sleep at the Guadalupe Basilica during a procession in Mexico City. Getty Images

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Chinese paramilitary police border guards train in the snow at Mohe County in China’s northeast Heilongjiang province, on the border with Russia. Getty Images

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Fighters of the Free Syrian Army fire an anti-aircraft weapon in the rebel-held Mashhad area in southeastern Aleppo as they battle Syrian government forces during an operation to retake the embattled city. Getty Images

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Kashmiri Muslim women react as a priest displays a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammed during Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet, at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the shrine in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir to offer prayers on the Prophet’s birth anniversary. Getty Images

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