The day in photos: Dec. 21, 2016

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The day in photos: Dec. 21, 2016

Emil Lendof

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Dec 21, 2016

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An Australia sea lion licks a frozen treat underwater that contains a fish during an annual Christmas event in which animals receive special food gifts at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo in Australia. Reuters

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Visitors and revellers react amongst the prehistoric stones of the Stonehenge monument at dawn on Winter Solstice, near Amesbury in south west Britain. Reuters

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Work begins at a poultry farm in Kawaminami, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan to bury chickens culled after a highly virulent strain of bird flu was detected

Quarantine officials in protective gears head to a poultry farm in Kawaminami, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan to bury chickens culled after a highly virulent strain of bird flu was detected. Reuters

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People walk past a street in heavy smog during a polluted day in Weifang, Shandong province, China. Reuters

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Flowers and candles are placed near the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany after a truck plowed through a crowd at the Christmas market on Monday night. Reuters

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Migrants stand in line to receive free food outside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia. Reuters

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Pope Francis arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Reuters

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APTOPIX Japan Santa Claus Window Cleaner

Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer pose for photographers while cleaning windows at a shopping mall in Tokyo’s Daiba bay area. AP

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A woman walks away from a monument commemorating the anti-communist resistance in Bucharest, Romania. AP

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Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the Rangae district of the southern province of Narathiwat, Thailand. Getty Images

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Indian vendor Geeta sits on the side of the road with her two children as she sells Santa Claus hats and balloons at the roadside in Amritsar. Although Indian Christians make up a mere two percent of the country’s billion plus population, Christmas has become a popular festival in the Indian calendar. Getty Images

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Pakistani revellers, some dressed in ‘Santa Claus’ hats, take part in a camel rally in Karachi ahead of the celebration of Christmas. Getty Images

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A massive explosion guts Mexico’s biggest fireworks market in Tultepec. The explosion killed at least 31 people and injured 72, authorities said. The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a vast cloud of smoke billowing over the capital. Getty Images

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A child looks on at the Ritsona refugee camp, north of Athens. There are over 60,000 refugees and migrants trapped in Greece after EU and Balkan countries further north shut their borders in March. Getty Images

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