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Day in photos: Dec. 21, 2012

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Santa-clad Michael Sciaraffo makes his way through the rubble in Belle Harbor, Queens, after a visit to 14-month-old Ella Sampol. Sciaraffo started a charity (after Hurricane Sandy trashed the area) collecting and personally delivering toys to affected children. AP

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The sunrise draws a cheer from those gathered at Stonehenge in southern England to celebrate the winter solstice. AP

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Buses burn amid clashes between Islamists and anti-government groups in Egypt’s northern seaside city of Alexandria. ZUMA Press

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A member of the hyper-feminist group Femen screams as she’s detained outside the EU Council building in Brussels where representatives from the EU and Russia are meeting. AFP/Getty Images

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A nun uses binoculars to watch a Christmas choir perform at the cathedral in Havana, Cuba. AP

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Petty Officer First Class Arthur Johnson is welcomed home with a kiss from fiancee Sonia Castro at a homecoming celebration at the Norfolk, Va., Naval Station. AP

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A student protester tries to hurl a stone as he is hit by a jet of water from a riot police vehicle. The students clashed with cops during a rally in Santiago, Chile, demanding changes to the state education system. Reuters

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German special police clear the perimeter of a Deutsche Bank branch in Berlin where an unidentified man took a hostage, demanding 1 million euros. Reuters

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The mother of a rebel fighter named Abdullah cries out as his body is brought to the family’s Aleppo home during his funeral. Reuters

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Security removes a Code Pink protestor who interrupted NRA Executive VP Wayne LaPierre as he spoke on the mass murder at a Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. EPA

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President Obama, Vice President Biden, and former President Clinton watch as the casket of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) is carried out following a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington. Getty Images

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