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Day in Photos: Dec. 27, 2011

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A boy wipes rain water from his eyes near a destroyed bridge at Kapay river, one of the three rivers that overflowed during typhoon Washi, in a remote area in Iligan City, southern Philippines. More than 60,000 people were displaced by tropical storm Washi. AFP/Getty Images

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A woman films Christmas lights in the Plateau district of Abidjan with her mobile phone after holiday celebrations. AFP/Getty Images

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Thousands of people visit the beach of Camps Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A man crosses the Rio Branco avenue with an umbrella to protect from the rain of a cold front that arrived to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP/Getty Images

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A car rests on its front end after a high speed-collision with a tree in Gurgaon, India. AP Photo

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A man walks along Red Square in front of St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow. AFP/Getty Images

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A fireman sprays water to douse a fire that engulfed shanty homes in Manila. The fire gutted 150 houses which left 300 families homeless. AFP/Getty Images

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Nepalese mahouts guide their elephants with grass across the Rapati river before the eighth International Elephant Race at Sauraha in Chitwan, southwest of Kathmandu.The three day long elephant festival is celebrated with elephant, horse, and bullock cart races as well as elephant soccer and an elephant beauty pageant. AFP/Getty Images

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Luis Hernesto Holguin and his sister Resfa Holguin use outdoor escalators, newly installed at Comuna 13 shantytown, as part of an urbanization plan to improve living conditions of residents, in Medellin, Colombia. AP Photo

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Hikers make their way to the peak of Wendelstein mountain in the German Alps, near Bayrischzell, southern Germany. AP Photo

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Indian men feed birds on a cold morning in New Delhi, India. AP Photo

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Filipino police show their pistols after being taped on the nozzle by officers at police headquarters in Camp Crame, suburban Quezon city, north of Manila. The Philippine National Police is working to thwart the traditional celebratory gunfire during New Year’s revelry that injures or kills several Filipinos each year. AP Photo

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A woman looks at a shop window display in Athens. Greece’s stores had their worst Christmas in decades, with retail sales dropping by 30 percent compared with the same period last year as the economic crisis shattered consumer confidence. REUTERS

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A Honda staff member walks between Honda Motor cars after floodwaters receded at the Honda Automobile Plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok. REUTERS

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An astronaut photo released by the NASA Earth Observatory on the International Space Station (ISS) shows the city lights of Spain and Portugal that define the Iberian Peninsula. AFP/Getty Images

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Youth sled down a track at the Rinerhorn skiing area near the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. REUTERS

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A young woman walks at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bloomberg

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