Day in Photos: Dec. 28, 2011

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A fire burns at a construction site of Nanning Tobacco Factory in Nanning, China. The fire broke out after midnight at a construction site of Nanning Tobacco Factory on Wednesday, and it was brought under control about two and a half hours later. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A freight train is washed off the Edith Creek crossing near Katherine, Australia. Floodwaters from cyclone Grant inundated vast areas of the Northern Territory. Storms linked to the storm caused flash flooding across the remote outback which washed the 33-wagon iron ore train off a bridge and swept slabs of roadway from the Stuart Highway. AFP/Getty Images

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The spires of the church in St. Peter in the Black Forest, Germany emerge from the fog. Valleys of the southern Black Forest, southwestern Germany, were covered in a field of high fog. AFP/Getty Images

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Steffen and his son Nils sledge down a hill Wednesday in Donnstetten, southern Germany. The end of the year brought mild weather to wide parts of the country, with many winter sports resorts still waiting for snow. AFP/Getty Images

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Workers of Osh airport examine a TU-134 passenger plane of Kyrgyzstan Airlines after it flipped during landing. The passenger jet fell onto its side and burst into flames, injuring eighteen people. The plane had been en route from the capital Bishkek. Ground staff extinguished the fire and evacuated all the passengers and crew. EPA

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A man rows his boat on the Rapti River in Sauraha, Chitwan, south of Katmandu, Nepal. AP Photo

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A skier jumps through the air during sunny winter weather at the Jakobshorn ski area in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. REUTERS

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Pakistani villagers travel on a horse-cart in the outskirts of Lahore. The World Bank on December 22 said it would provide Pakistan with $5.5 billion in development aid over the next two years. AFP/Getty Images

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Villagers carry Chinese lanterns in Yaxi Village of Xianju County, east China’s Zhejiang Province. As the Spring Festival drew near, workers in the famous chinese lantern market Yaxi Village were busy making lanterns, a traditional decoration for Spring Festival in China. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A combination of two pictures released by the NASA Earth Observatory shows images of volcanic activity in the Red Sea included more than an eruption. By December 23 what looked like a new island appeared in the region. The volcanic activity occurred along the Zubair Group, a collection of small islands off the west coast of Yemen. AFP/Getty Images

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President Obama holds hands with his daughters Malia, left, and Sasha, as they leave Sea Life Park, a marine wildlife park in Waimanalo, Hawaii. AP Photo

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A supporter, left, of veteran social and anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, dressed to look like Mahatma Gandhi, during the protest at Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) ground in Mumbai, India. EPA

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Armenian clergymen scuffle with police and Greek Orthodox clergymen during the annual cleaning of the Church of Nativity, the traditionally accepted birthplace of Jesus Christ, in Bethlehem. Several hundred clergy of different Christian sects, as well as some faithful, pitch in to clean the entire church, one of the oldest in the world, but with special care taken not to overstep one’s boundaries and delicate cleaning responsibilities. The entire church is swept, dusted, cleaned with kerosene and covered in sawdust to soak up the flammable liquid as the church is cleaned of all the grim accumulated in the past year and made ready for the next year’s onslaught of pilgrims, clergy and tourists. EPA

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