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Dec 9, 2014

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Eight-year-old Gavin White gets a hug and a kiss from his father, U.S. Army Spc. Dylan Effan, Monday Dec. 8, 2014, in a surprise reunion in the lunchroom of Gavin's school, Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Wood River, Ill. Effan just returned home for the holidays from a seven month tour in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman)
U.S. Army Spc. Dylan Effan reunites with his son Gavin White in Wood River, Ill., after a tour of Afghanistan. AP

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A Kamchatka Brown Bear cub eats frozen fruits during a Christmas feeding session at Hagenbecks zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany on December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: ANIMALS)
A brown bear snacks in a Hamburg, Germany, zoo. Reuters

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A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume makes a heart gesture while performing during an event celebrating the upcoming Christmas holiday at Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul December 8, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Santa Claus dives in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters

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A girl stands in line in front of a bus with other passengers travelling to Nairobi, as they wait to be searched for weapons by Kenyan police, in the town of Mandera at the Kenya-Somalia border December 8, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (KENYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A girl waits in line for a bus to Nairobi, Kenya. Reuters

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Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims walk to the holy city of Kerbala, ahead of the holy Shi'ite ritual of Arbaeen, in Najaf, December 8, 2014. Arbaeen falls 40 days after the holy day of Ashura. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY)
Shiite Muslims walk to Kerbala, Iraq. Reuters

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Carriage driver Ariel Fintzi (R), along with other carriage drivers, their fellow Teamsters and other unions rally on the steps of City Hall against the introduction of legislation to ban the industry in New York December 8, 2014. Mayor Bill de Blasio declared that he will carry out a promise made during his mayoral campaign to rid the city of horse and buggy drivers. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST ANIMALS POLITICS)
Carriage drivers protest in New York. Reuters

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai arrives in Oslo December 8, 2014. Pakistani teenager Yousafzai will receive the Nobel Peace Prize at an award ceremony on Wednesday. Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' right to education, has won the prize along with Indian campaigner against child trafficking and labor, Kailash Satyarthi. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (NORWAY - Tags: SOCIETY)
Malala Yousafzai arrives in Oslo, Norway, for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Reuters

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*** EXCLUSIVE - VIDEO AVAILABLE *** YANGSHUO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25: The sun begins to set as Alexander Schulz crosses the line, on November 25, 2014, Yangshuo, China. A DAREDEVIL has smashed the world record for longest distance walked on a highline - tiptoeing a massive 375m. The drawn-out line, which was anchored between two limestone boulders at 100m above the ground, beat the previous record by 70 metres. Alexander Schulz, 23, from Germany, spent three days trying to cross the line - falling scores of times - while battling ferocious wind and rain. Alex and his co-workers from One Inch Dreams, a slacklining company, set up the line in Yangshuo, China, where towering rocks covered in jungle foliage inspired the filmmakers of science-fiction epic Avatar. PHOTOGRAPH BY One Inch Dreams / Barcroft Media UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com
Alexander Schulz tiptoes in Yangshuo, China, breaking the world record for longest distance walked on a highline. Barcroft

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Three-month old orangutan baby Bulu Mata (literally: huge eyelashes) is prepared to travel to his new home, the Monkey World of Dorset, United Kingdom, by his Hungarian nurse Bernedett Marschalko at the Zoo and Botanic Garden in Budapest on December 8, 2014. The small monkey was orphaned when he was born. The Monkey World ape rescue centre assists governments around the world to stop the smuggling of primates from the wild and to save and to bring the compromised animals up. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)
A 3-month-old baby orangutan gets ready to move to a UK zoo. AFP / Getty

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JARANDILLA DE LA VERA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 07: A burning broom fires lied on a crucifix at Constitution Square during the "Los Escobazos" Festivial on December 7, 2014 in Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain. The origin of this festival is unconfirmed. Most believe that it comes from when goat shepherds came down from the mountains to celebrate the Virgin's Conception Day (December 8th) the night before. In order to see, they would light some branches of a brush called "Escobones" (Brooms). After a long season outside home, as a game, the shepherds entered the town hitting family and friends with the burning brooms. Each December the 7th, the festivity begins at nightfall when people light bonfires in the streets and hit each other with burning brooms. After this people take the "torches" to the religious procession where the Virgin Conception flag is carried by a man on horseback (The "Adminstrator"). Once it has finished, the party continues with people dancing, eating and drinking "pitarra" wines gathered at the remaining bonfires. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
A cross burns during the Los Escobazos Festival in Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 08: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Prince William (L), Duke of Cambridge, in the Oval Office of the White House December 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are on a two-day official visit in the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
President Barack Obama meets with William, Duke of Cambridge, in Washington. Getty

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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 8: Firefighters hose down the smoldering ruins of a seven-story apartment building under construction alongside the 110 freeway that was destroy in an early morning fire on December 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The fire also damaged nearby high-rise buildings and shut down freeways, causing massive traffic problems for morning commuters. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
Firefighters hose down a huge fire in downtown Los Angeles. Getty

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International Security Assistance Forces honor guards take part in a flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The U.S. and NATO ceremonially ended their combat mission in Afghanistan on Monday, 13 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks sparked their invasion of the country to topple the Taliban-led government. From Jan. 1, the coalition will maintain a force of 13,000 troops in Afghanistan, down from a peak around 140,000 in 2011. There are around 15,000 troops now in the country.(AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
International Security Assistance Forces honor guards take part in a flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP

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Bob the dog enjoys the thick covering of snow in Buxton, Derbyshire, by the Cat and Fiddle pud. Pictured: Bob Ref: SPL903906 081214 Picture by: Splash News Splash News and Pictures Los Angeles: 310-821-2666 New York: 212-619-2666 London: 870-934-2666 photodesk@splashnews.com
A puppy plays in snow in Derbyshire, England. Splash

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Two police officers chat in front of the tent which was set up by pro-democracy protesters at the occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Leaders of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, representing those studying at colleges, said last Thursday that they were considering a retreat from the protest sites and expect to come to a decision soon. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Police officers chat in front of a protester’s tent in Hong Kong. AP

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A Filipino man brings out sand which he retrieved from his house after strong waves from Typhoon Hagupit battered a coastal village in Legazpi, Albay province, eastern Philippines on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Residents begin trickling back to their homes after the local government said the typhoon has passed their province. Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened Sunday, sparing the central Philippines the type of massive devastation that a monster storm brought to the region last year. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A man gets rid of sand he retrieved from his house after Typhoon Hagupit in Legazpi, Philippines. AP

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The Kremlin, right, the State Historical Museum, center, and the Moskva (Moscow) hotel, left, seen through the Christmas sphere erected at the Manezhnaya Square, just outside the Kremlin, in Moscow on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Organizers claim 9.5 meter (31 feet) high sphere is the biggest in the world. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Kremlin is seen through a Christmas Sphere in Moscow. AP

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Pic shows: A hundred people have stiepped naked, lay down together and then had themselves covered in fake blood as part of an animal rights protest. More than a hundred people stripped naked and then laid down together to be covered in fake blood as part of an animal rights protest. The snaps of the image were part of a campaign being staged in the downtown area of the city of Barcelona, in the east Spanish region of Catalonia, to protest against the use of animal skins in the clothing business. It had been organized by the Animanaturalis International group on the steps of Plaza del Rey (King Square) to highlight the suffering of animals when their skins are used for making clothing. Among those who took part were the models Judit Benavente and Bastet Davinia who were dressed only in a fur coat as they stood also covered in blood on the mountain of the naked bloodied bodies. The activists said that annually more than 60 million animals are slaughtered worldwide for the fur trade. "The animals used for the fur industry live their entire miserable life locked in small cages until they are gassed or electrocuted through their mouth or through anal and then they be flayed", said the organization. They also said that many of the animals are still conscious when they are skinned and were then left to slowly bleed to death. (ends)  
Naked animal rights protesters cover themselves in fake blood in Barcelona, Spain. EuroPics

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Pic shows: Security guards had to rescue these dogs afther they got too scared to cross all the bridge to the other side. Security guards had to rescue a family of dogs including several puppies after they followed tourists onto a glass suspension bridge - but then got too scared to cross all the way to the other side. The incident happened at the Shiniuzhai Scenic Spot where earlier this year part of the floor was removed, and replaced by glass panels that cover a 10 metre section. The move made the bridge a popular tourist attraction but it proved too much for the dog family that were too scared to cross over the glass. Security guard Xiong Yin, 35, said: "Some of the dogs did not seem to mind but the rest refused to step on the glass. There was a risk that the dogs that were all very small might fall, and so we decided to remove them. They were very popular with tourists that had been posing for pictures with them. But it was dangerous." He added that usually dogs and other animals avoided the bridge, but he believed these dogs had followed a small group of tourists that had been feeding them, and had hoped to get more food later by keeping behind the visitors. The bridge is one of the most famous sights in the scenic spot in China's Hunan province. At 300-metres-long and 180-metres-high, it became really famous when the glass floor was added this year, with further glass expected to be added across the whole bridge next year. (ends)
A puppy is too scared to cross a glass suspension bridge in Hunan, China. EuroPics

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