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Dec 12, 2014

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A demonstrator is taken away by police officers at an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. Hong Kong police arrested pro-democracy activists and cleared most of the main protest site on Thursday, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city, but many chanted: "We will be back". REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Police take a demonstrator away in Hong Kong. Reuters

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Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul December 11, 2014. A teenaged suicide bomber targeted a packed auditorium at a French-run high school in Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, killing at least one person, hours after another attack left six Afghan soldiers dead on the outskirts of Kabul, officials said. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Policemen stand guard near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters

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A surfer drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte, in Nazare December 11, 2014. Praia do Norte beach has gained popularity with big wave surfers since Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara broke a world record for the largest wave surfed here in 2011. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: SPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A surfer drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte, in Nazare, Portugal. Reuters

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Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle waits for the arrival of the police next to a tent at the main "Occupy Central" protest site in Hong Kong December 11, 2014. Hong Kong police arrested pro-democracy activists and cleared most of the main protest site on Thursday, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city, but many chanted: "We will be back". REUTERS/Liau Chung-ren (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Cinematographer Christopher Doyle waits for police to come in Hong Kong. Reuters

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Shango, baby white rhinoceros is pictured at the zoological park of the eastern French city of Amneville, eastern France, on December 11, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
A baby white rhinoceros strolls in his Amneville, France, zoo enclosure. AFP / Getty

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CORAL GABLES, FL - DECEMBER 11: Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the Clinton Foundations Future of the Americas summit at the University of Miami on December 11, 2014 in Coral Gables, Florida. The summit is bringing together leaders from the private, public, and civic sectors across Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States to work on economic prosperity, investment, and innovation opportunities across the Western Hemisphere. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Former President Bill Clinton hosts a Clinton Foundation event in Coral Gables, Fla. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. During the press conference Boehner said if the government funding bill is not passed by the House today "we are going to be here until Christmas." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Speaker of the House John Boehner looks disgusted in Washington. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: Black congressional staffers participate in a prayer during a walkout December 11, 2014 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The staffers staged a walkout to protest over the recent Mike Brown and Eric Garner grand jury decisions. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Congressional staffers stage a mass walkout in Washington to protest the Mike Brown and Eric Garner grand jury decisions. Getty

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Aerial view of the Huacachina Oasis in Ica, Peru, some 300 km south of Lima on December 11, 2014, one of Ica's main attractions, located just 5 km from the departamental capital. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BERNETTIMARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images
The Huacachina Oasis in Ica, Peru, is seen in an aerial view. AFP / Getty

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Re-enactors stand behind a newly unveiled World War I Christmas Truce monument in Ploegsteert, Belgium on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The monument was unveiled, by UEFA President Michel Platini and the Mayor of Ploegsteert Gilbert Deleu, to commemorate soldiers who took part in a spontaneous truce on some sites of the front line during the First World War. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Reenactors stand behind a newly unveiled World War I Christmas Truce monument in Ploegsteert, Belgium. AP

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Aidan Stephenson,12, and Conor Stephenson,10, visiting from Phoenix, watch the waves break on Ocean View Boulevard, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Pacific Grove, Calif. Northern California residents are bracing for a powerful storm that could be the biggest in five years and which prompted the National Weather Service to issue a high wind and flash flood warning. The storm is expected to arrive Wednesday and pelt the region through Thursday. (AP Photo/Monterey Herald, Vern Fisher)
Waves break in Pacific Grove, Calif., ahead of severe rainstorms. AP

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Anarita Ruelas, wearing her hand-made Virgin of Guadalupe costume, poses for a picture at the entrance of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Ruelas said she traveled from her home in Guadalajara and that this is her eighth consecutive year to make the pilgrimage in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe's Dec. 12 feast day. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A devotee attends a pilgrimage in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico City. AP

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Shiite faithful pilgrims gather between, the holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the preparations for the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Shiite pilgrims gather in Karbala, Iraq. AP

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Joint-Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan waves as she arrives to speak on stage during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India received the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday for risking their lives to help protect children from slavery, extremism and forced labor at great risk to their own lives. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Nodel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai waves to the crowd in Oslo, Norway. AP

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Ember, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's new baby Bornean orangutan, sucks on her thumb while in the arms of her mother, 18-year-old Hadiah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Ember, whose name was announced Tuesday, was born on October 29 at the zoo. Her name means bucket in Indonesian and Malaysian, an allusion to the way keepers reintroduced the baby to her mother after caring for them separately for a time. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo ) MAGS OUT
A baby orangutan sucks her thumb in a Colorado Springs, Colo., zoo. AP

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People nap during breaks at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. More than 190 countries are meeting to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People nap during breaks at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru. AP

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epa04525552 The dome of the US Capitol is seen at dusk in Washington, DC, USA, 11 December 2014. Congress is working to approve a 1.013-trillion-dollar spending bill to fund the US federal government to avoid a government shutdown before a midnight deadline. EPA/SHAWN THEW
The Capitol glows at dusk in Washington. EPA

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Two divers place a christmas sign inside an aquarium as sharks pass at Madrid's Zoo on December 11, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ JAVIER SORIANOJAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images
Divers place a Christmas sign in a Madrid, Spain, aquarium. AFP / Getty

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