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Waves crash against a sea wall in San Francisco Bay beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California December 16, 2014. A gale warning for offshore winds has been issued through Friday as another round of storms is expected to hit the Bay Area. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Waves crash in San Francisco, Calif. Reuters

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Activists are seen next to a Christmas tree with photos of the missing students from Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College Raul Isidro Burgos at Hemiciclo de Juarez monument in Mexico City December 16, 2014. Students lit the Christmas tree to support the 43 trainee teachers abducted by corrupt police 10 weeks ago. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Activists pose near a Christmas tree in Mexico City decorated with photos of missing students. Reuters

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Soldiers shout as they practise in temperatures of about minus 30 degrees centigrade (-22 F) in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, December 16, 2014. Picture taken December 16, 2014. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: MILITARY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
Soldiers practice a drill in below zero temperatures in Heihe, China. Reuters

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North Koreans bow to bronze statues of North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung (L) and late leader Kim Jong Il at Mansudae in Pyongyang, in this picture taken on December 16, 2014 and provided by Kyodo December 17, 2014, to mark the third death anniversary of Kim Jong Il. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. YES
Citizens bow to statues of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reuters

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Storm clouds gather over Shell's Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore December 17, 2014. An uneasy hush settled over Asian markets on Wednesday as a brewing financial crisis in Russia and the rout in oil prices sent investors scurrying for the cover of top-rated bonds. Asian share markets were mixed with Japan's Nikkei recouping a sliver of its recent hefty losses. MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.6 percent to a nine-month trough. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Storm clouds gather over a Singapore oil refinery. Reuters

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A man dressed as Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, walks with Knopka, a Cameroon dwarf goat, through the "Dinosaurs Park", located in the Taiga area at the Royev Ruchey zoo in the suburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 16, 2014. Picture taken December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Santa Claus gets jurassic in a Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, zoo’s dinosaur park. Reuters

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Pope Francis, who's 78th birthday is today, blows out candles on a cake as he arrives to lead his general audience at the Vatican, December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Pope Francis blows out his birthday candles at the Vatican. Reuters

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Tian Tian, a giant panda eats a special Christmas panda cake crafted in the shape of a Christmas tree in the outdoor enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo ,Scotland December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAINANIMALS - Tags: ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Giant panda Tian Tian eats a special Christmas cake in an Edinburgh, Scotland, zoo. Reuters

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People hold funeral prayers for the victims of the Taliban attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, December 17, 2014. At least 132 students and nine staff members were killed on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen broke into the school and opened fire, witnesses said, in the bloodiest massacre the country has seen for years. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A memorial is held in a Lahore, Pakistan, mosque for victims of the Peshawar, Pakistan, massacre. Reuters

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Couples dance in front of Saint Peter's basilica at the Vatican December 17, 2014. Thousands of people sang "Happy Birthday" and danced a mass tango on Wednesday to celebrate the birthday of the first Latin American pope. Argentinian Pope Francis was born in the birthplace of the tango on Dec. 17, 1936. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Couples dance at the Vatican. Reuters

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Mannequins are seen on the floor outside a shop in an underground passage in Moscow, December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Mannequins litter the floor of a Moscow subterranean shop. Reuters

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A Christian worshipper is seen inside the Grotto, where Christians believe Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, at the Church of Nativity ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A worshiper kneels in the Bethlehem, West Bank, grotto where Christians believe Jesus was born. Reuters

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American aid worker Alan Gross (3rd R) disembarks with his wife Judy (4th L) from a U.S. government plane as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland outside Washington December 17, 2014 in this photo tweeted by U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ). U.S. President Barack Obama was set to announce a shift in policy toward Cuba on Wednesday and the Associated Press reported the changes would include the opening of an embassy in Cuba and the start of talks to normalize relations. REUTERS/Courtesy the office of Arizona Senator Jeff Flake/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Alan Gross disembarks from a government plane at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after his release from a Cuban prison. Reuters

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MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 16: Mercedes Munoz paints an Angel clay figurine at Jose Luis Mayo's workshop on December 16, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Jose Luis Mayo is a recognized artisan and the only in Madrid that produces hand made original clay figurines for Christmas Nativity Scenes. Jose Luis learned to work with clay on his own and keeps studying the culture and society of that epoch. At his workshop he has a team that reproduces handmade copies of his works on clay or ceramic. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
An artisan paints a clay angel figurine in a Madrid, Spain, workshop. Getty

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MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 17: Osvaldo Hernadez, Miguel Saavedra and Carlos Munoz Fontanillehas (L-R) react to the news, outside the Little Havana restaurant Versailles, that Alan Gross was released from a Cuban prison on December 17, 2014 in Miami, United States. Alan Gross, the American contractor had spent five years in Cuban jail and reports indicate he is on his way back to the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Protesters in Miami, Fla., react to Alan Gross’ release from a Cuban prison. Getty

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An Indian child holds a candle during a candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of Tuesday's Taliban attack in Peshawar, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Pakistanis mourned as mass funerals got underway Wednesday for more than 100, most of them children, killed the day before in a massacre by the Taliban at a military-run school in the country's troubled northwest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An Indian child participates in a candlelight vigil in New Delhi, India, for children slain the Peshawar, Pakistan, massacre. AP

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It might have been foggy in the Willamette Valley, but Cerridwen Martin was able to revel in a view of the top of the clouds from the summit of Spencer Butte in Eugene, Ore., on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Martin was joined by Joe Martinson, right, for the 1.1 mile trek. Fog shrouded much of the city for most of the day. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Andy Nelson)
A climber reaches the peak of Spencer Butte in Eugene, Ore. AP

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PIC BY PAUL DORRELL / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: Grace Slattery and her husband James and the quadruplets (L-R) Amelia, Mollie, Lucas, Lily-Grace) - A couple who endured four devastating miscarriages are finally celebrating their first Christmas as family- after the mother gave birth to MIRACLE QUADRUPLETS. Grace Slattery, 32 and her husband James, 33, from County Limerick, Ireland spend four years trying to have children and tragically suffered four miscarriages. They decided against IVF treatment as the heartache of the miscarriages had taken its toll on the couples dreams of having a child together. But incredibly when the couple were ready to give up, they received the news that Grace was pregnant - with QUADRUPLETS. Now, the family are looking forward to celebrating their first Christmas together- as a family of six which includes the four seven-month-old babies. SEE CATERS COPY.
After four devastating miscarriages, Grace and James Slattery of Limerick, Ireland, are proud parents of quadruplets. Paul Dorrell / Caters News

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In this Dec. 11, 2014 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a pair of harbor seals are exhibited at the Central Park Zoo in New York. The juvenile seals, Adam and Anson, were born at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn. Though not endangered, harbor seals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. (AP Photo/Julie Larsen Maher)
Harbor seals get close at the Central Park Zoo in New York. AP

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epa04532228 A Galapagos giant tortoise is pictured at the zoo Apero in Zurich, Switzerland, 17 December 2014. This year 2014, sixteen Galapagos giant tortoise were born in the zoo. EPA/STEFFEN SCHMIDT
A Galapagos giant tortoise trudges through a Zurich, Switzerland, zoo. EPA

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Pic shows:Toddler Wei Yaoyao got stuck in a gap in a wall with a 13ft drop. A toddler who got stuck in a gap in a wall with a 13ft drop had a lucky escape after her mum heard her cries for help and called the fire brigade. Little Wei Yaoyao, 4, was playing at her home in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality when she climbed into the 7.8 inch crevice and got trapped. Shocked mum Wei-Ying Pai, 27, said: "I had no idea this crevice was even there until I heard my little girl crying and calling out my name for help. "I looked behind the wall and to my horror saw my Yaoyao hanging in midair and the only thing that was stopping her from falling were the sides of the walls." When firemen arrived they realised the only way they were going to be able to rescue Yaoyao was by knocking down a neighbour’s wall. A fire spokesman said: "She was well and truly stuck so there was no way we could winch her out. "Luckily, despite being scared she soon calmed down when we arrived and thankfully she wasn’t injured." The fire crew then went next door and explained to neighbour Yue Wan Jen, 26, what they had to do. She said: "Naturally, I wasn’t happy about the wall, but I was even less happy about that poor little girl being stuck there so of course I let them in." Within 20 minutes the firemen had knocked a hole though the wall and were able to ease the girl out. Delighted mum Pai said: "I can’t thank the firemen enough for what they have done" A city official said: "Unfortunately, these buildings are fairly old and not very well constructed. "We advise all parents to be on their guard to prevent this sort of thing happening again." (ends)  
Toddler Wei Yaoyao is rescued from a gap in the wall of her family’s home in Chongquing, China. Europics

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