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Jan 9, 2015

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epaselect epa04552114 A young girl poses with a Morpho Polyphemus butterfly during a butterfly exhibition in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 09 January 2015. According to local reports the exhibition 'Happy Tropics' opened 30 December 2014 and runs until 09 February 2015 and includes a number of colorful and rare butterfly species. EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO
A girl poses with a butterfly in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. EPA

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A Palestinian boy looks out through a nylon sheet covering part of his family's house that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, on a rainy day in the village of Johar a-Deek near central Gaza Strip January 9, 2015. Heavy rains and near-freezing temperatures in the approaching storm threatened to deepen the misery in the Gaza Strip, where streets are still strewn with wreckage from a 50-day war with Israel last summer, thousands live in U.N. shelters and damaged homes and the power is on only six hours a day. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A child looks out from nylon used to cover his home after shelling from Israeli troops in Johar-a-Deek, Gaza Strip. Reuters

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Flowers are seen scattered on a broken pencil sand sculpture made by an artist in tribute to the victims of a shooting by gunmen at the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, at a beach in Mumbai January 9, 2015. The two main suspects in the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo killings were sighted on Friday in the northern French town of Dammartin-en-Goele where at least one person had been taken hostage, a police source said. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Flowers are scattered on a broken pencil sand sculpture in Mumbai, India. Reuters

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KTM rider Marc Coma of Spain rides during the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally 2015, from Antofagasta to Iquique, January 9, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (CHILE - Tags: SPORT MOTORSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A rider jumps in the Dakar Rally 2015 in Antofagasta, Chile. Reuters

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130998, Cape fur seal seen in New York City. They are the largest and most robust fur seal. It has a large and broad head with a pointed snout that may be flat or upturned slightly. They have external ear flaps (pinnae) and their whiskers (vibrissae) are long, and may extend backward past the pinnae, especially in adult males. The fore flippers are covered with sparse hair over about three-quarters of their length. The hind flippers are short relative to the large body, with short, fleshy tips on the digits. The size and weight of the brown fur seal depends on the subspecies. The Southern African subspecies is on average slightly larger than the Australian subspecies. Males of the African subspecies (A. p. pusillus) are 2.3 metres (7.5 ft) in length on average and weigh from 200–300 kilogr4ms (440–660 lb)alesmales are smaller, averaging 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) in length and weighing an average of 120 kilograms (260 lb). Males of the Australian subspecies (A. p. doriferus) are 2–2.2es (6.6&(6.6–7.2in lengtlength and weigh 190–280grams (4ms (420–620 lb). Females are 1.2–1.8 met3.9&(3.9–5.9 ft)th agth and weigh 36–110 kilograms (79–243 lb). orw York, New York - Thursday January 8, 2015. Photograph: © Dan Callister, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE
Cape fur seals are spotted in New York. Pacific Coast News

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DUNSTABLE, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 08: Close up of a leopard gecko taken at Wrigglies Exotic Pets store on January 8, 2015 in Dunstable, England. PHOTOGRAPH BY Tony Margiocchi / 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
Get an up close and personal look at a leopard gecko at a Dunstable, UK, exotic pet shop. Barcroft

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CHIBA, JAPAN - JANUARY 09: A D.A.D. Mercedes-Benz decorated with more than 300,000 Swarovski crystals is seen on display at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 at Makuhari Messe on January 9, 2015 in Chiba, Japan. It is priced at approximately 835,000 US Dollars. (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images)
A Mercedes-Benz covered in 300,000 Swarovski crystals is displayed at a Chiba, Japan, auto show. Getty

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SURABAYA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 09: A baby Hog Bawean deer playes with her family at Surabaya Zoo on January 9, 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia. In the midst of prolonged internal management conflict over the treatment of animals, Surabaya Zoo starts the new year cheerfully with the presence of two new members, a baby Hog Bawean deer (Axis kuhlii) on January 1 and a baby Common Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) on January 2. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)
A baby hog bawean deer plays in a Surabaya, Indonesia, zoo. Getty

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<> on January 9, 2015 in Washington, DC.
Pete Prete of Equality Beyond Gender holds a ‘marriage pride flag’ outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. Getty

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French police stand guard near Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 9, 2015, before an assault on a kosher grocery store where a gunman had taken hostages. The gunman killed by police on January 9 after taking hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris told BFMTV station he had "co-ordinated" with the suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers and belonged to the Islamic State group. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images)
French police stand guard near Porte de Vincennes, Paris. AFP / Getty

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A four-day old zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi) stands next to its mother Romy of the Duch Safaripark Beekse Bergen, in Budapest Zoo and Botanic Garden of the Hungarian capital on January 8, 2015. The small zebra of the Fench father Zucchero of the 'Safari de Peaugres', was born on Sunday mornig and the baby will be presented for public next week only. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEKATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images
A four-day-old zebra keeps close to her mother in the Budapest Zoo. AFP / Getty

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Armed security forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, Friday Jan. 9, 2015. French security forces swarmed this small industrial town northeast of Paris Friday in an operation to capture a pair of heavily armed suspects in the deadly storming of a satirical newspaper. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Armed forces fly over Dammartin-en-Goele, France. AP

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epaselect epa04552024 Women look at an art installation as part of the Street Art project 'Laman Seni' in Shah Alam, Malaysia, 09 January 2015. Laman Seni is organized by the local council that redefines prevents unhealthy activities and make a useable space for the community at the same time enhancing the urban condition, to improve the standard of life. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL
Visitors observe an art installation in Shah Alam, Malaysia. EPA

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epa04552443 Two spotted or laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta) babies sit in a pen after their medical examination in Jaszbereny Zoo in Jaszbereny, 77 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, 09 January 2015. The two cubs born in mid-November 2014 received vaccines, vermifuge, were weighed and examined profoundly during the checkup. EPA/JANOS MESZAROS HUNGARY OUT
Two spotted hyena cubs get a medical exam in a Jaszbereny, Hungary, zoo. EPA

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A rescued female grizzly bear lies in the snow in its new habitat at New York's Central Park Zoo January 9, 2015. The Central Park Zoo introduced to the public two new inhabitants on Friday, grizzly bears Betty and Veronica, who were rescued in 1995 by the Wildlife Conservation Society. They are living in a remodeled habitat previously occupied by polar bear Gus who died in 2013. According to the Society both bears had become too accustomed to humans, and local authorities considered them a danger to people. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
A rescued female grizzly makes her Central Park Zoo debut. Reuters

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