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A pedestrian walks in the scenic Shahu lake area in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A mother and son ski down a slope as they enjoy a sunny winter day in Kiev, Ukraine. AP Photo

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Winter swimmers swim in a partially ice-covered pool in Changzhi, Shanxi province. Harsh winter weather across parts of China could disrupt transport and strain energy supplies. REUTERS

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A man takes a photograph using a camera phone as he walks past an ice sculpture on a main street in the northern city of Harbin in Heilongjiang province. The sculpture is part of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival which will be officially launched on January 5. REUTERS

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An Afghan man points to the holes caused by a bomb explosion outside a butcher shop in Herat, west of Kabul. A police official in the western Afghan province of Herat says a bomb planted outside a butcher shop has killed one civilian. AP Photo

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Greenpeace activists with eyeball-shaped helmets line up outside the Hungarian Foreign Ministry in Budapest. The activists said Hungary, which took the rotating presidency of the European Union on January 1, should tackle issues such as CO2 emissions, genetically modified crops, pollution and renewable energy. REUTERS

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Volkswagen’s driver Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz, both from Spain, compete during the second stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Cordoba and San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina. AP Photo

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Russia’s Pavel Karelin takes off from the ramp during practice for the third event of the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck. REUTERS

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A Ukrainian man walks on the frozen Dnieper River in Kiev, Ukraine. AP Photo

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An eight-year-old sea lion “Leo” writes the word “Rabbit” in Chinese characters as part of a New Year’s attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo. February 2011 will mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit according to the lunar calender a 12-year cycle followed by China and other parts of Asia. AFP/Getty Images

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Rising floodwaters spread across the runway of the airport at Rockhampton, in eastern Queensland. The Australian military and emergency services were battling huge flooding in the country’s northeast that has left at least one person dead, amid warnings the worst of the devastation is to come. AFP/Getty Images

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Egyptian riot police stand guard as Christians protest outside the al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo, following a New Year’s Eve car bomb attack on the Coptic church in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria in which 21 people were killed. AFP/Getty Images

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An activist of AnimaNaturalis of Mexico demonstrates inside a cage to protest against the buying and selling of pets, urging people to adopt animals, at Alameda Central Park in Mexico City. AFP/Getty Images

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Burlesque enthusiasts and staff of a holiday travel firm pose in costume for photographers outside the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square in London. The stunt was organised by Virgin Holidays in an attempt to break the world record for the world’s largest burlesque dance. REUTERS

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A member of the Edo Civilian Firefighters’ Association performs on the top of a bamboo ladder following the New Year’s holiday at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo. AFP/Getty Images

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A large fire that broke out at around 1:30 am Tuesday in Rahway, N.J., was still raging hours later. The Rahway Fire Department and neighboring fire companies were on the scene at St. Georges Avenue and Stone Street. The flames erupted inside a three-story condominium complex under construction and caused the closure of Route 27 between Hazelwood and West Grand Avenue. Kai Somonsen

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A man dives backwards off a ice block into a pool carved out of the thick ice covering the Songhua River in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The swimming display is part of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival which will be officially launched on January 5. REUTERS

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Climbers enjoy ice climbing on an icefall at a scenic spot in Beijing. In this sport climbers take on frozen waterfalls, cliffs and rock slabs. 310pix.com

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A boy copies his father’s praying at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Toky, on the first business day of the year. REUTERS

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A seagull is silhouetted against the sun at dawn during a partial solar eclipse on Guadalmar beach in Malaga. The partial eclipse will be visible near sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia. REUTERS

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Ohio State defensive lineman Cameron Heyward (97) celebrates after teammate Solomon Thomas (98), behind on ground, intercepted a pass by Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett late in the fourth quarter during the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Ohio State won 31-26. AP Photo

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Members of French street theater group Trans-Express perform in downtown Santiago as part of an international theater festival in Chile. REUTERS

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Spectators watch as fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display, during the official opening in the northern city of Harbin, China. REUTERS

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Romanian witch Mihaela Minca, right, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, as her daughter and apprentice Casanndra, looks on, in Mogosoaia, Romania. Trouble is brewing for Romania’s witches, whose toil is being taxed for the first time despite their threats of putting curses on the government. Also being taxed for the first time are fortune tellers, who probably saw this coming. AP Photo

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A vehicle drives down the flooded runway at Rockhampton Airport after the swollen Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of the city. AFP/Getty Images

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Speaker of the House John Boehner takes the Oath of Office during the opening session of the 112th Congress in the Capitol Building n Washington, DC. Boehner, 61, ascended to the House speakership after the traditional roll call vote of members that marks the Opening Day of a new Congress. EPA

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A fireman is seen pulling a stag with a rope on the iced-up Tenderingsees lake in Voerde, Germany. With a cowboy-like lasso throw, a member of the local fire department in Huenxe helped to rescue a herd of deer from the ice covered lake. Five animals broke through the ice and were stuck, according to a spokesperson for the fire department. EPA

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Pakistani men ride their motorcycles through a path in field on a foggy morning in Gujranwala, near Lahore, Pakistan. AP Photo

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An aerial view of farmland inundated with floodwaters south of Rockhampton, Australia. EPA

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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association perform ladder stunts as part of the Tokyo Fire Department’s New Year Fire Review in Tokyo on January 6. AFP/Getty Images

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A farmer transports vegetables on an improvised tricycle towards a wholesale market in Kolkata. REUTERS

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Serbian Orthodox believers burn dried oak branches which symbolize the Yule log on Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of St. Sava church in Belgrade. Serbian Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas which falls on January 7 according to the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. REUTERS

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Qatar’s driver Nasser Al-Attiyah steers his Volkswagen with German co-driver Timo Gottschalk on the stage 5 Calama-Iquique of the Dakar 2011 Rally in Tarapaca province, northern Chile. AFP/Getty Images

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Holiday skiers make their turns near the course of the first official women’s downhill training during FIS Alpine skiing World cup in Zauchensee. AFP/Getty Images

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France’s Nicolas Mahut dresses up as a woman on court in the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia. After both the day’s scheduled doubles matches were canceled, the U.S. took on France in an exhibition set. Mahut took to the court in a white dress, pink hairband, and knee-length socks, to the delight of the 7,508 spectators. AP Photo

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Protesters demanding a separate Telangana state carved out of the southern Andhra Pradesh state try to overturn a burnt bus during a demonstration in Hyderabad. Supporters of Telangana statehood say the interior region has been neglected in favor of Andhra Pradesh’s dominant coastal districts. Opponents fear the loss of Hyderabad to the new state will cut off a major revenue stream for Andhra Pradesh, which has invested heavily in a city that is home to companies such as Microsoft, Google and Mahindra Satyam. REUTERS

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People gather to receive a piece of traditional Christmas bread, marking the Orthodox Christmas Day festivities, at Terazije Square in Belgrade. REUTERS

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Homeless man Ted Williams appears on NBC’s “Today” show in New York. Williams appeared on YouTube as a homeless man begging for money and has become a national sensation due to his voice. REUTERS

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Cagayan Valley police director Chief Superintendent Francisco Villaroman (R) presents Arnel Buenaflor (2nd R), the assassin of village councilman Reynaldo Dagsa, his accomplice Loraine Castro (2nd L) and an unidentified accomplice (L) during a media presentation inside a police regional office in Tuguegarao city, north of Manila. Buenaflor, 28, was arrested by joint police operatives in Aurora, Isabela province, north of Manila on Thursday. Buenaflor was photographed by the victim aiming his pistol behind three members of the victim’s family while welcoming the New Year. REUTERS

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Workers adjust a banner showing the countdown to the referendum on southern independence in Juba. Sudan is heading for an acrimonious split but while southern leaders want political independence from the north, economic realities may keep them uncomfortably dependent on their former foes. Most analysts expect the south — which produces almost 75 percent of Sudan’s 500,000 barrels per day of oil — to secede after a Jan. 9 referendum which is the result of a 2005 peace deal ending Africa’s longest civil war. Independence would take effect on July 9. REUTERS

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Youth set fires in the streets of the Belcourt district of Algiers, during the night, as part of a protest over the rising cost of living. Violence came after price hikes for milk, sugar and flour in recent days, and amid simmering frustration that Algeria’s abundant gas-and-oil resources have not translated into broader prosperity. AP Photo

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A Sudanese woman from the Nuer tribe is pictured while performing a traditional victory dance in support of the referendum on southern independence during a rally organised by the Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau in Juba. REUTERS

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Spain’s driver Carlos Sainz steers his Volkswagen with co-driver Lucas Cruz during stage 5 Calama-Iquique of the 2011 Dakar Rally in the province of Tarapaca, northern Chile. AFP/Getty Images

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A Kashmiri boatman rows a boat through fog on the partially frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar. The Kashmir valley is experiencing extreme cold conditions with major parts of Dal Lake and hundreds of ponds, taps, water motors and drains frozen. AFP/Getty Images

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Flood water caused by the thaw and high water of the main streams in Wallonie, in Rocheford, Belgium. Reports state that Belgium, has been hit by widespread flooding because of the thaw and high water level in rivers. EPA

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The sun sets behind the pier at Huntington Beach, CA. ZUMAPRESS.com

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