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ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - NOVEMBER 28 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his press conference after the SCTO Summit at the Palace of Independence, November 28, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Putin is meeting with Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the capital, a day before he is expected to attend the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Astana. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Elton John attends the "Elton John: Never Too Late" Headline Gala during the 68th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on October 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for BFI)

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TAMWORTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: The Australian flag is attached to a trailer at a campground during Australia Day on January 26, 2024 in Tamworth, Australia. Australia Day, formerly known as Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. Many indigenous Australians refer to the day as Invasion Day and there is a growing movement to change the date to one which can be celebrated by all Australians. In 2024, supermarket chains Woolworths and Aldi announced that they will stop stocking themed merchandise for the day, drawing a political backlash from opposition leader Peter Dutton. (Photo by Dan Peled/Getty Images)

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Illustration picture shows a room with mirrors at a sex bar, at, the prostitution area in Ghent, Friday 05 June 2020. Belgium is in its twelfth week of confinement in the ongoing corona virus crisis and the third week of the phase 2 of the deconfinement. BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM (Photo by DIRK WAEM/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

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The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park on February 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring. This image includes filters representing 7.7-micron light as blue, 11.3-micron light as green, and 12.8-micron light as red.

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger delivers a speech at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center during Computex 2024, in Taipei on June 4, 2024.

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Protesters hold signs during a rally protesting against a death sentence given to Toomaj Salehi, a famous Iranian rapper, after Iranian courts accused him of singing pro-women-led protests in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, April 28, 2024.

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Trains are parked at the depot station of the Thessaloniki metro on November 22, 2024. Eighteen years after construction began on the Thessaloniki Metro, the subway system of Greece's northern port city is finally set to open to the public on November 30. Along the around 10 kilometers of the line, marked by 13 stations that will serve hundreds of thousands of passengers, final preparations are underway to ensure everything is ready for the opening. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP) (Photo by SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Undated handout photo provided by Tom Hartley Jnr of the Ecclestone Collection of classic race cars. Bernie Ecclestone is selling his entire collection of Formula One cars, which is expected to be worth more than £300million to the sport's former supremo. Issue date: Sunday December 1, 2024. PA Photo. See PA Story AUTO Ecclestone. Photo credit should read: Tom Hartley Jnr/PA Wire.

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<strong>Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland:</strong> Santa Claus meets with children at his office near Rovaniemi. Located in Lapland, Rovaniemi's Santa Claus Village amusement park is a snow-covered wonderland of reindeer rides, ice castles, snowmobiles and igloo hotels where Christmas holds sway 365 days a year.

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Jan 17, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; Randy Moss on the ESPN Monday Night Countdown set before a NFC Wild Card playoff football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

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