The shadows of Afghan refugee boys are seen on a plastic sheet that is separating their class from a girls' class Monday, December 29, at a makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the graduating class at the New York City Police Academy on Monday, December 29. He received some boos at the event as some believe his comments after the death of Eric Garner have contributed to an anti-police sentiment.
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Foxhounds gather in Essex, England, for the start of the traditional Boxing Day hunt on Friday, December 26.
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Firefighters spray water at an oil tank in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Monday, December 29. Oil tanks at the Es Sider port caught fire after one was hit by a rocket during fighting between rival groups.
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A pine tree is carried into a church in Barcelona, Spain, for the Festival of the Pine on Tuesday, December 30. Early in the morning, men and women born in the village of Centelles chop down a pine tree, load it onto an ox cart and take it to the church, where it is decorated with apples and wafers and hung there until January 6. The tradition has been documented since 1751.
People dance inside a bubble Sunday, December 28, at the 31st annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany. The annual event is organized by the Chaos Computer Club, Europe's largest association of computer hackers.
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People are rowed across the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday, December 29.
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Rosa Caceres lies on a wooden cross Monday, December 29, as she protests in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay. Caceres' husband used to work on the Itaipu dam for Unicom, a Paraguayan contractor. She and several others had themselves crucified in front of the embassy as they demanded compensation benefits they say they are due from the contractor. The dam, on the Parana River, straddles the Brazil-Paraguay border.
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A man in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, inspects a hole in the ground after what activists said was an airstrike carried out by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, December 26.
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Joe Schofield, right, and Malcolm Brown are married in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday, December 31. It was one of the first same-sex marriages in the country, which changed its law in March.
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A man folds himself into a metal bucket in Chongqing, China, on Friday, December 26.
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A baby elephant stands close to its mother at Chitwan National Park in Chitwan, Nepal, on Tuesday, December 30.
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A Palestinian protester, dressed as Santa Claus, uses a slingshot to return a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank village of Bilin on Friday, December 26.
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A body is carried out of a home in Edmonton, Alberta, after what police say was a mass killing Tuesday, December 30. A man described by his family as "depressed and overly emotional" is suspected of killing eight people before taking his own life, police said.
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Natalie Heimel, second from left, and her new husband Edward Mallue Jr. react with their wedding party after President Obama called them Sunday, December 28, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Obama was calling to apologize to the newlyweds because his golf outing forced them to relocate their wedding.
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People gather in Dhaka, Bangledesh, after a truck rammed into a passenger train Monday, December 29. Several people were killed and more than 20 were injured.
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Blogger and Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, second from right, enters a cage at a court in Moscow on Tuesday, December 30. He and his brother Oleg, left, were convicted of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years. The brothers denied charges of embezzling 30 million rubles ($540,000) from a Russian subsidiary of French cosmetics company Yves Rocher between 2008 and 2012.
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An injured hippo lies on the street after he jumped off a truck he was being transported in Friday, December 26, in Maioli County, Taiwan. The hippo died from his injuries a few days later, according to Agence France-Press.
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks near the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday, December 29.
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Pigeons are displayed for sale at a pigeon cafe in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday, December 27. Pigeon racing has turned into a booming business in the capital city.
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Rescuers help stampede victims in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, January 1. The city government said 36 people died and 47 were injured in the stampede, which occurred during New Year's Eve festivities less than a half-hour before midnight.
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A man runs for cover from tear gas that was fired by police during clashes with protesters Tuesday, December 30, in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain. The protest followed the arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman, leader of the banned Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq.
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Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish woman diagnosed with Ebola, is put on a plane in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday, December 30. Cafferkey, a 39-year-old nurse who volunteered in Sierra Leone, was being transported to London for treatment.
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Police officers in Mindanao, Philippines, help families who were trapped in their homes during heavy flooding on Monday, December 29. The flooding was brought on by Tropical Storm Seniang.
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Banlursak Watronnachai climbs a memorial in Ban Nam Khem, Thailand, to place flowers next to his wife's name on Friday, December 26. She was killed in the 2004 tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in Southeast Asia.
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Vladimir Shcherba takes a dip in the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on Tuesday, December 30. The air temperature was minus-23 degrees Celsius (minus-9 Fahrenheit).
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A member of the Swiss Guard attends a New Year's Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, January 1.