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Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
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1/25 Going, going, gone
A car left abandoned in flood water in Newton Stewart, Scotland, as Storm Frank begins to batter the UK on its way towards flood-hit areas
Danny Lawson/PA
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2/25 Fire drill
Paramilitary policemen take part in a training in Chaohu, Anhui province, China
Reuters
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3/25 What goes up must come down
A long exposure photograph shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 lifting off (left) from its launch pad and then returning to a landing zone (right) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on the launcher’s first mission since a June failure. The rocket carried a payload of 11 satellites owned by Orbcomm, a New Jersey-based communications company
Mike Brown/Reuters
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4/25 Dressed for the occasion
Two of the thousands of people who went to Stonehenge to mark the Winter Solstice clearly decided to dress for the chilly temperature
Ben Birchall/PA
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5/25 Wrong chimney Santa
A South African diver dressed as Santa Claus greets a child during a show before Christmas at the South African Marine Biological Research Sea World in Durban
AFP/Getty Images
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6/25 Hear no evil
Sepp Blatter, the suspended FIFA president, defends himself after he and UEFA President Michel Platini were banned from football for eight years by the ethics committee of football’s world governing body
Patrick B.Kraemer/EPA
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7/25 Are those on the menu for Christmas dinner?
A Bengal tiger licks the glass enclosure at the annual Animal Christmas Party at Malabon zoo, north of Manila, Philippines
Aaron Favila/AP
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8/25 Smoked out
Kashmiri Muslim protesters against Indian rule in the disputed area are engulfed in teargas smoke
Dar Yasin/AP
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9/25 Even tigers need their Christmas treat
Amur tiger Marty got an early Christmas treat from his keepers at Highland Wildlife Park when papier-mache balls painted like Christmas puddings were put into the enclosure he shares with Dominika at the RZSS Highland Wildlife Park in Aviemore. The tiger-friendly puddings were provided as part of an ongoing programme to keep them in good mental and physical condition
Danny Lawson/PA
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10/25 A helping wing
Two of a group of schoolchildren from a local skating school dressed in penguin costumes as they whizzed around the ice at the Natural History Museum Swarovski Ice Rink
Andy Oliver/GoffPhotos.com
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11/25 I must get one of these for George
The Duchess of Cornwall meets the Unicorn and other characters from the finale at The London International Horse Show, Olympia
David Hartley/Rex
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12/25 Optical illusion
Members of Royal Saudi Hawks Air Force Aerobatic team perform with Hawk planes during the Al-Ain Air Championship at Al-Ain airport, appearing from this angle to be touching
Ali Haider
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13/25 Which country might you be from?
Miss USA Olivia Jordan wears her country’s national costume during filming for the 2016 Miss Universe Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas
Mike Ryan/EPA
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14/25 Tree-mendously over the top
A man walks down Oxford Street in London to demonstrate the Christmas Party Escape Suit, which is a wearable Christmas tree costume designed to help people discreetly exit dull office parties
Matt Alexander/PA
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15/25 Star Wars is so cool
An ice-sculpture in the form of Star Wars character Yoda is displayed during the Star Wars Ice sculpture festival in Liege to coincide with the launch of the new The Force Awakens episode
John Thys/AFP/Getty Images
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16/25 When I say jump, you say how high?
Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army jump as part of their winter training in temperatures of -26degC at China’s border with Russia in Heihe, Heilongjiang province
Reuters
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17/25 Tight squeeze
A boy bathes in a bucket next to his father's rice truck outside a rice mill in the central province of Chainat, Thailand
Jorge Silva/Reuters
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18/25 Drumming up Royal support
The Duchess of Cambridge takes part in a drumming music therapy session as she attends the Anna Freud Centre Family School Christmas party in north London
Chris Jackson/PA
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19/25 Up, up and away
Photographers capture the moment Russia's Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station Expedition 46/47 crew of Britain’s astronaut Tim Peake, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Tim Kopra blasts off from the launch pad at Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome
AFP/Getty Images
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20/25 Trump this
Dressed as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Dante Ciccarone, right, and Georgie Ciccarone attend a rally for Trump in Las Vegas
AP
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21/25 Christmas streak
A long exposure photo shows a Geminid meteor shower streaking across the night sky next to a pagoda over Doi Inthanon mountain in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. Geminids meteor shower can be visible every December
EPA
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22/25 On big Christmas tree
The Shard entered the Christmas spirit by lighting its upper reaches in traditional Christmas colours
Jeremy Selwyn
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23/25 Leader of the pack
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a toy wolf she got as a present during a party convention of the Christian Democrats in Karlsruhe. Merkel faces a congress of her conservative party amid tensions over her management of the migrant influx
Michael Probst/AP
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24/25 Protest goes wrong
Activists from India's main opposition Congress party try to flee after their clothes caught fire while they were trying to burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Shimla. Local media reported Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, chief of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, saying that at least five Congress activists suffered burns on Monday during the protest against the central government
Reuters
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25/25 Another Brick In The Wool
An exhibitor puts the finishing touches to a woolly mammoth made from Lego for the Brick 2015 exhibition at the ExCel in London this weekend
Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
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A female pedestrian was taken to hospital after a hit and run in south east London this morning.
Apple to pay Italy £234 million over tax dispute
Apple has reportedly reached a deal with Italy's tax office to settle a dispute over its taxes.
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London house prices up 12.2% but growth set to cool in 2016
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Barclays to pay $13.75 million fine in US over mutual finds
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Tech billionaires' wealth increases by $81 billion in 2015
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Competition watchdog calls in-depth probe of Sainsbury's pharmacy sale
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Swiss firm starts selling 'game-changing' chocolate that won't melt
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Downton Abbey beats Strictly Come Dancing in Christmas ratings battle
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Dave Grohl pays tribute to Motörhead's Lemmy with Ace of Spades tattoo
The Foo Fighters frontman had the Ace of Spades tattooed on his arm just hours after hearing the news
Fashion round-up from 2015: the most stylish looks of the year
Despite the many stand-out performances, we've hand-picked the three best looks from each month
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The most Googled fashion questions and designers of 2015
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Meet the stylists creating Hollywood's hottest red carpet looks
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All little girls want for Christmas is some faux-fur
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We meet Tabitha Simmons, fashion's first woman of footwear
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WATCH: Burberry cast Dylan Brosnan alongside Ruth Bell in new campaign
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'By giving something up, you can offer children a brighter future'
JustGiving founder Anne-Marie Huby writes on why they are backing our campaign - and why you should too
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Giving to charity can bring back the true meaning of Christmas
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Matthew d'Ancona: Could a Donald Trump triumph here?
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Evening Standard comment: Creative developments to help London thrive
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Richard Godwin: We should blame ourselves for the next credit crunch
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It’s that time to come together - so try not to scream at them all
Boxing Day opening times for Tesco, Asda and Currys in London
Here’s our guide to shopping for Boxing Day sales at some of the capital’s major stores
Rosamund Urwin: Our empty city reminds us how great London is
On Christmas morning the silence in London is unsettling. Roads seem abandoned. Pavements where you usually have to push past amblers are empty. Walking around, you feel like the only insect in an otherwise uninhabited ant farm.