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An Iraqi Kurdish Muslim Peshmerga fighter sets a cross on top of a church, which was damaged by Islamic State fighters during their occupation of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq.Credit:HADI MIZBAN
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Pope Francis greets faithful during his weekly general audience, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican.Credit:ANDREW MEDICHINI
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Migrating Cranes flock to the Hula Lake conservation area, north of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel.Credit:ARIEL SCHALIT
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Migrating Cranes flock to the Hula Lake conservation area, north of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel.Credit:ARIEL SCHALIT
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A man exercises prior to swimming, on the embankment of the Neva River in St.Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP
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Frozen surface of the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP
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Piper Larry Cunningham plays his bagpipes as Britain's last serving aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious is towed from her home port at Portsmouth Docks after being sold for scrap in Portsmouth, England.Credit:Matt Cardy/getty
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Children jot down notes on their booklet as they look at ammonite fossils on display at the Museum of Natural History during a school outing in Beijing. Credit:ANDY WONG
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The statue on top of the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy, dedicated to Saint Mary Nascent, is seen next to the Christmas lights adorning the tree below.Credit:ANTONIO CALANNI
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St Marys Cathedral Sydney, lights of Christmas. Photo by Edwina Pickles.Credit:Edwina Pickles