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Ricardo Contreras dressed as Santa Claus hugs children as he visits the San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City, in Guatemala City.Credit:AP
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A deer crosses the road in field near the village of Karpavichi, Belarus.Credit:AP
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Clowns carry images of the Virgin of Guadalupe during a procession to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City.Credit:AP
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Chinese men play a game of pick-up ice hockey on a frozen canal in Beijing, China.Credit:Getty Images
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People hold candles during a silent candlelight vigil for the victims of Sunday's St Peter and St Paul Church explosion on a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt.Credit:Getty Images
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Kashmiri Muslim women throw candies over the body of Basit Ahmad Dar, a suspected rebel of Hizbul Mujahideen, during his funeral procession in Marhama, Kashmir.Credit:AP
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Rope access specialist Simon Ginn, of contractors Fountains, abseils down the Chirk aqueduct during vital maintenance work to remove unwanted vegetation which has taken root in crevices of the Grade II listed aqueduct in Wrexham, Wales.Credit:Getty Images
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People stand in front of a fashion advertisement along a downtown street in Hong Kong.Credit:AP
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A farmer harvests cotton from a field at sunset in Laveen, Arizona.Credit:AP
