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World of Photos, Jan 8

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax photo editors. Follow us on Twitter and check out our photography club Clique

Greenpeace activists float a picture of Mary Poppins wearing a gas mask in front of the Houses of Parliament to highlight that London has breached its annual air pollution limit for 2017 in just five days at Parliament Square on January 6, 2017 in London, England. By law, hourly levels of toxic nitrogen dioxide must not be more than 200 micrograms per cubic metre more than 18 times in a whole year, but late on January 5th this limit was broken on Brixton Road in Lambeth. Photo: Getty Images
A man armed with a wooden plank checks his cell phone as he stands guard in a commercial zone in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Store owners and residents armed themselves with sticks, machetes, and rocks to defend businesses from a wave of looting which began amidst protests and anger over a rise in fuel prices. Photo: Felix Marquez
A woman walks on a snowy path by a life-size model of a dinosaur during a snow fall in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Large areas of Romania were affected by blizzards which prompted authorities to close several major roads. Photo: AP
A Union City Police officer tapes off the end of 20th Street in Union City, N.J., after attention was brought to a home believed to be inhabited by possible family members of the suspect in the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Photo: AP
Coptic Pope Tawadros II leads Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mark's Cathedral, in Cairo, Egypt, late Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. The Coptic Christian population are considered to be the largest Christian community in the Middle East and observe Christmas on January 7 according to the old, Julian calendar. Photo: AP
Tropicana Beach Club pays tribute to George Michael at Tropicana Beach Club on January 6, 2017 in London, England. Photo: Getty Images
People attend the midnight Christmas Mass in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. Photo: AP
First responders secure the area outside the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International airport after a shooting took place Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. a gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area at the airport Friday, killing several people and wounding others before being taken into custody in an attack that sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and onto the tarmac, authorities said. Photo: South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP
A worker stands on lumber at Delta Cedar Products in Delta, British Columbia. Photo: Canadian Press via AP
Steam and exhaust rise from the power plant of STEAG on a cold winter day on January 6, 2017 in Oberhausen, Germany. According to a report released by the European Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2016 is likely to have been the hottest year since global temperatures were recorded in the 19th century. According to the report the average global surface temperature was 14.8 degrees Celsius, which is 1.3 degrees higher than estimates for before the Industrial Revolution. Greenhouse gases are among the chief causes of global warming and climates change. Photo: Getty Images

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