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People hunting small animals cross the terrain as smoke is released from a heating plant in morning temperatures of -19 degrees Celsius in Minsk, Belarus.Credit:AP
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A woman stands between trees that are illuminated in various colors as a part of the "winter lights" exhibition in the Palmengarten park in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP
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The city's skyline is seen over a haze of pollution in Hong Kong. Air pollution rose to dangerous levels in Hong Kong on Sunday, posing "very high" health risks, as a monsoon from the northeast brought the smog from the mainland into the city.Credit:Getty Images
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California State Parks Supervising Ranger Tony Tealdi walks to the fallen Pioneer Cabin Tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, in Arnold, California. Famous for a "drive-thru" hole carved into its trunk, the giant sequoia was toppled over by a massive storm Sunday.Credit:AP
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An Afghan de-miner searches for land mines in the Zhari district of Kandahar, Afghanistan.Credit:AP
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Iraqi riot police march during a ceremony marking Police Day in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.Credit:AP
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Relatives and family members of Shira Hajaj mourn during her funeral in Jerusalem, Israel. Hajaj was one among the four soldiers killed during the truck attack.Credit:Getty Images
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A lone plow clears a playground in lower Manhattan, photographed from New York's One World Trade Center building.Credit:AP
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Pet rabbit "Marlon Bundo," is carried off the plane of Vice president-elect Mike Pence as he arrives with his wife Karen Pence and daughter Charlotte Pence at Andrews Air Force Base.Credit:AP
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Rick Sorenson, owner of the Rio Ramaza Marina, wades in the Sacramento River after securing an old paddlewheel boat on his property as the river makes its way up the levee on Garden Highway in Sacramento, California.Credit:Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee
