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Pictures of the Day
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People wearing bear skins dance on the streets of Comanesti city on December 30, 2015 during a parade to drive away evil spirits of the past year. From Christmas Eve until after New Year and the Romanians bring to life the various rituals, which often include costumes and masks evoking animals, such as bears, horses or goats. / AFP / DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DANIEL MIHAILESCU via Getty Images)
(02 of25)
A graduate of the Brazil's School of Santa Claus gets his beard trimmed by students in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 28, 2015. The school prepares men to represent Santa Claus in the Christmas season. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (credit:YASUYOSHI CHIBA via Getty Images)
(03 of25)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 30: Chris Gayle and Aaron Finch of the Renegades walk through flames to open the batting during the Big Bash League match between the Melbourne Renegades and the Perth Scorchers at Etihad Stadium on December 30, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
(04 of25)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 30: Freestyle Moto X riders perform during the Big Bash League match between the Melbourne Renegades and the Perth Scorchers at Etihad Stadium on December 30, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett - CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Pockett - CA via Getty Images)
(05 of25)
A sun rises on December 30, 2015 near Mallnow. / AFP / ZB AND dpa / Patrick Pleul / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK PLEUL via Getty Images)
(06 of25)
The bridge in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, which has collapsed following recent flooding, as Storm Frank begins to batter the UK on its way towards flood-hit areas. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
(07 of25)
Emergency services by the bridge in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, which has collapsed following recent flooding, as Storm Frank begins to batter the UK on its way towards flood-hit areas. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
(08 of25)
A view of the Ulls Water in Glenridding, Ullswater, Cumbria, as Storm Frank begins to batter the UK on its way towards flood-hit areas. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(09 of25)
Kourtney Kardashian and two of her children - Mason and Penelope - were spotted in Woodland Hills, California. The group were out for a family fun day, also joined by Kourtney's niece North West.Non Excl (credit:FameFlynet.uk.com)
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British soldiers from C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, carry sandbags as they make flood defences at the BT Exchange near the River Ouse in the city of York, northern England, on December 29, 2015 in preparation for more heavy rainfall and possible flooding expected to arrive with Storm Frank. Residents in the northern city of York continued to deal with the effects of flooding and make preparations for the arrival of another winter storm that is set to bring more heavy rain. Around 500 properties were flooded in York on December 27, as two rivers, the Ouse and the Foss, burst their banks. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
(11 of25)
Eleven year-old male sea lion Jay paints the character for 'monkey' in calligraphy as part of a New Year's Day attraction at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium park in Yokohama, a suburb of Tokyo, on December 30, 2015. The show is being held twice a day in January. AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA / AFP / TORU YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TORU YAMANAKA via Getty Images)
(12 of25)
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2015/12/29: More than 1200 new officers graduate from the NYPD Police Academy at the Graduation Ceremony in Madison Square Garden, New York. NYC Mayor de Blasio, Police Commissioner Bratton, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito delivered remarks at the ceremony. (Photo by Louise Wateridge/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Residents use a canoe to paddle to a property through floodwaters from the rivers Foss and Ouse, after they burst their banks in York, northern England, on December 28, 2015. British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the flood-hit historic city of York on Monday as cities, towns and villages across northern England battled to get back on their feet following devastating storms. Around 500 properties were flooded in York, one of Britain's top tourist attractions, on Sunday as two rivers burst their banks. Some residential streets became so inundated that cars were covered up to their roofs. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
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Submerged buildings overlooking the river Ouse are pictured late in the afternoon in York, northern England, on December 29, 2015. Residents in the northern city of York continued to deal with the effects of flooding and make preparations for the arrival of another winter storm that is set to bring more heavy rain. Around 500 properties were flooded in York on December 27, as two rivers, the Ouse and the Foss, burst their banks. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
(15 of25)
TOPSHOT - Slovenia's Jurij Tepes soars through the air during his training jump of the ski jumping event in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, which is the first station of the Four-Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee), on December 28, 2015.The first competition of the Four-Hills Ski jumping event takes place in Oberstdorf, before the tournament continues in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, (Germany), in Innsbruck (Austria) and in Bischofshofen (Austria). / AFP / Christof STACHE (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHRISTOF STACHE via Getty Images)
(16 of25)
TOPSHOT - People run away from tear gas and water cannon as they protest against curfews on December 29, 2015, in Diyarbakir. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused today the leader of the main Kurdish party Selahattin Demirtas of 'treason' over his call for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority. / AFP / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - A house with holiday lights is seen as a motorcade with US President Barack Obama passes while traveling to Alan Wong's restaurant for dinner in Honolulu on December 28, 2015. Obama and the First Family are in Hawaii for vacation. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images)
(18 of25)
A pedestrian walks along the banks of the Neris river as temperatures dipped to -3 degrees Celsius (26,6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Dec. 28 , 2015. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(19 of25)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump displays a copy of the Union Leader newspaper while addressing an audience during a campaign event Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Trump's attacks against the news media. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A jogger makes his way along a snow-covered street in the Hudson Park neighborhood, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Snow, sleet, freezing rain and gusty winds are creating treacherous driving conditions across upstate New York as eastern parts of the state receive their first severe weather of the winter season. The National Weather Service says 1 to 4 inches has fallen from the Albany area northwest to the Mohawk Valley and north to the southern Adirondacks. The weather service has posted winter weather advisories for all of New York on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The profile of Milan's Duomo cathedral, Italy, is seen through the smog that hovers over the city, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. The lack of rain and winds has brought pollution levels in Italyââ¬â¢s business capital to exceed levels considered healthy for more than 30 straight days, prompting officials to ban private cars from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. from Monday, Dec. 28 through Wednesday Dec. 30. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Dec. 27, 2015 photo, Estefania Hernandez Perera, 14, who lives in Cuba, is photographed by FotoEcos, a studio that specializes in quinceaneras in Havana, Cuba. Many studios are run by former state sector professionals who purchased cameras with the help of U.S. relatives and have found taking pictures far more profitable than the average monthly government salary of $20. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Service members embrace while waiting to enter the wake for Joseph Lemm in West Harrison, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. Lemm, who was a technical sergeant in the Air Guard's 105th Base Security Squadron and a 15-year veteran of the NYPD, was killed on Dec. 21 when his patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber outside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Against a gray winter sky, volunteers use shovels atop a pile of sand as they help fill sandbags Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in St. Louis. Flooding across Missouri has forced the closure of hundreds of roads and threatened homes. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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TOPSHOT - Revellers hold sparklers as they take part in the 'Enfarinats' battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi on December 28, 2015. During this 200-year-old traditional festival participants known as Els Enfarinats (those covered in flour) dress in mock military clothes and stage a mock coup d'etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Innocents. AFP PHOTO / JAIME REINA / AFP / JAIME REINA (Photo credit should read JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JAIME REINA via Getty Images)