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Glasgow Remembers The Victims Of The Bin Lorry Crash One Year On(01 of17)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 22: Clergy arrive as bereaved families, emergency services and members of the public gather to pay their respects to those victims who died in the bin lorry tragedy a year ago today in 2014 at Glasgow cathedral on December 22, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. Last year a bin lorry collided with pedestrians in Glasgow's city centre killing six people and injuring 17 others. The driver of the council-owned vehicle, Harry Clarke, said he had passed out at the wheel. (Photo by James Glossop - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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A South African diver dressed as Santa Claus greets a child during a show before Christmas at Africa's largest marine theme park, the South African Marine Biological Research (SAMBR) Sea World based at the uShaka Marine World in Durban on December 22, 2015.uShaka Marine is home to more than 200 marine species and attracts around 180 000 local and international tourists during the Christmas and holiday festive period. / AFP / RAJESH JANTILAL (Photo credit should read RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RAJESH JANTILAL via Getty Images)
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A masked protester holds a petrol bomb during clashes with Turkish police using water cannons and tear gas to disperse a demonstration in Istanbul protesting security operations against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey on December 20, 2015.The number of Kurdish rebels killed in a massive Turkish military offensive in the restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source told AFP, as the operation entered its fifth day. The government has imposed curfews in the mainly Kurdish towns of Cizre and Silopi as security forces battle militants linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). / AFP / Cagdas Erdogan (Photo credit should read CAGDAS ERDOGAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CAGDAS ERDOGAN via Getty Images)
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A family wades through a flooded street in Asuncion on December 20, 2015. Constant and heavy rains in the country have caused the overflowing of the Paraguay river, leaving--up to now-- 13,000 families affected by flooding, and violent protests outside government offices demanding state attention. AFP PHOTO / NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP / NORBERTO DUARTE (Photo credit should read NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NORBERTO DUARTE via Getty Images)
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An aerial view shows floodwaters affecting an area of Pampanga, suburban Manila on December 21, 2015. The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose to 45 on December 20 as several towns remained under water and rain kept falling in northern regions, disaster monitoring officials said. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS / AFP / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NOEL CELIS via Getty Images)
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Quentin Tarantino, left, and Samuel L. Jackson attend a ceremony honoring Tarantino with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (credit:Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Migrants charge their mobile phones with a generator at the Calais refugee camp in Calais, northern France, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. There are more than 5000 migrants fleeing conflict zones or poverty, according to local officials, at the rapidly growing new refugee camp outside Calais, hoping to make it across the English Channel to Britain. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A rescuer wipes his face near a damaged buildings as they search for potential survivors following a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, in south China's Guangdong province, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. Authorities blamed an enormous, man-made mountain of soil and waste for the collapse of nearly three dozen buildings in southern China's most prominent manufacturing city. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Gito, the baby orangutan left to die in a urine-soaked cardboard box in #Borneo, is now strong and healthy enough to attend pre-school at the orangutan centre where he is undergoing rehabilitation. Gito, who was described by the team at International Animal Rescue (IAR) as “corpse-like and almost mummified” when he was found, is shown in a new video swinging happily and confidently on a climbing frame with other orphaned baby orangutans. He is completely unrecognisable as the mange-ridden creature whose life was hanging in the balance when he first arrived at IAR’s clinic some three months ago. During his time in quarantine, Gito has developed sufficient #strength in his arms and legs to climb and swing like any other young orangutan his age. As he is still less than a year old, he has just joined pre-school, a new section set up by the team at the IAR centre to cater for the many small babies that have recently been rescued.
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People gather at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on the Winter Solstice to witness the sunrise on the shortest day of the year. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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People gather at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on the Winter Solstice to witness the sunrise on the shortest day of the year. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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A Capuchin monkey explores a specially decorated Christmas tree and plays with the animal-friendly decorations filled with their favourite treats at Edinburgh Zoo. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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In this aerial photograph the site of a landslide that hit an industrial park is seen in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on December 21, 2015. Some 85 people were missing on December 21 after a huge landslide caused by illegal soil dumping buried more than 30 factory and residential buildings in a sea of mud, China's second industrial disaster in four months. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / STR / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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A woman walks past a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and a figure of Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) at a square decorated for the Christmas celebration in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives for a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 after he has been banned for 8 years from all football related activities. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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SALISBURY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Choristers from the Salisbury Cathedral Choir practice ahead of the services that will be held in the cathedral marking Christmas Eve on December 21, 2015 in Salisbury, England. Christmas has been celebrated in the cathedral for over 750 years since it was dedicated in 1258. It is thought that the foundation of the choir stretches back even further, with evidence of a song school in Salisbury as early as the 11th century. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-CHINA-LANDSLIDE(17 of17)
TOPSHOT - In this aerial photograph, Chinese rescuers work at the site of a landslide that hit an industrial park in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on December 21, 2015. Some 85 people were missing on December 21 after a huge landslide caused by illegal soil dumping buried more than 30 factory and residential buildings in a sea of mud, China's second industrial disaster in four months. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / STR / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)