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US singer Madonna laughs, during her meeting with Malawian President Peter Mutharika, at the State House, in Lillongwe, Malawi, Friday, Nov, 28, 2014. Mutharika thanked Madonna for agreeing to fund the construction of a new state of the art Paediatric Surgery and Intensive Care Unit in the country. Madonna is in the African country of Malawi for the first time since she had a falling out with the former president Joyce Banda (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An intrepid kayaker plunges down another unforgiving waterfall on March 2014 in Tlapacoyan, Mexico. A BRAVE kayaker plunges 60ft down a waterfall in a daring stunt. Canadian, Emrick Blanchette, who has been paddling for five years, travelled to Mexico in March this year to tackle the high number of vertical drops in the Tlapacoyan Veracruz region. But the experienced athlete admitted that he was apprehensive when going over Tomata Falls - which is more than 18 metres high. The 23-year-old, who is part of kayaking team 'Quebec Connection', also tackled a number of drops during the trip. (credit:Mike McKay / Barcroft Media)
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An intrepid kayaker plunges down another unforgiving waterfall on March 2014 in Tlapacoyan, Mexico. A BRAVE kayaker plunges 60ft down a waterfall in a daring stunt. Canadian, Emrick Blanchette, who has been paddling for five years, travelled to Mexico in March this year to tackle the high number of vertical drops in the Tlapacoyan Veracruz region. But the experienced athlete admitted that he was apprehensive when going over Tomata Falls - which is more than 18 metres high. The 23-year-old, who is part of kayaking team 'Quebec Connection', also tackled a number of drops during the trip. (credit:Mike McKay / Barcroft Media)
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The 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction judging panel was announced today. Chaired by Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti, she is joined by Cathy Newman, Laura Bates, Grace Dent, and inaugural winner of the prize, novelist and poet Helen Dunmore
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A butcher finishes off a buffalo on the ground with a second swing of his blade on the animal during a mass slaughter of buffaloes for the Gadhimai festival inside a walled enclosure in the village of Bariyapur on November 28, 2014. Millions of Hindu devotees from Nepal and India migrate to the village to honour their goddess of power. The celebrations includes the slaughtering of hundreds of thousands of animals, mostly buffalo and goats. Worshippers have spent days sleeping out in the open and offering prayers to the goddess at a temple decked with flowers in preparation. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ROBERTO SCHMIDT via Getty Images)
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Pope Francis is welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Pope Francis arrived in Turkey on Friday at a sensitive moment for the Muslim nation, as it cares for 1.6 million refugees and weighs how to deal with the Islamic State group as its fighters grab chunks of Syria and Iraq across Turkey's southern border. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Gallery assistants position a painting by Italian artist Canaletto entitled 'A Quintessential View of Venice' at Sotheby's auction house in London, on November 28, 2014. The painting is expected to fetch around GBP 5m-7m, (6.3m-8.8m euros/7.8m-11m USD) when put up for auction at the Old Master Paintings Evening Sale on December 3. (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
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A white lion cub plays with a tawny lioness, in October, 2014, in the Timbavati, South Africa. THESE are the first ever pictures of white lion cubs born to a white lioness in the wild. The three snow-white cubs owe their unusual snow-white fur to a rare genetic marker that results in a white pelt but pigmented eyes, skin and paws. Thirteen white lions thrive in the Greater Timbavati Region, South Africa, the highest population of the species ever recorded. The birth of the three cubs have been welcomed by conservation groups, including Linda Tucker, founder of the Global White Lion Protection Trust, who famously released seven of the population into the wild. (credit:Barcroft Media)
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Red tint to coastal waters of Dameisha in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Aerial photo showing the red tides, a bloom of bacteria that gives a red tint to coastal on the waters of Dameisha in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province (credit:Rex Features)
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Customers fall to the floor as they grapple for an LED television during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Satoko Miyahara of Japan performs during the womenâs short program of the NHK Trophy figure skating in Osaka, western Japan, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tennis player Andy Murray of Britain throws a tennis ball to stock traders as Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia looks on at the inaugural listing of the IPTL (International Premier Tennis League) at the Philippine Stocks Exchange in the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. The world's top-ranked tennis players, divided into four teams, are here for the IPTL matches which features a new format and a championship prize of $1million dollars. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: A cricket bat with signatures which as been placed as a tribute to Phillip Hughes is seen outside the ground at the WACA on November 28, 2014 in Perth, Australia. Cricket player, Phil Hughes passed away aged 25, as a result of head injuries sustained during the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales at the SCG on Tuesday. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) (credit:Paul Kane via Getty Images)
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Selina Lundberg and Bill Coman survey the damage to a Cessina 172 N Skthawk light aircraft at Archerfield General aviation airfield in Brisbane on November 28, 2014 following a storm which struck the area on November 27. Planes were flipped and roofs ripped off when hail and powerful winds tore through Australia's east coast, leaving a damage bill of more than Aus$100 million (USD85 million) as the army helped clear up on November 28. The storm, which officials said was one of the worst seen in the country and the strongest to hit the city of Brisbane in three decades, rained hailstones the size of tennis balls on cars and buildings late on November 27, flooding streets and injuring 39 people. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HAMILTON (Photo credit should read PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK HAMILTON via Getty Images)
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London Mayor Boris Johnson takes the Singapore underground, the MRT from Marina Bay too meet with Singaporean Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong at Istana, the Presidential Palace.Picture date: Friday November 28, 2014. The Mayor is on a six day tour of the far east where he'll be promoting SME's in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 26: Mickey Rourke during a boxing training in a World Class fitness club on November 26, 2014 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Dmitry Korotaev/Kommersant Photo via Getty Images) (credit:Kommersant Photo via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 27: Macy's opens it's doors at 6pm for Black Friday on November 27, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Hilton Garden Inn) (credit:Andrew Toth via Getty Images)
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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: SACA staff along with two womens cricket teams, SA and ACT, holds a minute of silence before the WNCL game at the Adelaide Oval around the number 408 which was Phil Hughes' test cap number on November 28, 2014 in Adelaide, Australia. Cricket player, Phil Hughes passed away aged 25, as a result of head injuries sustained during the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales at the SCG on Tuesday. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images) (credit:Morne de Klerk via Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: A cricket bat and cap left by a Cricket Victoria player sits in the players tunnel at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as people remember Phillip Hughes by placing their bat and cricket cap out the front of their homes as a sign of respect on November 28, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Cricket player, Phil Hughes passed away aged 25, as a result of head injuries sustained during the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales at the SCG on Tuesday. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: Melbourne Victory supporters pause for moments silence as they pay their respect to Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes during the round eight A-League match between Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United at AAMI Park on November 28, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Cricket player, Phil Hughes passed away aged 25, as a result of head injuries sustained during the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales at the SCG on Tuesday. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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The former Tory Chief Whip lost his libel case against a police officer after the judge ruled that the disgraced MP 'probably' did say the word 'pleb'. (credit:Rex Features)
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Former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell MP addresses the media outside the High Court in London, after judge Mr Justice Mitting ruled that he did call a Downing Street police officer a "pleb". (credit:Philip Toscano/PA Wire)
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Kim Jong Un giving field guidance to the Korean April 26 Cartoon Film Studio, Pyongyang, North Korea (credit:Rex Features)
Tributes At Lords To Phil Hughes Who Died Due To Cricket Injuries(24 of28)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 27: Floral tributes for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes are pictured at the Grace Gates at Lord's Cricket Ground on November 27, 2014 in London, England. Australian Cricket player Phil Hughes has died at the age of 25 due to severe head injuries sustained by a bouncer delivery. Hughes was struck by a bouncer delivery during the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the SCG on Tuesday. (Photo by Alex Huckle/Getty Images) (credit:Alex Huckle via Getty Images)
Thanksgiving Day Parade(25 of28)
Police officers ride motorcycles while leading the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Thanksgiving Day Parade(26 of28)
Santa Claus waves at the crowd during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Thanksgiving Day Parade(27 of28)
A Power Ranger balloon cruises along Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan Thanksgiving Day(28 of28)
NATO soldiers have their Thanksgiving Day meals at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. This is the last Thanksgiving cerebration before the U.S. and NATO combat mission ends on Dec. 31 this year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)