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Pictures of the day 5th Dec
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 04: Singer/songwriter Pharrell Williams Honored On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on December 4, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) (credit:Albert L. Ortega via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 04: Talkshow host Ellen Degeneres and singer/songwriter Pharrell Williams at the Hollywood Walk Of Fame Ceremony honoring Pharrell Williams on December 4, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) (credit:Albert L. Ortega via Getty Images)
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Global superstars and EA SPORTS cover athletes, Leo Messi and Eden Hazard today kick off the holiday season with a friendly game of FIFA 15. Watch as their living rooms come to life and the action unfolds as they go head to head: Messi vs Hazard.
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A soldier of the'1er RPIMA de Bayonne' special forces stands during the visit of French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on December 5, 2014 at the military base of Varces, eastern central France. (credit:JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT via Getty Images)
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Actor George Clooney seen for the first time on the set of "Hail Caesar" dressed as the famous Julius Caesar the roman emperor filming in downtown Los Angeles. (credit:WENN)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - DECEMBER 05: A long camera exposure photographs the Orion team members watching the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASA's Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 on December 5, 2014 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The heavy-lift rocket is prepared for a 7:05 launch tomorrow morning and it will boost the unmanned Orion capsule to an altitude of 3,600 miles, and returning for a splashdown west of Baja California after a four and half hour flight. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images) (credit:Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
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A Delta 4 rocket lifts off from from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 5, 2014 carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on its first test flight. The Orion capsule is on a test flight before carrying people to deep space destinations like Mars in the coming years. The launch is the first in more than 40 years of a US spacecraft intended to carry humans beyond the Moon. AFP PHOTO/Bruce WEAVER (Photo credit should read BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BRUCE WEAVER via Getty Images)
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket, with NASA’s Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 at at 7:05 a.m. EST, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Florida. The Orion spacecraft will orbit Earth twice, reaching an altitude of approximately 3,600 miles above Earth before landing in the Pacific Ocean. No one is aboard Orion for this flight test, but the spacecraft is designed to allow us to journey to destinations never before visited by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. (credit:NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Parcels are prepared for dispatch at Amazon's warehouse on December 5, 2014 in Hemel Hempstead, England. In the lead up to Christmas, Amazon is experiencing the busiest time of the year. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 5: A wreath-laying ceremony is held in front of the Mandela's Statue in Pretoria during the first anniversary of former President and Nobel peace laureate Nelson Mandela's death on December 5,2014. A large number of activities are lined up for the national event, which aims to bring back to public memory a world-revered icon. Mandela, who died on December 5 of last year, is venerated by South Africans as the father of their nation. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 04: Hundreds of protestors gather at Foley Square in New York, United States on December 04, 2014. Security forces detain some protestors during the demonstration. A Staten Island grand jury voted against criminal charges for New York City Police a white police officer Daniel Pantaleo who was accused of using a chokehold during an arrest of Eric Garner. (Photo by Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Protestors occupy Herald Square during march Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in New York, against a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of Garner, an unarmed black man, who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, a lawyer for the victim's family said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An afternoon storm moves across Sydney, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (credit:AAP Image/ Nikki Short)
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An afternoon storm moves across Sydney, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (credit:AAP Image/ Nikki Short)
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A man walks by a mural of former South African President Nelson Mandela painted on the wall of a building during his first dead anniversary in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. Mandela died on Dec. 5 last year at the age of 95 after a long illness (credit:AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
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President Barack Obama greets Santa on stage during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Michael Baxter displays his Simpsons cartoon tattoo's at the Australian Tattoo and Body Art Expo at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. Featuring 203 characters by tattoo artist Jade Baxter-Smith the body art took 130 hours and 15 sittings. The grandfather whose favourite Simpsons character is Homer Simpson hopes his collection will win him a Guinness World Record for most cartoon characters tattoed on the body. (credit:AAP Image/Julian Smith)
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People pose for pictures in front one of the five 7m high illuminated white rabbits which make up Intrude by artist Amanda Parer at the Southbank Centre in London, England, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. They were unveiled to launch the Southbank Centre's Winter Festival. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (credit:Tim Ireland/AP)
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Decorations at the top of the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square after the lighting ceremony in London, England, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. The tree, a gift to the people of London from the people of Norway, has been given by the Norwegian capital Oslo since 1947, as a token of gratitude for Britain's support during World War II. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Christmas tree shines in Trafalgar Square after the lighting ceremony in London, England, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. The tree, a gift to the people of London from the people of Norway, has been given by the Norwegian capital Oslo since 1947, as a token of gratitude for Britain's support during World War II. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tabitha, six, (surname not given) from Sussex chooses her lantern for the Kew Gardens Wild Lantern Festival at Wakehurst Place in Sussex, a four day event at the 500 acre country estate which also contains Britain's tallest Christmas tree. (credit:Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)
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Director Peter Jackson poses for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film The Hobbit, The Battle of the Five Armies, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) (credit:Francois Mori/AP)
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English actor Christian Bale and his wife Sibi Blazic pose for photographers during the premiere of the film 'Exodus' in Madrid, on Thursday Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Abraham Caro Marin) (credit:Abraham Caro Marin/AP)
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British model Kate Moss poses at the opening of the Longchamp store in Paris, France, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (credit:Jacques Brinon/AP)
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Pharrell Williams at the Pharrell Williams Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, USA. (credit:Tammie Arroyo/AFF)
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Ellen DeGeneres and Pharrell Williams at the Pharrell Williams Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, USA. (credit:Tammie Arroyo/AFF)
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Ian McKellen during filming of the Graham Norton Show at the London Studios, in central London. (credit:Ian West/PA Wire)
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Ian McKellen (left), Graham Norton (top) and One Direction during filming of the Graham Norton Show at the London Studios, in central London. (credit:Ian West/PA Wire)
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A Canadian wolf sits in his compound in the zoo in Berlin, Germany, 04 December 2014. Photo: Tim Brakemeier/dpa (credit:Tim Brakemeier/DPA)
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The cast of "Annie" poses, from left, Bobby Cannavale, Quvenzhané Wallis, Marty the dog, Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx during a photo call at the Crosby Hotel on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla of Arsenal attend the opening of a new Arsenal Funded Facility at the Centerpoint Headquarters on December 4, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) (credit:David Price via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla of Arsenal attend the opening of a new Arsenal Funded Facility at the Centerpoint Headquarters on December 4, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) (credit:David Price via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 04: Protesters march through a McDonalds demanding a raise on the minimum wage to $15 per hour on December 4, 2014 in New York, United States. The movement, driven largely by fast food workers, has risen in prominence in the past year; today's protests were also joined by demonstrators angry at the Grand jury verdict to not indict the police officer who killed Eric Garner in July, 2014. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)