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Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone attend a celebration dinner in honor of 'Birdman', New York, America - 05 Jan 2015 (credit:Rex)
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Samantha Faiers attends a photocall to launch her new website 'Celebrity Training with Samantha Faiers' at The Worx Studio's on January 6, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage) (credit:Mike Marsland via Getty Images)
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Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a bigger and sharper photograph of the iconic Eagle Nebula's "Pillars of Creation" (right); the original 1995 Hubble image is shown at left. (credit:NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)/J. Hester, P. Scowen (Arizona State U.))
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A rare lunar halo is seen surrounding the moon in the skies over Saltburn in Cleveland. The halos are a sign of high thin cirrus clouds drifting 20,000 feet or more in the sky. These clouds contain millions of tiny ice crystals and the halos you see are caused by both refraction, or splitting of light, and also by reflection, or glints of light from these ice crystals. (credit:Rex Features)
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A rare lunar halo is seen surrounding the moon in the skies over Saltburn in Cleveland. The halos are a sign of high thin cirrus clouds drifting 20,000 feet or more in the sky. These clouds contain millions of tiny ice crystals and the halos you see are caused by both refraction, or splitting of light, and also by reflection, or glints of light from these ice crystals. (credit:Rex Features)
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Zahra, the two-week-old baby Rothschild Giraffe and her mother Aiofe, takes its first steps outside at Chester Zoo. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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A Mercedes-Benz F 015 autonomous driving automobile is displayed at the Mercedes-Benz press event at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for the 2015 International CES on January 5, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 6-9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) (credit:David Becker via Getty Images)
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Remains of seats from the AirAsia flight QZ8501 crash displayed at the Royal Malaysian Navy KD Kasturi at Port of Kumai on January 6, 2015 in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia. A massive recovery operation is underway in waters off Borneo to recover bodies and debris from the missing AirAsia plane. AirAsia announced that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board, lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 a.m. local time on December 28. (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images) (credit:Oscar Siagian via Getty Images)
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Patrick and Jason Kennedy-Whann kiss after they said their wedding vows during a group wedding Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 in Delray Beach, Fla. Florida's ban on same-sex marriage ended statewide at the stroke of midnight Monday, Jan. 5, and court clerks in some Florida counties wasted no time, issuing marriage licenses overnight to same-sex couples. But they still were beaten to the punch by a Miami judge who found no need to wait until the statewide ban expired. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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John and Shel Goldstein kiss after they were married in a group wedding Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Delray Beach, Fla. Florida's ban on same-sex marriage ended statewide at the stroke of midnight Monday, Jan. 5, and court clerks in some Florida counties wasted no time, issuing marriage licenses overnight to same-sex couples. But they still were beaten to the punch by a Miami judge who found no need to wait until the statewide ban expired. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Keeper Malanie Harth (L) hands over a koala to top Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori (R) during a photo opportunity on the sidelines of day three of the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane on January 6, 2015. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHANIMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JANUARY 06: Electronic bracelet of Russian political opposition leader Aleksei Navalny was cut off by him during his house arrest, in Moscow, Russia on January 06, 2015. Navalny cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet to protest what he called his 'illegal detention. Along with his statement, Mr. Navalny posted a photograph of the monitoring bracelet, which he noted required some effort to remove but was ultimately clipped with kitchen scissors. He was convicted last week of fraud and given a suspended sentence of 3 ½ years. However, he was kept under house arrest pending appeal of the conviction. (Photo by Aleksei Navalny Blog/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A drummer wades in the icy winter waters of the Tundzha river in the town of Kalofer during Epiphany Day celebrations on January 6, 2015. As a tradition, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy through the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIMITAR DILKOFF via Getty Images)
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Bulgarians wade in the icy winter waters of the Tundzha river in the town of Kalofer as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations on January 6, 2015. As a tradition, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy through the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIMITAR DILKOFF via Getty Images)
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Men dance in the icy winter waters of the Tundzha river in the town of Kalofer as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations on January 6, 2015. As a tradition, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy through the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters. (credit:DIMITAR DILKOFF via Getty Images)
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A dog called Snowball rescued from a dog meat farm in South Korea settles into the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria shelter January 5, 2015. A total of 23 dogs destined to be killed for human consumption in South Korea are being imported into the United States this week to be put up for adoption as pets, in the first such dog rescue of its kind. (credit:ROBERT MACPHERSON via Getty Images)
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David Warner of Australia touches the tribute to the late Philip Hughes as he walks out to bat during day one of the Fourth Test match between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 6, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse - CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images) (credit:Ryan Pierse - CA via Getty Images)
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A couple rest in the heat of the day in Sydney on January 6, 2015. Australia experienced its third-hottest year on record in 2014, paving the way for an early start to the bushfire season, scientists said on January 6 as hundreds of firefighters battled blazes in three states. AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PETER PARKS via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Australian cricket fans play with a 'snake' made out of plastic cups during day one of the Fourth Test match between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 6, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Munoz via Getty Images)
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Members of the Edo (Tokyo) Firemanship Preservation Association wearing traditional Japanese firefighting uniform perform ladder stunts during the Tokyo Fire Department's new year fire review in Tokyo on January 6, 2015. About 2,700 firefighters, including members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association, participated in the annual new year fire exercises. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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Virgin Holidays and Paul McKenna have launched the world’s first Holiday Hypnosis service, giving Britain’s hungover workforce the chance to get the mojo-restoring feeling of a two-week holiday in just 20 minutes as they reluctantly recover from the Christmas festivities. World-renowned hypnotist McKenna will deliver bespoke one-on-one Holiday Hypnosis sessions in a sleek ‘hypno–pod’ at House of Fraser Bluewater on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th January. The legendary hypnotherapist and self-improvement coach will put shoppers and workers ‘under his spell’ before leaving them with the flaunt-worthy feeling that only a two-week break can bring.
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Visitors look at snow sculptures during the 16th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on January 5, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRED DUFOUR via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen stand near armored vehicles during a ceremony with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to mark the delivery of more than 100 pieces of military equipment to the Ukrainian armed forces, near Zhitomir, Ukraine, Jan. 5, 2015. (credit:Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
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A crew member of Indonesian Navy ship KRI Bung Tomo holds a piece of the window panel of AirAsia Flight 8501 recovered in search operations for the ill-fated jetliner, during a press conference at the Navy's Eastern Fleet Naval Base in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. The Singapore-bound plane crashed into the Java Sea 42 minutes after taking off on Dec. 28. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man walks near the April 25th bridge by the Tagus riverbank in Lisbon on a foggy morning, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Chancellor George Osborne (centre) speaks during the Conservative press conference with (from left) Sajid Javid, Culture Secretary, Nicky Morgan, Education Secretary and Minister for Women, Theresa May, Home Secretary, William Hague and First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons, and Equalities at Altitude 360, London. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
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The new James Bond movie 'Spectre' location filming in Lake Altaussee, Styria, Salzkammergut, Austria (credit:Rex Features)
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Penguins swim in their pool during the annual stock take at London Zoo, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Caring for more than 750 different species, London Zoo keepers started the New Year with the task of counting every single animal. With three Sumatran tiger cubs adding vital numbers to the European conservation breeding programme, the birth of six critically-endangered Philippine crocodiles and the arrival of nine Humboldt penguin chicks, all of the new additions will be added to the records. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)