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Snow covered ice is seen on the Hudson River outside of Pier 92 and 94 in New York City on February 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY via Getty Images)
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An officer carries a baby as migrants disembark from a tug boat after being rescued in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, southern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. With Libya's security rapidly deteriorating, the number of migrants who set out in smugglers boats from Libyan shores toward Italy has surged. (AP Photo/Francesco Malavolta) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A plow removes snow from the White House driveway after a winter storm, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Washington. The season's first major snow storm to blast large parts of the South dropped up to 8 inches of snow around the Washington area. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Baby gorilla Diara explores its enclosure at the Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Diara was born in March 2014. (credit:AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 17: A disabled model in wheelchair takes catwalk at New York Fashion Week on February 17, 2015 in New York, United States. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Thousands of visitors at the Coca-Cola London Eye were surprised and delighted today as they stepped inside a bespoke ‘happiness capsule’. Passengers were whisked away to enjoy breathtaking views of London from a tropical beach, a quintessential English garden and a warm and cosy living room. Capsules at the iconic London landmark underwent an overnight transformation into little havens of happiness designed to provide a welcome escape from winter and bring an extra special spark of happiness to London’s South Bank.
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A woman walks on the street as the snow storm hits in Turkey's Sakarya province on February 17, 2015. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A woman takes a picture of a full body plastinate of a female person at the 'Menschen Museum' (Human Being Museum) by plastinator Gunter von Hagens on the eve of the opening in Berlin, on February 17, 2015. (credit:JOHN MACDOUGALL via Getty Images)
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Media team members flip pancakes during a photo-op prior to the 2015 Parliamentary Pancake Race, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. The race saw Lords, MPs and members of the parliamentary press corps racing to raise awareness of the need to support disable people, according to the organizers. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (credit:Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)
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Media team competitor Robbie Gibb, foreground, competes with MP Nick de Bois, as they race during the 2015 Parliamentary Pancake Race, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. The race saw Lords, MPs and members of the parliamentary press corps racing to raise awareness of the need to support disable people, according to the organizers. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (credit:Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)
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The aurora borealis, or the northern lights as they are commonly known at Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Staff members from New Zealand's Department of Conservation secure dead pilot whales on a remote beach at Farewell Spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island on February 17, 2015 after they beached themselves on February 13. Staff members of the country's Department of Conservation were securing the whales to stop them from floating back out to sea and landing on other beaches. More than 100 pilot whales that stranded on the New Zealand beach died, conservation officials said on February 14, with volunteers trying to rescue others from the pod. AFP PHOTO / MARTY MELVILLE (Photo credit should read Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARTY MELVILLE via Getty Images)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 16: Actress Keira Knightley attends The New York Times' TimesTalk & TIFF In Los Angeles Presents 'The Immitation Game' at The Paley Center for Media on February 16, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) (credit:Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 16: Actress Keira Knightley attends The New York Times' TimesTalk & TIFF In Los Angeles Presents 'The Immitation Game' at The Paley Center for Media on February 16, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) (credit:Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 14: Fireworks explode at Cibeles Square at the end of the carnival parade on February 14, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. The carnival, which is believed to come from pagan festivals during the middle ages, takes place across Spain before Lent. This years Madrid's Carnival theme will be the novel 'Don Quijote de la Mancha' (Don Quixote) written by Miguel de Cervantes. The festival was forbidden for 44 years in Madrid during Franco's dictatorship. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) (credit:Pablo Blazquez Dominguez via Getty Images)
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A fire fighter fights a fire on the lower part of Table Mountain near a residential area in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The wildfire broke out near to Cape Town's central business district. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Hundreds of people gather for a vigil near the cultural club in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The slain gunman behind two deadly shooting attacks in Copenhagen was released from jail just two weeks ago and might have become radicalized there last summer, a source close to the Danish terror investigation told The Associated Press on Monday. The prime ministers of Denmark and Sweden were expected to join thousands of people at memorials in Copenhagen on Monday evening. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Palestinians take photos of each other as the sun sets over the water of the Mediterranean Sea at fisherman's port in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Model Naomi Campbell walks the runway as the Zac Posen Fall 2015 collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this image released by Starpix, Zac Posen kisses Rihanna at Posen's Fall 2015 show during Fashion Week in New York on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Starpix, Kristina Bumphrey) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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University of Kentucky students Courtney Wiseman, left, and Abby Lerner walk home after studying on campus even as classes were canceled for the day in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Central Kentucky received significant snow accumulations as a winter storm moved through the region on Monday. (AP Photo/David Stephenson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Snow falls at dusk by the White House, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, in Washington. Officials were asking motorists to stay off the roadways Monday evening, and hundreds of plows were out ahead of the expected storm. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Chinese travelers queue up at the main entrance of the Beijing railway station to catch their trains in Beijing, China Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Millions of Chinese are traveling to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 this year which marks the Year of the Sheep on the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A performer from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Bichons Frise named Nurple gives Laura Warman a kiss at the Westminster Kennel Club show in New York, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Ice forms along the shore of the Manhattan side of the East River in New York on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Temperatures in the city were in the single digits on Monday morning. The Manhattan Bridge is in the background. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) (credit:Peter Morgan/AP)
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Revellers participate in the street carnival 'Los Indianos' (the Indians ) in Santa Cruz de la Palma, on the Spanish Canary island of La Palma on February 16, 2015. The over month long event began on January 21 and finishes on March 8 with orchestras playing Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms throughout the festivities that range from elections for the Carnival Queen, the Junior Queen and the Senior Queen, children and adult murgas (satirical street bands), comparsas (dance groups) to performances on the streets. AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN (Photo credit should read DESIREE MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DESIREE MARTIN via Getty Images)
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Revellers participate in the street carnival 'Los Indianos' (the Indians ) in Santa Cruz de la Palma, on the Spanish Canary island of La Palma on February 16, 2015. The over month long event began on January 21 and finishes on March 8 with orchestras playing Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms throughout the festivities that range from elections for the Carnival Queen, the Junior Queen and the Senior Queen, children and adult murgas (satirical street bands), comparsas (dance groups) to performances on the streets. AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN (Photo credit should read DESIREE MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DESIREE MARTIN via Getty Images)
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A dog gets groomed in the benching area at Pier 92 and 94 in New York City on the first day of competition at the 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show February 16, 2015. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is a two-day, all-breed benched show that takes place at both Pier 92 & 94 and at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY via Getty Images)
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In this aerial view taken on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, the construction site of the new Zenit Stadium (among proposed names are Zenit Arena or Gazprom Arena) which will host matches of the 2018 World Cup in St.Petersburg, Russia. The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Local Organising Committee (Russia 2018 LOC) is holding its 5th Management Board meeting with FIFA participation in St.Petersburg. The Boardâs role is to jointly govern the preparations for FIFA World Cup 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Philadelphia firefighters work the scene of an overnight blaze in west Philadelphia Monday Feb. 16, 2015, where ice has formed from the water used to fight the fire. Bone-chilling, single digit temperatures have gripped the region, prompting the closure of all parish and regional Catholic elementary schools in the city of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A performer from the Academicos do Grande Rio samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)