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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Sir Ian McKellen and Orlando Bloom (R) attend the World Premiere of 'The Hobbit: The Battle OF The Five Armies' at Odeon Leicester Square on December 1, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: (Back row L-R) James Nesbitt, Billy Boyd, Stephen Fry, Luke Evans, Andy Serkis, John Bell, Martin Freeman (middle row L-R) Manu Bennett, Sylvester McCoy, Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, Sir Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch and Adam Brown (front row L-R) Evangeline Lily, Philippa Boyens, Ryan Gage, Aidan Turner and Jed Brophy attend the World Premiere of 'The Hobbit: The Battle OF The Five Armies' at Odeon Leicester Square on December 1, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/WireImage) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: (Back row L-R) Stephen Fry, Luke Evans, Andy Serkis, Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch (front row L-R) Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lily, Philippa Boyens, Ryan Gage and Aidan Turner attend the World Premiere of 'The Hobbit: The Battle OF The Five Armies' at Odeon Leicester Square on December 1, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/WireImage) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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Evangeline Lilly arriving at The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies World Premiere held at Odeon Leicester Square and Empire IMAX, London (credit:Matt Crossick/Matt Crossick)
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Scottish actor and musician Billy Boyd poses for pictures on the red carpet upon arrival for the world premier of 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' in central London on December 1, 2014. (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Fans dressed as characters from The Hobbit wait on the red carpet for the world premier of 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' in central London on December 1, 2014. (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister David Cameron visits Stonehenge in Wiltshire, as the Government announced a 15bm investment into Britian's roads. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) talks with (left to right) Andrew Page-Dove, regional director for the Highways Agency, Simon Thurley, Director for English Heritage and Dame Helen Ghosh, Director General of the National Trust, during a visit to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, as the Government announced today a £15bm investment into Britian's roads. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Comedian Russell Brand joins residents and supporters from the New Era housing estate in East London as they deliver a petition to 10 Downing Street during a demonstration against US investment company Westbrook's plans to evict 93 families on December 1, 2014 in London, England. The protestors have taken their demonstration to Westbrooks Headquarters in Mayfair and plan to present a petition to the Prime Minister. Westbrook's are said to be planning to evict the tenants, refurbish the estate and re-let the flats at full market value (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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Comedian Russell Brand carries Lois Cox through central London on December 1, 2014, during a march for New Era housing estate residents against plans to evict them. The group marched from the offices of US property investment firm Westbrook to Downing Street to deliver a petition, demanding that residents of the New Era housing estate in East London be allowed to remain in their homes and to keep rent at an affordable price following a sudden massive increase. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Flowers for Ben Pocock, the university student who was onboard the Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight when it crashed in the Ukraine, are carried into St John The Baptist Church, Keynsham, Bristol, where his funeral took place. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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Real Madrid player Gareth Bale receives a new Audi Q7 at the Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid on December 1, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (credit:Carlos Alvarez via Getty Images)
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Miners return from their shift at the Kalinina coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, controlled by pro-Russian rebels on December 1, 2014. Official statistics shows the country needs a million tonnes of anthracite coal per month to feed its power stations. By November 24, only 1.8 million tonnes were left in the reserves. Russia announced it was stopping coal supplies to Ukraine last week, claiming 'force majeure' but offering no explanation. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ERIC FEFERBERG via Getty Images)
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Some of history’s most iconic individuals have been reimagined in a series of photographs envisaging what it would have been like if they were as selfie obsessed as today’s celebs. Commissioned by leading smartphone manufacturer HTC, the unique set of images show Julius Caesar, Emperor Hadrian, Marie Antoinette, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cleopatra and Rasputin in a whole new light – conjuring-up the most famous moments from their lives shot on an HTC Desire EYE smartphone with 13MP front facing camera.--
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson is greeted by school children at Epsom College in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, where he met with staff and officially opened the new school which is linked with Epsom College in Surrey. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) gets ready to lay a wreath at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, on December 1, 2014 in Ankara during his official one-day visit to Turkey. (credit:- via Getty Images)
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These dramatic pictures show the devastation following a car crash involving David Beckham. The snaps, the first to be released from the scene, show the former England captain's Audi left battered, with both airbags deployed. Beckham was involved in the smash after picking his oldest son, Brooklyn, up from football training at the Arsenal training ground, in London Colney, Hertfordshire. David was thought to have hurt his shoulder in the accident, on Saturday (Nov 29) morning though not seriously. (credit:SWNS)
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Tia the Spider Monkey at Chessington World of Adventures Resort is far too excited for Christmas and taking a sneaky peek at her presents
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US pop diva Madonna sits among Malawian children during a visit to the Mkoko Primary School, one of the schools Madonna's Raising Malawi organization has built jointly with US organization BuildOn in th e Kasungu District, Central Malawi, on November 30, 2014. Madonna met Malawi's new president on November 28 after her VIP status was restored in the country where she adopted two children but then fell foul of the former government. Madonna has adopted two children from the country, which officially has more than a million orphans and vulnerable children. (credit:AMOS GUMULIRA via Getty Images)
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These tiny little sugar gliders are lucky to be alive after surviving a cat attack that killed their mother. Somehow the youngsters, who were just a few days old at the time, and the size of jellybeans, survived and were rushed to the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital in Queensland, Australia. Here they have received round-the-clock care and are now several months old. However, the miniscule orphans still have a lot of growing to do and will remain at the hospital for another three months before being released into the wild. At the moment they weigh just 12 grams - about a fifth of the weight of a Mars bar - but will weigh around 230 grams as adults. According to chief vet Dr Michael Pyne the plight of the young joeys is sadly not an unusual one. "These guys [sugar gliders] are nocturnal and cats tend to get at them a bit because the night is when they do their hunting. "In this case a cat has killed the mother and fortunately the people who found them were smart enough to look in the pouch and find the joeys." (credit:REX/Adam Head / Newspix)
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Twenty-five Santas queue up outside a Boots pharmacy on Oxford Street in central London for their winter flu vaccination to help keep them well during the festive season. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday December 1, 2014. New research carried out by Boots shows that one in five people wrongly believe they are too late to protect themselves from flu this winter.
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12,000 Color Runners take part in the 'Happiest 5k on the Planet', turning Dubai Autodrome into a giant rainbow! The Color Run presented by Daman's ActiveLife saw Color Runners walk, run, cartwheel and dance around the 5km fun run course, getting covered in colored powder along the way. They were greeted at the finish line with the biggest and best Finish Festival in town at Dubai Autdrome on November 29, 2014 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images for IMG) (credit:Warren Little via Getty Images)
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History enthusiasts in regimental costumes take part in the reconstruction of the famous Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, on the occasion of its 209th anniversary, near Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, November 29, 2014 (CTK Photo/Igor Zehl) (credit:Igor Zehl/Czech News Agency)
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Save Our Soho protest march, London - Tim Arnold aka The Soho Hobo lead a peaceful march to Madam Jo Jo's which is due to be demolished and developed, a move that locals believe to be another step towards the sterilisation of the West End. (credit:Rex)
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Victorias Secret models pose outside the New Bond Street London flagship store, England.(Tier One) Irina Sharipova, Eniko Mihalik, Bregje Heinen, Grace Mahary, Ieva Laguna, Sigrid Agren, Imaan Hamman, Kasia Struss, Maud Weizen, Magalena Frackowiak and Kate Grigorieva.(Tier Two) Daniela Braga, Yumi Lambert, Izabel Goulart, Barbara Fialho, Taylor Hill, Cindy Bruna, Maria Borges, Constance Jablonski, Blanca Pailla, Devon Windsor, Sui He and Romee Strjid.(Tier Three) Isabeli Fontanta, Josephine Skriver, Jasmine Tookes, Jac Jagaciak, Stella Maxwell, Lais Ribeiro, Sara Sampaio, Kelly Gale, Jacquelyn Jabionski, Martha Hunt, Ming Xi, Shania Shaik(Pavement Level) Joan Smalls, Lily Donaldson, Behati Prinsloo, Karlie Kloss, Doutzen Kroes, Alessandra Ambrosoio, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Elsa Hosk, Jourdan Dunn and Lindsay Ellingson (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters)
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Chinese aids activists hand out condoms in a subway train in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on December 1, 2014. The World Health Organization issued a call to action to China on December 1, 2014 over HIV/AIDS as government figures said nearly half a million people are living with the disease or its precursor, with hundreds of thousands more thought to be undiagnosed. (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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Valencia's Argentinian defender Nicolas Otamnedi (R) reacts next to Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar da Silva Santos Junior during the Spanish league football match Valencia CF vs FC Barcelona at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia on November 30, 2014. (credit:JOSE JORDAN via Getty Images)
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A surfer rides a big wave during a tow-in surfing session at the Praia do Norte or North beach, in Nazare, Portugal, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. A tow-in is a surf technique in which the athlete is towed into a large wave by a partner driving a jet-ski with an attached tow-line. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People walk on a bridge near damaged cars after the river Massane flooded the city of Argeles-sur-Mer, southern France, due to heavy rains on November 30, 2014. AFP PHOTO / RAYMOND ROIG (Photo credit should read RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RAYMOND ROIG via Getty Images)
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David and Victoria Beckham pose for photographers on arrival at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, on Sunday Nov 30, 2014 in Central London. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP) (credit:Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
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Children dressed as "El Chapulin Colorado" and "El Chavo del Ocho" characters, release white doves during the memorial service of Mexican comedian Roberto Gomez Bolanos at the Azteca stadium the in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. The iconic Mexican comedian who also wrote and played the boy television character "El Chavo del Ocho" and "El Chapulin Colorado," defined a generation for millions of Latin American children, died Friday at age 85. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A protester lies on the stairway as police try to remove him and others from a tube station near government headquarters in Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after camping out on the city's streets for more than two months. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An injury protester lies on the ground during a police operation to remove protesters near government headquarters in Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after camping out on the city's streets for more than two months. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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1984 Bhopal gas disaster survivor Akbar Khan, 70, sits inside a steam box as part of their rehabilitation using traditional Ayurvedic treatment at the Sambhavna Trust Clinic in Bhopal on December 1, 2014. The Bhopal industrial disaster, the world's worst industrial disaster in 1984 when gas leaked from a pesticides plant owned by the US multinational Union Carbide, killed about 4,000 people on the night of December 3, 1984. The death toll over the next few years rose to 15,000, according to government estimates. Thirty years later, many of those who were exposed to the gas have given birth to physically and mentally disabled children. For decades, survivors have been fighting to have the site cleaned up, but they say the efforts were slowed when Michigan-based Dow Chemical took over Union Carbide in 2001. AFP PHOTO/ INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:INDRANIL MUKHERJEE via Getty Images)
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A diver in a Santa Claus costume swims near a whale shark in a large fish tank called 'Pacific Ocean' at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka on December 1, 2014. The performance is part of a series of Christmas themed events lasting a month. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 01: Australian cricket legend Shane Warne shows Triple M radio host and Collingwood Magpies President Eddie McGuire after injuring a finger when bowling in the nets during the Luke Batty Memorial at Tyabb Football Netball Club on December 1, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. In February this year Batty was killed while playing cricket in the nets with his father. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) (credit:Michael Dodge via Getty Images)
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Model Naomi Campbell poses on arrival at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, on Sunday, Nov 30, 2014, in Central London. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP) (credit:Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
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Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge arriving at the 60th Evening Standard Theatre Awards, The Palladium Theatre, London. (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 30: Sir Ian McKellen (L) and Kim Cattrall attend a champagne reception at the 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the London Palladium on November 30, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch arrive at the 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the London Palladium in central London. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 30: (L to R) Helen McCrory, Vanessa Kirby and Gillian Anderson attend a champagne reception at the 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the London Palladium on November 30, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)