Models pose backdropped by a painting at the opening of an exhibition in Bucharest, Romania.
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Ajinkya Rahane raises his bat and looks heavenwards after scoring a century against South Africa, on the second day of the fourth test match between the two countries, in New Delhi.
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First lady Michelle Obama with Miss Piggy, left, read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas for children on stage during the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at the Ellipse in Washington
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready shortly before a launch attempt was scrubbed due to poor weather conditions on launch complex 41at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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A man walks in front of the illuminated Christmas tree set up for the Christmas season at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
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A F/A-18 Hornet lands aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, during a visit by Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at an undisclosed position in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily.
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Members of several Afghan families try to warm up next to a bonfire outside a processing center in Moria village on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos.
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People wade through flood waters in rain-hit Chennai.
