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  • Giraffes enjoy Christmas-themed treats at Taronga Zoo, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Taronga Zoo / EPA
    Giraffes enjoy Christmas-themed treats at Taronga Zoo, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Taronga Zoo / EPA
  • A man walks in front of a Soyuz rocket installed as a monument in Baikonur city, near the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome. The temperature in Baikonur falls to 11 degrees below zero, but due to wind and humidity it feels more like -18 degrees. Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
    A man walks in front of a Soyuz rocket installed as a monument in Baikonur city, near the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome. The temperature in Baikonur falls to 11 degrees below zero, but due to wind and humidity it feels more like -18 degrees. Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
  • Dark clouds hang over the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
    Dark clouds hang over the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
  • Robots from team Australia (yellow) and Iran (blue) play football after the opening ceremony of the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. More than 1,000 students from 25 countries with more than 130 team will participate in the four-day contest of the region's first robot competition, the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017. The event is held to encourage global robotics research and development. Narong Sangnak / EPA
    Robots from team Australia (yellow) and Iran (blue) play football after the opening ceremony of the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. More than 1,000 students from 25 countries with more than 130 team will participate in the four-day contest of the region's first robot competition, the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017. The event is held to encourage global robotics research and development. Narong Sangnak / EPA
  • Hindu saints stand in a queue to casts their votes at a polling station during the last phase of Gujarat state assembly election on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
    Hindu saints stand in a queue to casts their votes at a polling station during the last phase of Gujarat state assembly election on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • Taiwanese military manoeuvre during the Helicopter Landing Training and All-Out Defense Demonstration in Taipei, Taiwan. Ritchie Tongo / EPA
    Taiwanese military manoeuvre during the Helicopter Landing Training and All-Out Defense Demonstration in Taipei, Taiwan. Ritchie Tongo / EPA
  • The Copa Sudamericana Final between Brazil's Flamengo and Argentina's Independiente at the Maracana stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Independiente's players celebrate with the Copa Sudamericana trophy. Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
    The Copa Sudamericana Final between Brazil's Flamengo and Argentina's Independiente at the Maracana stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Independiente's players celebrate with the Copa Sudamericana trophy. Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
  • Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives to the basket between New Orleans Pelicans centre DeMarcus Cousins (0) and forward Anthony Davis (23) in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans. The Pelicans won 115-108. Gerald Herbert / AP Photo
    Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives to the basket between New Orleans Pelicans centre DeMarcus Cousins (0) and forward Anthony Davis (23) in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans. The Pelicans won 115-108. Gerald Herbert / AP Photo