• Members of a mountain climbing club, clad in Santa Claus costumes, stage a performance during a ceremony launching the Salvation Army's charity pot campaign in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
    Members of a mountain climbing club, clad in Santa Claus costumes, stage a performance during a ceremony launching the Salvation Army's charity pot campaign in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
  • Aerial view of the bivouac on the eve of the start of the 2nd Half Marathon of Sables Ica Desert - Peru in Paracas. AFP
    Aerial view of the bivouac on the eve of the start of the 2nd Half Marathon of Sables Ica Desert - Peru in Paracas. AFP
  • Runners return as the day draws to a close at Fairyhouse Racecourse in Ratoath, Ireland. Getty
    Runners return as the day draws to a close at Fairyhouse Racecourse in Ratoath, Ireland. Getty
  • Members of the Berlin Santa Claus Headquarters attend a Santa Claus assembly at the Friedrichsfelde Palace in Berlin, Germany. EPA
    Members of the Berlin Santa Claus Headquarters attend a Santa Claus assembly at the Friedrichsfelde Palace in Berlin, Germany. EPA
  • Belarusian ballet dancers perform a scene of the ballet 'Orr and Ora. People and Birds' at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus. EPA
    Belarusian ballet dancers perform a scene of the ballet 'Orr and Ora. People and Birds' at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus. EPA
  • President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his wife Beatriz Gutierrez Muller address the public during the presentation of the First Government Report in the Zocalo of Mexico City. EPA
    President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his wife Beatriz Gutierrez Muller address the public during the presentation of the First Government Report in the Zocalo of Mexico City. EPA
  • A young boy is silhouetted while swimming in a glass bottom pool 60 metres above street level, at a condo tower in Vancouver, British Columbia. AP
    A young boy is silhouetted while swimming in a glass bottom pool 60 metres above street level, at a condo tower in Vancouver, British Columbia. AP
  • An enthusiast of winter swimming takes a dip in icy water, with buildings of Chinese border city Heihe seen in the background across the frozen Amur River in Blagoveshchensk, Russia. Reuters
    An enthusiast of winter swimming takes a dip in icy water, with buildings of Chinese border city Heihe seen in the background across the frozen Amur River in Blagoveshchensk, Russia. Reuters
  • Sikh devotees pay respect on the occasion of the martyrdom day of the 9th Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP
    Sikh devotees pay respect on the occasion of the martyrdom day of the 9th Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP
  • People help a first aid volunteer climb a noise barrier to avoid police following a pro-democracy march from the Tsim Sha Tsui district to Hung Hom in Hong Kong. AFP
    People help a first aid volunteer climb a noise barrier to avoid police following a pro-democracy march from the Tsim Sha Tsui district to Hung Hom in Hong Kong. AFP

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