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Bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base before the Spring Festival travel rush kicks off ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. Reuters -
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People shout slogans during a nationwide strike against the government's refusal to raise wages in Tunis, Tunisia. Reuters -
Maria Sharapova of Russia in action against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during their women's singles match on day five of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne. EPA -
An aerial view shows a tent settlement housing Syrian refugees in Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley. Lebanon. AFP -
A restorater works on a gilded bronze statue of the Friendship of Nations fountain in Moscow, Russia. AFP -
Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi vies with a member of Levante UD at the Camp Nou stadium in Spain. AFP -
Russian Kamaz truck co-driver Evgenii Iakovle is congratulated by staff members after winning the Dakar Rally 2019, at the end of the last stage between Pisco and Lima, in Pisco Peru. AFP
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