• A man pulls a child sitting in a box on a frozen river in Beijing. AFP
    A man pulls a child sitting in a box on a frozen river in Beijing. AFP
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    Flowers in a field at the Sa Dec flower village in southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta region. AFP
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    Members of the Emergency Services, wearing face mask coverings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work to evacuate Care Home residents and workers after they became stranded by flood water, in Northwich, northwest England. AFP
  • An employee wearing a protective face mask inspects mining rigs mining the Ethereum and Zilliqa cryptocurrencies at the Evobits crypto farm in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Bloomberg
    An employee wearing a protective face mask inspects mining rigs mining the Ethereum and Zilliqa cryptocurrencies at the Evobits crypto farm in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Bloomberg
  • Supporters of Islamic political party Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam hold party flags and a Turkish and Pakistani flag as they shout slogans during a protest against Israel in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
    Supporters of Islamic political party Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam hold party flags and a Turkish and Pakistani flag as they shout slogans during a protest against Israel in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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    People watch the sunrise in Tynemouth, England. PA via AP
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    German Johannes Kuehn trains at the shooting range prior to compete in the IBU Biathlon World Cup Men's 20 km Individual Competition in Antholz-Anterselva, Italian Alps. AFP

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