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A Rohingya girl reacts to the camera as she applies makeup in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters -
The 'Vestas 11th Hour Racing' high-speed endurance sailing boat in action at sea in international waters during the Volvo Ocean Race, Hong Kong. Amory Ross / Volvo Ocean Race -
Students wear the face masks and attire of Indian scholar monk Swami Vivekananda at a rally on occasion to mark his birth anniversary in Chennai. Arun Sankar / AFP Photo -
Members of media photograph the Ohio Clock as it strikes midnight outside the senate chamber at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Zach Gibson / Bloomberg -
Alexander Zverev of Germany in action against Hyeon Chung of South Korea during their third round match on day six of the Australian Open tennis tournament, in Melbourne. Tracey Nearmy / EPA -
Riders compete past Aldinga Beach during stage five of the 2018 Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia. Daniel Kalisz / Getty Images -
A Palestinian refugee couple warm themselves by a fire near their house during a cold weather in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA -
Female students of the Kokugakuin University who'll be turning 20 years old in 2018, wear kimonos dress as they participate in a thousand-year-old "coming of age" ceremony in Tokyo. Koji Sasahara / AP Photo
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