Lacock, Britain — People stop to look at the illuminated cloisters of Lacock Abbey, part of a new installation called "Into the Light." The historic abbey, used to film scenes in the Harry Potter movies, will for two weeks be the site of illuminations and special-effects lighting set up by the National Trust.

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Berlin — A model works during look rehearsals for the C'est show at Fashion Week. Look rehearsals are used to prepare the styling of the models for the fashion shows.

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Woking, Britain — A staff member holds butterflies at The Glasshouse at Wisley Gardens. Rare and exotic butterflies have been placed in the facility for visitors to enjoy until Feb.24.

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London — Members of the media talk to artist Paul Emsley, center right, in front of his newly commissioned painting of the Duchess of Cambridge, on display at the National Portrait Gallery.

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Paris — A man puts candles in front of the Kurdish Institute, adding to a makeshift memorial a day after three female Kurdish activists were shot and killed.

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Wernigerode, Germany — The date is written in freshly fallen snow.

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Tokyo — Female tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos smile as they visit the Meiji Shrine to attend a purification ceremony to celebrate Coming of Age Day. Young people turning 20 are officially recognized as adults in Japan.

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Onslow, Australia — A dust storm ahead of a cyclone approaches the western Australian coast.

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Nis, Serbia — Bratislav Jovanovic, 43, enters a tomb he uses as shelter during the winter. Jovanovic has been homeless for nearly 20 years, since his house was burned down in a fire, and has lived in the tomb for the last 15 years.

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Suchit-Garh, India — Indian Border Security Force troops patrol along the border with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region.

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Fallujah, Iraq — Sunni protesters against the Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki chant slogans during a demonstration.

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Islamabad, Pakistan — Demonstrators hold banners and candles during a protest to condemn deadly bombings in Quetta.

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Anchorage — Anchorage Fire Department Engineer Pat O'Shea carries a cat rescued from a burned apartment building.

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St. Petersburg, Russia — A woman pauses at the memorial to late Apple Corp. co-founder Steve Jobs at the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies.

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Caracas, Venezuela — A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez takes part in a rally in Caracas. Hundreds gathered outside his presidential palace in an alternative inauguration, showing their support for the ailing leader.

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti — A woman walks past buildings damaged by the 2010 earthquake in downtown Port-au-Prince. Governments around the world have spent about half of the $5.3 billion pledged for reconstruction in Haiti.

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Jerusalem — Snow falls as an ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Balata, West Bank — Members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group loyal to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, await a march in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank. The men were protesting a recent campaign by Abbas to disarm renegade gunmen.

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Banda Aceh, Indonesia — Acehnese women wear traditional costumes during a cultural event. Aceh province -- on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, one of the five biggest islands in Indonesia -- is the only region to implement Islamic sharia law as a positive law in Indonesia.

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Allahabad, India — A Hindu holy man dances to Indian traditional drums during a religious procession towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Maha Kumbh festival.

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Hyderabad, India — Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress participate in a candlelight vigil in Hyderabad, India, against the alleged human rights violations by the Chinese authorities in Tibet.

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Paris — Members of the Kurdish community in demonstrate in front of Paris' Centre for Information on Kurdistan. French police are investigating the slayings of three Kurdish female activists, who were found dead in the early hours of Thursday at a community center in Paris.

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Kibusu, Kenya — A man is consoled after seeing the bodies of relatives following an overnight attack on the village of Kibusu in Kenya's Tana River delta region. At least 10 people were killed and several wounded in a retaliatory dawn raid, the latest violence to flare up in an area where scores died in clashes last year, the Kenya Red Cross said.

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De Doorns, South Africa — Members of the South African Police Services fire rubber bullets at striking farm workers during violent clashes in de Doorns, about 85 miles north of Cape Town. The protesters said they they will not return to work on the fruit-growing region's farms until they receive a minimum daily wage that would be equal to $17 U.S., which is about double what they currently earn.

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Washington — A protestor in a prison jump suit and blackout hood appeals for the closure of the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, outside the U.S. Supreme Court. This week marks the 11th anniversary of the opening of the prison.

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Calcutta, India — An Indian monk smokes at a temporary camp for Hindus headed with other pilgrims to Sagar Island for the annual Gangasagar festival, where they will take a ritual bath in the waters of the Ganges River where it empties into the Bay of Bengal.

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Arequipa, Peru — Italy's Alessandro Botturi competes during Stage 4 of the Dakar 2013 motorcycle race between Nazca and Arequipa in Peru. The rally, which began Saturday, winds through Peru, Argentina and Chile before ending Jan. 20. .

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Giglio, Italy — A photographer sets up a shot of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that is still lying aground after tipping over almost a year ago off the Italian island of Giglio. Work continues to extricate the ship after the wreck that left 32 people dead.

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Seville, Spain — Classical dancers of the Latvian National Ballet perform "Giselle" at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville.

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Bernbeuren, Germany — Tourists watch the sun set behind the Alps from Auerberg Mountain in southern Germany.

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Manila, Philippines — Devotees mob the image of the Black Nazarene during an annual procession in Manila that drew sometimes rowdy crowds, leading to injuries to at least 120 people, The Black Nazarene is said to have been brought to the Philippines by a Spanish priest from Mexico in 1606.

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Pyeongchang, South Korea — South Korean special forces soldiers embrace the frigid conditions as part of a winter drill.

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Yongin, South Korea — A polar bear is fed by a zookeeper at the Everland amusement park.

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New Delhi — Supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janta Party scuffle with police while protesting against Pakistan over an attack on an Indian army patrol in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir that killed two soldiers and left their bodies mutilated.

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Kabatyeh, West Bank — Palestinians cross the remains of a flood-ravaged road after heavy rains in the area, the fiercest storm in a decade according to one official, claimed the lives of two West Bank women who drowned after their car was caught in a flash flood.

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Abidjan, Ivory Coast — Relatives of people killed in a New Year's stampede weep during a funeral ceremony at the Treichville morgue in Abidjan. The official death toll was placed at 63 in the stampede, which broke out among crowds returning from a fireworks display.

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Durban, South Africa — Members of the Kwazulu Natal Burundian Drummers perform during the opening parade launching the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament, which will begin Jan. 19.

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Dunalley, Australia — The Holmes family takes refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley. The family credits God with their survival from the fire that destroyed about 90 homes in the town.

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Durham, N.C. — Duke fans yell as Clemson's K.J. McDaniels inbounds the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game.

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Belfast, Northern Ireland — Police came under attack for the fifth straight night as unionists protested against the City Council's decision to reduce the number of days on which it displays the British flag.

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Milan, Italy — A woman begs for money amid passersby. Unemployment in the 17 EU countries that use the euro rose to 11.8% in November, as the number of jobless people in the region rose to 18.8 million, the highest figure since the single currency was founded in 1999.

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Giglio, Italy — The Costa Concordia cruise ship lays aground near the port of the Italian island of Giglio. On Jan. 13, 2012, the giant Italian ship ran aground near a Tuscan island and pitched, leaving 32 people dead.

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Oberhausen, German — A ray swims in an aquarium while a child touches the glass pane. Schoolchildren help count the residents of the different aquariums during an annual stocktaking.

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Istanbul, Turkey — Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey's commercial hub, a city of 15 million, disrupting air traffic and land transport.

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Kiev, Ukraine — People take pictures near real ice-covered flowers during the exhibition "Flowers of the Snow Queen."

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Prague, Czech Republic — Classical music composer and presidential candidate Vladimir Franz answers journalists' questions after a rehearsal of his opera "War With the Newts" at the State Opera in Prague. The first Czech direct presidential election will be held Friday and Saturday.

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Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan journalists and well wishers light candles in front of a photograph of slain editor Lasantha Wickrematunge in the capital,on the fourth anniversary of his death. International media rights groups criticized Sri Lanka for failing to identify the assassins of Wickrematunge, an anti-establishment editor.

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New Delhi — An underprivileged Indian boy puts on a cap while attending a free school in the open on a cold morning. More than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures.

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Wandandian, Australia — Wearing protective clothing, a firefighter is almost surrounded by red hot flames as he protects a property affected by the Dean's Gully fire near the town of Wandandian. No properties have been lost in the Dean's Gully fire, apart from some farm sheds, which continues to burn out of control.

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Manila — Filipino devotees of the Black Nazarene watch a fire eater performing as they wait for the procession outside the Quiapo church. Devotees from different parishes and provinces are already beginning preparations for the feast of the Black Nazarene, which millions of Filipinos are expected to attend barefoot. The Black Nazarene is a life-sized, dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ brought by a priest from Mexico in 1606 and believed to have miraculous healing powers.

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Lviv, Ukraine — Ukrainians sing Christmas carols as they carry decorated stars of Bethlehem during a parade. Ukrainians celebrate the Orthodox Christmas Day according to the old Julian calendar on Jan. 7.

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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Bosnian Orthodox Serbs light candles to honor deceased relatives.

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Tbilisi, Georgia — A ceremony marks the Orthodox Christmas.

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Brunnen, Switzerland — A child is entertained at a carnival.

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Madrid, Spain — National health workers protest austerity measures.

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Duisburg, Germany — A giraffe eyes an unfamiliar species at the zoo.

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Vatican City — Pope Benedict XVI delivers his annual state of the world address.

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Accra, Ghana — Supporters cheer the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama, who won a closely fought election in December.

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Gaza City — A Palestinian boy finds an inventive way to battle the weather.

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Harbin, China — Visitors walk among large ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.

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Istanbul, Turkey — Heavy snow fell on the city.

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Allahabad, India — An Indian woman warms herself around a bonfire at Sangam. More than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures.

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Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia — The Plosky Tolbachnik volcano erupts for the first time since 1976.

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