China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping is directed as he prepares to greet a panel of foreign experts prior to a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 5, 2012
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Actors dressed as (L-R) Joseph and the Three Wise Men, part of a live-human nativity scene, stroll past the US Capitol Building after demonstrating outside the nearby Supreme Court in Washington on December 5, 2012. The Christian Defense Coalition gathered with live actors and animals to demonstrate that such displays are protected by the First Amendment. The event was a reaction to other
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Rescuers evacuate a child who survived flooding with her pregnant mother as they cross a river in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on December 6, 2012. Rescuers found a six-month pregnant woman from the other side of a river with her one-year-old son escaping floods that swamped their house after Typhoon Bopha hit land in Compostela Valley
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Firefighters climb down a building during a fire protection drill at a firefighter training base in Chongqing Municipality on December 6, 2012. At least 300 personnel and 30 fire engines participated in the exercise on the day
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Pelicans try to steal fish from a bucket at a fish market in Chorrillos beach in Lima, Peru on December 6, 2012
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Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia perform during the pairs’ short programme at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Sochi on December 7, 2012
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A man walks with a statue of Santa Claus in the streets of downtown Guatemala City on December 6, 2012
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Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (third R), also known as "Long Hair," is blocked by security guards as he tries to approach Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (L) inside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on December 10, 2012. Lawmakers and protesters urged Leung Chun-ying to step down for illegal structures found in his house. On the right is Legislative Council Chairman
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Female Afghan National Police (ANP) officers aim their weapons during a drill at a training centre near the German Bundeswehr army camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan on December 11, 2012. German police is mentoring the training programme for ANP, as a part of an ongoing International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission.
