A Christmas fair in Germany, a new volcanic eruption in Iceland, a floating Nativity scene in Italy, border crossings in Arizona and Texas, war damage in a Ukrainian cathedral, continued Israeli strikes inside the Gaza Strip, guard geese at a penitentiary in Brazil, an ice hotel in Sweden, and much more
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Visitors stop to look at an animated model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex wearing a Santa hat and festive sweater in its Christmas-themed display at the Natural History Museum in London, England, on December 21, 2023. #
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Guatemalan firefighter Hector Chacon, dressed as Santa Claus, rappels down the Belize Bridge to give toys to children at the Jesus de la Buena Esperanza neighborhood, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on December 17, 2023. #
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A tram decorated with Christmas lights drives over the Freedom Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, on December 19, 2023. #
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A view of the back side of Icehotel 34 with the Northern Lights above it in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, seen on December 16, 2023. Since 1989, the Icehotel—part hotel, part art exhibition—has been crafted annually from ice taken from the Torne River. #
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Scientists from the University of Iceland take measurements and samples standing on a ridge in front of the active part of an eruptive fissure of a volcano in Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, on December 19, 2023. #
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People take selfies and pictures of Christmas-decorated cafe and shops, in Athens, Greece, on December 21, 2023. #
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Actors perform in a living Nativity Scene in Postojna Cave, in Postojna, Slovenia, on December 21, 2023. #
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The sun sets behind the horizon on December 20, 2023, in the Kerobokan district on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. #
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People walk through a snow covered landscape in Ramsau, Austria, on December16, 2023. #
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A picture taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows a jackal in the area amid ongoing battles on December 17, 2023. #
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A fireball erupts after an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 20, 2023. #
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Nathan Sennett hands furniture to Tori Grasse as they work in hip-deep water on the patio of the Quarry Tap Room in Hallowell, Maine, on December 19, 2023. Waters rose along the Kennebec River following Monday's severe storm. #
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This December 19, 2023, photo shows a plane that fell through ice on Upper Red Lake near Waskish, Minnesota. The plane broke through the ice while landing, but both occupants were able to safely escape. #
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A person works to repair the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, which was damaged as a result of a Russian missile strike on July 23, 2023, in Odessa, Ukraine, on December 18, 2023. #
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Bulgarian Muslim bride Aysel Gerova, 24, has makeup applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria on December 17, 2023. The village of Ribnovo has kept its traditional winter marriage ceremony alive after decades of Communist rule. The wedding ritual was resurrected among the Pomaks. The highlight of the ceremony is the painting of the bride's face, where, in a private rite open only to female in-laws, her face is covered in thick, chalky white paint and decorated with colorful sequins. #
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A girl wearing a Santa Claus hat plays in foam at the finish line, after the Santa Run 10-kilometer race in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 17, 2023. #
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Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, arrives on a boat as he visits a community along the jungle shoreline to give out presents to children in the Amazon basin, near Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on December 16, 2023. #
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People from Romania's historical region of Moldova wear bearskins as they march and dance during the second edition of the International Festival of Winter Tradition "Cetatea lui Bucur" in Bucharest, Romania, on December 16, 2023. #
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A brown bear cub named Linda sits atop a tree that she climbed more than 10 days prior—and has stayed in ever since—at Kosice Zoo near Kavecany, Slovakia, on December 21, 2023. After being released in a separate breeding facility last Thursday, the orphaned bear cub climbed the tree and has been spending time there day and night ever since. Keepers attribute this to her shyness and distrust of humans and expect her to climb down on her own while monitoring her condition. #
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A deer bounds through Bushy Park in London, England, on December 15, 2023. #
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A small flock of geese is used to help keep watch around a penitentiary complex near Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, on December 15, 2023. #
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Migrants wait to be transported by the U.S. border patrol after crossing the border wall into the U.S. from Mexico, in the border town of Lukeville, Arizona, on December 14, 2023. #
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Migrants climb over barriers and through razor wire after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States on December 17, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. A surge of migrants, as many as 12,000 per day, crossing the U.S. southern border, has overwhelmed U.S. immigration authorities. #
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A person rides a ski lift at Les Deux Alpes resort near Grenoble, France, on December 20, 2023 #
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People take pictures with festive light installations in Tokyo's Shibuya district on December 21, 2023. #
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A man dressed as an angel walks through a street as a part of Christmas celebrations in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 17, 2023. #
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A man fishes on a boat at sunset, beside a floating Christmas nativity scene created and installed by the association Amici di Santa Maria on the Lake of Pusiano in Como, Italy, on December 14, 2023. #
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The evacuated Icelandic town of Grindavik (right) is seen as gas and steam billow while lava erupts from a fissure during a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula 3 km north of Grindavik, western Iceland, on December 19, 2023. #
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Tractors are lined up in the "Strasse des 17 Juni" boulevard, towards the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on December 18, 2023, as German farmers demonstrate against the planned abolition of subsidies for agricultural diesel. #
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Golden retriever puppies play on and around participants during a yoga class at a studio in Paris, France, on December 20, 2023. #
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A child dressed as Santa Claus walks along a street, ahead of Christmas festivities, in Kolkata, India, on December 19, 2023. #
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Revelers perform during the Festival of Light in San Jose, Costa Rica, on December 16, 2023. #
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Bathers take part in the traditional Christmas bath in Nice, on the French Riviera, on December 17, 2023. #
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People enjoy a Santa-themed ride at a Christmas fair in Herne, Germany, on December 15, 2023. #
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Choristers take part in a rehearsal for their upcoming Christmas performances, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London on December 20, 2023. #
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