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A woman holds her dog as it reacts while being blessed by a priest at the Cathedral San Bernardino de Siena during the ceremony commemorating the Feast of San Antonio Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals, in Xochimilco on the outskirts of Mexico City, on January 17, 2024. #
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A racing dog chases a target during a competition on the outskirts of Chārsadda, Pakistan, on January 14, 2024. #
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Driver Lucas Moraes and co-driver Armand Monleon drive past a camel during stage 11 of the 2024 Dakar Rally from Al Ula to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, on January 18, 2024. #
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A rider goes through flames during the annual "Luminarias" celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's day, Spain's patron saint of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, northwest of Madrid, Spain, on January 16, 2024. #
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A helicopter flies near smoke rising as a volcano erupts in Grindavik, Iceland, on January 14, 2024. #
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A group consisting mostly of women, who call themselves "The Endorphins," gather for a sunrise swim in the chilly waters of Lake Ontario during freezing temperatures in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 17, 2024. #
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Sunrise at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory in Cambridge, England, on January 15, 2024 #
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Kurt Kitayama of the United States plays a shot on the 16th hole during the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, on January 13, 2024. #
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An olive ridley sea turtle hatchling is released into the sea at Lhoknga beach, in Indonesia's Aceh province, on January 16, 2024. #
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Members of the Central Reserve Police Force women bikers group "Yashawini" perform a stunt during a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, on January 17, 2024. #
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A kitesurfer loses control of his board on a sunny day at Bloubergstrand beach in Cape Town, South Africa, on January 15, 2024. #
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Lenticular clouds are seen in La Possession as authorities on France's Reunion Island urged residents to stock up on food and water ahead of a tropical storm on on January 14, 2024. #
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Workers pose as they clear snow from bleacher seats before the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on January 15, 2024. #
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Faroe Islands' Teis Horn Rasmussen struggles with opponents from Team Poland during a preliminary match of the EHF 2024 Men's European Handball Championship at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, on January 15, 2024. #
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A large statue depicting rapper and actor Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi, is installed in front of the Palais Brongniart in Paris, France, on January 12, 2024. The statue appeared, unannounced, as part of a campaign to promote the release of Kid Cudi's new album. #
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Members of the Agniveer take part in a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi, India, on January 15, 2024. #
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Dancers perform during the traditional Parachicos festival in Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas State, Mexico, on January 17, 2024. #
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A priest blesses a flock of sheep during a traditional ceremony to bless animals, marking the day of Saint Anthony, in Muro, on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca, on January 17, 2024. #
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A Kosovo Albanian lights a candle in front of the national theatre in Pristina, Kosovo, on January 15, 2024, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Račak Massacre. The massacre, one of the bloodiest that occurred in the Kosovo crisis, led to massive international pressure on Serbia to stop their ethnically motivated killings of civilian Albanians and to a NATO led air campaign that ousted Serbian security forces from Kosovo. #
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Danish King Frederik X and wife Queen Mary of Denmark wave after his proclamation by the Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 14, 2024. King Frederik X succeeds Queen Margrethe II, who will be stepping down after reigning for 51 years. #
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Participants pray as they take an ice-cold bath during a ceremony to purify their souls and to pray for the new year at the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on January 14, 2024. #
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Netherlands' Jeffrey Hoogland competes in heat 4 of the Men's Sprint round of 16 race against Germany's Luca Spiegel, reflected in his helmet, during the third day of the UEC European Track Cycling Championships at the Omnisport indoor arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on January 12, 2024. #
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Models pose backstage prior to the Bluemarble Menswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 17, 2024, in Paris, France. #
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A Boston Celtics dancer performs during the second half of the game between the Boston Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 2024. #
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Team Audi Sport's driver Mattias Ekstrom and his co-driver Emil Bergkvist navigate through dunes during stage 8 of the 2024 Dakar Rally, between Al Duwadimi and Hail, Saudi Arabia, on January 15, 2024. #
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Otis Vanhook smiles as he rides an inflatable unicorn down a hill in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 16, 2024. A snowstorm blanketed the area with up to eight inches of snow and frigid temperatures. #
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Mumbai, a royal white tiger, is pictured with snow on his face at the Pairi Daiza zoo in Brugelette, Belgium, on January 18, 2024. #
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A man plays with his dog on the frozen Old Danube River in Vienna, Austria, on January 14, 2024. #
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A pair of bald eagles call out while resting on a tree next to Union Bay in Seattle, Washington, on January 16, 2024. #
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A view of icebergs in Gerlache Strait, which separates the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula, on January 15, 2024. #
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Hannah Auchentaller of Italy competes during the Women 7.5 km Sprint at the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon on January 12, 2024, in Ruhpolding, Germany. #
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Ukrainian servicemen of the Rarog UAV squadron, with the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, operate a first-person-view (FPV) drone at a position near the town of Horlivka, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on January 17, 2024. #
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A donkey cart drives past a collapsed building in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. #
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A girl sits in a makeshift cart as Palestinians wait to receive food amid shortages of food supplies in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 17, 2024. #
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Residents use a horse-drawn carriage to evacuate the flooded town of Dayeuhkolot in Bandung, Indonesia, on January 12, 2024, after a river overflowed due to heavy rains. #
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