New Year’s Eve fireworks in Australia, ski jumping in Austria, earthquake damage in Japan, a giant Arctic fox sculpture in China, ongoing battles in Gaza and Ukraine, a flour-and-egg fight in Spain, animal counting at a London zoo, and much more
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A police officer in Kyiv, Ukraine, carries a pet from the scene of a missile attack by Russian forces, in a residential area, on January 2, 2024. The attack was part of a barrage of Russian air strikes that hit Kyiv and Kharkiv, which reportedly killed five people and injured at least 135. #
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People hold hands as they look at buildings that were destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 29, 2023. #
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A reindeer is seen in front of the northern lights, in a Sami camp outside the village of Breivikeidet, near Tromsø, Norway, on January 1, 2024. #
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Fireworks erupt during the New Year's Eve celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 1, 2024. #
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Zookeeper Jessica Fryer looks at Humboldt penguins swimming in their pool during the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo in central London, England, on January 3, 2024. #
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The moon rises behind the EdgeNYC observation deck at Hudson Yards in New York City on December 30, 2023, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. #
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A worker builds a guitar at a musical instrument manufacturer in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, China, on January 4, 2024. #
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Workers prepare a temporary tent ahead of the annual religious Magh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Prayagraj, India, on January 2, 2024. #
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French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin crosses Alameda Avenue on a 270-meter long taut rope, 50 meters above the ground, on the opening day of the Teatro a Mil festival, in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile, on January 3, 2024. #
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A swan takes flight at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve in Shapwick, England, on January 2, 2024. #
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A fox runs away, crossing a snow-covered field after hearing dogs barking in a village in the Ovacık district of Tunceli, Turkey, on December 31, 2023. #
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A Japanese macaque, or Japanese Snow Monkey as they are more commonly known, is seen in a hot spring at the base of Joshinetsu Kogen National Park, warming itself among other monkeys, on January 4, 2024, in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan. #
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Revelers take part in the "Enfarinats" battle—a flour, egg, and pyrotechnics fight to celebrate the Els Enfarinats festival on December 28, 2023, in Alicante, Spain. As part of events related to the Day of the Innocents, Els enfarinats comes from the Valencian word for breading, and roughly translates to the breaded ones or the floured ones. #
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Musicians play as bathers run into (and out of) the chilly waters of English Bay while celebrating New Year's Day with a Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on January 1, 2024. #
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A Pacific Ocean wave crashes against a jetty as other waves roll towards shore on December 30, 2023, in Ventura, California. Dangerous surf churned up by storms in the Pacific impacted much of California’s coastline. #
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A firefighter works to extinguish a fire coming from a damaged gas pipe following a Russian rocket attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 2, 2024. #
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An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile in the direction of the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on January 4, 2024. #
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A South Korean army K1A2 tank takes part in a joint combat firing drill between South Korean and U.S. troops near the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas, in Pocheon, South Korea, on January 2, 2024. #
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People use their mobile phones to take photos on the beach as the sun sets at the Kerobokan district on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on December 30, 2023. #
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Icicles hang from lamp posts as a woman makes her way through a snowstorm in Kristiansand, Norway, on January 3, 2024. Public transport was cancelled, schools were closed, and employees were encouraged to work from home due to a winter storm. #
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Snow sculptures featuring soldiers are seen ahead of commemoration events for the 109th anniversary of the Battle of Sarikamish, in Kars, Turkey, on January 4, 2024. #
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A giant Arctic fox sculpture is seen in Shanghai, China, on January 4, 2024. #
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An elephant plays with a Christmas tree in its enclosure at the Zoologischer Garten Zoo in Berlin, Germany, on January 4, 2024. Traditionally, in January, some animals at the zoo are offered leftover trees that were not sold before the Christmas holidays. #
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A northern white-cheeked gibbon eats a carrot during the stock take at ZSL London Zoo on January 3, 2024. #
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Water from River Great Ouse floods Bedford, England, after Storm Henk, seen on January 4, 2024. #
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A Japan Airlines plane burns on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. The Airbus A350-900, operated by Japan Airlines, collided with a smaller Japan Coast Guard aircraft as the larger plane landed. All 367 passengers and 12 crew members safely escaped the JAL aircraft, but five of the six crew members on the Japan Coast Guard plane were killed. #
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A crushed car is seen under part of a collapsed building in Anamizu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year's Day. Japanese rescuers are still struggling with heavy rain, blocked roads and aftershocks after an earthquake that killed at least 78 people and left tens of thousands without power or running water. #
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Utility workers fix electric power lines in the aftermath of an earthquake in Suzu, Japan, on January 4, 2024. #
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Dan and Kathy Pratt embrace each other at a vigil, after a shooting at Perry High School, in Perry, Iowa, on January 4, 2024. #
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People gather beside hundreds of candles in front of the headquarters of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 4, 2024. A candlelight procession marched from the Karolinum to Jan Palach Square, where 14 people were killed and 25 others were injured two weeks ago during a mass shooting at Charles University. #
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Germany's Andreas Wellinger jumps during the first round of the 4 Hills Tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, on January 3, 2024. #
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An aerial image shows fabric known locally as "beach fabric", used to make Muslim women's garments, drying on a riverbank in Surakarta, Central Java, on January 4, 2024. #
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, on January 1, 2024. #
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People ride sleds on a frozen lake at the Summer Palace during sunset in Beijing, China, on December 28, 2023. #
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Owner Diane Cook bathes a European hedgehog at Prickly Pigs Hedgehog Rescue in Otley, England, on January 3, 2024. #
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