Young Soo Lee basks in happiness at her small newsstand in Atlanta, Georgia. The store owner found out she sold one of the two winning Mega Millions lottery tickets in the $636 million jackpot.
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Ethiopian women wait in a line at customs at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaÂ’. They are among the 136,000 Ethiopians who’ve been deported from Saudi Arabia as the Saudi government cracks down on its 9 million migrant workers.
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Santa Claus makes a splash with sharks at the Manly Sea Life Sanctuary in Australia.
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Public sector bank employees went on a day-long strike in New Delhi, India to press for demands like higher wages. Financial transactions came to a grinding halt across much of India.
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Penguins dressed as Santas and Christmas trees paraded around South Korea’s largest amusement park on Wednesday.
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Visitors watch as horses speed by the grandstands in The Tony Jones 60th Birthday Bash Maiden Hurdle Race in England on Wednesday.
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Young faithful excitedly reach out to touch Pope Francis after he delivered a Christmas message in Vatican City on Wednesday.
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Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. arrives for a training session ahead of the Women’s World Cup Downhill skiing race in the French Alps.
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Indians in New Delhi wave their national flag as they celebrate Parliament passing a contentious law that makes it easier to investigate and prosecute political corruption.
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Hotel Jalta in Prague, Czech Republic celebrated its 55th anniversary yesterday by opening its Cold War-era bunker to the public. The secret shelter was built in the 1950s, and used to carry out surveillance operations and monitor conversations of hotel visitors.
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Savanna the cheetah and Max the hound are caught playing together at the Cincinnati Zoo. The pair, who are both one year old, were first put together at only a few months of age.
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Sulfur miners carried a goat’s head yesterday to bury it in one of the world’s largest craters at a volcano in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The miners perform the annual offering to ward off potential disasters in the coming year.
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A pro-European Union activist hangs photos of protesters beaten by Ukrainian riot police on a symbolic Christmas tree on Wednesday. Mass unrest has been sweeping the Ukraine in recent days.
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Displaced children from a Pakistani tribal area cross a stream in Islamabad, Pakistan to escape fighting between militants and security forces.
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Underprivileged children enjoy a Christmas celebration in Mumbai, India. Over 100 kids participated in the special event organized by the National Center for Performing Arts.
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford dances to a reggae version of “Merry Christmas” at a council meeting in Toronto, Canada. The embattled politician admitted to smoking crack last month.
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