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Day in photos: Jan. 9, 2013

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Karl Geiger of Germany wipes out during a training round at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Wisla, Poland.

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A guide at the voodoo Temple of Pythons in Ouidah, Benin, shows one of his charges to visitors. The city is preparing for its annual Voodoo Festival.

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Children play on self-made swings attached to scaffolding at a construction site in Tongxiang, China.

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Devotees carry the statue of the Black Nazarene at the start of its annual procession through Manila, the Philippines. The wooden statue of Jesus Christ is believed to have healing powers and is paraded through Manila's old city from dawn to midnight.

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EMTs evacuate a commuter injured in the ferry crash at the South Street Seaport that injured 57 people, one critically.

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A Siberian tiger cools itself off in a pool at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro.

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Motorists play in the desert snow at the site of an auto accident on a road near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

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A Rockdale County firefighter sits outside the scene of a house fire that killed four children, including an infant, in Conyers, Ga.

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Duke fans mess with Clemson's K.J. McDaniels as he inbounds the ball in the first half of a 68-40 Duke win.

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A doll lays covered in mud on the ground in the flooded Israeli village of Bat Hefer.

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Gael Monfils plays a backhand in his second-round match against Greg Jones at the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Iraq's Humam Tareq cries foul as he's tripped up while battling Kuwait's Fahad Al-Ansari for the ball during their Gulf Cup Tournament match in Isa Town, Bahrain.