Flea, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, performs on stage of the Palau Sant Jordi during a concert in Barcelona.
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MELTS TO YOUR MOUTH: A model wears an adornment partially made of chocolate during a chocolate fashion show in Shanghai.
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SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER: A boy wearing a Santa Claus mask stands in a street in Chennai, India.
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Jason Statham walks through Tribeca.
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FACE TO FACE TO FACE TO FACE: Visitors look at a multimedia presentation titled “99 Faces” during an art exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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CHRISTMAS STAR: Lights decorate a church as thousands of people attend an early morning mass which signals the beginning of the celebrations for Christmas in suburban Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines. Filipinos attend a mass for nine consecutive days until Christmas.
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Charles Barkley, left, and Shaquille O’Neal wrap up an interview at TNT studios after O’Neal joined the cast of the network’s “Inside the NBA” for a live media call-in show.
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HORSING AROUND: Two Occupy London demonstrators dressed in a pantomime horse costume sit on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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A gull eats from a person’s hand in Bang Pu Seaside Resort in Thailand.
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CIRCLE OF LIFE: Two lions with their four-month-old cubs are seen in their cage at a zoo in Yaduda, Jordan.
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EVERYONE GETS A PRESENT: A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds a grey nurse shark at Oceanworld by Sydney Harbour.
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DANCE, MONKEY, DANCE: Students dressed as sock monkeys dance on stage during a grade school holiday performance in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
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LOW VISIBILITY: A TAM airline plane flies past the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro.
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‘YOU WANT A WHAT?’ Santa Claus poses with a Beluga Whale at SeaWorld San Diego.
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FAMILY BUSINESS: From left, Tom Hanks, Chester Hanks and Rita Wilson attend the premiere of “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” at the Ziegfeld Theater.
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DONE: An American flag sits in barbed wire before a casing ceremony during which the United States Forces–Iraq flag was retired, signifying the departure of United States troops from Iraq, at the former Sather Air Base in Baghdad.
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WIDE OPEN: Nashville Predators right wing Jordin Tootoo celebrates after scoring a goal against the Detroit Red Wings in Nashville.
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SKATER HIGH: The first visitors take the ice at the opening of an ice skating rink on the first level of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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ICE MAN: People visit the ice sculptures exhibition in Zwolle, the Netherland. About 40 professional artists from around the world created the sculptures with more than 25 tons of ice and 25 tons of snow.
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Members of the Spanish group La Fura dels Baus perform during a rehearsal in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Actress Sofia Vergara and actor Gerard Butler laugh onstage during the 69th annual Golden Globe Award Nominations announcements in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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WAITING IN THE WINGS: Begona Cao of the English National Ballet watches during a performance of The Nutcracker at the Coliseum in London.
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DASHER? DANCER? Santa Claus rides a reindeer and sled outside Rovaniemi, Finland.
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WHAT A DISH: An animal-rights activist lays down naked on a giant plate of food during a performance to denounce the consumption of meat in Barcelona.
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