Banyuwangi, East Java: Sailors from the Indonesian navy stand guard at a port after a boat carrying more than 200 asylum seekers, mostly from Iran and Afghanistan, sank off the Indonesian coast in stormy weather. More than 50 bodies have been recoveredPhotograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty ImagesWiltshire, UK: Druids, pagans and revellers at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice cheer as the sun rises Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesBrighton, UK: Revellers carry lanterns at the Burning the Clocks festival, which is held each year to mark the winter solsticePhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Madrid, Spain: A woman wearing shoes and a dress adorned with old lottery tickets attends the draw for Spain's El Gordo Christmas lottery, the world's biggestPhotograph: Andrea Comas/ReutersParis, France: Two men wear the Turkish national flags on their shoulders as they demonstrate next to the French national assembly against a bill which would see anyone in France who publicly denies the 1915 Armenian genocide face a year in jail and a finePhotograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty ImagesCagayan De Oro, Philippines: Flood victims queue up for aid at an evacuation centre after Typhoon Washi brought flash floods and mudslides to Mindanao island, killing more than 1,000 peoplePhotograph: Bullit Marquez/APNew Delhi, India: A man combs his hair as another waits to be shaved by a street barberPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APSofia, Bulgaria: A squirrel sits on a snow-covered branchPhotograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty ImagesAthens, Greece: A woman knits caps on a pavement in central Athens as Greece's debt crisis deepensPhotograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPAPyongyang, North Korea: Police officers mourn the death of their leader Kim Jong-ilPhotograph: Kyodo News/AFP/Getty ImagesFort Hood, US: Private Devin Alderman hugs his girlfriend during a homecoming ceremony from IraqPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersGurgaon, India: People walk to work as morning mist envelops a mustard fieldPhotograph: Gurinder Osan/AP
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