Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syrian Army fighter sits in a garage used as a gathering place for the rebelsPhotograph: Ahmed Jadallah/ReutersWarsaw, Poland: A cat sits in a nativity scene outside a churchPhotograph: Kacper Pempel/ReutersMoscow, Russia: Semi-frozen water droplets on a spider's webPhotograph: Andrew Osokin/Rex Features
Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands: Hamadryas baboons eat peppers decorating a Christmas treePhotograph: Robin Utrecht/EPALagos, Nigeria: A volunteer cleans his face near the site of a fire, after fireworks stored in a building explodedPhotograph: Akintunde Akinleye/ReutersKabul, Afghanistan: A man walks with his goat in the snowPhotograph: Ahmad Jamshid/APBnei Brak, Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch the wedding ceremony of the son of the Slonim Hasidic dynasty on a big screenPhotograph: Abir Sultan/EPABarnaul, Russia: Children pour cold water on themselves during daily exercises at a kindergarten, in air temperatures of -25CPhotograph: Andrei Kasprishin/ReutersColumbus, Ohio: A robin eats hawthorn berriesPhotograph: ZUMA/Rex FeaturesChitwan, Nepal: Decorations on an elephant taking part in an elephant beauty contestPhotograph: Navesh Chitrakar/ReutersRantau Panjang, Malaysia: A woman prepares food at her flooded housePhotograph: ReutersDhaka, Bangladesh: Chickens on sale at a marketPhotograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty ImagesPhnom Penh, Cambodia: Relatives of a land rights activist cry in front of a line of riot police after learning of the activist's three-year jail sentencePhotograph: Erika Pineros/Demotix/Corbis
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