Islamabad, Pakistan: A woman stands outside her home in a slum on a cold, foggy morningPhotograph: Muhammed Muheisen/APNew York: A bull walks through a corridor before it is brought into Madison Square Garden for the Professional Bull Riders invitationalPhotograph: Eric Thayer/ReutersBeijing: A man swims in the icy water of a frozen lake. Skating, fishing, and ice-swimming are popular activities for city-dwellers in winterPhotograph: Ed Jones/AFP
Seville, Spain: A mime artist dressed up as a cowboy does a spot of shopping in the Andalusian capitalPhotograph: Marcelo del Pozo/ReutersBangui, Central African Republic: A young person selling bananas watches a demonstration held by several hundred merchants calling for peacePhotograph: Ben Curtis/APBerlin: An elephant eats a Christmas tree left over from the festive holidays at Berlin zooPhotograph: Markus Schreiber/APTokyo: A Kiyomura Co employee holds the head of a 222kg bluefin tuna at the company's sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market. The company's president Kiyoshi Kimura won the tuna at auction with a record £1m bidPhotograph: Toru Hanai/ReutersNablus, West Bank: Israeli soldiers wearing gas masks walk through black smoke from burning rubber tyres during clashes with Palestinian protestersPhotograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFPRangoon, Burma: Boys smeared in used car oil play a coconut ball game on the 65th anniversary of the country's independencePhotograph: Lynn Bo Bo/EPADuque de Caxias, Brazil: People carry their belongings next to a submerged car after flooding. At least 300 people were displaced and one person died as a result of heavy rainPhotograph: Ricardo Moraes/ReutersAleppo, Syria: People tread on a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration in the neighborhood of Bustan al-QasrPhotograph: Andoni Lubaki/APA Nasa image shows a solar eruption rising above the surface of the Sun. The relatively minor eruption extended 160,000 miles out from the star and was about 20 times the diameter of EarthPhotograph: NASA/AFPGaza City: Palestinian Fatah supporters wave flags during a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the movementPhotograph: Ali Ali/EPANew York: A labourer empties debris from a home damaged by superstorm SandyPhotograph: John Moore/Getty
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