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Year 2 pupils from Ripon Cathedral School rehearse their nativity play
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A squirrel eats a nut in a tree in New York’s Central Park
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Summit, a new roof walk at Alexandra Palace, north London, that is said to be the country’s highest, gives intrepid visitors a striking view of the capital
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A 1930s cosplayer holds a copy of a magazine from the period during the Holiday Nostalgia Rides at the New York Transit Museum
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Dame Judi Dench fulfilled her “dream” of sharing a stage with Sir Mick Jagger as the rock legend made a surprise appearance at the Sondheim Theatre in London, during her show What’s The Play? What’s The Part?
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Newborn pygmy hippo calf Panya takes tentative early steps at Duisburg zoo
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Military personnel arrange the coffins of four Thai soldiers killed in clashes with Cambodian forces in the disputed border area of Ubon Ratchathani province
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A French farmer stands next to a fire at a roadblock to protest the culling of cattle after a suspected case of lumpy skin disease at a farm in Benque, in the Haute-Garonne department
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A worker operates a 3D food printer at the Elthub plant in Oricola, Italy
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Two eagles come together in a brief but intense showdown above snowy fields in central Poland. Neither was hurt and the clash ended almost as quickly as it began, with the eagles flying off in opposite directions
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Visitors take in the spectacular Christmas lights on Rome’s bustling Via del Corso
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Revellers get in the spirit in Beruit’s Gemmayze Street
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A handful of lucky fans have a poolside view for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ home game against the New York Jets in the NFL on Sunday
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Thousands of runners dressed as Santa Claus prepare to take part in the Christmas Corrida 10km race in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a suburb of Paris
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Dancers perform on stage during the Joffrey Ballet School’s performance of The Nutcracker at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in New York City
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A large ema, a wooden votive tablet, is installed at the Shizuoka Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka, Japan
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Veterans join the Royal British Legion’s Remembering Operations in Bosnia event at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire
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Snow in New York’s Central Park gives one snapper an ideal winter scene
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Hundreds of musicians perform on their tubas during the 52nd annual TubaChristmas concert under the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York City
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