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A worker of the cross-channel ferry company Seafrance holds a flare in front of a Paris court. SeaFrance, a subsidiary of French railway operator SNCF, is the ferry operator that links Calais, France to Dover, Britain. The court has ordered the liquidation of a loss-making French ferry operator whose rescue had become a hot-button political issue in France's presidential election campaign. Christophe Ena/AP
A swimmer riding a broomstick jumps into icy water during a winter swimming event on the ice-covered Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. AP
Schoolchildren attend a yoga session during a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave/Reuters
Living Goddess Kumari attends the Changu Narayan festival in Kathmandu. The Kumari, a young pre-pubescent girl who is a manifestation of a Goddess, is worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal. The Kumari emerges from her temple about 12 times a year for religious occasions. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
A sloth enjoys a warm lamp on a winters day at the zoo in Dortmund, western Germany. Martin Meissner/AP
Nuessler, men or boys in traditional costumes and masks that are derived from those worn by the characters in the Venetian Commedia dell' Arte, parade through the streets of Brunnen, Switzerland, marking the opening of the carnival season. Urs Flueeler/AP
A gymnast practices on the beam during a training session before the Olympic gymnastics venue test event in east London. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Belgian chef Pierre Wynants (l.) together with 616 other Belgian chefs throw their hats into the air to kick off a year of 'Brusselicious,' a year long culinary exposition to show off Belgian cooking, at the Grand Place in Brussels. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP
People are reflected on the floor as they carry their luggage to catch their train at a railway station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. Millions of Chinese are expected to cramp onto China's train network in the coming weeks to return home for the Chinese lunar new year that starts on Jan. 23. AP
A policeman instructs a sniffer dog during a ceremony marking the Iraqi Police's 90th anniversary at a police academy in Baghdad. Mohammed Ameen/Reuters
Children play with kites during sunset along the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. Anupam Nath/AP
A Shinto priest Masaki Kaji performs rites at Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachimangu in Tokyo. The shrine specially arranges the dates for pet-owners and their pets to offer the New Year's prayers together. Shizuo Kambayashi/AP
A clown gives balloons to a child in a public park as part of a free program organized by a group of clowns called 'Smiles in the Park' to help families have fun in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
A Filipino devotee carries a child across a pond of water as they wait for the wooden image of Jesus Christ known as the Black Nazarene to pass by during it's feast day in Manila, Philippines. Millions of Roman Catholic devotees paraded with the Black Nazarene statue through the Philippine capital under a massive police cordon after Philippine President Benigno Aquino III warned that terrorists might target the annual procession. Aaron Favila/AP
Indian schoolchildren walk past a laser light show on the India Gate monument as part of a show by India Tourism in New Delhi, India. The show, which involved 3D animation was intended to promote the Clean India program aimed at attracting more tourists to India. Kevin Frayer/AP
A full moon sets behind a car waiting for the traffic light at the intersection of Bastanchury Road and State College Boulevard in Fullerton, Calif. Bruce Newman/The Orange County Register/AP
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Saudi woman scales Everest with group of 64 climbers Saturday. Raha Moharrak, a 25-year old graphic designer, is the first Saudi woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain.
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