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A pedestrian walks past a shop window with teddy bears as decoration ahead of the Christmas festivities in Moscow on December 20, 2021. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
A man uses a mobile phone as he sits between cars amid floodwaters in Shah Alam, Selangor on December 21, 2021, as Malaysia faces massive floods that have left at least 14 dead and more than 70,000 displaced. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Elephants walk at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home in Udawalawe, about 179 km southeast of Colombo on December 20, 2021. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) taking part in five-days military exercises in three provinces. (Photo by SEPAH NEWS / AFP) / - LEHTIKUVA / AFP
A climber disguised as Santa Claus goes down a paediatric clinic building in Ljubljana on December 22, 2021. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Passengers wearing face coverings to combat the spread of the coronavirus, sit on the top deck of a red double-decker London bus travelling beneath the Christmas lights in central London on December 21, 2021. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Students from the Free University sit their exams in the RAI, in Amsterdam on December 23, 2021, despite the lockdown, the students were allowed to take their exams. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad,on December 23, 2021, at Europe's Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
This frame grab from an AFPTV video shows a burning ferry after it caught on fire killing at least 37 people in Jhakakathi, 250 kilometers (160 miles) south of Dhaka, early on December 24, 2021. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP) - LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Umunyana Shanita (C) from Rwanda smiles as she poses after wining the title of Miss East Africa 2021, during the grand finale of the beauty pageant held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on December 24, 2021. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Fireworks light the sky during the reopening of the renovated al-Mutanabbi street, famous for its book shops and as an outlet for writers and intellectuals, in the centre of Iraq's capital Baghdad on December 25, 2021. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
Women perform rituals during a ceremony for the victims of the 2004 tsunami at Pattinapakkam Beach in Chennai on December 26, 2021. LEHTIKUVA / AFP
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