Jimmy Carter's passing, Orthodox Christmas and Chinese New Year
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A woman attends the lantern festival at Beijing’s Wenyuhe Park in Beijing on January 4, 2025, to welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year on January 29, marking the Year of the Snake.
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A portrait of former US President Jimmy Carter is seen in a shop window ahead of his state funeral in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on January 4, 2025.
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The Armenian Apostolic Bishop of Damascus performs the blessing of the water ritual at the Christmas service at the Mar Sarkis (St Sargis) Church in Bab Sharqi in the old city of Damascus on January 6, 2025.
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Swimmers hold a wooden cross after taking part in the blessing of the water ceremony as part of Epiphany Day celebrations at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchate on January 06, 2025, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A man touches the flack jacket of journalist Omar Al-Derawi as mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in Israeli strikes at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah January 3, 2024.
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A deer stag lies amongst frosty foliage at Richmond Park in London, Britain, January 4, 2025.
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A worker pushes a wheelbarrow carrying trash past a wall mural ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 2, 2025.
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An Afghan labourer works at a chalk factory in Chimtal district of Balkh province on January 5, 2025.
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Drivers compete in Stage 2B of the 47th Dakar Rally between Bisha and Bisha, Saudi Arabia, on January 6, 2025.
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A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans during a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.