Dec 30: Day in pics

Updated On Dec 31, 2011 11:16 am IST
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Union home minister P Chidambaram and health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad are seen during a press conference in New Delhi. PTI/Vijay Verma expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Dec 31, 2011 11:16 am IST

Union home minister P Chidambaram and health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad are seen during a press conference in New Delhi. PTI/Vijay Verma

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A sea lion wears a pair of glasses with 2012 pasted on it, ahead of the upcoming new year, at a zoo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A sea lion wears a pair of glasses with 2012 pasted on it, ahead of the upcoming new year, at a zoo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

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A Chinese man carries a condolence flower to ship to North Korea near the customs office a day after of a memorial service for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Dandong, a Chinese city bordering with North Korea. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Chinese man carries a condolence flower to ship to North Korea near the customs office a day after of a memorial service for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Dandong, a Chinese city bordering with North Korea.

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US President Barack Obama (2nd L) and first lady Michelle Obama step aboard the USS Arizona Memorial where they tossed flowers into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Accompanying them is Admiral Robert Willard, Commander of the US Pacific Command, and his wife Donna. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Dec 31, 2011 11:16 am IST

US President Barack Obama (2nd L) and first lady Michelle Obama step aboard the USS Arizona Memorial where they tossed flowers into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Accompanying them is Admiral Robert Willard, Commander of the US Pacific Command, and his wife Donna.

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Chinese paramilitary police officers march near the customs office a day after of a memorial service for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Dandong, a Chinese city bordering with North Korea. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Chinese paramilitary police officers march near the customs office a day after of a memorial service for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Dandong, a Chinese city bordering with North Korea.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses during a campaign stop in Mason City, Iowa. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses during a campaign stop in Mason City, Iowa.

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Fans of the Florida State Seminoles cheer play against the Notre Dame Fight Irish at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Fans of the Florida State Seminoles cheer play against the Notre Dame Fight Irish at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.

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Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama performs as part of week-long New Year celebrations in Manama. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama performs as part of week-long New Year celebrations in Manama.

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Worshippers of Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda attend a ceremony in tribute to Iemanja, the goddess of the sea, in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Worshippers of Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda attend a ceremony in tribute to Iemanja, the goddess of the sea, in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

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Prudencio Amaya, 102, and his companion Maria Ponce, 78, stand in front of their home's facade, constructed from recycled plastic bottles, near El Transito, El Salvador. Ponce, who did not have money to build a traditional house, says in 2005 that a dream revealed to her to fashion a home from plastic bottles, which took 3 months. The couple survive on about 10 dollars a week which they make from their corn crop and donations from tourists making the journey to see "La Casita Encantada," or "The Enchanted Cottage." expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Dec 31, 2011 11:16 am IST

Prudencio Amaya, 102, and his companion Maria Ponce, 78, stand in front of their home's facade, constructed from recycled plastic bottles, near El Transito, El Salvador. Ponce, who did not have money to build a traditional house, says in 2005 that a dream revealed to her to fashion a home from plastic bottles, which took 3 months. The couple survive on about 10 dollars a week which they make from their corn crop and donations from tourists making the journey to see "La Casita Encantada," or "The Enchanted Cottage."

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A man pedals a rickshaw carrying a passenger in the old parts of Delhi. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A man pedals a rickshaw carrying a passenger in the old parts of Delhi.

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Roger Federer from Switzerland reacts after he lost the match to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the second day of Abu Dhabi Mubadala Tennis Championship, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Roger Federer from Switzerland reacts after he lost the match to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the second day of Abu Dhabi Mubadala Tennis Championship, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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