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A solar balloon with the shape of an alien is seen at the Sabaneta Municipality's stadium, southern Medellin, Colombia during the 11th International solar balloon Festival, in this version there are about 30 balloons and the theme is science fiction. The making of each balloon -made up of plastic and tape- takes three days, the sun heats the air inside the globe, which expands and makes the globe lighter, putting it to fly. AFP PHOTO / Raul ARBOLEDA
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Los Angeles city fire fighters battle one of many carport fires in the early morning hours in North Hollywood, California. About three dozen vehicles have been intentionally burned in the Los Angeles area the past two days, causing damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and setting off a broad police and fire investigation. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
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A man cycles his way to work through early morning fog in New Delhi, North India continued to reel under cold wave conditions with dense fog hitting visibility levels, according to news reports. HT PHOTO/ RAJ K RAJ
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Colombian bullfighter Ramiro Cadena performs with a bull during a bullfighting festival at Canaveralejo bullring in Cali. Reuters/Jaime Saldarriaga
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts gov Mitt Romney speaks at VFW Post 8641 in Merrimack, NH. AP Photo/Winslow Townson
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Effigies of Peru's vice president Omar Chehade are seen for sale in a market in Lima. Peruvians traditionally burn effigies of unpopular figures from the past year as part of New Year's celebrations. Reuters/Mariana Bazo
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US Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sips on a root beer float that his wife, Callista, made for him during his stump speech campaign event at Adams Street Espresso in Creston, Iowa. Reuters/Samantha Sais
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Zoila Rigondeaux attends an outdoor Mass honoring Cuba's patron saint, Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre or Our Lady of Charity, in Havana, Cuba. Some 3,000 people gathered on Friday afternoon in the Avenida del Puerto, the final point of the patron saint’s 16-month national pilgrimage that marked the 400th anniversary of the Virgin's discovery. The statue traveled an estimated 18,600 miles. AP Photo/Franklin Reyes
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Members and supporters of the Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party carry a poster of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flags as they shout slogans against the US during a march in front of the US embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, to celebrate the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. AP Photo/Bilal Hussein
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This handout picture provided by BEC ero on December 31, 2011 shows women's world tennis number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (R) and men's world number three golfer Rory McIlroy during a religious ceremony at Hua Hin resort. Wozniacki has arrived in Thailand for a charity tennis match against Victoria Azarenka to raise money for the country's recent flood crisis. AFP
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Li Na of China returns to Marion Bartoli of France in their women's singles match in session 1, day one of the Hopman Cup Tennis Tournament in Perth. Li Na won the match 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. AFP/Tony Ashby
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs mascot sits on the sidelines during the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. AFP
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