Odd ones out

Jan 08, 2012 16:33 IST

Divers perform a dragon dance during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year at an aquarium in Beijing. The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken through a glass wall. Reuters/China Daily

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Divers perform a dragon dance during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year at an aquarium in Beijing. The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken through a glass wall. Reuters/China Daily

DJ Wika Szmyt plays music at a club in Warsaw. Szmyt, 73, spends her retirement days behind a DJ console watching people dance to her rhythms. She plays disco, rumba or samba for a mostly elderly audience because she feels she is giving them a new take at life. DJ Wika plays in a Warsaw club three days a week but has also been involved in other musical projects, including parties where she plays for a younger and more demanding audience. Reuters/Kacper Pempel

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DJ Wika Szmyt plays music at a club in Warsaw. Szmyt, 73, spends her retirement days behind a DJ console watching people dance to her rhythms. She plays disco, rumba or samba for a mostly elderly audience because she feels she is giving them a new take at life. DJ Wika plays in a Warsaw club three days a week but has also been involved in other musical projects, including parties where she plays for a younger and more demanding audience. Reuters/Kacper Pempel

A girl walks her dog on a windy day along the bank of the river Swale near Helperby in northern England. Reuters/Nigel Roddis

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A girl walks her dog on a windy day along the bank of the river Swale near Helperby in northern England. Reuters/Nigel Roddis

A child is silhouetted as he jumps from the steps of a temple in Kathmandu. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

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A child is silhouetted as he jumps from the steps of a temple in Kathmandu. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

Tourists take a boat ride amid dense fog at Sukhana Lake on a cold winter morning in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh as cold weather continued to sweep North India. Reuters/Ajay Verma

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Tourists take a boat ride amid dense fog at Sukhana Lake on a cold winter morning in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh as cold weather continued to sweep North India. Reuters/Ajay Verma

A woman is seen as she prepares tea at her tea shop in Kathmandu. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

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A woman is seen as she prepares tea at her tea shop in Kathmandu. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

A member of the Berliner Seehunde (Berlin Seals) ice swimmers club takes a dip in the Oranke Lake during their traditional New Year swimming event in Berlin. Reuters/Thomas Peter

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A member of the Berliner Seehunde (Berlin Seals) ice swimmers club takes a dip in the Oranke Lake during their traditional New Year swimming event in Berlin. Reuters/Thomas Peter

People relax in a public swimming pool during heavy snowfalls in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann

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People relax in a public swimming pool during heavy snowfalls in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann

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