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A French soldier stands guard at Strasbourg Christmas Market in France, after gunman Cherif Chekatt opened fire there, killing three people. Chekatt was shot dead by police on Thursday.
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Sir Graham Brady (centre), chairman of the 1922 Committee, announces that Theresa May has survived a motion of no confidence from her own party at the Houses of Parliament in London, winning by 200 votes to 117.
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Italian soldiers take photos of Pope Francis as he arrives for the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.
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The terrace of a restaurant is covered in frost on the summit of the Brocken mountain in the Harz region, central Germany.
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A man dressed as Santa Claus stands outside a former penicillin factory in Rome, Italy, following an evacuation by police forces and firefighters. The derelict building was the home of migrants who resided in poor living conditions.
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A woman is sprayed with tear gas by a riot police officer during a 'yellow vests' protest against higher fuel prices, in Brussels, Belgium. Reuters photographer Yves Herman said of the woman: "When one young man was seized, a young woman with him rushed towards the line of police, shouting that he had done nothing wrong ... She wasn't even wearing one of the fluorescent yellow vests."
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a special address to the nation from the Elysee Palace, in Paris, making his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide 'yellow vest' protests.
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Workers dressed as a dog and a wild boar, to represent the outgoing year of the dog and incoming year of the wild boar, clean hotel windows in Tokyo, Japan.
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Illegal firecrackers are detonated in a controlled explosion in Weisskeissel, eastern Germany.
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Christmas lights are displayed on a house in Trinity Close in Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, England. For more than 11 years, the residents of Trinity Close have decorated their homes and gardens with more than a 100,000 colourful Christmas lights, raising money for charity. |