The Week in Pictures: Dec. 29, 2017 - MSN.com

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24 December 2017: Winter swimmers and people dressed as Father Frost and Snow Maiden arrange their bodies in the shape of a '2018' sign on the snowy bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia




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22 December 2017: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in the air, as seen from Santa Monica, California




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22 December 2017: A wounded Palestinian demonstrator dressed as Santa Claus is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops, at a protest in response to US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, near the border with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip




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23 December 2017: Artists work on the construction site of a 80-metre-long (262 feet) snow sculpture for the Vasaloppet China ski festival in Changchun in China's northeastern Jilin province




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23 December 2017: A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus stands in front of Israeli troops during a protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem




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23 December 2017: West Ham United's Marko Arnautovic celebrates scoring their first goal during their Premier League match against Newcastle United at the London Stadium




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24 December 2017: N'yaounda holds her one-day-old baby gorilla at Budapest Zoo, Hungary




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24 December 2017: Indonesian Christians hold lit candles as they celebrate Christmas mass at a stadium in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city




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23 December 2017: Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected residents in Davao on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao after Tropical Storm Tembin dumped torrential rains across the island

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23 December 2017: A firefighter stands in front of a burning shopping mall in Davao City on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao




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25 December 2017: Members of the Legio Maria of African Church Mission hold candles during their overnight Christmas Mass at a church near Ugunja, western Kenya




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25 December 2017: The Aurora Borealis (northern lights) illuminate the sky of Lapland region, in Inari, Finland




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24 December 2017: US resident Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) Santa Tracker phone calls with children at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida




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25 December 2017: The Queen sits at a desk in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace during her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth




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25 December 2017: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend the Christmas Day service at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in King's Lynn, along with Prince William, Prince Philip and Kate Middleton




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25 December 2017: A police officer stands near a passenger bus that swerved off course and drove into a busy pedestrian underpass in Moscow, Russia




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26 December 2017: People ride on a boat to reach the bank of Rapti River during the foggy winter morning at Sauraha in Chitwan, Nepal




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26 December 2017: A Syrian Kurdish fighter arranges a tree ahead of a Christmas celebration at the heavily-damaged Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs in Raqqa




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26 December 2017: Australia's David Warner celebrates reaching his century during the first day of the fourth Ashes cricket test match at the MCG in Melbourne

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26 December 2017: Family and friends mourn people who died during the onslaught of tropical storm Tembin in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Mindanao island, Philippines




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27 December 2017: Runners and riders participate in the Christmas Ballyheigue beach horse races in the County Kerry village of Ballyheigue, Ireland




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27 December 2017: Members of Golden Circus of Liana Orfei perform a routine during the weekly general audience of Pope Francis at Aula Paolo VI in The Vatican




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27 December 2017: Backdropped by snow-covered hills, fishermen cast their lines in the River Clyde in Abignton, Scotland




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27 December 2017: People bathe in the natural hot water springs of Bormio in the Italian Alps




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27 December 2017: A Palestinian fisherman paddles his boat at sunset off the coast of Gaza City




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27 December 2017: A Lego tower is seen under construction in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, as the city attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the highest such structure




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27 December 2017: Syrian paramedics care for children inside an ambulance on the second night of an evacuation operation led by the Syrian Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Douma in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus




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28 December 2017: Roger Federer of Switzerland takes a selfie with a quokka at Rottnest Island in Perth, Australia, ahead of the 2018 Hopman Cup




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28 December 2017: A deer sits among the bracken on Richmond Park in London as the sun rises on a cold morning

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28 December 2017: A woman watches the sun rise behind the Shard from Primrose Hill in London




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28 December 2017: Mount Sinabung volcano spews lava that lights up the night sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia




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28 December 2017: A man runs away as dust blows in the aftermath of the third blast at a Shia cultural centre in Kabul




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28 December 2017: A woman confronts riot police during a protest against food shortages in Caracas, Venezuela




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28 December 2017: Women mourn inside a hospital compound after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan




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28 December 2017: Firefighters work on the scene of an apartment fire that killed at least 12 people in the Bronx, New York




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28 December 2017: Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in the Els Enfarinats battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi. During this 200-year-old festival, revellers dress in military clothes and stage a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the town hall as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Innocents




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28 December 2017: A woman dressed as a devil dances in the street under fireworks and blazing torches in Barcelona, to mark the Day of the Innocents




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29 December 2017: Navy personnel of People's Liberation Army (PLA) wave at their brides during a mass wedding at a military base in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China




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29 December 2017: A burned bar counter is seen among the charred remains of a restaurant where a rooftop party was being held in Mumbai, killing 15 people