Photos of the Day, Dec. 22, 2011
Druids, pagans and revellers take part in a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge on December 22, 2011 in Wiltshire, England. The unseasonable warm weather encouraged a larger than normal crowd to gather at the famous historic stone circle to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year.
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Performance artist Pian Shankong kneels in his underwear inside a dog cage to urge people not to eat dogs in Guiyang, Guizhou province, December 21, 2011. Pian, 40, has been travelling around southwest China since last year to call for the public to love animals, local media reported. Picture taken December 21, 2011.
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A bearded dragon warms himself by the Christmas lights due to the unseasonally cold temperatures at the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney on December 22, 2011. The park displays 157 species of native and exotic fauna as well as hosts a breeding programme for endangered animals.
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Nikolai Vasilyev water-skis while dressed as Santa Claus along the Yenisei River outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 22, 2011. Vasilyev, 58, a teacher of the Krasnoyarsk Aerospace College, constructed the self-made water skis to travel on the water surface. The skis are made of plastic foam and the sticks are designed to propel him forward.
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AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban from Costa Rica reacts as he is attacked on the pitch by an Ajax Amsterdam supporter during the soccer match at the Amsterdam Arena December 21, 2011. The last 16 Dutch Cup tie between Ajax Amsterdam and AZ Alkmaar was abandoned on Wednesday after Alkmaar's goalkeeper Esteban was sent off for kicking a fan who had run on to the pitch. Picture taken December 21, 2011.
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Lighting artist Bruce Munro demonstrates his latest installation 'Star-Turn' at a one-night event in front of the Holburne Museum on December 21, 2011 in Bath, England. The event, in aid of Help For Heroes, saw sponsored riders pedaling the contraption from dusk on the shortest day, to the following dawn. Star-Turn joined Munro's fibre optic Field of Light, which has been installed in the museum gardens and remains in place until January 8th.
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Italian Welfare Minister Elsa Fornero (L) gestures next to Sports Minister Piero Gnudi at the Senate in Rome on December 22, 2011. Italian senators headed to give final approval to austerity tax increases and pension reforms in a bid to avoid bankruptcy for the eurozone's third-biggest economy as recession looms. Monti's government was holding a confidence vote on the package in the Senate to ensure that the unpopular measures go through before Christmas to shore up sagging confidence in Italy on the financial markets.
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A christmas tree is transported with a lorry by a resident of the North Frisian Hallig island Nordstrandischmoor, northern Germany, on December 20, 2011. The Hallig is connected to the mainland by a 3.8 kilometer railway. Nordstrandischmoor has 18 residents.
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Christian pilgrims and tourists visit the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 22, 2011, as Christian pilgrims started gathering in the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ to attend the Christmas midnight mass.
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Two bicycle rickshaw drivers stay warm under blankets early in the morning in the old quarter of New Delhi on December 22, 2011. Nearly 100 people have died in cold weather sweeping across northern India with many of the deaths taking place among the homeless and the elderly.
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A Tasmanian devil warms himself in the Christmas hat due to the unseasonally cold temperatures at the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney on December 22, 2011. The park displays 157 species of native and exotic fauna as well as hosts a breeding programme for the endangered devils at the Devil Ark breeding facility at Barrington Tops.
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Druids, pagans and revellers take part in a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge on December 22, 2011 in Wiltshire, England. The unseasonable warm weather encouraged a larger than normal crowd to gather at the famous historic stone circle to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year.
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