A police officers kicks a demonstrator during a protest against an increase in tuition fees on the edge of Parliament Square in London. Police clashed with protesters marching to London’s Parliament Square as lawmakers debated a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees in England.
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Russian extreme sports athlete Valery Rozov performs the first ever wingsuit jump from the 9.616 feet high Ulvetanna mountain in the Drygalski mountain chain in east Antarctica. After a 45 second flight Rozov landed with a parachute on the glacier.
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Santa Claus Larry Durian is screened by TSA agents before entering a secure area of the Akron Canton Airport in Green, Ohio. Santa planned to spend seven hours at the airport greeting passengers for their customer appreciation day.
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British canoeist Greg Pitt paddles the course at the new 2012 Olympic canoe slalom venue near Waltham Cross, England. The Lee Valley White Water Centre – the first brand new 2012 venue to be completed -was officially opened Thursday by Britain’s Princess Anne. Facilities include an Olympic standard 300m competition course, with a boat conveyor to transport participants to the course start in their rafts or canoes and a 160m intermediate/training course. There is a 2.5-acre finish lake and a pump house building containing a reception, cafe, changing rooms, offices, spectator viewing facilities, storage, water pump and filtration plant.
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This shot was taken from a 50-meter high platform and shows a snow-covered labyrinth at the Erlebnispark Teichland theme park in Teichland, northeastern Germany.
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Fall colors mingle with the rainy weather along First Street in Santa Rosa, CA.
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Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death for adultery, speaks with her son Sajjad Ghaderzadeh before an interview with Iran’s English language news station Press TV in Tabriz, northwest of Tehran.
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Antarctic tourist ship the “Clelia II” struggles in high seas with 165 people aboard in the southern Drake Passage, just north of the Shetland Islands. The ship declared an emergency, reporting it had suffered engine damage amid heavy seas and 55 mph winds near Ushuaia, Argentina.
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Demonstrators and police officers are surrounded by red smoke in Parliament Square in central London. Britain’s parliament will vote on Thursday on plans to raise tuition fees for university students, an issue which has badly split one of the coalition parties and sparked violent protests in London.
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Haitians make their way between barricades in a street during protests following presidential elections in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti’s capital and other cities on Wednesday, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition.
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An aerial view shows a helicopter which crashed in a corn field around 7:30 a.m. about seven miles east of the Pahokee airport in Pahokee, Fla. The pilot suffered major, but not life threatening injuries.
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People watch four and half year old Nandini perform a balancing act in Ahmadabad, India. Nandini performs on the streets for a living.
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The Duomo gothic cathedral’s windows are illuminated as part of the Led (Light Exhibition Design), in Milan, Italy.
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A girl jumps over a string made of rubber bands in a street game called “Chinese Garter” in Navotas, Metro Manila. The game involves participants trying to jump over a string of rubber bands or garter, which is held higher as the game progresses.
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Pedestrians walk past Christmas decorations displayed outside a shopping mall in Shanghai. Though not celebrated for religious reasons, Christmas has become a festive occasion for an increasing number of Chinese as commercial holiday decorations, signs and other symbolic items prevail during the month of December in urban areas across China.
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South Korean soldiers stand guard beside a barbed-wire fence at the south border line of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Inje northeast of Seoul. South Korea will buy gas masks to protect residents of border islands against any North Korean chemical attack, officials said as tensions remained high after last month’s bombardment.
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Bruce Irons of Hawaii surfs during round 1 heat at the Billabong Pipeline Masters in Pipeline, Hawaii. The Billabong Pipeline Masters is the final stop on the ASP Men’s World Tour and the third and final jewel of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.
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A streaker wears a scarf as a concession to the winter weather, as he runs across the pitch past Oxford and Cambridge players, at Twickenham, England, during the 129th annual Varsity rugby union match. The streaker was protesting against an increase in university tuition fees, as lawmakers in parliament debated a controversial plan to triple the fees.
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