The Singapore Zoo shows off its babies, a church emerges from a drying reservoir in Spain, a different church is torn down for a coal mine in Germany, ice blankets in the U.S., fog drifts in the U.K., Saudi Arabia opens its first automotive showroom solely dedicated to women, and much more.
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Khansa, an eight-month-old critically endangered Bornean orangutan, shows off her two front teeth at the Singapore Zoo on January 11, 2018. Khansa was the zoo's 46th successful orangutan birth. #
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Entertainers hold a giant puppet depicting theoretical physicist Albert Einstein during the traditional Three Kings parade (Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos) marking Epiphany in Madrid, Spain, on January 5, 2018. #
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Hundreds of Victoria Cruziana plants float over the Salado River water in Piquete Cue, Paraguay, on January 7, 2018. This water lily that grows up to two meters wide was, according to locals, believed to be extinct in the area. #
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DeVonta Smith of the Alabama Crimson Tide catches a 41-yard touchdown pass to beat the Georgia Bulldogs in the CFP National Championship in overtime at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. #
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A dancer of The Spanish National Dance Company performs during a rehearsal ahead of the premiere of "Don Quixote" at the Theater of the Maestranza in Sevilla on January 10, 2018. #
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A church and remains of an ancient village. which are usually covered by water, are seen inside the reservoir of Sau, in Vilanova de Sau, Catalonia, Spain, on January 11, 2018. One reservoir built in the early 1960s, submerging a village called San Roman de Sau and its 11th-century romanesque church, is so low on water that the ruins of buildings which are usually under water are now uncovered. #
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St. Lambertus Church in the ghost village of Immerath is demolished to make way for the expansion of the nearby open pit brown coal mine of German power supplier RWE in Immerath, Germany on January 8, 2018. #
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Members of Japan's idol group, "Virtual Currency Girls," wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their debut stage event in Tokyo, Japan, on January 12, 2018. The group sang songs extolling the virtues of decentralized digital currencies such as bitcoin, including "The Moon, Cryptocurrencies and Me." #
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Driver Stephane Peterhansel of France, and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret of France, race their Peugeot down a dune in the fifth stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally between San Juan de Marcona and Arequipa, Peru, on January 10, 2018. #
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The car driven by Argentinian driver Alicia Reina and co-driver Carlos Pelayo catches fire during stage three of the Dakar 2018 between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona, Peru, on January 8, 2018. The drivers escaped uninjured. #
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Dressed for the traditional New Year's festival known as "La Diablada," a participant strikes a pose in Pillaro, Ecuador, on January 5, 2018. Thousands of singing and dancing devils take over the mountain town for six days of revelry in the streets. Local legend holds that anyone who adopts a costume for the celebration and wears it at the event six years in a row will have good luck. #
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A man takes photos of the lavender rows at Bridestowe Lavender Estate on January 10, 2018, in Launceston, Australia. The estate runs over 260 acres and is the world's largest privately owned lavender farm. #
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Demonstrators clash with police as they try to take the stairs leading to the parliament building in Athens, Greece, on January 12, 2018, as part of a strike wave against changes to a 36-year-old industrial action law demanded by the country's creditors. #
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A herd of horses is led to higher ground as water levels rise at Munnikenland in Poederoijen, Netherlands, on January 8, 2018. After heavy rains and melting snow, the water levels in the Dutch rivers Maas and Waal have risen. #
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A fox walks through a cemetery at dusk on January 10, 2018, in Bath, England. Although the number of foxes in the UK is actually on the decline, according to a recent study the number of urban foxes in England has quadrupled over the past 20 years with an estimated 150,000 foxes in England, or about one for every 300 urban residents. #
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A home is surrounded by mud and debris caused by a massive mudflow in Montecito, California, on January 10, 2018. Search and rescue efforts intensified on January 10 for a handful of of Montecito residents feared to be trapped in their homes after deadly walls of mud and debris roared down California hillsides stripped of vegetation by recent ferocious wildfires. #
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A Syrian girl appears from the rubble holding her shoe following an airstrike on Hamouria, in the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus, on January 9, 2018. Airstrikes and artillery fire killed over a dozen civilians in a rebel enclave near Damascus targeted by near-daily regime bombardment, a war monitor said. #
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Angel Arredando hands toys to a wheelchair-bound boy at the National Pediatrics Institute in Mexico City on January 11, 2018. The Chocho Foundation gave away more than 1,800 toys to sick children at the institute. #
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