Christmas lights in New York City, fall colors in Japan, sepak takraw in the Philippines, a sandy traffic jam in Miami, continued protests in Chile, the Tactual Museum of Athens, the Sankta Lucia Festival of Light in York, a Santa run in Glasgow, and much more
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Thousands of members of the public, dressed in Santa suits, make their way through the streets of Glasgow on December 8, 2019. The annual 5k fun run saw more than 8,000 people take part. #
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Matilda Bergstrom, from Täby, Sweden, plays the role of Lucia during the Swedish Sankta Lucia Festival of Light service at York Minster, in York, northern England, on December 6, 2019. The Sankta Lucia celebration is based on the bravery and martyrdom of a young Sicilian girl, Saint Lucy, who died in the early fourth century. The service features a candlelit procession of choristers led by a girl, Lucia, wearing a crown of candles and a red sash around her waist to symbolize her martyrdom. #
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A woman joins a performance of “A Rapist in Your Path” at Venezuela Square, in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 6, 2019. Born in Chile, the feminist anthem has become an international phenomenon, with activists in countries from Latin America to North America and Europe staging public performances to denounce violence and human-rights abuses against women. #
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A protester puts his hand in front of a riot-police officer's face in downtown Santiago, Chile, as demonstrations continue against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on December 5, 2019. #
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A visually impaired woman is helped as she touches a copy of an ancient statue in the Tactual Museum of Athens during a guided tour on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3, 2019. One of the five museums of its kind in the world, the Tactual Museum was founded in 1984 as a way to give visually impaired people the opportunity to come into contact with ancient Greek culture. #
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A federal firefighter carries a hose as he tries to put out a fire from a ruptured oil pipeline vandalized by oil thieves at Peace Estate, Baruwa, in Lagos, Nigeria, on December 5, 2019. #
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A U.S. Capitol police officer watches from the back wall of the hearing room as the House Judiciary Committee holds its first hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on December 4, 2019. #
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French President Emmanuel Macron touches the coffin of a French soldier killed in Mali, during a national tribute ceremony at Les Invalides, in Paris, on December 2, 2019. Thirteen French soldiers were killed in an accident involving two helicopters during Operation Barkhane, against jihadists in Mali, on November 25. #
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People walk among cars sculpted in sand stuck in a traffic jam, titled Order of Importance, by the artist Leandro Erlich, as part of Miami Art Week, in Miami Beach, Florida, on December 3, 2019. #
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A Chinese tourist uses the scarf of a friend while she and others struggle to climb an icy section of the Great Wall at Badaling in the wind on a cold day after snowfall in Beijing, China, on November 30, 2019. #
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A soldier from the Chinese People's Liberation Army jumps through a ring of fire during a military exercise in Shihezi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, on December 3, 2019. #
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Vietnam's Ngo Hai Yen in action during her qualification round at the Southeast Asian Games, at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, in Manila, Philippines, on December 6, 2019 #
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Myanmar's Aung Naing Oo kicks a ball against Indonesia's Muhammad Hardiansyah and Saiful Rijal during the men's team double sepak takraw final, between Indonesia and Myanmar, at the 30th Southeast Asian Games, in Subic, Philippines, on December 5, 2019. #
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Dignitaries onstage push a button igniting the 50,000 multicolored LED lights during the 87th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony, in New York City, on December 4, 2019. #
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A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on December 5, 2019. #
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People visit a pollution pod by the British artist Michael Pinsky outside the venue of the United Nations climate-change conference, in Madrid, Spain, on December 2, 2019. #
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The tee of Bo-Mee Lee of South Korea hits the camera during her tee shot on the fourth hole in the final round of the LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup, at Miyazaki Country Club, in Miyazaki, Japan, on December 1, 2019. #
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