图片新闻：Day in Photos 12/05

 

 

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Fireworks lit the sky during King Bhumibol Adulyadej birthday celebrations, in Bangkok. Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej marked his 86th birthday with a call for national unity, but failed to offer guidance on how his polarized nation might find its way out of its bitter political conflicts.

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Newly-graduated Afghan midwives attend a commencement ceremony at the Governor's House in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province. 

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The lights are turned on for a giant menorah at the Reading Power Station in Tel Aviv, on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, Dec. 4, 2013. 

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Waves lash the ferry pier on the North Sea coast in Dagebuell, Germany, as storm front Xaver hits the country. 

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A baby of palm cockatoo, also known as the Goliath Cockatoo, is seen at the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic.

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The unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as "the hexagon" taken by NASA's Cassini mission

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Santa Clauses bunny hop through Times Square as they deliver holiday PEEPS and spread cheer in New York, Dec. 4, 2013.

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Young cros*****reed dogs cuddle up in a small basket at Gut Aiderbichl in Henndorf, in the Austrian province of Salzburg, Dec. 4, 2013. Gut Aiderbichl is a place of mercy for rescued animals. 

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People walk along the snow covered Tverskoi Boulevard during a major snowfall in central Moscow, Russia.

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A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds the sharks in Budapest's Tropicarium, Hungary.

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A man plays violin as he roller-skates on a sqauare on a hazy day in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.

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Officials in boats monitor the scene where dozens of pilot whales are stranded in shallow water in a remote area of Florida's Everglades National Park, USA, Dec. 4, 2013.  
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Crocodiles devour a zebra they killed, as wildebeest and zebra crossed the Mara River, in Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya, Dec. 3, 2013. 

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A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, Dec. 3, 2013. The rocket carried its first commercial payload, a communications satellite.

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A Cambodian family collects water lilies from O-Treng lake to sell at a market, in Kampong Speu province, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh. Locals purchase the lilies as an ingredient for soup. 

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An Indian naval band performs during Naval Day celebrations at the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India.

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A horseman pulls a horse during the Sicab International Pre Horse Fair in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain.

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A rare total cloud inversion at Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Cloud inversions are formed through the interaction of warm and cold air masses.

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People walk by a giant Christmas ball displayed in Nice, southeastern France. 

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Artist Alex Chinneck poses on the rooftop of his latest art installation Miner on the Moon (Upside Down House) upon its unveiling on Blackfriars Road in Central London. 
 

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