December 19, 2013

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Protestors wearing masks depicting pictures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso take part in a demonstration against austerity on the first day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium.

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A general view of Christmas decorations and lights at the home of the Duszenko family in Polkowice, southwestern Poland. Since 1999, the Duszenko family from Lower Silesia has always decorated their house and garden before Christmas, Dec. 18, 2013.

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Pro-European integration protesters form the Ukrainian word for "Lustration" at Independence Square in Kyiv.

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Villagers walk home carrying water collected from the Kuakhai River on a foggy morning in Bhubaneswar, India.