December 24, 2013

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A Kurdish student protester launches fireworks against Turkish riot policemen in downtown Istanbul during an anti-government protest marking the second anniversary of a Turkish military air strike aimed at Kurdish rebels that killed 34.

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Visitors' silhouettes can be detected against lights decorating trees to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year, at Garden of Morning Calm in Gapyeong, South Korea.

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A worker carries a roasted pig outside a store in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Roasted pig is traditionally served during a Christmas eve dinner called "Noche Buena" in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation.

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Bangladeshi laborers unload coal from a boat, on the last day of a four-day blockade called by the opposition in Dhaka.