December 30, 2013

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An aerial shot of a pirogue packed with passengers arriving at a dock after crossing a waterway near the town of Malakal, South Sudan.

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The MV Akademik Shokalskiy is seen stranded in ice in Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2013. An Antarctic blizzard has halted an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach the Russian ship trapped for a week with 74 people onboard, rescuers said.

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Norwegian supporters follow the Nordic Combined ski jumping competition in the ski stadium of the 2015 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Sweden.

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A worker takes a break while arranging "wishing spheres" along Marina Bay in Singapore. People penned their wishes for the New Year onto the spheres before placing them into the river.