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A mural on a street in Caracas. Venezuela has an estimated 303 billion barrels of crude oil reserves. AFP

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A crude treatment plant operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in Orinoco belt, in the state of Anzoategui. Reuters

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The wreckage of a drone in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of New Year's Day attacks. AFP

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The headquarters of the Lebanese Electricity Company (Electricite du Liban) in Beirut. EPA

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