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A person looks at an illuminated railway bridge across the river Yamuna ahead of the upcoming Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India. AP Photo -
A vendor waiting for customers at his market stall ahead of New Year's day in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP -
A Bangladeshi man walks over a boat held in position in Buriganga River in Dhaka. AFP -
Schoolchildren hold balloons as they pose during celebrations to welcome the New Year at their school in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters -
An aerial view shows men waiting near holes drilled into the frozen sea as they ice fish on the Gulf of Bothnia, near Vaasa, Western Finland. AFP -
People visit shops to purchase food and supplies to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo's shopping district Ueno. AFP -
A man walks on a footbridge over the partially frozen Dal lake on a cold winter morning in Srinagar. Reuters -
A Border Patrol car drags tires in the sand to make it easier to look for foot prints next to the US-Mexico border fence in the Yuha desert near Calexico, California. AFP -
Filipino Catholic devotees jostle to get closer to the image of the Black Nazarene during a thanksgiving procession on New Year's Eve in Manila, Philippines. EPA -
A woman fixes an "Old Year doll" for sale in Rionegro, Antioquia Department, Colombia. Burning "Old Year dolls" is one of the most traditional superstitions in Colombian popular culture. AFP
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