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Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, is shown in this handout photo provided by NASA as he participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place on December 24, 2013, released on December 27, 2013.NASA/Reuters

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Indian laborers keep themselves warm near a small bonfire at an under construction building in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Large swathes of North India bore the brunt of a cold wave and icy winds as temperatures in several parts of the region breached the sub zero level.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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Police detain an injured man suspecting of being an activist of the banned Islamist organization Hizb-ut-Tahrir, in Dhaka December 27, 2013.ANDREW BIRAJ/Reuters

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A Ukrainian pro-EU demonstrator eats hot food at a barricade near Independence Square where the supporters are holding a rally in Kiev December 27, 2013.GLEB GARANICH/Reuters

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Civilians, soldiers and policemen gather at the site of an explosion in downtown Beirut December 27, 2013.MOHAMED AZAKIR/Reuters

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An artist from the company "La Machine" uses an electric chain saw to complete a performance where they created an ice sculpture in the form of a lizard, in Nantes, December 27, 2013.STEPHANE MAHE/Reuters

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Toronto Hydro workers work to restore power following an ice storm in Toronto, December 27, 2013.MARK BLINCH/Reuters

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A distorted view of Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics is seen through glass, as he eats his birthday cake in his enclosure at the Singapore Zoo, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, in Sinagpore.Wong Maye-E/The Associated Press

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A Free Syrian Army fighter jumps from a high window during what activists said were clashes with pro-government forces, beside Hanano barracks in Aleppo's Bab al-Hadid district, December 26, 2013.Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters

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