Revelers brace freezing cold temperatures in Times Square ahead of New Year's celebrations in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 31, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
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Students react as water from earthen pitchers is poured on them to take a holy bath during a ceremony organised to resemble the annual month-long Hindu religious festival of Magh Mela, held during the Hindu month of Magh, in Ahmedabad, India, January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Bath time Indian students participate in a bathing ritual during the Hindu month of Magh in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

CARNLOUGH, NORTHERN IRELAND - JANUARY 01: Angela McClements braves the wintry conditions as she takes part in the annual New Years Day swim at Carnlough harbour on January 1, 2018 in Carnlough, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
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Deep end Angela McClements takes the plunge for a New Year’s Day swim in Carnlough harbour, Northern Ireland

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United vs Southampton - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - December 30, 2017 Manchester United's Ashley Young shoots from a free kick Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Shot stopper Manchester United test Southampton’s defences in the English Premier League clash that ended 0-0

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, with their son Barron, arrive for a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 31, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Party mood Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Barron, their son, enjoy new year’s celebrations at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach

A woman walks past of a mural depicting members of Iran's Basij volunteer paramilitary force, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Tens of thousands of Iranians took part in pro-government demonstrations in several cities across the country on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, a move apparently seeking to calm nerves after a week of protests and unrest that have killed at least 21 people. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Under fire Iran’s Basij volunteer force, depicted in a mural in central Tehran, has been among the targets of anger during a week of anti-government protests in which 21 people have died

A barge cuts through ice on the Ohio River as it passes under the West End Bridge, along the North Shore district in Pittsburgh on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (Haley Nelson/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Ice flow A barge battles a frozen current on the Ohio river as it passes the West End bridge in Pittsburgh

People dance during the New Year's celebrations on a beach in Mumbai, India, January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Sands of time Thousands of Indians take to the beach in Mumbai to see in the new year

Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations on Sydney Harbour, Australia, January 1, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Star performance Sydney Opera House is bathed in light during new year celebrations featuring eight tons of fireworks in the Australian city

FRIMLEY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 4: Prime Minister Theresa May meets patient Sandra Dunn at Frimley Park Hospital on January 4, 2018 in Frimley, England. (Photo by Jeremy Selwyn - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Ward rounds Theresa May, the UK prime minister, chats with a patient at a Surrey hospital in a week in which the National Health Service cancelled routine operations

An Emirati man walks a camel across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 2, 2018. The festival, which attracts participants from around the Gulf region, includes a variety of races (cars, bikes, falcons, camels and horses) or other activities aimed at promoting the country's folklore. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
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Shadow lands An emirati and his camel cross Abu Dhabi’s Empty Quarter on their way to the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival

Family members of the victims of an apartment fire in Bronx that took place on December 28, 2017 mourn their relatives in Bronx, New York, U.S., January 2, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
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Family grief Relatives mourn the 12 people who died in the December 28 apartment fire in New York at a service at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Bronx

TOPSHOT - A wounded man is carried following an air strike on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on January 2, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSAABDULMONAM EASSA/AFP/Getty Images
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Casualty of war The rebel-held town of Arbin in the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus comes under Syrian and Russian air strikes

Revellers take part in the "Canto a la Tierra" parade on January 3, 2018, during the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Pasto, Colombia, the largest festivity in the south-western region of the country. More than 10,000 people among artists, craftsmen and revellers take part in the Blacks and Whites Carnival, which has its origins in the mix of the multiple Andean, Amazonian and Pacific cultural expressions. It is celebrated every year from January 2 to 6 in the city of Pasto and is part of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2009. / AFP PHOTO / Luis ROBAYO (Photo credit should read LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Song to Earth Revellers take part in the ‘Canto a la Tierra’ parade in Pasto, Colombia, during the Carnival of Blacks and Whites marking cultural diversity in the region

A surfer rides a wave during the Punta Galea Big Wave Challenge in Punta Galea, Getxo, near Bilbao, Spain, December 30, 2017. REUTERS/Vincent West
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Behind you! A surfer rides a wave during a contest in Punta Galea, near Bilbao, northern Spain

epaselect epa06417197 White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stands beside monitors showing US President Donald J. Trump delivering a statement on the economy, at the beginning of a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 04 January 2018. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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Double vision Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, stands by as Donald Trump holds forth on the US economy

Participants show off their writings in a New Year calligraphy contest in Tokyo, Japan, January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Handy work Participants in a calligraphy contest present their exhibits in Tokyo, Japan

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