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1/23
Also very far out: pricks!
Kashmir is a region in the Himalayas, the high mountain system of Asia.
Shepherds live here - and they also need to be vaccinated.
Nazir Ahmed, a health worker there, is on the lookout for them and carries his cool box of vaccines over the hills.
Photo: Dar Yasin / AP
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2/23
Devilish surprise
On a move before St. Nicholas Day, this girl in the Czech Republic probably expected a nice surprise.
She doesn't seem to like the fact that his devilish companion turns to her.
During the parade in Valasska Polanka, they roam the streets handing out sweets and small gifts to the children.
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Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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3/23
Ash place
Black ash has thickly covered this soccer field on La Palma.
There is no end in sight to the volcanic eruption on the Canary Island: A lava flow that occurred over the weekend now hit several houses.
Photo:
Emilio Morenatti / AP
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4/23
deep mourning
Nilushi is a family member of Priyantha Kumara and mourns at his funeral.
The Sri Lankan manager was brutally killed in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy.
Photo:
Eranga Jayawardena / AP
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5/23
Sweeping week in Spanish
Partying at »Los Escobazos« (literally: large brooms) in Jarandilla.
In the small Spanish town, however, the brooms are not used for cleaning - they are lit in honor of the Virgin Mary.
The porters then beat it around wildly, so that sparks bathe the alleys in firelight.
Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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6/23
Got to the dog
The seven-year-old Leanna Arcila is sniffed by the therapy dog Watson when she receives a dose of a corona vaccine in a vaccination center in the gym of the Nathanael Greene Elementary School.
Although around 200 million Americans have received full vaccination with a corona vaccine, new corona infections and the number of hospitalized infected people are increasing.
Photo: David Goldman / dpa
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7/23
Polish vaccination skepticism
Paramedics from the hospital in Bochnia, a Polish city in southern Poland, come to the aid of a corona infected person who has not been vaccinated.
Currently, only 54.1 percent of the population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
According to the hospital, 95 percent of infected patients are not vaccinated.
Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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8/23
The sport, the rings and the innocence
Sport in China is a sensitive issue at the moment.
The USA will diplomatically boycott the Winter Olympics, and the pressure on the country is also growing due to the fall of tennis player Peng Shuai, who has long since disappeared.
Sport is political, it has long since lost its innocence.
Only not with the children.
Here kindergarten children from Qingzhou in the east Chinese province of Shandong play with balls and rings.
Photo: Future Publishing / Getty Images
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9/23
Bird perspective
A blue heron stands amid plastic waste in polluted waters in Panama City.
Photo: Carlos Lemos / EPA-EFE
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10/23
Prize-worthy
The Filipino journalist Maria Ressa is on her way to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Three courts had to allow President Rodrigo Duterte's critic to attend the award ceremony on December 10th.
Ressa and the Russian journalist Dmitri Muratov were awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize in October for their efforts to »protect freedom of expression«.
Photo: Ezra Acayan / Getty Images
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11/23
The last of their kind
Around 54,000 miners once mined coal in the Romanian Jui Valley, today there are still around 2000. They are the remains of a dying branch of industry: in 2032 the country wants to have completely phased out coal.
Here a small group of workers pass the time with tobacco and conversation before their shift starts.
Photo: Andreea Campeanu / Getty Images
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12/23
Election imprint
A man shows his finger marked with election ink during the presidential and parliamentary elections in The Gambia.
In the election, the incumbent Adama Barrow was able to win a clear victory.
It was considered a test for the young democracy in the small West African state.
Photo: Leo Correa / dpa
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13/23
Hot wire
US President Joe Biden negotiates the conflict in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conference.
There was no approximation.
Photo: White House / ZUMA PRESS / IMAGO
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14/23
Revenge for the black panther
A woman touches the image of a crying panther during a protest against Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Thailand's largest construction company.
He was sentenced to three years in prison after killing a rare black panther and cooking its meat.
Photo: CHALINEE THIRASUPA / REUTERS
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15/23
He said yes
The Bundestag applauds after the election of Olaf Scholz as Federal Chancellor.
Scholz later tweeted about his swearing-in: "I said 'yes'."
Photo: Stefanie Loos / AP
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16/23
Change of Chancellor
The new Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz says goodbye to the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel with Fistbump - coronastyle.
Photo: SeanGallup / Getty Images
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17/23
Full roar
The Cannabis Expo in Urugay is one of the most important international trade fairs for the cannabis industry.
These marijuana-smoking people in Montevideo appear to be less interested in the medicinal benefits of the plant.
Photo:
MARIANA GREIF / REUTERS
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18/23
Go through fire for something
This firefighter ventures into the fire to fight flames.
The exercise took place in the north of the Chinese province of Sichuan.
Photo: VCG / Getty Images
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19/23
With a cat in the ditch
A Ukrainian soldier runs along the dividing line with the Russian separatists near Donetsk.
He's carrying a cat.
Ukraine fears an imminent Russian invasion.
Photo: Andriy Dubchak / AP
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20/23
Brrr - and in there!
Chinese winter swimmers have plans: They want to swim their laps in the cold Houhai, Beijing's largest lake.
Winter swimming is popular with citizens because they assume it will keep them in the best of health.
Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY / EPA
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21/23
Protective screen
After a cyclone in Bangladesh, these citizens are standing in front of a food outlet.
Photo: Rehman Asad / NurPhoto / Getty Images
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22/23
Ashes in the living room
The family portrait is still hanging on the living room wall in a damaged house in Sumber Wuluh village in Lumajang.
That was devastated on December 6th by a volcanic eruption of Mount Semeru.
At least fourteen people were killed.
Photo: JUNE KRISWANTO / AFP
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23/23
Heavy load
Even 13 years after the fatal shot by the police on the then 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos, demonstrations continue every year in Greece.
The protesters oppose police violence, this homeless person has to move because of the rally.
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Photo:
DIMITRIS TOSIDIS / EPA