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Wave after wave (31.12.2021)
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to swim," one could say these days, borrowing from mindfulness professor Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Just like the girls and women at Gyllyngvase Beach near Cornwall, who plunged into the 10-degree tide today to honor a tradition reinvented by swimming instructor Gemma Lawley in 2020 and to celebrate the end of this crazy year.
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Cheers mask! (12/30/2021)
Well, the mask.
What better symbol for the last year, the last two years that already feel like a decade?
Probably not.
Maybe that's why pop star Katy Perry decided to do this rather strange performance and toasted an oversized mouth and nose protector on a stage in Las Vegas.
With a beer mug.
Well get it!
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Cold goods (29.12.2021)
It's probably cars.
New or used, that is no longer so easy to determine.
In any case, a cargo has arrived in the Russian Far East port of Vladivostok.
The cargo ship previously got a few breakers in the rough Japanese Sea, reports the captain.
The severe frost (maximum daily value: minus 13 degrees Celsius) formed the cargo into works of art, almost as beautiful as the name of the ship: »Sun Rio«.
Photo: Tatiana Meel / REUTERS
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On them with broth (28.12.2021)
For about 200 years, a battle has started in Ibi, Spain, on December 28th.
The so-called flour men try to bring the city under their control.
All who stand in their way throw flour at them.
So that it sticks better, they also have eggs with them.
Thousands of men take part in the festival, consuming several tons of flour, tens of thousands of eggs and setting off all kinds of crackers.
Those who do not want to be thrown at can donate money - which will then be used for a charitable cause.
Photo: Alberto SaÃz / AP
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Get into the wave! (27.12.2021)
The beach on Copacabana, where Rio de Janeiro traditionally celebrates life, is four kilometers long.
They roll up rustling, the waves into which the bathers throw themselves.
And the next corona wave could also unfold a previously unknown force.
According to current studies, the Omikron variant causes greatly increased infection rates.
On New Year's Eve, there should still be a big party at Copacabana with fireworks and music, but without the famous stage shows.
Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes had initially canceled the party, but has now encouraged them to celebrate.
Photo: Buda Mendes / Getty Images
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Deep sorrow (12/26/2021)
The bodies of a Kurdish woman and her three children are buried in a cemetery in the city of Darbandikhan in northern Iraq.
Like 29 other people, they drowned in the English Channel on November 24th while trying to get from France to England.
The bodies were returned home on Saturday after the flight had been postponed twice.
Photo: STR / EPA
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Into the pleasure (25.12.2021)
On Christmas Day it is quite frosty even in the port of Barcelona.
Nevertheless, swimmers of all ages have been meeting there since 1907 to carry out the »Copa Nadal« over 200 meters.
Christmas costumes like that of this swimmer do not raise the temperature, but at least the mood of the participants.
Photo: Enric Fontcuberta / EPA
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Christmas military escort (12/24/2021)
To get to the holiest Christmas spot in the world, you have to go through a crisis area: The Israeli police escort the car of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, through the Israeli checkpoint between Jerusalem and the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Photo: AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
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Stone Age crowd (23.12.2021)
Not one, but hundreds of visitors watched the winter solstice at the Stone Age monument Stonehenge.
The stone circle mainly attracts druids, modern pagans and esotericists.
Despite the corona warning, they came in droves.
Photo: Henry Nicholls / REUTERS
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Squaring the Beach (12/22/2021)
Beachgoers sunbathe in the sand of the Peruvian capital Lima in separate areas.
Authorities have divided the popular beaches into small boxes to prevent mass buildups during the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo: Ernesto Bernavides / AFP
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Frosted (21.12.2021)
The Oudeland van Strijen is bathed in pastel-colored winter light.
The Dutch bird area south of Rotterdam consists mainly of grassland and arable land and is typically flat.
Photo: Jeffrey Groeneweg / EPA
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Rubble view (December 20, 2021)
The view from a theater in Mayfield in the US state of Kentucky reveals a disaster scenario.
The outer wall of the venue and the surrounding area were hit and destroyed by tornadoes.
Photo: Brandon Bell / Getty Images
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Headless (12/19/2021):
Pope Francis (right) and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski take part in a pre-Christmas event for children in Rome.
Red balloons make the scene a little reminiscent of the Banksy picture "Girl with Balloon".
Photo: FABIO FRUSTACI / EPA
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Transport network (December 18, 2021)
A man stands on a guardrail in Putrajaya, Malaysia and throws a fishing net onto a flooded street to fish.
The weather agency warns of continuous rain in several states of the Southeast Asian country.
Photo: Norhayati Mohd Akhir (wartawan) / dpa
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Behind Spanish curtains (17.12.2021)
The flamenco dancer and choreographer Sara Baras at a pre-screening of her new show »Alma« for the press.
The piece will have its world premiere on Friday evening at the Teatro de la Maestranza in the Andalusian metropolis of Seville.
Photo: PEPO HERRERA / EPA
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Storm in Wonderland (December 16, 2021)
In the middle of the rain is a man with a child in his arms on the decorated pier of Huntington Beach.
A "Winter Wonderland" banner flutters in the wind above the two lonely figures.
With heavy downpours and winds, the strongest storm of the season sweeps over Southern California.
Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images
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Marathon on water (December 15, 2021)
It is not that easy to hold a swimming competition in open water in the middle of December - at least that applies to large parts of the northern hemisphere.
The Persian Gulf, however, is an exception.
The mixed relays are accordingly warm over 4x1500 meters - Leonie Beck plows through the floods for the German team - at the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
In the Emirates, the world swimming federation FINA is holding an »Aquatics Festival« at the moment. In addition to the long-distance competitions, the short course World Cup is also taking place.
Photo: Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto / IMAGO
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Silent Night (14.12.2021)
The community of Schuld in the district of Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate was badly affected by the floods in summer 2021.
134 people died in the floods on the Ahr, hundreds more were injured.
Six buildings collapsed due to guilt alone, and numerous others were badly damaged.
Now there is a large Christmas tree on the spot where people once lived in a house.
Warning and remembrance at the same time.
Photo: Michael Probst / AP
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Bookcase (13.12.2021)
That wall of books is one of the few things attorney Chuck Foster left from his Mayfield law firm.
The rest was devastated by a severe tornado.
The cyclone hit the location in the US state of Kentucky hard in many other places, killing dozen people.
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Mark Humphrey / AP
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Celebrating for a good cause (12.12.2021)
Last year it had to be canceled because of the corona pandemic, now the "SantaCon" is back: Every year in December, New Yorkers roam the city's pubs to raise money for charitable causes.
The participants dress up as Santa Clauses, pixies or other Christmas characters.
This year they also had to be vaccinated against Corona in order to be allowed in the participating pubs.
Photo: David Dee Delgado / Getty Images
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Darth Vader in the stadium (December 11th, 2021)
No, this is not a scene from a new "Star Wars" movie.
At cricket games in Brisbane, Australia, fans regularly wear such science fiction outfits.
Based on the stadium's name - Gabba - they are called Gabbatroopers.
Photo: Jono Searle / EPA
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Christmas moon (10.12.2021)
The moon - framed by Christmas lights.
The picture was taken in the city of Lenaxa in the US state of Kansas.
Photo: Charlie Riedel / AP
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Rubble and Ashes (December 9th, 2021)
A man sits in front of destroyed buildings in the village of Curah Kobokan on the Indonesian island of Java.
After the volcanic eruption on Java, the death toll rose to 39.
Dozens of residents were injured when the 3,700-meter-high Semeru erupted, and more than 4,000 had to leave their homes and seek protection.
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June Kriswanto / AFP
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Pieks premiere (December 8th, 2021)
In Chile, children between the ages of three and five are already vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Vicente Gutierrez is also waiting for his first prick in a vaccination center in Santiago.
The boy is clearly jittery.
His sister Emilia takes him comfortably in her arms.
Photo: Esteban Felix / AP
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Everyone comes out of the house (07.12.2021)
No, this photo was not taken in black and white.
Snow lies on the roofs of the houses in the historic old town of Freudenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia.
And the world really looks like powdered.
Photo:
Federico Gambarini / dpa
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Panda times at the top (06.12.2021)
Usually, pandas are mostly found near the ground, where they nibble bamboo.
But they can also climb well.
The fact that this panda is climbing an electricity distribution station in Hangzhou, China, is not because he suspects bamboo there - because this decorative panda never has an appetite.
Photo: Long Wei / Future Publishing / Getty Images
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The devils of Nicholas (05.12.2021)
We also know from Germany and Austria that St. Nicholas is accompanied by evil fellows.
They look particularly gruesome in the Czech Republic.
In the small community of Valasska Polanka in the east of the country, the devils roamed the streets on the evening of December 4th, to the delight of the villagers.
The masks are often handmade, passed down from generation to generation and differ from village to village.
Photo: Lukas Kabon / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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Polar Express (December 4th, 2021)
Amid snow, fir trees and breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains, a Canadian Pacific freight train drives around the Morants Curve in Banff National Park near Baker Creek, Canada.
The curve is a popular vantage point for photographers as it is easily accessible from nearby Highway 1A.
Photo: Jeff Mcintosh / dpa
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Santa Claus goes down (December 3rd, 2021)
A diver disguised as Nikolas greets from an aquarium in the South Korean capital Seoul, a girl looks on in amazement.
There were similar actions in Germany: In Munich a diver put on a Santa Claus costume and fed the inhabitants of the ocean basin in Sea Life.
Photo: Kim Hong-Ji / REUTERS
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House with chimney (02.12.2021)
Directly in front of a house on La Palma that is buried under volcanic ash, a crack has opened up in the ground - a chimney from which lava can escape.
Even ten weeks after the eruption began on the Cumbre Vieja ridge, earthquakes and lava fountains continue to occur.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti / AP
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Just don't get infected (01.12.2021)
Schoolgirls in Johannesburg, South Africa, line up at a distance and mask to get into their classrooms.
The »Omikron« variant of the coronavirus was first discovered in South Africa.
Doctors there report that the cases observed so far are mild - but this is also due to the fact that the cases so far have mainly occurred in young people who normally do not get seriously ill with Covid-19.
Photo: Jerome Delay / AP
