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A mother raise her glass filled with 2017 Beaujolais Nouveau wine as she holds her child in a colored hot water 'wine bath' at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, west of Tokyo, Japan, 16 November 2017, on the day of the Beaujolais Nouveau official release. With Germany and the United States, Japan is a major market for the Beaujolais Nouveau. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON
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An Indian artist from Kerala state performs during the celebrations for the 62nd anniversary from the foundation of Kerala state in Bhopal, India, 01 November 2017. Many artists belonging to the Keralite community performed during the event to mark the day when the state of Kerala was created on 01 November 1956. EPA-EFE/SANJEEV GUPTA
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Fans reach out to touch the plaque honoring US-Mexican singer Selena Quintanilla that her sister Suzette Quintanilla (R) holds up to the fans who gathered to witness the posthumous star ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, USA, 03 November 2017. Selena Quintanilla, 'The Queen of Tejano Music' was killed on 31 March 1995. Selena received the 2,622 star in the recording category. EPA-EFE/MIKE NELSON
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Soldiers of Jaish al-Islam participate in an endurance obstacle race, during a military graduation of the forth class of Khalid bin al-Walid's courses in the military school, in an undisclosed location at the outskirts of rebel-held Douma, in Damascus countryside, Syria, 30 October 2017. The military school is held with assistance of the Military Council in Damascus and its countryside. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
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Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort gets into his car after a bond hearing at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, DC, USA, 06 November 2017. Manafort is facing 12 charges stemming from special council Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW
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Maria Durand a Bible study teachers aid at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs leans over while hanging onto two of the twenty six crosses representing the twenty six victims in Sutherland Springs, Texas, USA, 07 November 2017. A single gunman identified as Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, is suspected of killing 26 people including several children as they attended church 05 November 2017. Kelley was found dead in his vehicle after a brief chase, however the cause of his death is unclear. EPA-EFE/LARRY W. SMITH
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A man jumps in front of a metal wall, part of the Berlin Wall memorial site in Berlin, Germany, 08 November 2017. November 09th marks a significant date in German history when both the Fall of the Berlin Wall as well as the 'Kristallnacht' or 'Reichskristallnacht' (lit.: Crystal Night, or Night of Broken Glass) are commemorated. EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER
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Iranian victims of an earthquake gather outdoors near a fire in the city of Pole-Zahab in Kermanshah Province, Iran, 13 November 2017. According to media reports quoting Iranian officials, a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the region along the border between Iran and Iraq on 12 November. EPA-EFE/POURIA PAKIZEH
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A male giant panda named Cai Tao eats during a media event at the Safari Zoo in Bogor, Indonesia, 01 November 2017. A pair of pandas, Cai Tao and Hu Chun, arrived in Indonesia from Chengdu, China in September and were quarantined for a month before being available to be viewed by the public at Safari Zoo in November. EPA-EFE/ADI WEDA
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British International Secretary Priti Patel leaves number 10 Downing street through the back entrance in London, Britain, 08 November 2017. According to media on 08 November 2017, Patel has come under pressure after reports emerged that she had allegedly met secretly with Israeli ministers during vacations earlier in 2017. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
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A light projection by Greenpeace members reading 'No Future in Fossil Fuels' lights up the facade of the brown coal-fired power plant Neurath operated by RWE in Grevenbroich, Germany, 10 November 2017. The 23rd session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC), the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference COP23 took place from 06 to 17 November in Bonn, the seat of the Climate Change Secretariat, under the presidency of Fiji. EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH
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US President Donald J. Trump waves from the door of the 'Air Force One' plane as he arrives at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, 11 November 2017. Trumps was on an official visit to Vietnam from 11 to 12 November 2017 after he had attended the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang. EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH
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Filipino activists clash with riot police during a protest rally in Manila, Philippines, 13 November 2017. The Philippines hosted the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings from 10 to 14 November. EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP23 in Bonn, Germany, 15 November 2017. The 23rd session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC), the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference COP23 took place from 06 to 17 November in Bonn, the seat of the Climate Change Secretariat, under the presidency of Fiji. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
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An Iranian mother mourns over the grave of her five-year-old son, who was killed in the earthquake, at a cemetery in the city of Sare Pole-Zahab, Kermanshah Province, Iran, 15 November 2017. A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Iran's Kermanshah province bordering Iraq late 12 November 2017 has killed over 440 inhabitants and left at least another 3,950 injured, Iranian authorities said. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
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New interim Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa (C) waves at the crowd during his inauguration ceremony in Harare, Zimbabwe, 24 November 2017, days after former president Robert Mugabe stepped down after 37 years in power. Zimbabwe is due to hold elections in March 2018. EPA-EFE/STR
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Tourists take pictures as the Mount Agung volcano spewing hot volcanic ash as seen from Datah, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, 27 November 2017. According to media reports, the Indonesian national board for disaster management raised the alert for the Mount Agung volcano to the highest status and closed the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali due to the ash cloud rising from the volcano. EPA-EFE/MADE NAGI
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Friends and relatives of a supporter of opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA) and its presidential candidate Raila Odinga, who had been shot in the head allegedly by police, react as they look at the body at the local police post in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 20 November 2017, immediately after the top court delivered its verdict upholding President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in October 26 Presidential election re-run. EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA
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People look at a tree covered with salt rising from a salt formation, in the middle of the Dead Sea, at the southern areas near Ein Bokek, Israel, 22 November 2017. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
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Iranian soldiers carry the body of an earthquake victim near the wreckage of a collapsed building in the city of Pole-Zahab, in Kermanshah Province, Iran, 13 November 2017. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Iran's Kermanshah province bordering Iraq has killed over 328 inhabitants and left at least another 3,950 injured, Iranian authorities said. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
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Bavaria state governor and chairman of the German Christian Social Union (CSU) party, Horst Seehofer (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pass an artwork during a final session of exploratory talks of four political parties at the federal state residence of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Berlin, Germany, 19 November 2017. The CDU, CSU, Greens and FDP held talks to form the next government after the general elections in September 2017. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
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Roberto Spada (2-R), brother of Ostia clan chief Carmine, leaves the barracks of the Carabinieri to be brought into jail, Ostia, Italy, 09 November 2017. Spada was in custody after attacking a RAI State broadcaster TV crew in the coastal town near Rome. Spada is under investigation for grievous bodily harm and private violence with the aggravating factor of acting in a mafia context, judicial sources said. EPA-EFE/MASSIMO PERCOSSI
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US President Donald J. Trump pauses to drink water while touting his foreign policy accomplishments during his trip to Asia in a speech in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 15 November 2017. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
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Beverly Young Nelson (L), of Alabama, reads a statement while sitting with attorney Gloria Allred (R) during a press conference in which Nelson described an alleged sexual assault against her in 1977 when she was a teenager by then District Attorney Roy Moore, who is now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama, in New York, New York, USA, on 13 November 2017. Moore faced similar accusations from other woman and was under pressure from members of his own party to dropout of the senate race. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
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A seven-month-old Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) cub exhibited to the public with its dozing mother at the National Zoological Garden at Dehiwala in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17 November 2017. This sloth bear, born in captivity in April 2017, had been cared for away from the public eye. According to zoo officials, sloth bear cubs develop quickly compared to most other bear species. Restricted to mostly the dry zone jungles and shrub jungles in Sri Lanka, these bears are an endangered species since they are hunted down for their fat, believed by locals to assist in hair growth on humans and flesh, skin, teeth, nails etc. which are said to possess curative powers. EPA-EFE/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA
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A migrant waits to disembark from the Spanish ship 'Cantabria' in the harbour of Salerno, Italy, 05 November 2017. Spanish Navy ship rescued on 03 November over 375 migrants. 26 women died as they were trying to reach the Italian coast. EPA-EFE/CESARE ABBATE
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A child reportedly injured in airstrike receives treatment at a makeshift clinic in Douma, Syria, 17 November 2017. According to local sources and activists in Eastern Ghouta, Syrian government and loyal forces launched several airstrikes and mortar attacks on the rebel-held areas killing at least thirteen civilians including three white helmets volunteers. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
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Protesters clash with riot police while they attempt to break into the courtroom and prevent the auctions from taking place in Athens, Greece, 29 November 2017. An Athens court house descended into chaos the first day that online property auctions for outstanding debts resumed in Greece. Riot police intervened and resorted to the use of tear gas in order to remove protesters from the building. Some protesters were injured during the clashes with police. EPA-EFE/SIMELA PANTZARTZI
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Britain's Prince Harry pose with Meghan Markle during a photocall after announcing their engagement in the Sunken Garden in Kensington Palace in London, Britain, 27 November. Clarence House earlier 27 November 2017 announced the engagement of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle. The wedding will take place in Spring 2018. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.' the statement said. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
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Pope Francis reviews a honor guard during a welcome ceremony as he arrives at Dhaka International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 30 November 2017. Pope Francis' visit in Myanmar and Bangladesh runs from 27 November to 02 December 2017. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI
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Polish nationalists light flares as they take part in the March of Independence 2017 under the slogan 'We want God' as part of Polish Independence Day celebrations in Warsaw, Poland, 11 November 2017. EPA-EFE/RADEK PIETRUSZKA POLAND OUT
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Dozens of hot air balloons take off in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico, 17 November 2017, on the first day of the International Balloon Festival 2017. EPA-EFE/ULISES RUIZ BASURTO
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Filipino students of the Maligcong Elementary School climb a tree on a path overlooking the Maligcong Rice Terraces in Maligcong village, Bontoc municipality of Mountain Province, northern Philippines, 27 November 2017 (issued 30 November 2017). The Maligcong Elementary School, which has a current total population of 74 students, sits on a mountain overlooking the scenic Maligcong Rice Terraces of the Cordillera administrative region, located more than 400 kilometers north of the Philippine capital of Manila. EPA-EFE/ROLEX DELA PENA
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald J. Trump (L) talk at the break of a leader's meeting at the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, 11 November 2017. The APEC summit brings together world leaders from its 21 member nations and is being hosted for the second time by Vietnam, the first being in 2006. EPA-EFE/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
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Bosnian Croat, Slobodan Praljak (R) enters the court in The Hague, The Netherlands, 29 November 2017, prior to the appeals judgement in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for war crimes committed during the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia. EPA-EFE/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN / POOL
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(21/25) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows Nikolis Andreas, 87, sitting in front of his house in the capital of Anafi, during a mission of military medical staff organized by the Hellenic Navy, on the Greek island of Anafi in the Aegean sea, Greece, 10 November 2017. Three to four times a year a warship of the Hellenic Navy transfers military doctors of various specialties from Navy, Land and Air forces of Greek Army, along with equipment and nursing staff, to offer medical care to island residents. The missions use existing medical facilities but also classrooms in order to provide medical attention. Doctors and their staff have always been received with great enthusiasm by the islanders. EPA-EFE/YANNIS KOLESIDIS
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Dozens of Brazilians reach for television sets in a store of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 23 November 2017, during the 'Black Friday' discount deals. According to reports, at least 68 per cent of the Brazilians purchased retail items during Black Friday, a number that compared with the 61 per cent of last year, shows a slow increase of the economy. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA
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A view of the Grey glacier at the Torres del Pine national park in Magallanes, Chile, 29 November 2017. Grey glacier is one of the natural wonders of Torres del Paine national park, a popular tourist attraction in Chile. The iceberg is estimated to be 350 meters long by 380 meters wide. EPA-EFE/JOEL ESTAY
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Peruvians celebrate after the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification playoff second leg match between Peru and New Zealand in the streets of Lima, Peru, 15 November 2017. Peru won and got qualification to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. EPA-EFE/VICTOR GONZALEZ
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Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov celebrates with his trophy after defeating Belgium's David Goffin in their singles final match at the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London, Britain, 19 November 2017. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
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Ayano Kishi of Japan performs in the women's trampoline team final during the FIG World Championships Trampoline in32nd FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, 10 November 2017. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV
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British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG GP celebrates after taking the second place in the 2017 Formula One Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 November 2017. Hamilton took the Formula One World Championship title. EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ
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Spanish actress/cast member Penelope Cruz arrives for the world premiere of 'Murder on the Orient Express' at the Royal Albert Hall in Central London, Britain, 02 November 2017. The movie opened in theaters on 03 November. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
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A view of an art installation created by Russian gallery owner Alexander Donskoy, former mayor of Arkhangelsk and former politician, during the opening of the Moneyfest3 ultramodern art exhibition in Moscow, Russia, 01 November 2017. The Moneyfest3 exhibition run from 01 to 30 November. People protested outside against the exhibition. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV
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(01/20) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows Marani Devi Chaudhary (C), aged 40, performing a ritual in front of shaman Paltan Yadav (unseen) at her home in Rajaur village in Dhanusha district, Nepal, 02 November 2017. The shaman identified Marani Devi to be possessed by their lineage god who was dissatisfied by their worship is thought by the family to have caused them misfortune and is even feared lead to their death. Therefore Marani Devi spent 1,500 USD to perform a healing ritual at the Ghost Festival held at the banks of Kamala River in Dhanusha district two days later. Every family or community has their own sacred god, called 'Kuldevta' in Nepali which means family deity or lineage god. Only family members or people within communities of the same caste can worship to the deity. They have their own rules and regulations of worship which varies from one family and community to another. Being unable to follow the rules and regulations or carry out worship is believed to cause misfortune. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA
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The sunlight bursts through a randomly perforated double dome of the Louvre Abu Dhabi at the museum pre-opening event in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 07 November 2017. The museum designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel opened to the public on 11 November. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DOKOUPIL
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Chinese model Sui He takes to the catwalk during the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai, China, 20 November 2017. EPA-EFE/SHERWIN EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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People take pictures of the painting 'Salvator Mundi' by Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1500) during a public preview before an auctioning of the painting tonight at Christie's auction house in New York, New York, USA, 15 November 2017. The painting is reportedly one of only twenty paintings by Da Vinci and was sold for 450 million USD. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
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Dolls on display in preparation for the upcoming Mawlid celebrations (The birthday of Prophet Muhammad), at Bab al-Bahr district, Cairo, Egypt, 10 November 2017. Mawlid of Prophet Muhammad is observed on the 12th day of Rabi al-Awwal (The third month of the Islamic calander) in Sunni Islam and 17th day in Shiite Islam, which is expected to be on 30 November and 05 December 2017 respectively. Mawlid was celebrated for a week by decorating the streets, making local sweets called Halawet al-Mawlid (Mawlid's candy), and gathering to tell stories and learn from the life of Prophet Muhammad. EPA-EFE/MOHAMED HOSSAM