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Using a welder's mask as protection, a man views a total eclipse in Piedra del Aguila, Argentina.Credit:AP
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The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Piedra del Aguila, Argentina. The total solar eclipse was visible from the northern Patagonia region of Argentina and from Araucania in Chile, and as a partial eclipse from the lower two-thirds of South America. Credit:AP
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A woman wearing a protective mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus walks past Christmas lanterns that are being sold along a street in Manila, Philippines. Many Filipinos adorn their homes with Christmas decorations as one of the most important holidays in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation approaches amid government restrictions to curb the spread of COVID19.Credit:AP
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A heavy-class carrier rocket Angara-A5 is transported from its hangar to the launch pad of site No. 35 of the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation at Plesetsk launch facility in the Arkhangelsk Region of northwestern Russia. The Angara-A5 is the prospective heavy-lift rocket that is expected to enter service in the following years.Credit:AP
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Isatu, 12, carries packets of rice flour to sell at Komao village, on the outskirts of Koidu, district of Kono. Sierra Leone closed its borders before the country had its first COVID-19 case. As a result, the country has seen only 2,434 confirmed cases and 74 deaths. Only 76 of those cases were confirmed in Kono district, but the economic toll here has brought many families already living on the edge to a breaking point.Credit:AP
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Protesting farmers line up to receive shoes being freely distributed by a voluntary organization during a highway blockade at the Delhi- Haryana border, outskirts of New Delhi. Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform that they say will drive down crop prices and devastate their earnings. Credit:AP
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Models have their hair done backstage during an outdoor show at Dakar Fashion week just outside Dakar, Senegal. With Senegal's low incidence of Covid-19, Dakar's marquee fashion event looked markedly more normal than its counterparts in other global capitals, whose fashion weeks were heavily curtailed or canceled.Credit:Getty
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A woman carrying a teddy bear, walks under an umbrella during rain, in Istanbul. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced Monday a four-day lockdown starting New Year's Eve to go on until the morning of Jan. 4. to curb the spread of COVID-19. Credit:AP
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Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava.Credit:Davide Anastasi/Lapresse
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The largest ferris wheel in Latin America, Rio Star during a free lighting show with orange LEDs For "Orange December" to raise skin cancer awareness amidst the Coronavirus pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Credit:Getty