January 7, 2014

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A worker walks among newly-made red lanterns ahead of the Spring Festival at a family workshop in Wenxian county, Henan province, China.

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French President Francois Hollande (C) and his companion Valerie Trierweiller cut a giant traditional Epiphany cake during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

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A man helps a wounded boy who survived what activists say was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus.

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Seagulls sitting on ice in the freezing pool outside Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., as temperature drops to -10°F. (Photo taken by Diaa Bekheet/VOA)