By David Sim Published 18 December 2014, 9:46 AM GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket A Christmas tree made of 8,000 beer bottles is seen in Lagos, Nigeria Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP Tian Tian the giant panda prepares to eat a special Christmas cake crafted in the shape of a Christmas tree at Edinburgh Zoo Russell Cheyne/Reuters Zoo owner Manny Tangco holds snakes behind an orangutan during the animal Christmas party at Malabon Zoo in Manila Erik de Castro/Reuters Clowns from Slava's Snow Show pose on London's South Bank.The show will take place at the Royal Festival Hall from 17 December to 5 January Paul Hackett/Reuters Nagoya Castle is seen covered with snow in Nagoya, Japan. Three people died as a low pressure system dumped heavy snows in parts of Japan and triggered a tidal surge flood Reuters A woman looks out from a window of a bus covered with frost in Changchun, Jilin province, China, as temperatures plummeted to minus 21 degrees Celsius Reuters Storm clouds gather over Shell's Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore Edgar Su/Reuters A visitor takes a selfie inside the Church of the Nativity, revered as the site of Jesus's birth, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Ammar Awad/Reuters A couple dances an Argentinean tango in front of Saint Peter's basilica at the Vatican, for the 78th birthday of Pope Francis Tony Gentile/Reuters An anti-Castro Cuban exile holds a national flag after the announcement that diplomatic ties between Cuba and United States will be restored, in Little Havana, Miami, Florida Carlos Barria/Reuters Alan Gross makes a statement to the news media in Washington DC, after arriving back in the United States. He was imprisoned in Cuba for five years on espionage charges Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Pakistani children gather around lit candles in Karachi during a vigil for the victims of an attack by Taliban gunmen on an army-run school in Peshawar Asif Hassan/AFP Thousands of floral tributes are left for deceased hostages Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson in Sydney, Australia Cole Bennetts/Getty Images Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Makongeni estate in Nairobi, Kenya Noor Khamis/Reuters A grave digger sleeps near the graves of Ebola victims at a cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone Baz Ratner/Reuters RelatedPeshawar school massacre aftermath: First photos show bullet holes and puddles of bloodPeshawar school massacre: Pakistan mourns as parents begin burying their children [Photo Report]Peshawar school attack: Taliban's massacre of the innocent [Photo report]Hot shots photos of the day: Peshawar mourners, Hanukkah, is there life on Mars?National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest: Hong Kong's Brian Yen wins grand prize and other winnersIndian Ocean 2004 tsunami: Incredible then and now photos from December 26 disaster© Copyright IBTimes 2024. All rights reserved.
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