Picture News 3
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AFP - Thu Dec 22, 2:53 PM ET
En-deer-ing : A trainer at Tokyo's Sunshine International Aquarium sports a Santa Claus outfit during a number with sea lion. (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 2:54 PM ET
Cold enough : A Chinese vendor wears a headscarf to protect herself from the Siberian cold selling goods on a market in Khabarovsk, Russia. (AFP/Viktor Drachev) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 2:56 PM ET
At the market : A US soldier walks by a hanging rug as he patrols the market in the northern Iraqi city of Hawijah. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 3:13 PM ET
Giant flute : Michal Filo plays the Slovak folk musical instrument, a giant flute called Fujara in Banska Bystrica. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 3:14 PM ET
Playing Fujara : Michal Filo plays the Slovak folk musical instrument, a giant flute called Fujara in Banska Bystrica. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 3:18 PM ET
Quake survivors : Pakistani Kashmiri earthquake survivors wait for relief supplies at a distribution camp in Garhi Dupatta, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. (AFP/Arif Ali) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 3:24 PM ET
Greek Santa : A boy wearing a Santa Claus cap stands in front of a giant lit christmas tree in central Athens Syntagma Square. (AFP/Aris Messinis) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 3:33 PM ET
Racing effort : Laure Pequegnot of France competes in the Women's slalom during the FIS World cup in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 3:35 PM ET
kEEPING WARM : An Indian beggar drinks a glass of milk tea as he covers himself with a blanket to keep warm in Amritsar, in India's northwestern state of Punjab. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 3:59 PM ET
Santa and the manta : A South African diver sporting a Santa Claus outfit feeds fish at Africa's largest marine theme park the UShaka Marine World in Durban. (AFP/Rajesh Jantilal) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 4:03 PM ET
Building search : US soldiers search a building from where a sniper shot at them during a patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Hawijah. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte) -
AFP - Thu Dec 22, 4:09 PM ET
Measuring : A hydrologist takes a water sample from the frozen Amur river in Khabarovsk to measure its toxicity in the wake of a spill from a Chinese factory last month. (AFP/Viktor Drachev) -
Day in pictures: 23 December 2005
Life starts to return to normal in the Indian village of Akkarapettai, which was devastated by last year's tsunami. -
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung looks out from a helicopter over areas of Pakistan badly hit by a strong earthquake in October. -
New York gets moving again after transit workers end a three-day strike that brought the subway and buses to a halt. -
A giant Santa Claus towers over a Shanghai street as western traditions become increasingly popular among Chinese people. -
Meanwhile, in South Korea, postmen dress up as Santa for their daily postal deliveries around Seoul. -
A man shines a light on the Amur River near the city of Khabarovsk, eastern Russia, where a toxic slick from China had endangered the city's water supply. -
Members of one of the UK's oldest choirs, Ely Cathedral Choir in Cambridgeshire, head for Christmas service rehearsals. -
A group of ducks make their way through heavy recent snowfall in the Austrian province of Salzburg. -
Best of the caption comp
"Nonstrung Dork Technique" - Dave Humphreys, England -
Bono: "Seriously, his daughter is called Peaches, now leave it, he's getting very tetchy" - Adele Opie, Bradford, England -
"Open wide and say 01000101001101110101" - Jeff Wutzke, Phoenix, Arizona -
"I'm more of a Harriet Harman man myself..." - Mia, Guildford, England -
"Very funny, now beam down our uniforms, Scotty" - Hal Coyle, US