Pictures of the month: January

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Reuters / Saturday, January 23, 2016
A man walks along a street covered by snow during a winter storm in Washington January 23, 2016. A winter storm dumped nearly 2 feet (58 cm) of snow on the suburbs of Washington, D.C., on Saturday before moving on to Philadelphia and New York, paralyzing road, rail and airline travel along the U.S. East Coast. REUTERS/Carlos Barria






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Reuters / Monday, January 11, 2016
A woman with a Ziggy Stardust tattoo visits a mural of David Bowie in Brixton, south London, January 11, 2016. David Bowie, a music legend who used daringly androgynous displays of sexuality and glittering costumes to frame legendary rock hits "Ziggy Stardust" and "Space Oddity", has died of cancer. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth



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Reuters / Friday, January 29, 2016
A Palestinian youth jumps with a sword as he demonstrates his ninja-style skills for the photographer in front of the ruins of buildings, that were destroyed in 2014 war, in the northern Gaza Strip January 29, 2016. The youths, who have been receiving martial arts training at local clubs in Gaza for the past two years, decided to form a team to hold regular shows in the hope that the publicity generated will eventually lead to them being invited to participate in international contests. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem


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Reuters / Friday, January 22, 2016
Singer Celine Dion kisses the casket of her husband Rene Angelil following his funeral at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi



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Reuters / Monday, January 04, 2016
A crane is seen next to a giant statue of Chinese late chairman Mao Zedong under construction near crop fields in a village of Tongxu county, Henan province, China, January 4, 2016. According to local villagers, several entrepreneurs spent nearly 3 million yuan (460,000 USD) to build the 36.6-metre-high statue covered in golden paint, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer


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Reuters / Thursday, January 28, 2016
A dog runs on the frozen surface of the Yenisei River in Taiga area, with the air temperature at about minus 28 degrees Celsius (minus 18.4 degrees Fahrenheit), outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin



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Reuters / Friday, January 29, 2016
A tourist takes a selfie next to the carcass of a dead whale on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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Reuters / Thursday, January 07, 2016
Dunia Sibomana, 8, who was attacked two years ago by a chimpanzees in his village in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rides on a toy car at Stony Brook Children's Hospital in Stony Brook, New York January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton



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Reuters / Monday, January 04, 2016
Real Madrid's new coach Zinedine Zidane appears before the media at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, January 4, 2016. REUTERS/Juan Medina



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Reuters / Saturday, January 30, 2016
Queen Latifah holds the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her role in "Bessie" as she poses backstage at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 30, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake



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Reuters / Tuesday, January 12, 2016
A car covered with ice remains stranded on the waterfront in Hamburg, New York January 12, 2016. The owner left his Mitsubushi Lancer parked overnight outside a restaurant and by the next day, spray from Lake Erie had encased it in ice. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario



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Reuters / Sunday, January 31, 2016
A stag looks straight into the camera at a wildlife park in Hanau, Germany, January 31, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach



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Reuters / Friday, January 22, 2016
Pied crows hover over a donkey that villagers say died due to the effects of drought in rural Masvingo, Zimbabwe, January 21, 2016. The United Nations World Food Programme said some 14 million people face hunger in southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo



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Reuters / Monday, January 04, 2016
A murmuration of migrating starlings is seen across the sky in southern Israel December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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Reuters / Friday, January 29, 2016
A lifejacket floats on the surface of the water at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi



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Reuters / Thursday, January 14, 2016
President Barack Obama arrives aboard Air Force One from Louisiana, at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland January 14, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria



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Reuters / Sunday, January 31, 2016
People stand next to a tree overlooking Kabul city, Afghanistan January 31, 2016. A balloon carrying a security camera is seen in the distance in the sky. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood



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Reuters / Tuesday, January 26, 2016
A public health technician inspects an Aedes aegypti mosquito in a research lab to help prevent the spread of Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at the entomology department of the Ministry of Public Health, in Guatemala City, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Josue Decavele



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Reuters / Tuesday, January 19, 2016
A Greek pensioner holds a shepherd's crook during a demonstration against planned pension reforms in Athens, Greece, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis



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People watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes