A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 25, 2014
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A contestant wearing a Santa Claus costume rides in a sledge pulled by a reindeer during a race on snow-covered tracks at the opening ceremony of a local winter festival in Genhe of Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 24, 2014.
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Members of a local powered parachute club wearing Santa Claus costumes fly past residential buildings to drop presents to pedestrians during a promotional event celebrating Christmas in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China, Dec. 24, 2014.
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People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers pour snow from tires onto their head during a training session in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, Dec. 24, 2014.
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A Kashmiri man makes his way through the frozen surface of water of a lake on a cold and foggy morning in Srinagar, India.