Photos of the day – December 31, 2014

A Buddhist monk participates in Nyigma Monlam prayers at the Boudhanath Stupa in Katmandu, Nepal; fireworks explode over the Harbour Bridge during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia; Indonesian military carry the caskets containing the bodies of two AirAsia flight QZ8501 passengers; and medics help migrants after they arrived onboard the Blue Sky M cargo ship at the Gallipoli harbor in Italy. These are just a few of the photos of the day for December 31, 2014.

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