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Photos of the day — December 20, 2016

Yahoo News Photo Staff

December 20, 2016 at 2:32 PM

Big-wave surfing in Nazare, Portugal

Christmas decorations in Beijing, China

Andrey Karlov’s coffin in Ankara, Turkey

Prayers at the Sensoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan

A criminal expert inspects the truck at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany

Taunton racecourse in England

Buddhists prepare food for the winter solstice in Busan, South Korea

A sniper of the Iraqi Special Forces in Mosul

Memorial ceremony for Andrey Karlov in Ankara, Turkey

Dressed for Christmas in Amsterdam, Netherlands

A diving Santa Claus in Seoul, South Korea

An Iraqi boy sits in a wheelbarrow at Khazer camp, Iraq

Ice sculptures in Harbin city, China

A new An-132D cargo plane is presented in Kiev, Ukraine

Winter swimmers in Shenyang, China

Lance Armstrong rides with Auckland locals in New Zealand

Smog in Beijing, China

Women mourn at the scene of the Berlin Christmas market attack

A Cheetah licks her cub at Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands

Fishermen wait to catch fish in Anchar Lake, Srinagar

Big-wave surfer Tom Butler of Britain drops in on a large wave during Nazare Challenge championship at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal; a Chinese woman walks among Christmas decorations on a hazy day in Beijing; and the wife of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, who was assassinated Monday, cries over her husband’s coffin, draped in the Russian flag, during a ceremony at the airport in Ankara, Turkey. (EPA/AP)

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