January 2, 2014
![This image taken by expedition doctor Andrew Peacock of www.footloosefotography.com shows a helicopter from the nearby Chinese icebreaker Xue Long picking up the first batch of passengers from the stranded Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy in Antarctica.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6a793657-4bc2-4692-97a5-dd25e9ac19e2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This image taken by expedition doctor Andrew Peacock of www.footloosefotography.com shows a helicopter from the nearby Chinese icebreaker Xue Long picking up the first batch of passengers from the stranded Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy in Antarctica.
![Indian soldiers march as they rehearse for the Republic Day parade amid fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7747b3c2-43bb-4653-a64b-3ac320e0bd6f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indian soldiers march as they rehearse for the Republic Day parade amid fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi.
![A park crew clears the snow around Annish Kapoor's stainless steel Cloud Gate sculpture at Millennium Park as snow continues to accumulate in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fed0196a-71c7-41f3-a4df-c5b762b35503_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A park crew clears the snow around Annish Kapoor's stainless steel Cloud Gate sculpture at Millennium Park as snow continues to accumulate in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA.
![Flames rise from burning cars at the site of a car bomb that targeted Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, Lebanon. A large car bomb killed five people and wounded at least 20, a health ministry source told AFP.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7e1d79ab-ba1e-486d-a52e-92e9b09ab5aa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Flames rise from burning cars at the site of a car bomb that targeted Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik, Lebanon. A large car bomb killed five people and wounded at least 20, a health ministry source told AFP.