Two people play the Subbuteo table football game at Stephen Morton's home in Essex, England. Morton's House is filled with lovingly recreated models of pitches filled with players and fans, as well as an impressive collection of football memorabilia. Every year it opens its doors on December 29, inviting other enthusiasts to compete in an annual Subbuteo game.
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Firefighters at Mueang International Airport in South Korea, at the site of the wreckage of the Jeju Air plane that crashed on landing on December 29, killing 179 people. The Boeing 737-800, which was traveling from Bangkok, was operated by South Korea's most popular budget airline. Only two crew members survived the incident, making it the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil.
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A young tourist slides into a sculpted ice tunnel at the annual Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair in Heilongjiang, China's northernmost province. At night, the incredible structures, intricately built by thousands of artisans in December, are illuminated with colored lights, making the ice glow.
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A man admires the northern lights in the sky above the suburbs of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. A solar storm on New Year's Day heralded the year's first dramatic display of the colorful phenomenon known as the aurora borealis.
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Hilde Dossone completes her 366th marathon for 2024. in Ghent, Belgium, in aid of the BIG Breast Cancer Research Group. Dawson broke the unofficial Guinness World Record in May 2024 by completing his 151st consecutive daily marathon.
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The world says goodbye to 2024. and welcome 2025 with style. The event was marked by many spectacular fireworks displays around the world, including one enjoyed by a family on Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Pyrotechnics also lit up the night sky above the famous pyramids of Giza, Egypt – one of the seven wonders of the world.
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Angela McClements – dressed in a 'Where's Wally?' costume – joins a host of hardy revelers ringing in the New Year with a dive in the harbor in Carnlough, Northern Ireland, during the annual charity dive and swim.
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Palestinians jostle for space to receive food prepared by a charity kitchen amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Khan Younis, located in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Police in the US said they believe the explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day is unrelated to the deadly drive-by attack in New Orleans. The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck was killed and seven others injured in Las Vegas after the vehicle, filled with fuel canisters and fireworks, exploded.