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A fan of David Bowie is overcome by emotion on Monday as she visits a mural in Brixton, south London, that portrays the British singer/songwriter, who died of cancer on Sunday at age 69. The rock legend's daringly androgynous displays of sexuality, glittering costumes and colorful makeup launched a decadeslong career with such rock hits as Ziggy Stardust and Space Oddity.  Stefan Wermuth/ Reuters

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Supporters of the right-wing anti-immigration movement, Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, demonstrate in Cologne, Germany, on Saturday after mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve.  Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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Jan-Christer Janson (front left), professor of technical biochemistry at Uppsala University of Sweden, and Okimura Kazuki, head of the Japan Science and Technology Agency, together with other scientists, receive the 2015 state science and technology awards at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang also attended.Zhou Weihai / For China Daily

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Investors kill time at a trading floor in the Dongzhimen area of Beijing by playing cards on Thursday morning, after trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges halted.  Cao Boyuan / for China Daily

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An official in Seoul points at where seismic waves were observed in the Republic of Korea on Wednesday.         Reuters

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President Xi Jinping inspects Guoyuan Port in the Liangjiang New Area of Southwest China's Chongqing on Monday, his first workday of the new year.       Xinhua

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On his first inspection trip of the year, Premier Li Keqiang visits a shantytown in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Monday. An emotional Li told some of his accompanying ministers: "Haven't you seen that these people are still living in such conditions?"  Liu Zhen/ Chinanews Service

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Spectators (top) run for safety after a Mini (above) driven by Guo Meiling of China crashes in the 38th Dakar Rally in Arrecifes, Argentina, on Saturday. Guo (far above) receives medical attention.  Reuters

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President Xi Jinping passed the flag of the People's Liberation Army to Gao Jin (left), commander of the PLA Strategic Support Force, at an inauguration ceremony for three new military units in Beijing on Friday.       Li Gang / Xinhua

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President Xi Jinping delivers his New Year speech in Beijing on Thursday.  Lan Hongguang / Xinhua

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Rescue workers monitor the screen of a life detection system in Pingyi county, Shandong province, on Wednesday, showing that eight miners trapped underground for five days in a gypsum mine collapse are still alive. Plans were being made to bring them to the surface.  Guo Xulei / Xinhua