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Davos 2014: The World Economic Forum
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Privacy is a big issue at this year's meeting. BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson told an audience that 100% privacy for online and mobile data was "unlikely".
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Hollywood star Matt Damon chats to former US Vice-President Al Gore. The actor received the Crystal Award for his social, environmental and humanitarian work, including founding Water.org.
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The WEF's Crystal Award honours artists who have used their art to improve the state of the world. Iranian-born American artist Shirin Neshat was also a recipient.
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Locals in Shorncliffe, near Folkestone, Kent, took pity on the female pig they have named Porrick after she was left behind by her owner around four months ago. Seeing the animal on her own in an overgrown field on Horn Street, residents built a makeshift shelter for her from tin, wood and tarpaulin beneath an ash tree. And to keep her hunger at bay, they donate scraps of food, including potatoes, sprouts, swede and vegetable peelings, according to Trevor Boxell, whose son owns the land
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Pop singer Justin Bieber waves from the top of a waiting vehicle after his release on bond from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami, Florida. Bieber was arrested in South Florida early on January 23 on a drunken driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini, police said
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A tiny rabbit is seen in the right ear of a 9-metre (30-feet) bronze statue of the late former South African President Nelson Mandela in Pretoria. The rabbit, which has yet to be removed, was placed by the sculptors as a small trademark after being told they were not allowed to add their signatures to the trousers of the nine-metre bronze statue, according to local media. They said the rabbit symbolised the tight deadline they were working under, as haas (rabbit) in Afrikaans also translated as haste, the local newspaper reported
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Smoke from cooking fires rise over the tent camp of pro-European Union activists in the main street of Khreschatyk in Kiev, Ukraine
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A satellite image of scorched land, seen as grey-brown, in the Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia. Active fires can be seen to the right of the image, sending up plumes of smoke. One person died in the Grampians bushland in the southeastern state of Victoria, about 300 km (186 miles) west of Melbourne, where bushfires were burning out of control amid temperatures which have hit above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees F), destroying or damaging houses
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Captain Cook's cottage in Melbourne has been vandalised with anti-Australia Day graffiti for a second year in a row. Anarchist blog 'disaccords' claimed responsibility for the 2013 graffiti, saying in an online statement the denial of Australia's 'brutal' history was nowhere more evident than on Australia Day
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A man stands inside an LED lighting drum, which is made up of more than 40,000 Samsung LED lights, at a Samsung Electronics Co showroom in Seoul. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted its first decline in quarterly profit in two years, hit by one-off special bonus as well as slowing smartphone sales as it braces for a year of tougher competition with rival Apple Inc
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A fire that raged through an old people's home in eastern Quebec trapped residents dependent on wheelchairs and walkers, leaving five died and about 30 missing. Canada's prime minister said there was little doubt the death toll would climb. Officials said firefighters saw and heard people in the building that they were unable to save
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The peloton rolls through a tunnel during stage four of the Tour Down Under cycling race finishing in Victor Harbour, South Australia
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Ukrainian riot policemen stand guard in central Kiev following clashes with pro-EU protesters
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A snowman stands on the beach with temperatures around freezing near Rudee inlet in Virginia Beach, Va
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Orthodox priests pray as they stand between pro-EU activists and police lines in central Kiev, Ukraine, after at least three demonstrators were killed in clashes this week
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Tit does the splits: a bird clutches bulrushes in its claws in Ghent, Belgium. A pose in honour of the Belgian martial arts legend Jean-Claude Van Damme?
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Pyjama party: revellers dance in their sleepwear at 'Morning Glory', in Hackney, London. At the nightclub, which operates once a month from 6.30am, revellers drink fruit smoothies and coffee and dance to high energy music before changing into their work clothing
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Throw in the towel: Roger Federer of Switzerland between points as he plays Rafael Nadal of Spain during their semi-final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne
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An Egyptian man carries paperwork away from the building after at least five people were killed in three bomb attacks near the Egyptian police headquarters
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Move along the carriage: a passenger throws litter on the floor as a cleaner collects rubbish on a train from Shenzhen to Zhengzhou, China, during the spring festival travel rush
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An unorthodox way to parade your new shoes, as a young model walks the runway at the FIMI kids' international fashion show in Madrid, Spain
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A Thai anti-government protester waves a national flag creating this graphic composition at Victory Monument in downtown Bangkok
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Head for speed: a clean reflective action shot as Janine Flock of Austria speeds down the track during the women's Skeleton World Cup race in Königssee, Germany
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Johan Carlsson of Sweden plays the par five 18th hole during the second round of the Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club on Thursday
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Second place
Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands' team makes an obscene gesture towards Victor An, left, of the Russian team who was celebrating after Russia won the men's 5000m relay
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Two women kiss during a protest in front of the Malaga Cathedral in Malaga, southern Spain, January 23, 2014. Protesters were called by lesbian, gay, feminist, bisexual and transsexual associations to kiss in public against what they said were religious homophobic statements made by new Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, appointed by Pope Francis. The cardinal had said homosexuality was a physical defect which could be cured with the right treatment, during an interview with a local newspaper
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Patient Win May, 77, lies in bed at Mayanchaung Leprosy Hospice, Halegu township, Yangon Division January 21, 2014. The hospice was founded in 1989 and houses 118 people. About 3,000 people are newly diagnosed with leprosy in Myanmar every year and about 300,000 people have been cured of the disease since 1991, according to the Myanmar Leprosy Mission
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Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban (C) is hugged by an anti-government protester as he leads a march through Bangkok's business district January 23, 2014. The government declared a 60-day state of emergency from Wednesday hoping to prevent an escalation in protests now in a third month
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Family members of Vincent Asaro, an alleged leader of the Bonanno organized crime family, cover their faces as they leave the Federal courthouse in the Brooklyn borough of New York January 23, 2014. Five people said to be part of a New York crime family were arrested on Thursday, including a 78-year-old man accused of participating in a notorious 1978 airport heist that inspired the movie "Goodfellas." More than three decades after $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewelry was stolen from a Lufthansa airlines cargo building at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the FBI arrested Vincent Asaro, an alleged leader of the Bonanno organized crime family, on robbery charges
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Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba answers questions during a news conference in Geneva January 23, 2014. Jarba said on Thursday he had been assured by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Moscow was not holding on to President Bashar al-Assad, but that Syrians should negotiate his exit through a political process
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A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier, who was wounded in renewed fighting, arrives for medical attention at a clinic in the IDP camp in Minkamen, Awerial January 22, 2014. The South Sudanese government has accused rebel troops of committing atrocities against civilians by killing 127 hospital patients in the town of Bor last month. The United Nations says thousands of people have been killed in more than a month of clashes pitting troops loyal to President Salva Kiir against rebels supporting Riek Machar, who was sacked as vice president in July. Picture taken January 22
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Apple Macintosh turns 30
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Curator Adam Rosen writes "Happy 30th Birthday" using version 1 of MacPaint on an original 128K Macintosh computer at the Vintage Mac Museum in Malden, Mass., January 18, 2014, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the original Macintosh computer January 24, 2014. Apple launched the Macintosh on January 24, 1984. The Vintage Mac Museum, a working collection of Macintosh equipment through the years, is a part of Oakbog, a company which specializes in data access, transfer and conversion from any Macintosh , no matter how old.
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Apple 2
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Frozen water shrouds the burnt-out shell of an old people's home in Quebec after firefighters tackled a devastating blaze. As many as 31 elderly Canadians were unaccounted for and five confirmed dead at the Residence du Havre in L'Isle-Verte.
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Anti-government protesters in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, erected more barricades after crisis talks between the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych stalled. This barrier is near the Dynamo football stadium.
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Syrians in the northern city of Aleppo searching through rubble after a reported government airstrike. For the first time since the civil conflict began in Syria three years ago, government and rebel delegations are beginning negotiations through a UN mediator, in Geneva.
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A guard with Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers, 1888 (left) and Sunflowers, 1889 at the National Gallery in London, where the two paintings are on show together for the first time in more than six decades.
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Cairo explosions
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The Egyptian capital Cairo has been hit by a series of explosions which appeared to target the country's police force.
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The police headquarters in central Cairo was damaged in the first and biggest attack, which killed four.
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A smaller blast later detonated next to a police station, near to the Giza pyramids, but caused no casualties.
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The attacks come on the eve of the third anniversary of the uprising that toppled Egypt's long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak.
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Despite blisters on his hand, Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open tennis final and maintain his dominance over the 17-time Grand Slam champion.
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Police and protesters clashed throughout the week in central Kiev, resulting in the first deaths in two months of protests. The anti-government protests flared in late November over President Yanukovych's decision to pull out of a landmark treaty with the European Union.
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Models present designs by Viktor & Rolf during the Haute Couture spring-summer collection show in Paris.
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British artist Grayson Perry (dressed as his alter-ego Claire) poses outside Buckingham Palace with his wife Phillipa (centre) and daughter Florence (right) after receiving the CBE from the Prince of Wales
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Bristol's own version of the Hollywood sign has appeared above the Pill path in the Avon Gorge. The eight-foot high white lettering mysteriously appeared, with no one knowing who made the giant letters
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Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in their men's singles semi-final match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne
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A retirement home of OAPs have recreated the Golden OLDIE age of cinema - by putting themselves into famous movie scenes. Fun-loving seniors at Contilia Retirement Group in Essen, Germany, got the movie star treatment and dressed as the leading men and ladies from a selection of iconic movies. The images for their annual calendar named Classics 2014 includes picture perfect recreations of blockbuster films such as James Bond, Mary Poppins, Dirty Dancing and The Blues Brothers. Above, Erna Rutt, 86, and Alfred Kelbch, 81, recreate a scene from Titanic. A total of 5,000 copies of the calendar were printed and given to retirement home staff members, residents and their families. But since the images made their way onto the web demand has boomed in Germany with people all across the country trying to get their hands on a copy
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The Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo born at the National Zoo And Aquarium, Canberra, Australia
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Chris Froome posted a picture of his new skinsuit earlier this month before his fiancée showed the world the dangers of not wearing enough suncream
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An artillery firing exercise at a shooting range in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. South Korea's Defence Ministry urged North Korea to prove sincerity through actions as an official response to an open letter from the North to the South calling for resolution and an end to intimidating military acts
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Assistants help an Orthodox believer to take a bath in the icy waters of a lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Sretinka some 40km from Bishkek
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In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them. Over the course of hundreds of years, these behemoths have grown into their own unique shape and size. The natural beauty of the icebergs, some the size of a 15 storey building, was captured by American photographer Michael J Quinn, 49, on a three day expedition in Scoresby Sund, Eastern Greenland. 'Nothing prepares you for the scale of this place and the scale of the ice,' says Michael, of Fort Collins, Colorado
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People visit Alley of Martyrs, a cemetery and memorial dedicated to those killed by Soviet troops during the 1990 Black January crackdown, in Azerbaijan. The country marks the 24th anniversary of event
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31st Aviemore sled dog rally - in pictures
Photographer Murdo MacLeod captures the anticipation as contestants practise before the start of the UK's largest sled dog rally in which more than 1,000 dogs and 250 mushers take part
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Sherrie Unwin's huskies catch their breath after a practice run
