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Otter pups

OSAKA, Japan - Asian small clawed otter pups make their public debut at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka, western Japan, on May 21, 2014. The litter was born on Dec. 29 and 30, 2013.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Mami Sato (L), a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, rings the closing bell by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year.

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Bombing in Russia

SOCHI, Russia - A police officer checks the luggage of a passenger at a station in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 30, 2013. An explosion occurred on a trolleybus the same day in the southern city of Volgograd, where a suicide bombing took place the previous day.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pictured after ringing the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year. Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, is to the right.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) claps with others during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year. To the right is Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pictured after ringing the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Jan. 30, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea, shows a signboard with a message praising the successful launch of what North Korea claims was a satellite. Many other countries suspect the launch Dec. 12, 2012, was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Nishikori at Brisbane International

BRISBANE, Australia - Photo taken Dec. 30, 2012, shows Japan's Kei Nishikori, partnered with Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, playing Russia's Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan during the first round of the men's doubles at the 2013 season-opening Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia. Nishikori and Dimitrov defeated the fourth-seeded pair 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-7 to advance to the quarterfinals.