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A powerful storm nearing Scotland, the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the legendary Hermitage museum, a heavy snowfall in Moscow, Santa Claus parades across the world – take a look at these and other events of this week in the following photo gallery.

A powerful storm nearing Scotland, the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the legendary Hermitage museum, a heavy snowfall in Moscow, Santa Claus parades across the world – take a look at these and other events of this week in the following photo gallery.

© Fotobank.ru/Getty ImagesA car passes by the waves breaking about the embankment during storm warning in Scotland. December, 9.
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A car passes by the waves breaking about the embankment during storm warning in Scotland. December, 9.
© REUTERS / Eric PolitzerA large blaze at an apartment building under construction lights the sky near LA City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. December, 8.
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A large blaze at an apartment building under construction lights the sky near LA City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. December, 8.
© Fotobank.ru/Getty ImagesA security officer leads away a young man with a Mexican flag when Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi from India were given their awards during the awarding ceremony of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize in the city hall in Oslo. December, 11.
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A security officer leads away a young man with a Mexican flag when Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi from India were given their awards during the awarding ceremony of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize in the city hall in Oslo. December, 11.
© Fotobank.ru/Getty ImagesSydneysiders run along the Darling Harbor broadwalk during the 2014 Variety Santa Fun Run in Sydney. December, 7.
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Sydneysiders run along the Darling Harbor broadwalk during the 2014 Variety Santa Fun Run in Sydney. December, 7.
© Sputnik / Michael KlimentyevPresident Vladimir Putin and President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov during an official meeting at the Kuksaroi Presidential Residence in Tashkent. December, 10.
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President Vladimir Putin and President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov during an official meeting at the Kuksaroi Presidential Residence in Tashkent. December, 10.
© REUTERS / David MercadoMembers of the Bolivian combined forces of army and police rest at their headquarters at the end of their ceremony for the task of fighting against drugs and the eradication of coca leaves in Chimore, east of La Paz. December, 10.
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Members of the Bolivian combined forces of army and police rest at their headquarters at the end of their ceremony for the task of fighting against drugs and the eradication of coca leaves in Chimore, east of La Paz. December, 10.
© Sputnik / Igor Russak"History Ball, a light show marking the 250th anniversary of the Hermitage, held on Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square, St. Petersburg. December, 7.
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"History Ball, a light show marking the 250th anniversary of the Hermitage, held on Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square, St. Petersburg. December, 7.
© REUTERS / Mal Fairclough/PoolUkraine's President Petro Poroshenko shake hands with guests at a ecumenical church service held at the Ukrainian Greek Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne. December, 11.
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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko shake hands with guests at a ecumenical church service held at the Ukrainian Greek Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne. December, 11.
© Fotobank.ru/Getty ImagesUS President Barack Obama with gifts by Christmas for children of military-infantrymen. December, 10
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US President Barack Obama with gifts by Christmas for children of military-infantrymen. December, 10
© REUTERS / Stringer A man moves a panda installation during an exhibition in Hefei, Anhui province. December, 10.
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A man moves a panda installation during an exhibition in Hefei, Anhui province. December, 10.
© REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov A man and a child walk in the snow at the destroyed war memorial at Savur-Mohyla, a hill east of the city of Donetsk. December, 8.
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A man and a child walk in the snow at the destroyed war memorial at Savur-Mohyla, a hill east of the city of Donetsk. December, 8.
© REUTERS / Romeo RanocoA man uses a pail of water to help out firefighters as they try to put out a fire that broke out at a slum area in Manila. December, 11.
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A man uses a pail of water to help out firefighters as they try to put out a fire that broke out at a slum area in Manila. December, 11.
© Sputnik / Dmitry AstakhovPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ahead of a live interview to major Russian television channels at the Ostankino television center, December 9.
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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ahead of a live interview to major Russian television channels at the Ostankino television center, December 9.
© AP Photo / Alessandra TarantinoPope Francis leaves after he prayed in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, on the occasion of the Immaculate Conception feast, in Rome. December, 10.
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Pope Francis leaves after he prayed in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, on the occasion of the Immaculate Conception feast, in Rome. December, 10.
© Sputnik / Vladimir AstapkovichA person goes by bicycle during snowfall at Gorky Park in Moscow. December, 10.
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A person goes by bicycle during snowfall at Gorky Park in Moscow. December, 10.
© AP Photo / Seth WenigA woman, who did not want to be identified, carries a cardboard cut-out of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge near the hotel where they will be staying in New York. December, 7.
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A woman, who did not want to be identified, carries a cardboard cut-out of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge near the hotel where they will be staying in New York. December, 7.
© REUTERS / China DailyYinfeng Hotel collapses as it is being demolished by explosives in Wuhan, Hubei province. December, 10.
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Yinfeng Hotel collapses as it is being demolished by explosives in Wuhan, Hubei province. December, 10.
© Sputnik / Alexandr KryazhevAn athlete wearing a bear suit takes part in the Siberian Winter Snow-Kiting Cup on the ice-covered reservoir of the Novosibirsk hydropower station. December, 9.
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An athlete wearing a bear suit takes part in the Siberian Winter Snow-Kiting Cup on the ice-covered reservoir of the Novosibirsk hydropower station. December, 9.
© REUTERS / KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds a boy after a photo session with participants in the Second Meeting of KPA Exemplary Servicemen's Families in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. December, 11.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds a boy after a photo session with participants in the Second Meeting of KPA Exemplary Servicemen's Families in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. December, 11.
© Sputnik / Ramil SitdikovAthletes during the 4x100 m women's medley relay at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Doha (Qatar). December, 7.
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Athletes during the 4x100 m women's medley relay at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Doha (Qatar). December, 7.
© Sputnik / Igor RussakA participant of the multimedia exhibition "From Monet to Cezanne, French Impessionists" in St. Petersburg. December, 7.
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A participant of the multimedia exhibition "From Monet to Cezanne, French Impessionists" in St. Petersburg. December, 7.
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