Today in Photos (Dec. 22)

View a gallery of photos from around the workd, Dec. 22, 2015.

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Tue., Dec. 22, 2015

Mabel, a 2-month-old pygmy hippopotamus calf, appears with her mother, Chomel, at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. Pygmy hippos are native to western Africa swamps and rain forests. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as endangered.
Russian cadets pose for a photo in Red Square, decorated to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. It's usually the cold that's bitter in Moscow in December, but this year it's the humor that bites during an unusual warm spell and temperatures climbed as high as 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit). In the Russian capital in recent days, a joke began circulating on the Internet: This was nature's compensation for Russians being unable to take vacations in Egypt and Turkey this year two top destinations for Russian winter holidays.
A biblical scene is performed in a cave in Postojna, Slovenia, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. The annual Nativity scene in Postojna is the biggest live scene in the world set in an underground cave.
Visitors tour the Ice and Snow World in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday Dec. 22, 2015, the night of the soft opening of the annual tourist attraction.
A protestor shows his back covered in marks caused by rubber bullets fired by police, after officers dispersed demonstrators from blocking a highway leading to Ezeiza's international airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. The protesters are former workers from a poultry company that suspended operations, and are demanding unpaid salaries and government aide. The clashes take place as the government of newly-elected President Mauricio Macri is working on a special protocol to impede the blocking of roads during protests. Police shot water cannons and rubber bullets.
A skater skates through the reflection of the Antwerp Cathedral on the water of an ice skating rink at a Christmas market in the historical Grote Markt of Antwerp, Belgium on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. Warmer than normal temperatures for December caused the ice skating rink to melt.
A man takes a picture of the sea of fog that covers the lake of Geneva with the Alps in the background and the sun setting Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 at Jongny above Vevey.