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![Troops wait near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, before taking part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e20c7d73-6310-4a80-9072-bdeaead9e90c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Troops wait near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, before taking part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue.
![A boy, who lost his home in a huge fire on New Year's Day, carries a burnt bicycle in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. The fire, believed to have been ignited by firecrackers, razed hundreds of homes Thursday in one of more than a dozen fires reported across the country as Filipinos welcomed the New Year.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3063c3af-9dcc-4594-ac6a-f9b4ae8c67a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy, who lost his home in a huge fire on New Year's Day, carries a burnt bicycle in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. The fire, believed to have been ignited by firecrackers, razed hundreds of homes Thursday in one of more than a dozen fires reported across the country as Filipinos welcomed the New Year.
![A man prays a day before Moulid, which commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the central figure of the Islamic religion, at a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Every year, Egyptians celebrate Moulid by performing ritual dances and prayers and spending time with their families.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f054a95c-7404-417c-9775-3c3098c69790_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man prays a day before Moulid, which commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the central figure of the Islamic religion, at a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Every year, Egyptians celebrate Moulid by performing ritual dances and prayers and spending time with their families.
![A security guard watches as mourners place flowers and burn incense at the site of a New Year's Eve stampede at the Bund in Shanghai, China. The stampede, shortly before midnight on the city's historic waterfront, killed at least 36 revelers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ff10e2ff-c40e-44bf-890b-0c25f7ae5329_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A security guard watches as mourners place flowers and burn incense at the site of a New Year's Eve stampede at the Bund in Shanghai, China. The stampede, shortly before midnight on the city's historic waterfront, killed at least 36 revelers.