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Nigerian soldiers from 21 Brigade and Army Engineers clearing Islamic militant group Boko Haram camps at Chuogori and Shantumari in Borno State, Nigeria. EPA/STR 
Pope Francis (C) arrives to celebrate a holy Mass the day after a Consistory where he raised 13 new cardinals to the highest rank in the Catholic hierarchy, at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, 29 November 2020. EPA-EFE/GREGORIO BORGIA / POOL 
epa08850239 Workers start to erect a Christmas tree in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping mall in Milan, Italy, 29 November 2020. EPA-EFE/ANDREA FASANI 
EPA/BORIS PEJOVIC 
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. EPA/BORIS ROESSLER / POOL 
EPA-EFE/MARCIN BIELECKI 
A handout photo made available by the Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) shows wildlife officials inspecting a monolith discovered in southeastern Utah, USA, 18 November 2020 (issued 24 November 2020). According to a statement by DPS, Utah officials have discovered a monolith of unknown origin in the wild. EPA-EFE/Utah Department of Public Safety 
EPA-EFE/Johan Nilsson/TT 
EPA-EFE/ANDREA FASANI 
A Thai anti-government protester holds a rubber-duck and flashes a three-finger salute during a street protest calling for political and monarchical reform in Bangkok, Thailand. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT 
Afghan security officials secure the scene of a suicide truck bomb blast that targeted a Police base on the outskirts of Ghazni, Afghanistan EPA-EFE/SAYED MUSTAFA
