Day in pictures

Sri Lankan soldiers take part in a parade in Panagoda, before leaving for Haiti on UN peacekeeping duties.

Art lovers inspect a painting by Chuck Close at Art Basel - a selection of works from top international galleries - at Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Members of the Pakistani Islami Jamiat-e-Tulba student movement shout slogans outside parliament in Islamabad, vowing to defend Pakistan amid tensions with India over terror attacks in Mumbai.

Four baby Flying Foxes waiting to be fed at a rehabilitation centre on Australia's Gold Coast, where hundreds of the young creatures have been left stranded following storms.

Muslim women visit the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, where they took part in a discussion about the parliament building's role in the country's democratic system.

A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds a stingray and other fish as the Manila Ocean Park - the Philippines’ largest oceanarium – prepares to celebrate Christmas.

Zimbabweans collect water from an underground well in Harare. Cholera has killed at least 565 people in the country since August.

Gas-filled balloons carrying propaganda leaflets float towards North Korea at Imjingak in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. North Korea has ordered a border clampdown amid worsening ties.

This bottle of whisky, recovered from the wreck of a cargo ship which sank off the coast of Scotland in 1941, could fetch more than £1,500 at auction in East Sussex, England.

A teddy bear in Tokyo models a quarter-size replica of Britain’s Imperial State Crown valued at 150 million yen (£1.1m). The miniature crown is decorated with more than 35 carats of diamonds.

Meanwhile, the real crown’s holder, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, attends the state opening of parliament in London, arriving in a horse-drawn carriage.

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