Day in pictures

A Chinese meteorological satellite, the Fengyun-2-06, is launched on a Long March-3A carrier rocket from Xichang, Sichuan Province.

Helicopters produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, perform aerobatics on the Indian firm's 68th anniversary.

Buddhist monks make their early-morning rounds in Rangoon, Burma.

Mourners pay their respects to Olga Lepeshinskaya, a former prima ballerina at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre who performed before Soviet troops during World War II, as she lies in her coffin in the theatre.

Dominic Elsworth riding Teddy's Reflection jumps the final hurdle in the Toteswinger Novices' Hurdle at Fontwell Park, Arundel, England.

Choristers from the Cathedral Choir in Salisbury, England, don their robes ahead of practice for a midnight service on Christmas Eve.

Kuchani the lioness explores presents filled with food as part of Sydney zoo's efforts to teach animals to forage for their food.

France's first lady Carla Bruni inspects a large mural on the wall of a community centre during a visit to the Cantagalo slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A woman arranges flowers in Christiania, Copenhagen, before the town's annual Christmas meal for people who would otherwise spend the day alone.

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