Images Dated 26th December 2014

A mahout decorates his elephant using chalk while preparing for the Elephant Festival

A mahout decorates his elephant using chalk while preparing for the Elephant Festival at Sauraha in Chitwan, south of Kathmandu, December 26, 2014. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan will participate in the Elephant festival, which involves elephant races, elephants playing an exhibition soccer match and taking part in various other sporting activities. The event will start from 26 December and will end on 30 December, 2014. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EACQ0X1G01

Crescent moon with earthshine

A high dynamic range composite of a 5-day-old waxing crescent moon, with earthshine on the dark side. This HDR composite retains detail in the bright crescent while revealing the dark earthlit portion

© Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images

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SOCCER : Barclays Premier League - West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City

A Throstle - aka Song Thrush - the mascot of West Bromwich Albion watches the game in the snow from the pitch as he was unable to fly out of the stadium, due to the high winds and the snow

© 2014 A Matthew Ashton/AMA

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