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Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

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Coriander leaves, fresh green cilantro on wooden background, herbs

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Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

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Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

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Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

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fort, Gorée Island, Senegal

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Gorée Island: Fort d'Estrées

Gorée Island: Fort d'Estrées

Fort d'Estrées on Gorée Island, off the coast of Senegal.

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