December 24, 2013
![Egyptian men inspect destruction in the city of Mansura, north of Cairo, following a powerful car bomb explosion. The bombing tore through a police building in Mansura, killing at least 14 people.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6fef558a-6361-4d8e-bdb6-1e42d8eda7b3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Egyptian men inspect destruction in the city of Mansura, north of Cairo, following a powerful car bomb explosion. The bombing tore through a police building in Mansura, killing at least 14 people.
![Forty-Fifth Anniversary of 'Earthrise' Image - the first photograph of the distant blue Earth above the Moon taken by the Apollo 8 crew on Dec. 24, 1968](https://gdb.voanews.com/09583b43-e968-4c4f-9f38-63df3def1b18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Forty-Fifth Anniversary of 'Earthrise' Image - the first photograph of the distant blue Earth above the Moon taken by the Apollo 8 crew on Dec. 24, 1968
![A man stands alone at London Bridge Station after numerous trains were cancelled due to storms. Disrupted transport networks and power outages wreaked havoc in Britain and France, one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year just before Christmas, after hurricane-force winds and torrential rain lashed the region.](https://gdb.voanews.com/68508742-a914-48a6-a839-e568ac16b7a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man stands alone at London Bridge Station after numerous trains were cancelled due to storms. Disrupted transport networks and power outages wreaked havoc in Britain and France, one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year just before Christmas, after hurricane-force winds and torrential rain lashed the region.
![Parts of the roof of the Theatre Hangar are seen on the Dakota airplane after the roof was partially blown away by strong winds at the former airfield in Valkenburg, The Netherlands. The Dakota airplane is being used in the musical Soldier of Orange.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c692f1dd-9075-432d-a104-f8db1fca7983_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Parts of the roof of the Theatre Hangar are seen on the Dakota airplane after the roof was partially blown away by strong winds at the former airfield in Valkenburg, The Netherlands. The Dakota airplane is being used in the musical Soldier of Orange.