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A woman swims in a partially frozen lake at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, November 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A man takes a picture of a 1:6 scale model of the Star Wars' Millennium Falcon spaceship displayed in a shopping mall in Hong Kong on November 30, 2015. The new Star Wars movie titled "The Force Awakens" directed by US director J.J. Abrams is to be released in Hong Kong on December 17, 2015. Photo: AFP
Visitors are reflected in a Kaleidoscop while exploring the ’Baroque,Baroque’ exhibition created by Danish-Icelandic-rooted artist Olafur Eliasson at Winter Palace of Prince Eugene in Vienna, Austria on November 27, 2015. The exhibition was opened on November 21 and will run until March 6, 2016.Eliasson uses approaches from science, psychology and architecture in order to make the relation between reality, reception and representation visible and perceptible through movement, projection, shadows and mirroring. „Natural“ materials – as water air, mist or ice – are producing environments in which visitors simultaneously become active participants of his art. Photo: AFP/Joe Klamar
Workers construct a giant whale sculpture along the side of the river Seine on November 29, 2015 in Paris, on the eve of the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change. The Paris conference will gather some 40,000 people, including 10,000 delegates from 195 countries, plus journalists, observers, scientists, exhibitors and visitors. Photo: AFP
A participant dressed up as a Star Wars saga movie character takes part in 9th Star Wars parade in Barcelona, on November 29, 2015. Photo: AFP
People disguised as British The Beatles rock band members pose for photos in front of a real size picture of them during an attempt to break a Guinness World Record of the largest number of people disguised as The Beatles at Chapultepec park in Mexico City on November 28, 2015. Photo: AFP