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People dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in a run in Madrid, Dec. 17, 2016. Thousands of people ran in the annual Santa race through the streets of the Spanish capital Saturday morning.

The casket of John Glenn is carried out of the Ohio Statehouse by Marines during his funeral procession, Dec. 17, in Columbus, Ohio. The famed astronaut died Dec. 8 at age 95.

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Madeline Espinosa, 11, of Bethesda, Maryland, places a wreath at a grave as part of Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery, Dec. 17, in Arlington, Virginia. Organizers estimate more than 245,000 wreaths were placed at graves throughout the cemetery.

A surfer rides a large wave at El Bocal during the Vaca Gigante (Big Cow) giant wave surf competition in Santander, northern Spain, Dec. 17.

Syrians walks down a destroyed street in Aleppo's al-Akroub neighborhood on Dec. 17.

A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume performs with sardines during a promotional event for Christmas "Sardines Feeding Show with Santa Claus" at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 17.

Street vendors sell chestnuts under the snow at Taksim Square in Istanbul on Dec. 16.

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