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Mounted police personnel keep vigil as an army helicopter conducts a rehearsal ahead of 'Vijay Diwas' celebrations, including the Eastern Command's 'military tattoo', at Maidan, in Kolkata, on Friday.

A man holds an Indian tricolour as he walks along banks of the Ganga river on a winter afternoon, in Prayagraj, on Friday.

A woman walks across a bridge decorated prior to Christmas and New Year festivities in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday.

A pair of swans in a pond at the Chandigarh Bird Park, in Chandigarh, on Friday.

A vendor displays Santa Claus masks and dolls for sale ahead of Christmas, in Kozhikode, on Friday.