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Christmas slips away
A diver dressed as Santa Claus swims with a moray eel in the Sunshine Aquarium, Tokyo
by Yoshikazu Tsuno
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Season’s leavings
aFallen gingko leaves
by Stirling Elmendorf
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New Year greetings
A Shinto priest plays the Sho during the year-end ceremony at Kanda Myoujin Shrine in Tokyo, for the start of 2017
by Katsumi Kasahara/ Gamma-Rapho