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Andean men participate in a one-on-one fight during the Takanakuy, a traditional festivity at Chumbivilcas Province in Cuzco, December 25, 2011. Takanakuy, which means "when the blood is boiling" in Quechua, is an annual and ancient celebration inherited from the pre-Hispanic Chanka culture. Takanakuy gives hundreds of Andean villagers the chance to solve their love, honor and property problems through the force of blows as a way to put differences behind them before the New Year.

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Andean men wearing masks dance while entering the ring to participate in fights during the Takanakuy.

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An Andean man wearing a mask is seen before participating in a fight during the Takanakuy.

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An Andean man participates in a one-on-one fight in the Takanakuy.

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Merry Christmas! Or…not. Here are some tweets to give you more perspective on the holiday. Or…not. (Made with inspiration from favorite tweeters @fart , @movingsideways , @katienotopoulos !)

1. On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

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1. Christmas Dinner In Russia

   

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Thank You, Fast Food Employees!

Without you, everyone would be forced to eat Aunt Mildred's green Jell-O stuffed with carrots and God knows what else.

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Thank You, Firefighters!

Without you, Christmas would end in an electrical fire (and tears) from abusing the amount of lights one circuit can conceivably handle.

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Thank You, Big Box Worker!

Without you, we'd have to wait a whole day (or more!) to return these awful gifts. No I don't have a receipt.

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Thank You, Pizza Delivery Guy!

Without you, we'd actually have to put pants on today. #ForeverAlone

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The English physicist gave us the three laws of motion. Get him an iPad so he can try out those theories in Angry Birds.

She gave us the American Red Cross. She's probably one of the few people who would actually like the whole "donation in her name" gift. So do that.

Evelyn Nesbit was the hottest vaudeville performer at the turn of the century. She was also known for being in the middle of one of the most famous murder cases of all time when her husband Harry K. Thaw shot her lover, famed architect Stanford White (who designed the Washington Square Arch, among many other famed New York landmarks). For her birthday, I bet she'd love to be featured on TMZ. Are you listening Harvey?

The patriarch of the Hilton clan that still plagues us to this day, Conrad was a brilliant businessman and hotel magnate that once worked with Don Draperwould probably be disappointed with his progeny. Get him a hundred copies of "One Night In Paris" and a blow torch. He'll enjoy himself.

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Exchange Gifts

Drink Eggnog

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Sing Carols

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1. Someone is wearing an ugly sweater, 1 Drink

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The 1%

The 1% have been very naughty this year. Santa does not like greedy people who do not share.

Protesters

Time magazine even thought they were nice! Santa approves of people fighting for what they believe in. He especially approves of the Christian protesters protecting their Muslim comrades in Egypt.

Courtney Stodden

Courtney Stodden ruined Christmas. And she wants to be on the naughty list. So here it is served on a golden platter.

Steve Jobs

Rest in peace, Steve! You are on the nice list for being a creative innovator who wasn't afraid to take risks.

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A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration. Cairo, Egypt 1/28/2011

“I was in south Sudan covering the referendum when I found out that there were going to be protests in Egypt. I felt that there could be big troubles, so I returned to Egypt. I arrived at 8am and dropped my bags at home and then went to the office. Later in the afternoon clashes began in Cairo. People were shouting and the police came out on the streets. There were protesters, riot police and also plainclothes police. The plainclothes police started chasing people around: kicking them, beating them. I had to shoot quickly. I saw a lot of plainclothes police standing in a line like soldiers. There were some street battles with civilians. The next day we knew it was going to be a big protest so I took my camera downtown to look for possible trouble. We went to a couple of neighborhoods but people were walking through the small streets heading towards the city center. One moment we witnessed some clashes. Police started to fight and the protesters fought back.”–Goran Tomasevic

Passengers on Cathay Pacific flight CX715 prepare to disembark from a nearly downed airplane after it landed safely. Changi Airport, Singapore 5/16/2011

“We took off smoothly for the short flight from Singapore to Jakarta, and I started falling asleep. Suddenly I was woken by the sound of two bangs, like a bomb or truck tire blowing out. My wife gripped my hand and asked, 'Do you smell something burning?' Yes, there was a sharp smell stinging my nose. I realized there was something wrong because all the stewardesses ran back with the food carts.

The plane started to vibrate, harder and harder. I held my wife’s hand tightly and looked at her face as she started praying. My two younger children were asleep, after their first ever trip abroad, but not Pradipta, the eldest one. 'Pra, look through the window and watch outside,' I said. 'I see light, I see fire, I see fire,' he said. Then the electricity was switched off. I realized the plane, an Airbus A330, had a big problem. I was afraid because I thought we would die. Pradipta looked into my eyes and asked: 'Will we die?' I was afraid and could not answer the question. I looked at all my children’s faces and held my lovely wife’s hands tightly. During my many years of assignments as a Reuters photojournalist, when flying I have imagined being on a plane that had a problem that forced an emergency landing, and then taking pictures. But I never imagined this situation with my family. But it happened. We will die together, so we can fly to heaven together, I thought. If we die together, I will not miss my wife’s delicious cooking. I will not miss the smell of my kids’ sweat. There will be no tears among us. My thoughts, to my surprise, stopped me being afraid any more. 'Will we die?' Pradipta asked again. I looked into his eyes, held his hand tightly and said: 'No, we’re alive, we’re still alive,' then I gave him a high five just as if we were playing basketball. After that, I became calm because I was not afraid to die because we would all die together. I started to adjust my camera, which was hanging around my neck. I set the ISO higher, set the white balance, checked the battery was full and saw I had around 300 clicks for the rest of the memory card. I started to take pictures, though it was dark. I forgot my camera had a full HD video, so I forgot to record the situation. After 20 years living as a photographer, I was thinking as a photographer. I saw a steward sitting in front of me and shouted: 'What happened?' 'The engine is on fire and we are flying back to Singapore,' he replied. My wife put life vests on herself and the kids, though there had been no order to do so, and other passengers followed. I asked Pradipta to look out of the window, and he said he could still see a lot of light and we were over the sea. The plane was vibrating but still flying. I opened all my senses to prepare for everything, and heard the airplane wheels come out. We landed and stopped on the tarmac. I heard the captain say: 'I am Captain Brad, the situation is under control and our engine fire has been extinguished. Please wait in a line and walk to exit through the front door, don’t run. And the ground crew will take care of you. Thank you.'"–Beawiharta Beawiharta

A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan. Natori, Japan 3/13/2011

“I headed to the Yuriage district of Natori city in Miyagi prefecture just two days after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan. The tsunami had destroyed buildings and left water everywhere. Smoke still hung over the smoldering ruins. I met Akane Ito amid the rubble as she sat crying on the side of the road, from where she should have been able to see her house. The tsunami had washed away her home together with the memories and her pet, which was family to her. It is not easy to photograph those in tears, but I took the picture as I felt it represented the sorrow the entire region was experiencing. I feel honored if readers were able to feel part of this sorrow. What I want to be able to do is to allow our readers to see what is taking place in the disaster-hit areas. I also sincerely wish for a swift recovery in the disaster-hit areas.”–Asahi Shimbun

Rebels hold a young man at gunpoint who they accuse of being a loyalist to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Brega, Libya 3/3/2011

“We were just passing by an area, not really the front line. We pushed ahead but didn’t see anybody so we came back to a checkpoint, somewhere between Ras Lanuf and Brega. We heard that the rebels had some mercenaries. They ended up in this room and they were talking to us. They didn’t look like mercenaries at all. One moment, they took one of them out and they put him on the ground and they interrogated him. They pointed fingers and a gun at him. I was really confused as I don’t understand the language. They took him away in a car. I don’t believe they killed him, I think they took him to Benghazi. They really didn’t look like mercenaries; just young kids under 20 years old. They were wearing nice shoes and jeans. They looked like immigrants. I guess here they don’t want to say that they are Libyans fighting Libyans. It was a bad moment. This gun was not locked at all. This is one of those situations: do you want to do pictures or do you want to react? I’m a photographer and I don’t want to interfere but at the same time I don’t want this young boy’s head to be blown off. It was really difficult for me to focus on the job.”–Goran Tomasevic

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Cute or tacky? Expectant mom Hilary Duff tweeted this pic of herself with her belly painted up for the holidays, apparently by her sister, Haylie.

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