WELCOME to The World In Pictures - a round up of images from around the globe today.
Today's collection includes a swan struggling in the winter weather, a visit to Donald McCain's stables and a journey to the South Pole, 100 years to the day since Captain Scott made the same fateful trip.
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Donald McCain Jnr's horses out on the gallops at his stables at Bank House, Cholmondeley
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Dr Gordon Findlater holds the death mask of mass murderer William Burke before it goes on display to the public at the University of Edinburgh
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A British Army expedition has completed a recreation of the famous Scott-Amundsen race to the South Pole today, 100 years on from the real thing
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A swan walks on the frozen Marden Quarry in North Tyneside
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A music and dance performance "Let Us Uphold Our Supreme Commander Forever" in North Korea
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Russia's Daria Kondakova performs with the Ribbon during the Visa International Gymnastics in London
