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Image: People carry their sledges up the hill during this winter's first snow at the Feldberg mountain

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Monday in Pictures: January 4

An earthquake in India, bad news for U.S. stocks, a gigantic statue and more in today's news pictures.

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Image: People carry their sledges up the hill during this winter's first snow at the Feldberg mountain

People carry their sledges up the hill during this winter's first snow at the Feldberg mountain, 20km west of Frankfurt, Germany.

KAI PFAFFENBACH / Reuters
Image: Guatemala's Fuego Volcano erupts

The Fuego Volcano in Guatemala begins a new weak eruption phase with moderate explosions and 'rumblings.' 

ESTEBAN BIBA / EPA
Image: INDIA-QUAKE

An Indian resident stands among damaged buildings in Imphal, after a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck north-east India near the country's borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh.

 

GALLERY: Strong Earthquake Hits Northeast India

DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Magnitude-6.7 earthquake strikes Imphal, north-eastern India

An earthquake victim puts her hand on her forehead as she is given treatment at a hospital an earthquake struck Imphal, India.

EPA
Image: Markets Dive At Open Of First Trading Day Of 2016

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as holiday decorations are left on the ground.

 

READ: China Worries Send U.S. Stocks Tumbling; Dow Down 1.58 Percent

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Iraqi security forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters help trapped civilians leave neighborhoods under ISIS’s in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq.

 

GALLERY: Iraqi Forces Battle to Retake Ramadi From ISIS

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Image: TOPSHOT-FBL-AFG-IND-FANS

Afghan football fans cheer for their national team as they watch a live broadcast of the SAFF Championship match between India and Afghanistan shown on a screen at Shar-e- Naw Park in Kabul.

WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP - Getty Images
Image: CHINA-TIBET-SOCIETY

Prayer flags fly in front of the Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery in Shangri-La, Yunnan, China.

JOHANNES EISELE / AFP - Getty Images
Image: A crane is seen next to a giant statue of Chinese late chairman Mao Zedong under construction near crop fields in a village of Tongxu county, China

A crane hangs next to a giant statue of China’s late chairman Mao Zedong which is under construction near crop fields in Tongxu county, Henan province, China.

CHINA STRINGER NETWORK / Reuters
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Snow-covered buildings and churches stand in the Maronite Christian town of Besharre that overlooks the valley of Qadisha, north of Beirut, Lebanon. 

 

GALLERY: Yesterday in Pictures

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