World in Pictures: Seeing is believing

Jing Li wears a Tibetan traditional costume as she gets ready for her wedding photo to be taken at the Nianqing Tanggula mountain pass in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. (Reuters)

Yakov Androsov, a researcher, right, and his assistant show the body of a cave lion during a presentation at the regional Academy of Sciences at the Kingdom of Permafrost museum in Yakutsk, 4,900 kilometers (3,000 miles) east of Moscow. (AP)

A child plays with Rich, a 5-month-old Samoyed Laika dog, during the celebrations for the birthday of Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus. (Reuters)

People walking past a McCafe near the famed West Lake tourist spot in the former home of late Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province. (AFP)

A rescue worker descends on a rope from a helicopter as he approaches a boat carrying fishermen trapped by bad weather, on the Bohai sea in Dongying, Shandong province. (Reuters)

A pair of identical twins recently got married to another pair of identical twins in India. What made this twin wedding even more unique was that the ceremony was officiated by identical twin priests. (YouTube)

Li Yongzhi, 54-year-old former migrant worker, eats a bowl of dried chilli pepper at breakfast at his home in Shawoli village of Longhu township, Henan province, China. (Reuters)

A vanilla cookie decorated with a sugar-made face of Pitbull is displayed in a gift lounge at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. (AP)

A bumblebee gathering pollen from a clump of eryngo, late-summer-blooming wildflowers, that are members of the carrot family, in a yard in Langley, Wash. (AP)

A skeleton dating from almost 10,000 years ago which was found in the Kotias Klde rock shelter in Western Georgia is seen in an undated picture courtesy of the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, United Kingdom. (Reuters)

Passengers climb down the side of the ferry KM Wihan Sejahtera as it capsizes in Tanjung Perak port, Surabaya, East Java November 16, 2015. The Tanjung Perak harbour master reported that 175 passengers and crew evacuated the ship and there were no casualties. (Reuters)

Joel Miggler holds the record for the most flesh tunnels in the face - 11 as of 2014 - and boasts more stretched piercings than anyone else on the planet.

Tourists walk behind Taiwan's ancient "Queen's Head" rock in Yehliou, New Taipei City, in northern Taiwan. (AFP)

Students perform during a founding ceremony of a football team of Shaolin Tagou martial arts school, in Dengfeng, Henan province. (Reuters)

Visitors take photos of a Yoda plush toy sitting in the business class section during a tour of the Star Wars themed All Nippon Airways ANA R2D2 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft at Singapore's Changi Airport. (Reuters)

A worker removes moisture under a glass deck in front of an office building in Seoul, South Korea. (Reuters)

Spanish bullfighter Lopez Simon is performs a pass on a bull during a bullfight at Peru's historic Plaza de Acho bullring in Lima. (Reuters)

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