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DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS/AP		December 29-January 4 Our picks of the week's best photos A woman prays at the 2.5-mile-long Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On the last day of the year, thousands traditionally throw white flowers into the sea before midnight and make a wish to the African sea goddess Yemanja. (Monday, December 31, 2001)

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