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A 200-kilogramme bluefin tuna was auctioned for about 14 million Japanese yen (US$118,000) during the last auction at Tokyo's 80-year-old Tsukiji market. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Taiwan's ruling KMT or Nationalist Party candidate Eric Chu shakes hands with supporters from an open vehicle as he parades through local streets in Chiayi. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Jan 16. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

A woman wearing a mask as she walks in a street in Beijing, China, as the city struggles to address a smog problem that has provoked widespread public anger. (AFP/FRED DUFOUR)

Israeli soldiers stand guard at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank following an attack. A Palestinian attacker stabbed an Israeli soldier, lightly wounding him before troops at the scene shot and killed the assailant. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Venezuelan police officers, some in riot gear, line up in front of the the National Assembly in Caracas. President Nicolas Maduro ordered the security forces to ensure the swearing-in of a new opposition-dominated legislature passes off peacefully. (AFP PHOTO/JUAN BARRETO)

A general view show the destruction following a car bomb attack that targeted a convey of three senior south Yemeni officials in the Inma district, north of the the southern Yemeni city of Aden. (AFP PHOTO/SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

The FFZero1 by Faraday Future is displayed at CES Unveiled, a media preview event for CES International in Las Vegas, USA. The high performance electric concept car was unveiled during a news conference. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Liverpool’s Jordon Ibe (L) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Stoke City during the first leg of the English League Cup semi-final football match at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Sampdoria's Martin Citadin Eder (R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring during an Italian Serie A football match between against Genoa at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy. (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP Photo) 

South Africa's batsman Christopher Morris swipes during day four of the second Test match between South Africa and England at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. (AFP/MARCO LONGARI)

France's Nastasia Noens competes the first run of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's slalom race in Santa Caterina, northern Italy. (AFP Photo)

Russıa's Antomella Del Core (L) vies with Italy Stefania Samsonna (C) and Ogechi Paola Egonu (R) during the Women's European Olympic qualification volleyball match in Ankara, Turkey. (AFP Photo)