Photos: Images that sparked joy in 2024

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See the joy of 2024 A child plays at Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque during the first day of Eid al-Adha in Istanbul, Turkey, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) (Francisco Seco/AP)

See the joy of 2024 An elderly woman dances while the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army performs at the Historical Museum prior to the closing of Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, with the statue of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

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