Day in photos - December 16

Check out the day's news in photos from NZ and across the globe.

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-20 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo / AP

Image 1 of 10: The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-20 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo / AP

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