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(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Figurines of Baby Jesus dry off in the sun after being painted in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 30, ...

But baby Jesus figurines have such sentimental value in families that every January an area in downtown Mexico City is full ...

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Two statues of former Australian ... Cook statue splashed with red paint days out from Australia Day. Busts of former Labor leaders Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd were vandalised in Victoria ...

Justin McManus The remaining 18 statues’ name plates were covered in spray paint, and police have estimated the damage to be more than $140,000, with each of the stolen heads valued at about ...