Volunteers fill balloons in preparation for a mass balloon release as part of a year-end tradition in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Homes damaged by superstorm Sandy remain, looming over Belle Harbor, Queens two months after the storm.
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Spanish revelers take part in festival of Els Enfarinats in the town of Ibi. For 200 years the town’s have celebrated outside town hall with a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers.
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Palestinian protesters prepare a roadblock while protesting in Kfar Kadum, West Bank.
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A boy peers through the damaged wall of a home in Chinigam, Kashmir, after a firefight that left two militants dead.
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Ohio wide receiver Chase Cochran dances away from Louisiana-Monroe safety Mitch Lane en route to a 68-yard score in a Bobcats romp at the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La.
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Reindeer gather around Glenmore Reindeer Centre herder Anna Jemmett to snack on some lichen. The 150-strong herd in the Cairngorm Mountains is the only one in Britain.
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Canada’s Mark McNeill gets slammed into the goal by Slovakia’s David Bajanik during the second period of their U20 World Junior Hockey Championship prelim.
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Cross country athletes ski with their coaches ahead of the Tour de Ski competition in Oberhof, Germany.
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An Israeli border policeman fires a tear gas grenade toward Palestinian protesters during clashes in Nabi Saleh over the expansion of Jewish settlements.
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Caron Butler of the Los Angeles Clippers celebrates the team’s 15th straight win as they wrap up their 106-77 romp of the Celtics in LA, securing the league’s best record.
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