Workers secure the new Swarovski star to the top of the still-unlit Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
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Ronit Hakmon stands stunned by the destruction in her Beer Sheva home after it was hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip.
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Fun-killing attorney James Swartz, director of World Against Toys Causing Harm, gives his annual annual pre-holiday speil in Boston.
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Peruvians gather at a march for peace in Lima.
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Israelis watch the cross-border fighting from a ridge overlooking the northern Gaza Strip.
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Maintenance workers inspect the ‘Wallbergbahn’ cable railway at Wallberg mountain in Rottach-Egern. The process of inspecting the entire system takes three weeks.
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Taslima Akhter sits with six-month-old Fatema among the burnt remains of a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 14 people were killed and 500 homes destroyed.
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Demonstrators block the Pueyrredon Bridge in Buenos Aires during a general stike that spread across Argentina.
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The family of Staff Sgt. Matthew H. Stiltz, 26, killed last week in Afghanistan, watch as his casket is guided into a hearse by Washington National Guardsmen.
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The luckiest turkey in the country (and his alternate) meet members of the media. The 19-week-old Virginia-raised turkeys will receive the traditional pardon from President Obama and spend the holidays at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate.
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Cleveland Browns defensive tackle John Hughes helps pack donations at the Cleveland Food Bank along with teammates and members of the team’s front office.
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