A gaucho flies from the back of an untamed horse during Tradition Day celebrations in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina.
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A woman stoops to light lamps that together form the shape of Hindu god Ganesh on the eve of Diwali, the festival of lights, in Chandigarh, India.
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Residents walk through a dense fog in Breezy Point, Queens, a neighborhood left devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
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Lauren Timmins, 4, tries to budge a cannon that sits along the route of Bay County’s annual Veterans Day Parade in Panama City, Fla.
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Demonstrators wear caracatures of Elsa Fornero, Italy’s Minister of Labour, during march in Naples against unemployement .
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Massive cracks sit open in a road through Sintgu, Myanmar, where an earthquake last week left at least 13 dead.
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A young traveling performer balances on a tight rope for tips on the streets of Hyderabad, India.
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Nationalists fight with police in the streets of Warsaw, Poland, on the country’s Independence Day.
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This chocolate Santa Claus doesn’t seem ready for holiday decorations either… he’s still wearing shades as he sits in the display window of Munich, Germany, boutique.
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Syrians wave flags as they march through Aleppo arm-in-arm against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Kevin Palmer of Goshen, Conn., holds Michele Mathews on his shoulders as she makes a rubbing of the name of Palmer’s uncle, Douglas, inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
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A dancer performs at the opening of the new 1001-seat Bahrain National Theatre in Manama.
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A Palestinian man can be seen through a gunshot- and shrapnel-riddled slab of metal after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp.
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Firing blind around a corner, a Syrian rebel guards a roadblock of flaming tires in Aleppo against government loyalists.
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A woman whose home was damaged last week’s earthquake in Guatamala peers out of her tent at a temporary camp in San Marcos.
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He seems skeptical, but this dog is covered in flowers and vermillion powder as part of Tihar celebrations at a police kennel in Katmandu, Nepal. Dogs are worshipped for their role in providing security.
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Crowds of Britons crane their necks to take in the newly-lit Christmas decorations on Regent Street in London.
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Iranian soldiers celebrate after successfully launching a new surface-to-air missile during military exercises.
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The town of Orte, near Rome, Italy, sits partially submerged by floodwater thanks to heavy rains battering north and central Italy.
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A Bahraini protester prepares gasoline bombs in anticipation of a fight with riot police in Muharraq during a funeral procession for a teen whose death has been blamed on cops.
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Crews hoist an 80-foot, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree from its base on its way from Flanders, NJ, to become Rockefeller Center’s annual holiday centerpiece.
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Workers from a Spanish phone company wear bags on their heads (reading ‘I am a profitable person’) while blocking traffic in protest of dismissals at their company.
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One Direction’s Harry Styles performs for clawing fans on NBC’s ‘Today’ at Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
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Television cameras catch the campaign speech of Jean-Francois Cope, a French deputy, seeking the leadership of the UMP political party.
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A warped house, inspired by drawings of Polish illustrator Jan Szancer, is pictured in the Baltic sea resort of Sopot.
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A Gorilla feeds it’s four-day-old baby at the Safari zoo in Ramat Gan, Israel.
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An Indian Border Security Force soldier lights a candle inside a bunker during the Hindu festival of Diwali, the annual festival of lights, at the India-Bangladesh border.
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Prince Charles receives a traditional Maori greeting, known as a Hongi, from a Maori warrior during the last leg of a Diamond Jubilee in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Lasha Pataraia pulls an eight-ton truck with his ear during a test event in Rustavi, Georgia.
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Louise McCarthy carts belongings from her flood-damaged home as she passes the charred ruins of other homes in the Breezy Point section of Queens.
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A newly-married couple walks past demonstrators during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in in Rome.
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An Ethiopian Jewish man prays during the ‘Sigd’ holiday in Jerusalem.
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Morning mist floats above Lake Orfu, decorated with autumn colours, in Hungary.
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Riot policemen detain a man during clashes in Lisbon, Portugal during a general strike.
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A member of the Free Syrian Army talks to a woman during a patrol to search for pro-government forces in Harem town.
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Elementary school girls cross a river to go to school in the village of Nagari Koto Nan Tigo in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province.
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A People’s Liberation Army officer walks down stairs inside the Great Hall of the People before the closing ceremony for the 18th Communist Party Congress in Beijing.
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An Orthodox believer attends a religious procession to mark the Hundred Thousand Martyrs Day in central Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Columns of smoke rise from buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City.
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Rafael Montiel leads a group of riders through a rainy stretch of Costa Rica’s International Cycling Tour.
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Lone protester Mary Phelan holds a picture of Savita Halappanavar outside University Hospital in Galway, Ireland, where the woman died after being denied an abortion.
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Two women smooch during a rally in Paris to protest homophobia a week after the French government approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption.
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Olympic-champion gymnasts Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas walk along the White House promenade after meeting with President Obama.
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Indian policemen stand guard at the gate to the office of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee following a clash between rival Sikh groups that left 11 dead.
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Verizon tech Chris Levendos works to restore phone service in the company’s hub on Broad Street after it was knocked out by flooding during Hurricane Sandy.
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A Palestinian paramedic gives oxygen to a man trapped in rubble following an Israeli air raid in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia.
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President Obama speaks to Staten Island residents while touring the area of New Dorp Beach, hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
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French swimmer Mehdi Metella competes in the men’s short course 100m butterfly final at the French championships in Angers.
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A young trash-picker digs through giant sacks of garbage in a dump outside Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Confirming the sage advice of always letting the Wookie win, this Chewbacca seems happy as he looks over a case of ‘Star Wars’ figures at the toys’ induction into the Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, NY.
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Newly-elected House members gather on the steps of the capitol in Washington, DC, for their freshman class picture.
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