The top of the Eiffel Tower peeks up above the dense clouds and fog covering Paris.
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A South African woman tries to block workers from demolishing her home in Lenasia, where police are supervising the demolition of 44 homes ‘constructed on illegally sold land.’
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Ultraconservative Egyptian Muslims rally in support of the Islamification of the country’s new constitution in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
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A police officer oversees the line at a Brooklyn gas station. Rationing measures have kicked in with the goal of stemming the long lines that have plagued the city since Hurricane Sandy.
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Notre Dame forward Markisha Wright warms up before the team’s game against Ohio State on the deck of the USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC.
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Lanterns take off as members of a global youth organization, AISEC, celebrate the Diwali festival in Calcutta, India.
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This multiple-exposure shot shows Serbian star Novak Djokovic eventually losing a point against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Djokovic won the match.
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Fishermen line the just-reopened Lake Worth Pier in Florida, closed for two weeks because of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
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A group of schoolgirls carry a coffin during the burial ceremony in San Marcos, Guatamala, for seven victims of a devastating earthquake that hit the Central American country earlier in the week.
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American figure skater Johnny Weir performs his short program for the ISU Grand Prix at the Megasport arena in Moscow.
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A group of Japanese high schoolers peer through an opening in the ‘Hinterlandmauer’ at the Berlin Wall memorial site during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of its fall.
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Britain’s ‘Champion Christmas Tree Grower’ Richard Lowry nets a tree at a farm in Creetown, Scotland. Voted champ by his peers, Lowry will deliver the tree to the Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street.
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