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Day in photos: Nov. 8, 2012

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A sleepy bear cub naps precariously in a tree at a Rapid City, South Dakota wildlife park.

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Members of one of 20 fire crews on scene battle a major fire at the Berger Paint factory in Garebhavipaly, Bangalore, India.

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Snowy tears fall from the eyeholes of a frigid pumpkin left out while a nor'easter dumped a few inches of snow in Brooklyn.

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Models stand in silhouette against the flashy background for Indonesian designer Lenny Agustin's show during Jakarta Fashion Week.

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Two workers dig sand -- washed in by Sandy -- out of the first floor of an apartment building in Rockaway Park, NY.

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Fenerbahce's supporters erupt during their 2-0 Europa League win over AEL Limassol in Istanbul.

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A Miami-Dade elections employee mulls over absentee ballot reports in Doral, Fla., as the state continues its efforts to determine the winner of Florida's electoral votes.

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In Bolivia, faithful celebrate the Day of Skulls, where many bring close relatives' skulls, some decorated like this one, to a chapel for blessing

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Snow covers debris left at a Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, miniature golf course just over a week after the shoreline was battered by Sandy.

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Seven-year-old Long Dihao exercises at a primary school in Dazu, China. The youngster will challenge the world record for backward somersaults in 30 seconds. It's currently 35, but Long can do 40.

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Great Britain's Donna Creighton kicks off her first run at the skeleton World Cup competition in Lake Placid, NY.

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Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue is reflected in the window of a nearby commercial building while a window washer gets his job done.