Shaolin martial arts students perform at the opening ceremony of the International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Zhengzhou, China, where 1,500 martial arts athletes from 73 countries have gathered to compete.
Reuters
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Police block the path of North Korean defector Park Sang-hak as he leads protestors to a rally — where they planned to send propaganda by balloon into the North — near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea.
AP
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A member of the rebel Free Syrian Army climbs onto the gun barrel of a tank in celebration after taking the position from government forces in Salqin City.
Reuters
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A pigeon flies near a bridge in Wroclaw, Poland. Fog enveloping much of the country has caused difficulties on roads and airports nationwide.
EPA
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Students stand together at Pakistan’s National Hockey Stadium in Lahore to achieve the record for the world’s largest human flag. The group of 24,200 beat Hong Kong’s previous record of 21,726.
Reuters
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Oil, diesel fuel, water and mud spray the platform as roughnecks wrestle with a pipe on a True Company rig outside Watford, ND.
Reuters
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Opposition party leader Albin Kurti, center, and other anti-Serbia protestors flee a line of Kosovo police through a rain of pepper spray in Pristina.
AP
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Naples, Italy, artist Genny Di Virgilio shows off hand-crafted figurines of President Obama and Mitt Romney at his shop.
EPA
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Ten-year-old Yuan Pabriaga waits while her mother gathers charcoal to sell at a makeshift charcoal factory in a slum area in Manila, Philippines. Charcoal makers there earn an average of $140 per month.
EPA
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Cast members rehearse with the famous ‘Italian’ lamp at a press preview for the new ‘A Christmas Story, The Musical’ at the New 42nd Street Studios in New York.
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Afghan children joke with an American soldier during a patrol in a village in Arghandab Valley.
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A performer disguised as Hindu goddess Kali eats fire as part of the nine-night Navratri festival in Allahabad, India.
AP
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President Obama greets Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s grandson Miles as family members gather following the final debate in Boca Raton, Florida.
REUTERS
