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Day in photos: Nov. 16, 2012

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Members of Spain’s team stand for their national anthembefore the start of the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic in Prague. Reuters
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Because the sexiest thing Stephen Colbert can think of is, well, Stephen Colbert, the host starts to get a bit handsy with his wax figure during its unveiling ceremony at Madame Tussauds in Washington, DC. Getty Images
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A surfer heads through a heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on his way to catch some waves. Getty Images
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A Coast Guard plane flies over a Black Elk Energy oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded leaving two missing and several badly hurt. Reuters
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A camerman tries to get a shot through the crack in a door leading to a briefing room where retired Army General David Petraeus testified before a Senate Select Committee on the September 11 attack in Benghazi. AFP/Getty Images
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Djiboutian soldiers arrive in Belet Weyne, Somalia, on a UN plane en route to boosting an African Union contingent already in the country. EPA
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Festivalgoers’ shadows can be seen through an inflating balloon at the International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Leon, Mexico. Reuters
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A man lifts his daughter through the window of a train in New Delhi, India, where the rails are overcrowded by migrant workers heading home for the Chhath Puja festival. AP
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Jordanians join hands in protest against a hike in fuel prices in front of Al-Hussein Mosque in Amman. Their planned march to the royal palace was stalled by riot cops. EPA
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Nigerian children swim in floodwaters innundating their home in Yenagoa The floods have killed an estimated 363 and affected as many as 7.7 million more. AFP/Getty Images
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Syrian rebels rest in cover during continued clashes with government loyalists in Aleppo. AP
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen through a damaged car window after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in Ashdod, Israel. Reuters