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Day in photos: Nov. 12, 2012

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A gaucho flies from the back of an untamed horse during Tradition Day celebrations in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. Reuters
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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. Reuters
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Residents walk through a dense fog in Breezy Point, Queens, a neighborhood left devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Reuters
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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. AP
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Demonstrators wear caracatures of Elsa Fornero, Italy’s Minister of Labour, during march in Naples against unemployement . AFP/Getty Images
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Massive cracks sit open in a road through Sintgu, Myanmar, where an earthquake last week left at least 13 dead. AFP/Getty Images
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A young traveling performer balances on a tight rope for tips on the streets of Hyderabad, India. AFP/Getty Images
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Nationalists fight with police in the streets of Warsaw, Poland, on the country’s Independence Day. Marcin Wziontek/Rex
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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. AFP/Getty Images
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Syrians wave flags as they march through Aleppo arm-in-arm against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Reuters
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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. Getty Images
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A dancer performs at the opening of the new 1001-seat Bahrain National Theatre in Manama. Reuters