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Day in photos: Nov. 2, 2012

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An Afghan boy has a hug for his donkey as they wait outside a timber market in Kabul.

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Cobbled together from 55 high-resolution images, here's a self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover at an area called Rocknest in Mars' Gale Crater.

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A rider trains for the RedBull Skylines BMX competition inside Paris' striking Grand Palais.

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A worker shovels sand -- carried in by Sandy's storm surge -- out of homeowner Sandy Forino's living room in Longport, NJ.

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An Indian woman takes part in a traditional ritual amid observation of the Karva Chauth festival in Jammu, India.

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An Israeli soldier chases Palestinian protesters through the streets of Kafr Qaddum during demonstrations marking the anniversary of the British government's official support of a Jewish state.

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Citizens walk through a dense sandstorm choking Hami, China.

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Poland's Jerzy Janowicz celebrates his win over Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters tennis tournament.

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Honor guardsmen stretch before rehearsals for a military parade in Red Square, Moscow.

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President Obama seems shocked to see the crowd of supporters greeting him at a campaign event at Springfield High School in Ohio.

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A cadet lies on the grass after passing out during graduation ceremonies for police in Bogota, Colombia. Don't worry, she was helped up a short time later.

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A child cries as he and his mother wait for care at a clinic in a refugee camp outside Sittwe, Myanmar.