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Day in photos: Oct. 31, 2012

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Riot officers face demonstrators outside Portugal's parliament building in Lisbon amid huge protests against austerity measures.

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Artist Tomoteru Saito of Japan works on a circus-themed project for the Sarasota, Fla., Chalk Festival

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Workers continue the slow demolition of Haiti's National Palace, which was destroyed in the earthquake that leveled the island nearly three years ago.

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In Cali, Colombia, a woman cries over the coffin of a relative -- one of six police killed during an attack by FARC guerrillas.

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The Nets practice at their new Brooklyn home. The team was notified during the workout that Thursday's opener against the Knicks has been postponed in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

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Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, detain an opposition activist. Groups opposing the ruling party have been gathering monthly in support of their right of assembly, with most of the rallies ending up banned or dispersed by cops.

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Seen from the 16th floor of NASA's vehicle-assebly building, Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits transport to its new home at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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Visitors peer off the newly opened viewing point nearly 2000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean in Cabo Girao, on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

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Inter Milan's Gaby Mudingayi, left, and Sampdoria's Marcelo Estigarribia collide during a rainy match in Milan, Italy.

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Training runs for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., went on in heavy early-morning fog.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needs a new pair of earbuds to understand her news conference with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic in Zagreb.

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Pope Benedict leads a vesper prayer inside the Sistine Chapel, marking five centuries since Michelangelo's ceiling of frescoes was inaugurated.