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Day in photos: Oct. 19, 2012

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Mom Jaime Grant, with 11-month-old daughter Brynn and three-year-old son Brian in tow, casts her ballot at an early-voting center in in College Park, Ga. EPA
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A model goes incognito on the catwalk for Russian designers Marina and Sergei Kaminskys during Fashion Week in St.Petersburg. AP
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Hillerich & Bradsby employee Matt Pavey brands names and logos on a World Series bat for Detroit Tigers catcher Gerald Laird at the company’s Louisville Slugger plant in Kentucky. Reuters
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Soldiers fire their weapons in salute during a memorial for Spc. Brittany Gordon in Kandahar. Gordon was killed in a suicide bombing last week. Reuters
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A performer hangs from an enormous bunch of balloons during the opening celebration for the $450 million Esentai Mall in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Reuters
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Mexican soldiers patrol the area around a massive gas pipeline explosion in Zapotlanejo that displaced 2,000 residents and injured at least three. AFP/Getty Images
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Luxembourg’s Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and his new wife, Countess Stephanie de Lannoy, greet citizens as they leave the capital’s city hall after their civil wedding service. Reuters
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Ugandan peace-keeping soldiers take fire from al-Shabab insurgents as they ride a transport toward Baidoa, Somalia, in an effort to clear the key corridor between Afgooye and Baidoa. EPA
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French tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga leaps in celebration after beating Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky in their quarterfinal match at the Stockholm Open. Reuters
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A Palestinian protester stands backdropped by raging fires and smoke during clashes with Israeli soldiers over land in the West Bank village of Kfar Qaddum. AFP/Getty Images
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Peter Hendra of Australia attempts to qualify for the first FlyBoard World Cup off the coast of the Qatari capital, Doha. AFP/Getty Images
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Assimilated British Star Trek fan Lou of Borg strolls the floor on the first day of the Destination Star Trek convention at the ExCel Centre in London. AFP/Getty Images
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The burned remains of iconic Texas state fair landmark Big Tex after a blaze destroyed the 52-foot-tall metal-and-fabric cowboy. AP