Activists burn an effigy of Barack Obama at a protest in Bhubaneswar, India on Thursday. Visa fraud charges brought against an Indian diplomat in New York City has touched off a furor in India.
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Activists held a die-in on Thursday to bring attention to cyclist deaths in London.
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US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power greets displaced children on Thursday at a camp where over 40,000 people have found refuge in Bangui, Central African Republic.
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Delegates make a rare visit to the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea on Thursday. North Korea agreed to show 30 foreigners around the complex run jointly by North and South Korea. It re-opened in September after military tensions caused a five-month closure.
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Tribal women in India perform a traditional dance at a protest in New Delhi, India on Thursday.
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Kashmiri Muslims smoke a hookah as they finish handmade Christmas decorations at their workshop in Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
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Students pay tribute to Nelson Mandela with a portrait made of 3,700 Rubik’s cubes in Mumbai, India on Thursday.
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A Palestinian shop owner gears up for Christmas in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday.
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Ukrainian students march in a pro-European Union rally in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday. The country suffers from massive debt and political strife.
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Jakarta grinds to a halt during rush hour. Transportation experts warn the city could reach total gridlock in 2014 given the city’s growing number of cars.
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The Duszenko family decorated their home and garden in Polkowice, Poland with 52,000 Christmas lights that went on display yesterday.
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Whirling dervishes performed a religious ceremony at The Lodge of the Dervishes in Istanbul yesterday. They use dance as a form of prayer.
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A polar bear replica stood inside a block of ice in Sao Paulo, Brazil yesterday as part of a display by Greenpeace.
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