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Day in photos Classic car rally, biodetection mice, Miss Colombia pageant, Veterans Day observances and more.
Nov. 10, 2012
A Volvo PV 544 Sport, left, and a Ford Taunus, center, participate in Berlin’s classic car rally Revival Berlin. More than 50 historic vehicles, many driven by former racing drivers, took part in the race.
Robert Schlesinger
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AFP/Getty Images
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Nov. 12, 2012
A motorist rides on a street as snowfall hits Jilin, in China’s Jilin province. Highways and schools have been forced to close in northeast China's Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces because of heavy snow and sleet, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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China Daily via Reuters
Nov. 11, 2012
A girl bounces on an amusement ride in Tunis.
Zoubeir Souissi
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2012
A team of Libyan experts and military engineers dump fuel from expired SA-2 missiles under the supervision of the United Nations in Tripoli, Libya. The toxic chemicals were found in the air defense missiles left over from the Gaddafi regime.
Ismail Zitouny
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Reuters
Nov. 12, 2012
Developer Eran Lumbroso holds a mouse during a demonstration at the second International Conference of Israel Homeland Security in Tel Aviv. Israel’s Tamar Group has developed an explosives and drugs detection system, named Bio-Explorer, using mice. An airport-scanner-style unit houses three concealed chambers, each containing eight mice. The rodents are trained to run into an alarmed chamber upon substance detection.
Uriel Sinai
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Getty Images
Nov. 12, 2012
Cats sit in the sun upon winter’s onset in Kolkata, India.
Bikas Das
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AP
Nov. 11, 2012
A dog named Coffe walks with his owner along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City. Thousands of cyclists, skaters, pedestrians and pets take over Mexico City's avenues during "bicycle Sundays."
Marco Ugarte
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AP
Nov. 12, 2012
The environmental organization Greenpeace is launching a campaign to protect the beech forests of Germany’s Lower Saxony. At left, man walks through one such forest in Hanover.
JJulian Stratenschulte
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 11, 2012
A man braves the cold and rainy weather at 47th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Mo.
Allison Long
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Kansas City Star via AP
Nov. 11, 2012
A man rides a 3,000-foot-long zip line in Wendfurth, central Germany. The zip line, which goes across the Rappbode Dam, the highest dam in Germany, was inaugurated Sunday. Reports state that the zip line is the longest of its kind in Europe.
Matthias Bein
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 12, 2012
Children perform a traditional dance as Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visit the AUT Millennium in Auckland, New Zealand. The royal couple are in New Zealand on the last leg of a Diamond Jubilee that has also taken them to Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Chris Jackson
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Getty Images
Nov. 11, 2012
A horse decorated with silver reins attends Tradition Day celebrations in San Antonio de Areco, about 72.5 miles north of Buenos Aires. The festival commemorates the birth anniversary of Jose Hernandez, one of the nation's most important poets, who highlighted the injustices and hardships of the ordinary people of his day.
Marcos Brindicci
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2012
A contestant in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant walks during a swimsuit fashion show in Cartagena, Colombia. The city of Cartagena celebrates its independence Sunday with two beauty pageants happening concurrently — a national beauty pageant, with contestants from all the provinces of the country, and a “popular” pageant, with contestants from neighborhoods within the city.
Joaquin Sarmiento
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Reuters
Nov. 12, 2012
Hans-Peter Weis of Pforzheim, Germany, wins the gold medal in the full-beard freestyle competition at the U.S.A. National Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas.
Glenn Pinkerton
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Las Vegas News Bureau via European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 11, 2012
A "Schwellkopp," a person wearing a giant papier-mache head, stands between spectators, in Mainz, central Germany, at a parade to start the carnival season.
Alex Domanski
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DAPD News Agency via AP
Nov. 11, 2012
An image that is said to resemble the Virgin Mary is seen on a window of a hospital in Subang Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A large group of people, mainly Catholics, have gathered below the area at the hospital to pray, local media said.
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2012
People pray beneath an image that is said to resemble the Virgin Mary, which appeared a window of a hospital in Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
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Reuters
Nov. 11, 2012
Passengers sit inside a crowded train compartment ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Chennai, India.
Arun Sankar K
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AP
Nov. 10, 2012
Colleen Young, who lives on Long Island, gets emotional after finding her sister's Scottish wedding crystal in the basement intact in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens. Her sister passed away seven years ago, and her belongings were being kept in the basement, where little remained undamaged after Hurricane Sandy struck the area.
May-Ying Lam
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The Washington Post
Nov. 11, 2012
Houses in Ortley Beach, N.J., were severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Tim Larsen
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New Jersey Governor's Office via Reuters
Nov. 10, 2012
Syrians carry their rubbish to a mountain of garbage in a roundabout in Aleppo, Syria. Because of the heavy fighting and shelling, the garbage collection system collapsed weeks ago.
Monica G. Prieto
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AP
Nov. 11, 2012
President Obama stands next to Maj. Gen.l Michael S. Linnington as he prepares to lay the wreath in front of the Tomb of the Unknowns during the presidential wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Obama delivered remarks at the cemetery amphitheater after laying the wreath. Of all his responsibilities as president, he said nothing was more humbling than meeting those who serve the country — “the real heroes,’’ he called them.
Lexey Swall
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Getty Images
Nov. 11, 2012
A family member holds a photo of Frederico "Nico" Silva, killed in 1965, up against his name on the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Nov. 11, 2012
An old pair of boots rests in front of the wall as visitors search for names on Veterans Day at the Vietnam War Memorial.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Nov. 11, 2012
Matthew White of Washington visits the grave of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Scott W. Brunkhorst at Arlington National Cemetery. White served with Brunkhorst, who died in 2010 while serving in Afghanistan.
Matt McClain
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