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Day in photos Homecoming, Navy Cross, immigrants rescued at sea, World Boxing Council crowns Muhammad Ali and more.
Dec. 3, 2012
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Quill, center, kisses his 2-year-old son, Zack, while waiting to receive the Silver Star medal with two other recipients, U.S. Marine Sgt. Frankie Shinost, left, and U.S. Marine Maj. James Rose, during a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The three received the medals for their heroism in Afghanistan.
Jae C. Hong
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AP
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Dec. 3, 2012
U.S. Marine Sgt. William Soutra Jr. wears the Navy Cross during a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Soutra was awarded the medal for his heroism in Afghanistan.
Jae C. Hong
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AP
Dec. 3, 2012
Terrence McDonald leans in to kiss his girlfriend, Spec. Dawn Adams, after she returned home from Afghanistan with 270 of her fellow soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat team at the Fort Carson Special Events Center in Colorado Springs.
Michael Ciaglo
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Colorado Springs Gazette via AP
Dec. 3, 2012
From left, Lindsay Keller, Laura Wintzell and Dani Powell react as their husbands return home from Afghanistan with 270 other soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat team at the Fort Carson Special Events Center in Colorado Springs.
Michael Ciaglo
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Colorado Springs Gazette via AP
Dec. 3, 2012
First Lt. Chris Pinkerton walks to get his bags with his son Shawn, 4, after returning home from Afghanistan at the Fort Carson Special Events Center in Colorado Springs.
Michael Ciaglo
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Colorado Springs Gazette via AP
Dec. 4, 2012
Afghan women bake traditional bread on a mud stove outside their temporary shelters as winter begins in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's winters are mostly harsh — daytime temperatures can fall to 5 degrees and lower.
Sayed Mustafa
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European Pressphoto Agency
Dec. 3, 2012
Would-be immigrants react after being rescued by Spanish emergency services in the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanish emergency services and the Moroccan navy intercepted three inflatable boats carrying sub-Saharan people across the strait.
Marcos Moreno
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 4, 2012
A visitor poses for a photo with a 3-D artwork at the Trick Art Museum in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Lai Seng Sin
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AP
Dec. 3, 2012
The crown of "King of Boxing" is placed on the head of former American boxer Muhammad Ali during the 50th convention of the World Boxing Council in Cancun, Mexico.
Victor Ruiz Garcia
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Reuters
Nov. 26, 2012
In a photo released this week by American magician Wayne Houchin, Dominican TV presenter Franklin Barazarte reacts as Houchin's head burns while taping "Closer To The Stars," a TV program in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Houchin, of Chico, Calif., is receiving treatment for burns after Barazarte lit his head on fire using a flammable cologne.
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AP
Nov. 29, 2012
In this image released by NASA on Dec. 3, multiple dust plumes are seen blowing off the coasts of Iran and Pakistan. The photo documents the movement of the plumes southward over the Arabian Sea.
Jeff Schmaltz
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NASA via Reuters
This image released by NASA shows the work site of the space agency’s rover Curiosity on Mars. Results are in from the first test of Martian soil by the rover: So far, there is no definitive evidence that the Red Planet has the chemical ingredients to support life. Scientists said Monday that a scoop of sandy soil analyzed by the rover's chemistry lab contained water and a mix of chemicals, but not the complex carbon-based compounds considered necessary for microbial life.
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NASA via AP
The moon Tethys (in the upper left of the image) is seen next to Saturn image from the Cassini spacecraft, which was taken Aug. 19 and released Monday. Saturn's rings appear to dwarf Tethys, although scientists believe that the moon is many times more massive than the entire ring system combined. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.5 million miles from Saturn.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via Reuters
Dec. 3, 2012
Clouds float over a village in Tam Dao, a Vietnamese resort town about 62 miles north of Hanoi.
Kham
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Reuters
Dec. 3, 2012
A youth runs past a burning vehicle in Karachi, Pakistan, during a protest against the death of cleric Mufti Ismail, who was killed by gunmen in the city.
Rizwan Tabassum
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 3, 2012
A boy shouts to celebrate government soldiers’ return to Goma, Congo.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
Dec. 3, 2012
A boy dances, rejoicing over government soldiers' return to Goma, Congo.
Goran Tomasevic
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Reuters
Dec. 3, 2012
A Bedouin camp is seen in the E1 area, between Jerusalem and the Israeli West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim. Paris and London called in Israel's envoys for consultations as the Jewish state faced mounting diplomatic pressure over plans to build 3,000 settler homes in E1, and East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Menahem Kahana
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 3, 2012
Brokers gather around a booth selling black Perigord truffles during the first truffle market of the season in Saint-Alvere, near Bergerac in Dordogne, France.
Nicolas Tucat
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 3, 2012
A visitor uses a multimedia 3-D guide in the Galerie du Temps (Gallery of Time) on the eve of the inauguration of Le Louvre Lens Museum in Lens, France.
Pascal Rossignol
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Reuters
Dec. 4, 2012
A Thai customs official shows a confiscated turtle during a news conference at airport customs in Bangkok. Authorities arrested a Thai man after finding 343 turtles in boxes for export to Hong Kong; the smuggled reptiles are listed as endangered species in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and worth $55,400, customs officials said.
Narong Sangnak
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European Pressphoto Agency
Dec. 4, 2012
A staff member from the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan, a nonprofit organization based in Taipei, points at the part of a horseshoe crab where blood is drawn for use in laboratory tests against animals, during a news conference in Taipei. The group calls for the use of human blood rather than the blood of rabbits or crabs by domestic pharmaceutical companies regarding tests of pyrogen, a substance that induces fever, while developing new drugs.
Mandy Cheng
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AFP/Getty Images
This Louisiana State Police photo shows explosives stored in Minden. Police said Monday that a Louisiana company is being investigated after authorities discovered about 6 million pounds of improperly stored explosives, which raised safety concerns and prompted the evacuation of a nearby town.
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Louisiana State Police via Reuters
Dec. 4, 2012
A dog is covered by snow outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Ilya Naymushin
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Reuters
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