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Day in photos Honoring Sandy Hook victims, gun control task force announced, Adopt-a-Family program and more.
Dec. 19, 2012
Mourners leave a viewing in Woodbury, Conn., honoring Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung, a victim in the Dec. 14 shooting at the school. Six victims of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., were honored Wednesday at funerals and remembrances.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
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Dec. 19, 2012
A child lines up with firefighters outside the funeral for Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. According to firefighters, Daniel wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up and they honored him at the service.
Charles Krupa
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AP
Dec. 19, 2012
Mourners hug outside the wake of school principal Dawn Hochsprung in Woodbury, Conn.
Allison Joyce
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Getty Images
Dec, 19, 2012
Siblings of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Victoria Soto weep as they depart from the Lordship Community Church in Stratford, Conn. Soto, a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, reportedly died while trying to protect her students during the Dec. 14 shooting.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
Dec. 19, 2012
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), right, listens while Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) speaks at a news conference to announce a congressional task force on gun control issues.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Dec. 19, 2012
Prince Georges County Police investigated the fatal shooting of a man and wounding of a two-year old child in Seat Pleasant.
Mark Gail
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For The Washington Post
Dec. 19, 2012
Chad Harvey fires his HK-USP .45 caliber pistol at a target inside the Blue Ridge Arsenal shooting range in Chantilly.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
Dec. 19, 2012
A computer screen shows AR-15 style Bushmaster semiautomatic rifles out of stock at Aegis Trading Enterprises gun shop in Burbank, Calif. Gun shops have said sales of such weapons have increased since the Connecticut school massacre, as proposals are made to ban the sales of such weapons.
Gene Blevins
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Reuters
Dec. 19, 2012
Confiscated weapons hang from a magnet before being destroyed at a foundry in Santiago, Chile. Hundreds of firearms were destroyed as part of a government arms control program.
Ivan Alvarado
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Reuters
Dec. 18, 2012
Students and a teacher try to close the door on an attacker during a drill at a primary school in Jinan, China. The drill came four days after a knife-wielding attacker stabbed 22 students at a primary school in the central Chinese province of Henan. China has seen several violent attacks against children over the past two years, including a spate of five incidents in 2010 which killed 15 children and two adults and wounded more than 80.
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 20, 2012
A Bangladeshi laborer pulls a cart full of empty drums during a nationwide strike in Dhaka. Twelve like-minded Islamic parties called an eight-hour general strike in the capital and a dawn-to-dusk general strike across the country as they seek a ban on left-wing political parties.
Munir uz Zaman
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 19, 2012
From left, Peter Ju, Chang Hung-yu and Pei Hung-ta pose with their "smart shoe" in Tainan, Taiwan. The shoe contains a board of chips that sense movement and relays that information to calorie counting apps for tablet computers and smartphones. It was created by the graduate students at National Cheng Kung University and allows users to monitor dance moves and the calories burned.
Pichi Chuang
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Reuters
Dec. 19, 2012
Luo Ching-hsing, professor at Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, displays his invention, a pacifier-shaped switch that can connect to computers via a USB port, allowing paralyzed patients to type using computers and even play video games that help with their recovery.
Pichi Chuang
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Reuters
Dec. 19, 2012
Baby and Nepal, two elephants suffering from tuberculosis, stand in their enclosure at the Parc de la Tete d'Or Zoo in Lyon, France. The two middle-aged elephants that French officials have wanted put down have been given a Christmas reprieve after an appeal to President Francois Hollande and an Internet campaign to save them.
Jeff Pachoud
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 19, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) makes a brief statement on the progress of “fiscal cliff” discussions with President Obama.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Dec. 19, 2012
People wait in line to receive a Christmas food basket at the annual food give-away in Miami. About 3,000 people received about $200 worth of food being given to those in need outside the Little Havana offices of CAMACOL, the Latin American Chamber of Commerce.
Joe Raedle
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Getty Images
Dec. 19, 2012
Breawna Merritt, 4, of Scranton, Pa. admires a bundle of brand new toys at St. Francis of Assissi Church in Scranton during the annual Gifts for Kids event organized by Catholic Social Services in conjunction with the local Marines Corps Toys For Tots campaign.
Butch Comegys
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Scranton Times & Tribune via AP
Dec. 19, 2012
Kathy Bryan, center, and Tawanda Guest bring gifts and sing to 11-year-old patient Tylayah Ross at Howard University Hospital in the District. The ladies are with the Rachael's Women's Center, a charity supported by philanthropist Earl Stafford.
Linda Davidson
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The Washington Post
Dec. 19, 2012
From left, Allyson Corravo, Jessie Maske, and Caterina Giuliani wrap donated gifts at Northwest High in Jackson, Mich. Students boxed food and household goods and wrapped gifts for the Adopt-A-Family program. Students, teachers, and members of the community donated money and items for a record 32 families in the area.
Abbey Oldham
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Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP
Dec. 19, 2012
Caritas workers prepare food bags for distribution in Lausanne, Switzerland. Caritas, a charity organization, distributes surplus food from the retail sector through its network, which includes 24 charity grocery stores throughout Switzerland.
Denis Balibouse
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Reuters
Dec. 19, 2012
French High Mountain police patrol the area surrounding the Bugarach peak in order to secure the area. The peak of Bugarach, the highest point of the Corbieres massif in southwestern France, has become a focal point for many apocalypse believers. Residents of the tiny southern French hamlet, are witness to a rising influx of doomsday believers as Dec. 21, believed to be the last day of the end of the long-count Mayan calendar.
Jean-Philippe Arles
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Reuters
Dec. 19, 2012
The galaxy cluster PKS 0745-19 is shown in this NASA composite image containing X-rays from Chandra (purple) and optical date from the Hubble Telescope (yellow). The black hole at the center of this galaxy is part of a survey of 18 of the largest known black holes in the universe. Researchers found that the black holes in the survey may be about ten times more massive than previously thought.
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NASA via Reuters
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