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Oct. 27, 2012
A man suspected of looting is taken away by police during protests in response to city authorities trying to relocate vendors at La Parada Market to another area in Lima, Peru. Market leaders are opposed to the move of the market which has been open for more than 50 years, supplying hundreds of private and municipal markets in the capital.
Martin Mejia
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AP
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Oct. 27, 2012
Nepalese Muslim devotees hug after offering Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, honours Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael on the order of God, who according to tradition then provided a lamb in the boy's place.
PRAKASH MATHEMA
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 27, 2012
Demonstrators hold cutouts of arrested opposition activists with their photos and names during a 'March against Hatred' in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russians are protesting against an ongoing crackdown on the opposition which was launched his spring, with arrests of activists and introduction of new harsh legislation.
Dmitry Lovetsky
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AP
Oct. 27, 2012
A member of the local electoral commission sets up a voting booth at a polling station in Kiev. Ukraine will elect a new parliament on Sunday.
ANATOLII STEPANOV
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Reuters
Oct. 27, 2012
A man jogs along the beach in the shadow of offshore windmills near Blavand at the North Sea in Denmark.
Matthias Schrader
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AP
Oct. 26, 2012
Crowds of people try to board the roofs of trains for a risky ride to their home villages at the railway station of the airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Millions are leaving the city to celebrate the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha.
ABIR ABDULLAH
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EPA
Oct. 26, 2012
A Palestinian protester hurls stones toward Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum near Nablus.
JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 26, 2012
Residents of the Yoff neighborhood wash sacrificial rams in the Atlantic Ocean as they prepare for the Eid al-Adha feast in Dakar, Senegal. The Eid al-Adha festival, known locally as Tabaski, celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son.
Rebecca Blackwell
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AP
Oct. 26, 2012
Supporters of Ukrainian pro-government Party of the Regions wave flags during their rally in central Kiev. Ukraine's opposition and the party of President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday made a final push for votes on the last day of campaigning before the country's tightly contested weekend parliamentary polls.
VIKTOR DRACHEV
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 26, 2012
Flor Torres, left, widow of late Cuban dissident Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo, puts her hand on the glass of his coffin during his wake in Havana, Cuba. Gutierrez-Menoyo, who went from rebel commander fighting alongside Fidel Castro to a foe launching commando raids against the island before settling inside Cuba as a moderate, pro-dialogue dissident, died early Friday. He was 77.
Ramon Espinosa
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AP
Oct. 26, 2012
A woman looks out of the window of a house covered with seasonal colored leaves in Pamplona, Spain.
JESUS DIGES
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EPA
Oct. 25, 2012
Franz Muellner pulls a 14.9-ton Austrian army Pandur armored personnel carrier over a distance of 33 yards in Vienna in an attempt to set a world record.
Heinz-Peter Bader
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
Muslim pilgrims climb a rocky hill called the Mount of Mercy near the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities say about 3.4 million pilgrims — about 1.7 million of them from abroad — have arrived in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for this year's hajj pilgrimage.
Hassan Ammar
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AP
Oct. 25, 2012
Hikers enjoy the view over the mist in the valleys of the Alps from the top of Wendelstein mountain in Bayrischzell, Germany.
Matthias Schrader
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AP
Oct. 25, 2012
Workers install the "iron grave" of the family of Serge Danot, who died in 1990 and was the creator of the French television program "The Magic Roundabout," in Nantes, France. Made in steel, then varnished in the French region of Vendee, this new kind of sepulcher -- made by French company Funeral Concept -- allows people to personalize a grave.
Damien Meyer
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 25, 2012
Honor guard soldiers march with torches during the Romanian Army Day celebration in central Bucharest.
Mihai Barbu
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 25, 2012
Israeli President Shimon Peres lights the memorial candle as he opens the official events in Jerusalem commemorating 17 years since the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Abir Sultan
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 25, 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin drinks from a glass during a meeting of the Valdai international discussion group of experts at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
Sergei Karpukhin
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 24, 2012
Dignitaries and members of the public attend the dedication of a Berlin memorial to the Sinti and Roma peoples, who were persecuted and killed under Germany’s old national socialist regime. In addition to targeting Jews during the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler sought to exterminate the Roma population in Europe; 220,000 to 1.5 million people were killed.
Sean Gallup
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Getty Images
Oct. 24, 2012
A man prepares an exhibition in the temple El Senor de las Misericordia in Medellin. Artist Erika Diettes is displaying some 20 pictures of female victims to draw attention to the armed conflict in Colombia.
Albeiro Lopera
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Reuters
Oct. 24, 2012
Clowns laugh for 15 minutes as they rally for peace during the 17th Latin American clown convention, or "Fair of Laughter,” at the Mother’s Monument in Mexico City. The convention runs until Oct. 25.
Edgard Garrido
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Reuters
Oct. 24, 2012
A tourist visits the Temple of the Dawn in Bangkok.
Chaiwat Subprasom
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Reuters
Oct. 24, 2012
Stars are seen above a section of the Great Wall of China, which is illuminated by moonlight, near the village of Xiang Shui Hu, about 50 miles northwest of Beijing.
David Gray
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Reuters
Oct. 23, 2012
Fans light flares before the UEFA Champions League Group F soccer match between Lille OSC and FC Bayern Munich at the Grand Stade Lille Metropole in Lille, France.
Ian Langsdon
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 23, 2012
A car goes past waves breaking along the waterfront in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. A man died and 150 people were evacuated after heavy rains and a storm there.
Pablo Porciuncula
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 23, 2012
Fishermen ride in a boat with a statue of Saint Raphael the Archangel during a procession in San Salvador. Saint Raphael is the patron saint of the local fishermen.
Jose Cabezas
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 23, 2012
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba while praying inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic pilgrimage draws 3 million visitors each year, making it the largest annual gathering of people in the world.
Hassan Ammar
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AP
Oct. 22, 2012
A 3-day-old Sumatran orangutan is held by her mother in their enclosure at Chester Zoo in northern England.
Phil Noble
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Reuters
Oct. 22, 2012
Palestinian boys view the body of a Palestinian militant through the window of Bait Hanon hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. Two Palestinian militants were killed in Israeli airstrikes, Hamas and Health Ministry officials in Gaza said.
Ali Ali
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EPA
Oct. 22, 2012
Armenians attend the funeral of Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, the Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem.
Sebastian Scheiner
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AP
Oct. 22, 2012
Members of the nationalist opposition Self-Determination Movement flee tear gas during a protest in Pristina against the meeting between Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic. Some 22 people were wounded when Kosovo police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators protesting the relaunch of E.U.-brokered talks between Kosovo and Serbia.
Armend Nimani
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 22, 2012
Albin Kurtin, center, the leader of the Self-Determination Movement, is sprayed with tear gas by police during a protest in Pristina.
Armend Nimani
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 21, 2012
Clouds gather over the Saudi holy city of Mecca as seen from the top of Noor Mountain, near the Hiraa cave. The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, set to begin Thursday, draws 3 million Muslims each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world.
Hassan Ammar
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AP
Oct. 21, 2012
Protesters clash with police in Beirut. Angry mourners marched on Prime Minister Najib Mikati's offices, breaking through an outer security barrier and scuffling with police who fired tear gas in response. The protests erupted after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated last week.
Hasan Shaaban
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Reuters
Oct. 21, 2012
Children watch a Dussehra festival procession early in Allahabad, India. The Hindu festival commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil.
Rajesh Kumar Singh
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AP
Oct. 21, 2012
Driver Matt Kenseth stands on his car in Victory Lane after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Kansas City, Kan.
Matthew T. Thacker
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Autostock via AP
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