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Images from around the world Take a look at some of the week’s best photographs from around the globe.
Nov. 3, 2012
A crowd of spectators encircles two fighting bulls in Khayega, Kenya. The traditional bull fights go back generations and are a matter of pride and prestige for the bull owners, taking place each weekend and featuring two highly prized bulls from different villages fighting each other until one flees in defeat, after having been fed a secret herbal concoction during the preceding day that often includes marijuana, known locally as bhang.
Ben Curtis
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AP
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Nov. 3, 2012
A woman sings during a Mass led by Catholic priest Marcelo Rossi at the Mother of God sanctuary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A day earlier, Rossi, a Latin Grammy-nominated Christian music singer and author of best-selling books in Brazil, inaugurated the massive new Roman Catholic church that will hold about 20,000 worshipers when complete.
Andre Penner
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AP
Nov. 3, 2012
A fisherman takes a nap on his boat after deep-sea fishing all night in El Callao, Peru. Small-scale fishermen in this area work 24-hour shifts, catching mostly anchovies, mackerel and silversides.
Rodrigo Abd
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AP
Nov. 2, 2012
Russian soldiers march during a rehearsal for the Nov. 7 parade at Red Square in Moscow. The parade marks the 71st anniversary of a parade on Red Square when soldiers went directly to the front during World War II. For decades, Nov. 7 was a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
Misha Japaridze
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AP
Nov. 2, 2012
A street artist blows soap bubbles at the Old Town Square in Prague.
David W Cerny
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Reuters
Nov. 2, 2012
Indian women look at the moon during a ritual on the occasion of Karva Chauth festival in Bhopal, India. On this day, Hindu married women observe a day-long fast and pray for the longevity and well-being of their husbands; they break the fast only after sighting the moon.
Sanjeev Gupta
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 2, 2012
Bahraini women hold pictures of Shiite clergyman Sheikh Isa Qassim during a protest rally in Duraz. Clashes broke out in areas across Bahrain on Friday between police and protesters who were challenging a ban on demonstrations imposed earlier this week. Several people were reportedly injured, activists said, as protesters attempted to march from villages to main roads in defiance of the ban that was announced October 30.
Mazen Mahdi
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 2, 2012
A sub-lieutenant is assisted after fainting during ceremonies marking the 121st anniversary of the Colombian police in Bogota.
Luis Acosta
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 2, 2012
A crowd gathers to look at Indian ship Pratibha Cauvery, which ran aground due to strong winds on the Bay of Bengal coast off Chennai, India. The oil tanker with 37 crew ran aground just before a tropical storm made landfall Wednesday. On Thursday, two helicopters searched in the Bay of Bengal for the four missing crew members, a coast guard officer said, adding that 32 people were rescued from the tanker.
Arun Sankar K.
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
People walk in high water near the Ponte delle Guglie in Venice, Italy. High tides have flooded Venice, leading Venetians and tourists to don high boots and use wooden walkways to cross St. Mark's Square and other areas underwater. Flooding is common this time of year, and Thursday's level that reached a peak of 55 inches was below the 63 inches recorded four years ago in the worst flooding in decades.
Luigi Costantini
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
A Voodoo believer dressed as a Gede, or spirit, lunges forward during a Voodoo ritual dedicated to Baron Samdi and the Gede family of spirits on the Day of the Dead at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Dieu Nalio Chery
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
A Nepalese vendor waits for the customers in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Bhaktapur, or town of devotees, is an ancient Newar community town listed as a World Heritage site.
Niranjan Shrestha
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
A port police officer lights flares during an anti-austerity demonstration in Athens. Greece unveiled a tough new austerity budget on Oct. 31, sparking a call for a 48-hour general strike, as the E.U. said there was still work to be done before the recession-hit country can access loan funds needed to stave off bankruptcy.
ARIS MESSINIS
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 1, 2012
Cannons are fired during a ceremony at Jardin de Paz cemetery in Bogota to commemorate All Saints Day in honor of Colombian military personnel killed in action during the armed conflict.
MAURICIO DUENAS
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 1, 2012
A rainbow arches over the municipality of Ixelles/Elsene as a woman stands in front of the grave of a relative on All Saints Day near Brussels, Belgium.
JULIEN WARNAND
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
A security guard falls over while trying to block the entrance as demonstrators storm into a Zara clothing shop in Barcelona. Protesters entered a number of stores Wednesday as the Spanish city was hit with demonstrations and a subway strike. Most of the anti-austerity protests were peaceful, but about 50 masked people vandalized downtown stores and removed some goods.
Manu Fernandez
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AP
Oct. 31, 2012
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits alongside Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the Irish State Coach during a procession to Buckingham Palace after a ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards Parade in London. Yudhoyono was beginning a three-day state visit to Britain.
Oli Scarff
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts during a news conference with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic in Zagreb. Clinton began a five-nation Balkan trip in Bosnia, where a power struggle between ethnic Serb, Muslim and Croatian parties has stymied progress since their 1992-95 war. The Balkans trip, likely Clinton’s last if she steps down early next year as planned, may represent her final effort to settle some of the legacies of the bloody breakup of federal Yugoslavia in the 1990s, when her husband, Bill Clinton, was president.
Antonio Bronic
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Reuters
Oct. 31, 2012
Rakhine children pump water at the Ywagyi North relief camp in Sittwe, Burma. The death toll from sectarian violence between Buddhist and Rohingya Muslim communities in western Burma, also known as Myanmar, has reached 84, state-run media reported this week. Ashok Nigam, a humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations, said that at least 22,500 people had been displaced and that more than 4,600 houses were burnt in last week's violence.
Nyein Chan Naing
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
Unemployed people gather cabbages in a field near the village of Sosnovaya, near Minsk, Belarus. Pay for the labor averages 60,000 Belarusan rubles (about $7) and two heads of cabbage per day.
VIktor Drachev
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
Actors dressed as ghosts perform during a Halloween celebration in a park in Leipzig, Germany.
Jens Meyer
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Colombian judicial-sector workers protest to demand a wage leveling in Bogota. Since Oct. 11, about 42,000 workers have struck, paralyzing the courts and the administration of justice in the country.
Guillermo Legaria
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 30, 2012
Actor Sean Penn, left, receives an artwork made with quinoa from Bolivian President Evo Morales at the Government Palace in La Paz.
Martin Alipaz
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 30, 2012
Protesters run as they clash with riot police during the "week of indignation" in Bogota, Colombia. The "week of indignation" is a week of political protests.
Fredy Builes
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, right, speaks to media members inside a train during the inauguration of the new subway Line 12 in Mexico City. The Line 12 or Golden Line. The 15.5-mile line is the longest and most modern subway line in the capital.
Eduardo Verdugo
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde for talks about the European financial crisis in Berlin.
Kay Nietfeld
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
A man sorts corn for sale on the outskirts of Jammu, India. India's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged Tuesday but trimmed the cash reserve ratio, resisting growing pressure from New Delhi to cut rates even as it slashed its growth forecast and raised its inflation projection for Asia's third-largest economy.
Channi Anand
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
A rebel sniper, seen with another rebel fighter reflected in a mirror, aims at a Syrian army position from a residential building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Iraqis enjoy a ride at Amusement City fairgrounds during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Baghdad. Eid al-Adha is a Muslim holiday that commemorates the sacrifice by the prophet Ibrahim, known to Christians and Jews as Abraham. It is a festive holiday where it is traditional for men, women and children to dress in new clothing and spend time with their families and outdoors.
Karim Kadim
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Top golfer Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, center, and Tiger Woods of the United States are surrounded by fans during their "Duel at Jinsha Lake" one-day golf challenge, which was won by McIlroy, in Zhengzhou, China.
Mark Ralston
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AFP/Getty images
Oct. 29, 2012
Female giant panda Jia Jia, one of two from China, in its enclosure in Singapore. The two pandas will be residing at the River Safari Singapore, part of the Wildlife Reserves Singapore's new attraction opening in 2013. This is part of the organization's continuous efforts in boosting tourism and generating public awareness of the world's struggle in preserving its endangered species.
Wong Maye-E
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
An Indian boatman feeds birds on the Yamuna River in New Delhi.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Indian female Hindu devotees put on saris after taking a holy dip in the Yamuna River on Sharad Purnima, an auspicious day for the new moon in the fall, in New Delhi.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A rebel fighter throws a homemade grenade toward Syrian army troops on the frontline in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A street of shattered buildings is viewed partially through a mirror used by rebel fighters to keep an eye on their enemy's positions in the Karm al-Jabel battlefield in Aleppo, Syria.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A boy looks up at a fighter jet after a strike in the village of Kafranbel in Idlib, Syria. Syrian jets bombarded Sunni Muslim regions in Damascus and across the country Sunday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad kept up airstrikes against rebels despite a U.N.-brokered truce that was supposed to halt fighting over a long holiday weekend.
Giath Taha
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Reuters
Oct. 28, 2012
A crowd watches a presentation by La Compagnie Carabosse, a group of French fire performers, in front of the Berlin Cathedral as part of celebrations marking the city’s 775th anniversary.
Adam Berry
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Getty Images
Oct. 28, 2012
A member of La Compagnie Carabosse, a group of French fire performers, uses a metal wheel to give fuel to a paraffin-wax-powered flame in front of the Berlin Cathedral as part of celebrations marking the city's 775th anniversary.
Adam Berry
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Getty Images
Oct. 28, 2012
People walk between large pins denoting city landmarks on a map painted on the pavement in front of the Berlin Cathedral during the anniversary celebrations.
Thomas Peter
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Reuters
Oct. 28, 2012
Children play with an installation by La Compagnie Carabosse during the anniversary celebrations in Berlin.
Thomas Peter
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Reuters
Oct. 28, 2012
Worshipers line up to pay their respects to an image of Maximon, a pagan saint venerated mostly by the Mayan Indian communities, during celebrations in San Andres Itzapa, west of Guatemala City. Maximon is worshiped in various forms by the Maya people in the highlands of western Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A woman hugs a child during a reenactment of a pre-Hispanic Mass in honor of the pagan saint Maximon in Kaminal Juyu in Guatemala City. His name is synonymous with prosperity and happiness. Devotees offer money, liquor and tobacco to images of the saint during the ceremony.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Oct. 28, 2012
Mayan spiritual guides dance with dolls of the pagan saint Maximon while reenacting a pre-Hispanic Mass in his honor in Kaminal Juyu in Guatemala City.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Oct. 28, 2012
Mayan spiritual guides dance with dolls of the pagan saint Maximon in Kaminal Juyu in Guatemala City during the annual celebration.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
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