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Oct. 17, 2012
A dancer performs during a dress rehearsal for the "Show Me" revue at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin. The show has its premiere in the German capital Oct. 18.
Tobias Schwarz
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Reuters
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Oct. 17, 2012
An Indian artist works on series of fish made out of metal sheets to decorate a Pandal (temporary worship place) made to worship Hindu goddess Durga and to create awareness about the marine life and marine ecosystem among the visitors, for the upcoming Hindu festival Durga Puja in Kolkata. The five-day period of worship of Durga, who is attributed as the destroyer of evil, commences Oct. 20.
Dibyangshu Sarkar
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Oct. 18, 2012
An artists in the role of demon king Ravana performs the traditional Ramleela drama, narrating the life of Hindu God Rama, on stage during celebrations to mark Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India. Dussehra 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. 17, 2012
Kashmiri Muslim women shout anti-government slogans after they burn an effigy of Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at a protest in Srinagar, India. Dozens of residents blocked traffic and protested the government decision to boost electric bills and to cap the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders at six a year.
Dar Yasin
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AP
Oct. 17, 2012
A man runs past a damaged bus at the front line between the Free Syrian Army and the pro-government forces, in the city of Aleppo.
Asmaa Waguih
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Reuters
Oct. 18, 2012
A man reacts as riot police and a demonstrator clash behind him at a protest march by Greece's Communist Party in central Athens during a 24-hour labor strike. Greeks walked off the job for the second time in three weeks, hoping to show European Union leaders meeting in Brussels that a new wave of wage and pension cuts will only worsen their plight after five years of recession.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Oct. 18, 2012
Flames from a Molotov cocktail flare up near Greek riot police at a protest march by Greece's Communist Party in central Athens during a 24-hour strike.
Yorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Oct. 17, 2012
Two men walk hand in hand past changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens near Haywards Heath in southern England.
Luke MacGregor
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Reuters
Oct. 17, 2012
A man walks past a property-development sign in the financial district of Shanghai, China said its economy grew 7.4 percent in the third quarter of this year, slowing for a seventh straight quarter and underscoring its deepest slump since the global financial crisis.
Peter Parks
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Oct. 17, 2012
Platters of sugar cookies bearing the likenesses of President Obama, left, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are available for sale on the counter at the Oakmont Bakery in Oakmont, Pa.
Keith Srakocic
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AP
Oct. 17, 2012
Romney hoists an infant while greeting supporters at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Va.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Oct. 17, 2012
Obama makes a campaign stop at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Oct. 17, 2012
Obama campaigns at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Oct. 17, 2012
A baby is hoisted above heads as Obama works the rope line during a campaign stop at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Oct. 18, 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a government policy statement during a session of the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament, in Berlin.
Thomas Peter
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Reuters
Oct. 17, 2012
A girl waits for the convoy transporting the coffin of late former King Norodom Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of the capital to pay their last respects to the revered former king on his final journey home from China.
Nicolas Asfouri
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 17, 2012
A welfare worker escorts a young suspected crack user to a waiting van that will drive him to a shelter, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. Health officials are locating and treating hundreds of crack addicts suddenly left without drugs after police occupied dangerous slums this week where the users congregated en masse to buy and smoke the potent drug.
Felipe Dana
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AP
Oct. 17, 2012
Drug addicts are seen in the surroundings of Parque Uniao shantytown before the arrival of police officers and social assistants working in an operation to clear out the city's crack addicts in Rio de Janeiro.
Christophe Simon
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 18, 2012
Children stand near their house as smoke rises after explosions were set off at the army's First Armored Division headquarters in Sanaa, Yemen. A shell fired near a Yemeni general's military headquarters hit a weapons depot and set off a series of explosions, a Yemeni army representative said.
Khaled Abdullah
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Reuters
Oct. 17, 2012
An Afghan beggar waits for alms on a dusty road in the outskirts of Kabul. More than a third of Afghans are living in abject poverty, as those in power are more concerned about addressing their vested interests rather than the basic needs of the population, a United Nations report said.
Jawad Jalali
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 17, 2012
A contestant flies during a World Wingsuit Championship at Tianmen Mountain near Zhangjiajie, Hunan province. A total of 15 participants from around the world took part in the extreme sport which involves jumping down cliffs while wearing a wingsuit, according to local media. The wingsuit adds surface area to enable an increase in lift.
China Daily
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Reuters
Oct. 18, 2012
A child plays near a work by Australian artist Alex Richie titled "Kaleidoscope cube," which is part of the "Sculpture by the Sea" exhibition at Sydney's Tamarama Beach. The free and temporary outdoor exhibition, now in its 16th year, stretches for 1.24 miles along the coastline popular with walkers, joggers and tourists.
Tim Wimborne
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Reuters
Oct. 18, 2012
A man photographs a woman standing behind an art piece called "VIEW," created by Dave Mercers during the world's largest annual free-to-the-public outdoor art exhibition, "Sculptures by the Sea" in Sydney.
Rob Griffith
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AP
Oct. 17, 2012
A soldier of the Fuerza de Tarea Maya (Maya Task Force) stands watch during a patrol overlooking Zona 18, in the north of Guatemala City. Military officials say that the Task Force was created to patrol the district consisting of approximately 500,000 households, with criminal groups that commit extortion and murder leading to a high murder rate. The officials added that since the Task Force started patrols in the district on Sept. 22, 2012, the murder rate has dropped from an average of five murders a day to just two murders in the past 26 days.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Oct. 17, 2012
A potential Indian Army recruit has his chest measured during a physical fitness test at an Army recruitment rally at Kapurthala. The Indian Army is a voluntary service and the world's largest standing volunteer army, with over a million active personnel and just under a million in reserve.
Sahmmi Mehra
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Oct. 17, 2012
An Afghan policeman leaves a mosque after prayers at his base in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan. In eastern Afghanistan, a suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the gate of a U.S.-Afghan combat outpost, wounding at least 10 Afghan soldiers.
Anja Niedringhaus
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AP
Oct. 17, 2012
A shoe is glued to a statue of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, at the museum of Maaret al-Numan, in the northwestern Idlib province, an area under the control of rebel fighters. Rebels shot down a helicopter as troops tried to retake a key Syrian town, a watchdog said, and peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned that the conflict risks setting the region ablaze.
Bulent Kilic
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AFP/Getty Images
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