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Dog of the Year competition, Hurricane Sandy, Eid al-Adha and more in the day in photos News and feature images around the world.
Oct. 25, 2012
A dog is teased with some dog treats outside the Houses of Parliament during the Westminster Dog of the Year competition in Victoria Tower Gardens in London. The annual competition was won by Charlie Elphicke, Conservative MP for Dover and Deal, with his Norfolk Terrier, Star, who was among the 24 dogs entered into the competition which is run by Dog's Trust and the Kennel Club.
Dan Kitwood
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Getty Images
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Oct. 25, 2012
Dogs play during the Westminster Dog of the Year competition in London.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 25, 2012
A man transports chairs on his motorcycle near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The Syrian military and the country's main rebel force agreed to halt combat operations on Friday morning for the Muslim holiday weekend, but both also reserved the right to respond to attacks.
Philippe Desmazes
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AFP/Getty Images
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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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 26, 2012
A woman is pushed through a train‘s window at the railway station of the airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Abir Abdullah
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 26, 2012
Men pull a cow from a truck for slaughtering after Eid al-Adha prayer in front of the Central Mosque in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Muslims around the world mark the end of the hajj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael on God's command.
Shamil Zhumatov
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Reuters
Oct. 26, 2012
Afghans listen to a preacher while offering the Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque in the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Rahmat Gul
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AP
Oct. 25, 2012
A flock of geese walk on the dried-up bed of Poyang Lake in the Bailu township of Jiujiang, in Jiangxi province, China. International water conservation and environmental protection specialists have called on the global community to step up the fight against water shortages that have been worsened by human activity and climate change, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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China Daily via Reuters
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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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 26, 2012
Autumn leaves lie on the ground in Frankfurt, Germany.
Horacio Villalobos
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 25, 2012
Russian artist Vasily Slonov works on an art installation during the preparations for his exhibition at the Krasnoyarsk Museum Center in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Slonov created 68 fly swatters, displaying images of well-known politicians, historical characters and celebrities for his exhibition, which will open Saturday.
Ilya Naymushin
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
Supporters react as President Obama works the rope line at campaign event at the Carillon at Byrd Park in Richmond.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Oct. 25, 2012
One of several billboards for a gun raffle promotion at Adventures Outdoors in Smyrna, Ga.
Tami Chappell
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
Assistant manager Nick Wallace shows off a Glock available in a raffle promotion at Adventures Outdoors in Smyrna, Ga. The store has promoted the raffle on billboards that say "Vote. Win a Rifle," but owner Jay Wallace has since clarified that all Georgia residents are eligible to enter, not only those who vote.
Tami Chappell
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, reads a Dr. Seuss book to a group of children at Inspirations Learning Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. Ann Romney is campaigning for her husband on a bus tour throughout Florida, which is expected to play a key role as a swing state in the Nov. 6 presidential election.
Brian Blanco
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
Former president Bill Clinton speaks during a campaign rally in San Antonio. Clinton offered his support for state representatives Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) and Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio), who are locked in two of the nation’s closest U.S. House races.
Eric Gay
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AP
Oct. 25, 2012
Kierra Morgan, left, and Yvonne Tang chat before taking a ride in a Morgan sports car during the opening of China's first Morgan showroom in Shanghai. Sales growth in the global luxury market is expected to slow sharply this year as Chinese and European customers rein in spending and concerns about the global economy take their toll. Chinese consumers, many of whom shop abroad, have become the world’s No. 1 buyers of luxury goods, according to one recent study. Chinese consumers make up half of luxury purchasers in Asia.
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
A car burns as workers block the main gate of the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium. Ford announced Wednesday it planned to close a car plant in eastern Belgium — one of its main European factories — by the end of 2014, a move that would result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors.
Geert Vanden Wijngaert
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AP
Oct. 25, 2012
Panos Panay, the general manager of the team behind the Microsoft Surface, holds up the new tablet PC during the launch event for Microsoft Windows 8 in New York.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
A pre-Columbian statue is on display at the Consulate of Mexico in El Paso. U.S. authorities returned a huge cache of more than 4,000 pre-Columbian artifacts — including statues, pots, hatchets and an Aztec whistle — to Mexico in what officials said was the largest repatriation of stolen or looted art of its kind.
Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
Mackenzie Adams blows from the inside of her soap bubble at the Terre Haute Children’s Museum in Terre Haute, Ind. She was there as part of the “Exceptional Explorations” program of Bridges of Indiana.
Jim Avelis
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Tribune-Star via AP
Oct. 25, 2012
A woman eats an edible cigarette made from ginger bread at the Eat Your Heart Out 2012 cake shop in London’s St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Pathology Museum. The cake shop, curated by Miss Cakehead, a.k.a Emma Thomas, is opening its doors at the museum during the Halloween period, when it will offer sweet treats in the form of a variety of diseases, from lung cancer to the plague.
Ben Stansall
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 25, 2012
A young man walks his dog through an abandoned asparagus field near Bad Krozingen, southwestern Germany.
Winfried Rothermel
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DAPD via AP
Oct. 25, 2012
A driver maneuvers his car along a wet road as a wave crashes against the Malecon in Havana. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm and headed for the Bahamas.
Ramon Espinosa
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AP
Oct. 25, 2012
A boy puts his feet into oversized rain boots as heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy drench Port-au-Prince, Haiti. According to media reports, Hurricane Sandy has left 29 people dead across the Caribbean as of Friday morning.
Swoan Parker
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Reuters
Oct. 25, 2012
A woman cries out in front of her house, which flooded as a result of Hurricane Sandy, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Dieu Nalio Chery
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AP
Oct. 25, 2012
Men walk cross a bridge over rushing flood waters caused by Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Thony Belizaire
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AFP/Getty Images
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