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Pumpkin carving, Jumbo Queen pageant, Roma memorial and more in the day in photos News and feature images around the world
Oct. 23, 2012
A zombie carved from giant pumpkins is displayed at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. This carving and other Halloween-themed pumpkins will be on display through next Wednesday.
Seth Wenig
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AP
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Oct. 23, 2012
Sammy Espinosa, 3, and his grandmother Janice Espinosa gaze toward the seeds and stem of the giant pumpkin inside the Children's Fantasy Garden at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden in Albuquerque.
Marla Brose
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Albuquerque Journal via AP
Oct. 23, 2012
Siti Aishah Abu Asan, also known as Honey Aisha, center, 31, waves after winning the Jumbo Queen 2012 beauty pageant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Twelve women competed in the finals of the pageant, which is open to women weighing at least 176 pounds.
Bazuki Muhammad
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Reuters
Oct. 24, 2012
Singer Susan Boyle and the Scottish Military Wives choir launch the Poppy Scotland Appeal in Glasgow, Scotland. The appeal raises funds for Scotland’s armed forces community.
Jeff J. Mitchell
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Getty Images
Oct. 24, 2012
Campaigners, some dressed as suffragettes, attend a London rally organized by the group U.K. Feminista to call for equal rights for women. Hundreds of women from around the country congregated to protest any legislation that could damage women's rights.
Oli Scarff
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Getty Images
Oct. 23, 2012
Volunteers Maureen Wiltshire, left, and Lydia Higham put a selection of canned food together for a client at a food bank depot at St. Paul's Church in London. The Trussell Trust, a charity that runs food banks, has said that record numbers of people have required food over the past six months.
Dan Kitwood
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Getty Images
Oct. 24, 2012
Workers at a Ford assembly plant in Genk, Belgium, react after learning that the American car company will close the factory, which employs 4,300, as it tries to stem losses in Europe and match capacity to tumbling demand.
Francois Lenoir
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Reuters
Oct. 23, 2012
Turkish boys look through a shattered window after an anti-aircraft shell fired from Syria hit a health center across the border in the Reyhanli district of Turkey's Hatay province.
Osman Orsal
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Reuters
Oct. 23, 2012
A father of a man killed by Syrian government forces mourns at the morgue in Aleppo. U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is pushing "extremely hard" for a cease-fire in Syria and was slated to brief the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday on his efforts.
Fabio Bucciarelli
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 23, 2012
A refugee camp near Aza, Syria, houses about 6,000 Syrians who have been displaced because of conflict in the country.
Manu Brabo
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AP
Oct. 23, 2012
Children play soccer in the street in Homs, Syria.
Yazan Homsy
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Reuters
An opposition flag is seen on a damaged building at the frontline between the Free Syrian Army and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Homs.
Muhammad Al-Ibrahim
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Shaam News Network via Reuters
Oct. 24, 2012
Dignitaries and members of the public attend the dedication of a Berlin memorial to Sinti and Roma who were murdered 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; estimates of the number killed range from 220,000 to 1,500,000.
Sean Gallup
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Getty Images
Oct. 22, 2012
Family members of Autumn Pasquale participate in a candlelight vigil in Clayton, N.J. A body identified as the missing 12-year-old girl's was found about 10 p.m. Monday in a recycling bin just blocks away from her house.
Joseph Kaczmarek
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AP
Oct. 23, 2012
Sisters Alexis and Bethany Davis, left, cry at a shrine for Autumn Pasquale in Clayton, N.J. Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said two teenage brothers were charged Tuesday with murdering Pasquale, who had been missing since the weekend.
Mel Evans
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AP
Oct. 23, 2012
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they pray at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 3 million visitors.
Hassan Ammar
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AP
Oct, 23, 2012
Camels are seen at a camel market near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael on God's command.
Fahad Shadeed
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Reuters
Oct. 23, 2012
A camel purchased by a customer is lifted to be placed in a vehicle at a market near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad Shadeed
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Reuters
Oct. 24, 2012
Afghan police wave their country’s flag after dismantling their bunker on a watchtower in Kandahar province. The U.S. military is closing down Combat Outpost Nagahan on Wednesday as part of reducing its bases in the Arghandab Valley, a military officer said.
Erik De Castro
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Reuters
Oct. 23, 2012
During a visit to the east Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood of Gilo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks out at an area where Israel plans to build about 800 housing units. Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to continue building in a Jerusalem district despite criticism from the European Union because it is claimed by Palestinians.
Gali Tibbon
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AP
Oct. 24, 2012
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, South Korea's satellite-carrying rocket, is moved to a launchpad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung. South Korea is expected to launch the rocket Friday.
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Yonhap via European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 24, 2012
A fine arts department official works to restore the head of a sculpture at the Temple of the Dawn in Bangkok.
Chaiwat Subprasom
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Reuters
Oct. 23, 2012
Giant waves crash against the water front during a storm that brought heavy winds and rain to Montevideo, Uruguay.
Andres Stapff
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Reuters
Oct. 23, 2012
Ralf Regele, an engineer at space-travel company Astrium GmbH in Bremen, Germany, holds a newly developed robotic arm for work on the lunar surface.
Ingo Wagner
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AFP/Getty Images
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. This photograph was taken with a long-exposure shot.
David Gray
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Reuters
An image provided by the European Southern Observatory on Oct. 24 shows a wide-field view of the Milky Way and the extent of the new VISTA infrared image of the center of the galaxy. These data cover the region known as the bulge of the galaxy and have been used to study a larger number of individual stars in the central part of the Milky Way. The region covered by the VISTA mosaic is shown as a rectangle.
Nick Risinger
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European Southern Observatory via European Pressphoto Agency
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