This Week Around The World
An Israeli child holds a bird that will be released in support of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, at an event outside Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday.
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Polish shipyard workers burn tires and shout slogans as they demand that the government protect their jobs, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday.
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Steam and smoke is seen over the coal burning power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Wednesday.
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Afghan refugee boy cross a stream at a neighborhood in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday.
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Dressed in Santa Claus outfits, divers swim with sardines at an Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday.
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Israeli border police officers stand guard as Palestinian men pray in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Friday, Dec. 11.
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Musician Camilo Diaz, 75, carries a double bass in downtown Tijuana, northern Mexico, Friday, Dec. 11.
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Danish riot police pushes back protestors during a demonstration outside the Bella Center, the venue of the U.N. Climate Conference, in Copenhagen Wednesday.
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An Afghan woman walks with her child through an alley in central Kabul Afghanistan, Monday.
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A steam engine climbs a gradient on the Brocken Mountain Railway near Drei Annen Hohne, eastern Germany Wednesday.
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A pedestrian is reflected on the show case of a Swiss watch shop displaying watches along with U.S. golfer Tiger Woods' portrait in Tokyo, Tuesday.
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Sugarland's Kristian Bush, left, Mary J Blige, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama and George Lopez sing during Christmas in Washington at the National Building Museum in Washington Sunda.
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A South Korean college student Kim Hyuck-joon adjusts his false beard in front of a mirror during the first day of Santa school in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 14.
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A flock of migratory flamingos is seen in a pond on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday.
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People pass by a cross made of candles, in Timisoara, western Romania, Wednesday.
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Lava cascades down the slopes of Mayon volcano in Legazpi city, Albay province, at dawn Tuesday.
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands in front a menorah on the third eve of Hanukkah, at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday.
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