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Tajik dancers perform for visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Oct. 22, at the Palace of the Nation in Dushanbe. Clinton stopped in Tajikstan and neighboring Uzbekistan, following a tour of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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A man sits in the debris of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Ercis, Turkey, on Oct. 26. Homeless survivors of Turkey's devastating earthquake shivered in sub-zero temperatures as the government admitted that it was struggling to cope with the demand for shelter.

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Yemeni women burn veils in a symbolic move in Sanaa on Oct. 26, to protest the regime's crackdown on female protesters. At least 19 Yemeni civilians, government troops, and dissident soldiers were killed in continuing violence in the wake of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's most recent pledge to resign.

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A rose in the gun barrel of a National Transition Council fighter during celebrations following the announcement of the liberation of Libya in Martyr's Square in central Tripoli on Oct. 23, three days after ousted despot Muammar al-Qaddafi was captured and killed.

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Commuters crowd a platform at a train station in downtown New Delhi on Oct. 25. India's population is 1.2 billion, second only to after China -- and not for long. By 2030, India is projected to be the most populous country in the world. As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides.

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A boy walks through the floodwaters near the Chao Praya River in Bangkok on Oct. 27. Tens of thousands of residents, across the sprawling capital, attempted to escape approaching floodwaters by bus, rail, car, and plane.

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Protesters march through streets of Oakland, California, as a part of the Occupy Wall Street movements, near the City Hall on Oct. 25. Protesters later clashed with police, resulting in several injuries and about 100 arrests.

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Pakistani Hindu children wave sparklers during a Diwali celebration in Karachi, on Oct. 26.

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U.S. Sergeant Monique Tevenet checks a medevac helicopter at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on Oct. 25.

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A Delta II rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Lompoc, California, on Oct. 28. The rocket holds materials for a project intended to gather land, ocean, and atmospheric measurements.

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Halloween decorations stand covered in snow in a front lawn in Denver, Colorado on Oct. 26.

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A double rainbow over central London on Oct. 26.

 

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