Members of the St. Louis County Police Department arrive to disperse a crowd Monday, November 24, in Ferguson, Missouri. Chaos erupted in Ferguson after a grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer who shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August. Buildings were burned and shops were looted as protesters took to the streets to show their displeasure.
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A cat poster is the backdrop for a surveillance camera that is set up near a London Underground station on Monday, November 24.
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People in New York hold a large Power Ranger balloon during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 27. See more photos from the parade
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Young students horse around as they walk to school in Hebei, China, on Friday, November 21.
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Tamir Rice's big sister clutches a bag of money that was collected for his funeral during a rally in Cleveland on Monday, November 24. A Cleveland police officer shot 12-year-old Tamir about two seconds after the officer and a partner pulled up in a car to investigate reports that someone was brandishing a gun at a park, surveillance video shows. Tamir, who had what police said is an air gun that looked like a real firearm, died Sunday, a day after he was shot.
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People in Sydney sunbathe at a swimming pool in front of HMAS Canberra, the Royal Australian Navy's latest warship, on Friday, November 21.
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Snow covers a house near Buffalo, New York, on Friday, November 21. A ferocious lake-effect storm dumped massive piles of snow on parts of upstate New York, trapping residents in their homes and stranding motorists on roadways.
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A woman in Madrid looks at a sculpture of a woman that's part of "The Marionette Maker," an installation by Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, on Monday, November 24.
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Churchgoers sit inside their cars for a drive-in church service Sunday, November 23, in Veenendaal, Netherlands. The church service was broadcast through a local radio station because the church itself was still filled with birds, rabbits and guinea pigs for the annual exhibition of the Veenendaalse Rabbit and Poultry Breeders Association. The animals could not be moved because, due to a bird flu scare, there was a transportation ban on live animals.
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Rescue workers and civilians cut through reinforcing rods as they search for survivors following the collapse of an eight-story building in Cairo on Tuesday, November 25. Police officials said several people were killed.
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, center, kicks off Thanksgiving week by ordering a brief stay of execution for a turkey in Minneapolis on Monday, November 24. The turkey is the brother of two turkeys that were sent to the White House for a presidential pardon.
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A man in Kassel, Germany, stands behind "Frozen Film Frame" -- color filmstrips between Plexiglas plates -- at an exhibition of work by the late U.S. artist Paul Sharits on Wednesday, November 26.
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A fisherman in Mogadishu, Somalia, carries a hammerhead shark on his head on Monday, November 24.
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, embraces Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel after speaking about Hagel's resignation Monday, November 24, in Washington. Hagel, who held the post since February 2013, was forced out by Obama, CNN confirmed from several sources.
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Riot police in Frankfurt, Germany, clash with protesters in front of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank on Saturday, November 22.
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The Archbishop of Granada, Spain, and other priests prostrate in front of the cathedral's main altar on Sunday, November 23. They were "asking forgiveness for the sins of Church, for all of the scandals that have, or might have, occurred among us," according to the Granada Archdiocese website. The next day, Spanish police arrested three Catholic priests and a religion teacher on suspicion of abusing a minor, Spain's interior minister announced.
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Children climb a wall to see a helicopter land in Gueckedou, Guinea, on Friday, November 21.
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A South Korean soldier bows Sunday, November 23, during an event marking the 2010 bombing of Yeonpyeong Island. Four people were killed when North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto the South Korean island. Pyongyang said it was a response to a South Korean military drill in the area.
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A student from the General Yermolov Cadet School crosses an obstacle Saturday, November 22, during a competition between school classes in Stavropol, Russia. The school is a state-run institution that teaches military and patriotic classes in addition to a normal syllabus.
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Travelers sit in the waiting area of Boston's South Station on Wednesday, November 26.
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Police officers in Hong Kong clear metal barricades while others tear down tents and canopies and carry away other obstructions after bailiffs issued a warning to the crowd that they would start enforcing the court-ordered clearance of an occupied area of the Mong Kok district on Wednesday, November 26. Pro-democracy activists have been protesting China's decision to allow only Beijing-vetted candidates to run in Hong Kong's elections for chief executive.
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A woman playing the role of pilgrim Bridget Fuller scrapes cinnamon into a bowl to make pancakes Monday, November 24, at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Plimouth Plantation is a museum that portrays the life of Native Americans and English colonists in 1627.
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A man identified as Niels H. arrives for his trial Thursday, November 27, at a court in Oldenburg, Germany. He has been charged with the murder of several patients at a clinic in Delmenhorst, Germany.
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Workers in Mumbai, India, use metal cutters to dismantle parts of the INS Vikrant, India's first aircraft carrier, on Monday, November 24. The ship was decommissioned in 1997.
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Jalen Ross, president of the University of Virginia Student Council, ponders a question during a news conference Monday, November 24, in Charlottesville, Virginia. He said a scathing Rolling Stone story, which details allegations of a gang rape at a fraternity party, is a "wake-up call" for the university.
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Rescuers grab a pig after a truck flipped over in Jiaxing, China, on Saturday, November 22. Local media said the truck was carrying 169 pigs when it was involved in a crash with two other vehicles. More than 10 pigs were killed and one person was injured.
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Thousands of protesters take to New York's streets Tuesday, November 25, following a grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. The decision sparked demonstrations across the country.
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A Syrian refugee is tended to by fellow refugees after he collapsed during a protest in Athens, Greece, on Monday, November 24. The refugees started a hunger strike as they seek food, shelter and asylum in Greece.
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Stranded window washers hang on the side of a hotel in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday, November 26. They were eventually rescued by firefighters.
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A detained protester jumps from a police truck after riot police released tear gas to disperse a demonstration Tuesday, November 25, in Nairobi, Kenya. Protesters called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to "stop the killings" after 28 people were slaughtered in a weekend attack claimed by Islamist militants. According to authorities, the militants ambushed a bus and shot those who failed to recite Quran verses.
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Rescue workers investigate collapsed houses in Hakuba, Japan, after an earthquake on Sunday, November 23.
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People at a Singapore shopping mall take photos of a Christmas tree made up of Japanese manga character Doraemon on Monday, November 24.
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Afghan security personnel arrest a suspect after a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, November 25.
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Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tests a spacesuit Sunday, September 23, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cristoforetti and two others recently arrived at the International Space Station.
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Maureen Faulkner, widow of slain police officer Daniel Faulkner, hugs Joe McGill underneath a mural of her husband Monday, November 24, in Philadelphia. McGill prosecuted Mumia Abu-Jamal, the man who was found guilty of killing Faulkner in 1981.
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