Los Angeles — Laker Kobe Bryant receives his championship ring from NBA Commissioner David Stern before the season opener at Staples Center.

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Los Angeles — LAPD officers evacuate a man on a wagon in the Harbor Gateway area after he was overcome by tear gas fired into a house where a man had barricaded himself.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

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Maracaibo, Venezuela — Finalists of the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant rehearse before the finals on Thursday.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: REUTERS

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Ahmedabad, India — Customers buy fruits and vegetables at an evening open-air market in the western Indian city. India's Central Bank warned Tuesday that surging food prices are structural and will put upward pressure on inflation and interest rates.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AMIT DAVE / REUTERS

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Washington — An 8-week-old female lion cub, one of four siblings, swims through fall leaves at the National Zoo. It was a test to ensure the cubs will be safe around the water feature when they are put on public display in late December. The cub passed the test with flying colors.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press

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Manaus, Brazil — A Brazilian crosses the parched, muddy bottom of the Rio Negro, a major tributary of the Amazon River. A severe drought has caused river levels in Brazil's Amazon region to drop to record lows, leaving isolated communities dependent on emergency aid.

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Hanoi, Vietnam — A Vietnamese man waits for customers behind his bicycle pump in the old quarter of the city. This month, Vietnam's capital marks a thousand years since it was established.

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Manila, Philippines — Cebu Pacific airlines cabin crew perform a safety demonstration routine on a trading floor of the stock exchange in Makati's financial district. The budget airline rose as much as 6.8% on its debut Tuesday as the country's largest public offering rode on the back of a broader market that hit a record high.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROMEO RANOCO / REUTERS

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Berlin — A miniature replica of the Statue of Liberty, used to promote a local bar, is dwarfed by the city's television tower.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TOBIAS SCHWARZ / REUTERS

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Beijing, China — Workmen install panels on a newly constructed building in the financial district.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DAVID GRAY / REUTERS

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Windsor, England — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, appears with Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al Missned, wife of Qatar's Emir Sheik Hamad ibn Khalifa al Thani, before a banquet held at Windsor Castle in honor of the couple's state visit.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: KIERAN DOHERTY / AP/Pool

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Mexico City — A model displays a creation by Mexican designer Malafacha during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Mexico City.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP/Getty Images

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Chandigarh, India — Women pray at a temple during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth. Married Hindu women observe a one-day fast and offer prayers for the well-being of their husbands during the festival. The fast begins before sunrise and ends after they worship the moon in the evening.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AJAY VERMA / REUTERS

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Hanoi, Vietnam — Reproductions of U.S. currency are burned during a ceremony to honor deceased ancestors in the old quarter of the city. According to Vietnamese tradition, paper as well as other items are burned during the ceremony. Leaders from the 10 ASEAN states plus China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and others convene in Hanoi for a summit this week with currency issues being one of the main topics on the agenda.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DAMIR SAGOLJ / REUTERS

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Augsburg, Germany — A heavy fog hangs over deserted rail lines as Germany's Transnet and GDBA unions staged a warning strike, disrupting rail service across the country. The unions are in wage talks with Deutsche Bahn, the country's railway operator.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP/Getty Images

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Sofia, Bulgaria — Actors dressed as zombies appear in the city center, part of a worldwide campaign for an upcoming television series.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP/Getty Images

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New York — Actors promoting the Halloween premiere of the AMC television series "The Walking Dead" shamble along Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Seth Wenig / Associated Press

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Bucharest, Romania — Romanian Christian-Orthodox believers light candles after they worship the holy relics of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, next to the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchy Cathedral in Bucharest. The Romanian Orthodox Church will give a special service to St. Demetrius in Bucharest as the patron saint of Romania's capital city. Tens of thousands of Romanians are expected to attend the pilgrimage.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DANIEL MIHAILESCU / AFP / Getty Images

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Kaliadem, Indonesia — An Indonesian villager watches Mt. Merapi, which started erupting Tuesday. Scientists had warned that pressure building beneath the volcano's dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Sleman, Indonesia — People run after Indonesia's Mt. Merapi erupts in Kaliurang village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta. Tuesday's eruption prompted terrified villagers to flee and join the thousands already evacuated from its slopes, witnesses said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: BEAWIHARTA / Reuters

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Catania, Italy — Immigrants look out from a fishing ship as they arrive at Catania harbor on the southern island of Sicily. States must treat migrants with dignity but have the right to regulate immigration and defend their borders, Pope Benedict said Tuesday. The pope made his comments in his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Migrants and Refugees, touching on a subject that has caused tensions between the church and governments in European countries, including France and Italy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Reuters

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Taiyuan, China — A worker jumps over a puddle near a residential construction site in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Reuters

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Bangkok, Thailand — Thai antigovernment "red shirt" protesters rally during U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit at the U.N. office in Bangkok. Ban is visiting Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and China.

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Buzios, Brazil — Residents try to save a stranded humpback whale on Geriba beach in Buzios, 119 miles from Rio de Janeiro. The whales migrate north from Antarctica to mate from July to November off the coast of Brazil.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGIO MORAES / Reuters

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Bayrischzell, Germany — Hikers on the Alps enjoy the view on a visitors' platform under the top of Wendelstein mountain near Bayrischzell, southern Germany.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Matthias Schrader / Associated Press

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Marseille, France — Garbage collectors begin tackling Marseille's reeking mounds of trash in the center of Marseille, southern France. Striking garbage collectors in Marseille faced 9,000 tons of garbage that have piled up in the streets in the last two weeks. The FO union voted Monday evening to end the protest because of concerns about "hygiene and safety." City authorities said it would take four to five days before France's second-largest city starts looking, and smelling, like itself.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Laurent Cipriani / Associated Press

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Tangerang, Indonesia — An Indonesian search and rescue team evacuates residents from a flooded housing complex after heavy rainfall in the city of Tangerang, Banten province. Extreme weather during Indonesia's dry season this year was likely to continue in the weeks ahead and might disrupt the forthcoming holiday season, a climatologist said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ADEK BERRY / AFP / Getty Images

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Slatina, Serbia — NATO-led soldiers and European Union Rule of Law police take part in a crowd- and riot-control exercise at Camp Vrello, Slatina, on the outskirts of Pristina.

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