Cairo — Riot police stand behind flames from molotov cocktails during clashes with protesters on a side street near Tahrir Square. Egyptians frustrated with military rule battled police in the streets again as the generals scrambled to cope with the cabinet's proffered resignation after bloodshed that has jolted plans for Egypt's first free election in decades.

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Cairo — A protester displays a tear gas canister and rubber bullet cartridges during clashes with riot police on a side street near Tahrir Square.

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Cairo — A protester has milk sprayed into his eyes to alleviate the effects of tear gas during clashes with riot police on a side street near Tahrir Square.

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Bucharest, Romania — A Romanian pensioner wipes his face with a gloved hand during a protest in freezing temperatures. Hundreds of pensioners gathered at government headquarters to protest the announced freeze in pension levels in 2012, saying many cannot survive on the current income levels. The average pension in Romania is about 165 euro ($224), according to official statistics, with price levels for many basic goods at the European Union level.

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Cape Town, South Africa — South Africans protests the passage of new laws on state secrets outside parliament. Thousands protested in all major cities in South Africa against the the Protection of Information Bill on a day they dubbed Black Tuesday. South Africa's Parliament voted yes on the passage of the bill, which threatens press freedom.

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Jammu, India — Farmer Noor Din, 53, smokes a bidi, or an Indian leaf cigarette, in front of saccharum grass.

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Kalimantan, Indonesia — An orangutan before being released into the forest at Seruyan, of Tanjung Puting National Park. Indonesian Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan on Monday released six out of 40 orangutans between the age of 10 to 15, which were captured illegally by villagers, after rehabilitating them at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine in Pangkalan Bun.

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Pristina, Serbia and Montenegro — Members of a Kosovar folklore group perform during an official ceremony of the change of command of the Kosovo Security Forces. Serbia and Kosovo leaders began negotiations on Monday in Brussels after Serbia walked out of European Union-mediated talks in September.

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Pattensen, Germany — A leaf is covered with frost near Pattensen. Temperatures are reportedly fluctuating around freezing in Lower Saxony.

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Manila — A protester holds an image of former President Gloria Arroyo during a protest in front of the Supreme Court. A lawyer for Arroyo expressed outrage that police mug shots taken of the former Philippine president in a hospital after she was arrested were leaked to the media. The photos, splashed across a best-selling newspaper, were taken Saturday at one of Manila's most exclusive hospitals, a day after the 64-year-old was charged and arrested with conspiring to rig the 2007 senatorial election.

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