Bangkok, Thailand — A Thai flood victim rests under a mosquito net at a relief center in Bangkok. Since July, more than a fifth of the country's 64 million people have been affected by the worst flooding in more than half a century.

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Bangkok, Thailand — A health worker fumigates a flooded neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangkok as the country tries to recover from the worst flooding in more than 50 years.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Altaf Qadri / Associated Press

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Saarbruecken, Germany — The Castor transport train carrying nuclear waste treated in France passes the Franco-German border between Forbach and Saarbruecken on its 935-mile journey to Gorleben in Germany.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Daniel Roland / AFP/Getty Images

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Tehran, Iran — Masked members of Iran's paramilitary Basij militia parade in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran to mark national Basij week. Iran has dismissed a U.S. news report implicating it in a chemical weapons cache uncovered in Libya, saying it was a champion in fighting to eradicate such arms.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images

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Maqsha, Bahrain — Anti-government protesters calling for the fall of the Bahraini government, freedom for prisoners and democracy in the Gulf island kingdom participate in a rally that drew tens of thousands to Maqsha, near the capital, Manama.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Hasan Jamali / Associated Press

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Taipei, Taiwan — A museum employee passes an installation titled "Forever Bicycles" at an exhibition by outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou visited the exhibition and called on China to protect the artist's freedom of expression.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Santana / Associated Press

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Colma, Calif. — A shopper waits in line to pay for her purchases at a Target store on Black Friday, the most anticipated shopping day of the year.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press

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Jericho, West Bank — Palestinian children form the outline of Pablo Picasso's Dove of Peace at the foot of the Mount of Temptation in the West Bank city of Jericho as part of a project by British aerial artist John Quigley and the United Nations Relief Works Agency. "Peace on Earth," a global musical prayer for peace, will be broadcast globally from Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Day.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ammar Awad / Reuters

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Kuusamo, Finland — Norway's Tom Hilde soars through the air during a training round for the World Cup ski jumping event at the Ruka ski resort near Kuusamo.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Leonhard Foeger / Reuters

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Quebec City, Canada — Taiga, a polar bear cub recently transferred from the Saint-Felicien zoo, plays in a pool at Aquarium Park in Quebec City.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jacques Boissinot / The Canadian Press/AP

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