Los Angeles — A lone demonstrator waits to be arrested as hundreds of LAPD officers disperse a crowd who spilled out of the Occupy L.A. encampment during an early morning police sweep.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times

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Siem Reap, Cambodia — Crews work late into the night recycling garbage as fires burn at a local garbage dump.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

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Tskhinvali, Georgia — Security forces watch over a demonstration by supporters of South Ossetian presidential candidate Alla Dzhioyeva. A court in Georgia's Moscow-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia has thrown out the results of a vote for president and ordered a new election in March.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: EDUARD KORNIYENKO / Reuters

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Hong Kong — A firefighter looks down from a ladder at the scene of a burning residential tower in Hong Kong. The fire killed eight people and injured 24, police said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AARON TAM / AFP

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Impha, India — Indian police talk to an injured person at the site of a bomb blast. The explosion, coming days ahead of a visit by the prime minister, killed a man suspected of planting the bomb, police said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: STRDEL / AFP

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Naypyitaw, Myanmar — Hillary Clinton waves from her car after landing in Myanmar, becoming the first U.S. secretary of State to visit the country in more than 50 years.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters

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Katmandu, Nepal — People gather around lighted candles to mark the upcoming World AIDS Day on Thursday.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NAVESH CHITRAKAR / Reuters

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Sydney, Asutralia — Fireworks burst behind the Sydney Opera House, bathed in red light with a figure of two hands. The event is part of the lead-up to World AIDS Day on Thursday, when more than 50 landmarks and monuments around the world are to turn red in support of the campaign.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Rycroft / Associated Press

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Bern, Switzerland — Birds fly beneath a helicopter as it passes over the Swiss parliament building carrying a large Christmas tree for Federal Square.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PASCAL LAUENER / Reuters

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Tokyo — An Suzuki employee introduces the automaker's "Q-Concept" car during the Tokyo Motor Show

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TORU YAMANAKA / AFP

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