Mina, Saudi Arabia — In this image captured using a zoom lens, Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar as part of the hajj pilgrimage.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Hassan Ammar / Associated Press

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Dakar, Senegal — A ram makes a break for it as residents wash their sacrificial sheep in the Atlantic Ocean in preparation for the Eid al-Adha feast.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press

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Kolkata, India — A man places a goat into the trunk of a cab at a marketplace on the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bikas Das / Associated Press

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Maimana, Afghanistan — Relatives carry a wounded victim of a suicide bomb attack.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: EPA

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Herat, Afghanistan — Soldiers stand guard outside a mosque as worshippers arrive for Eid al-Adha prayers.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jalil Rezayee / EPA

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Gschnaidt, Germany — Pilgrims placed crosses with the names of friends and family next to a chapel to commemorate them.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / AFP / Getty Images

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Manila — Filipino Catholics welcome the statue of St. Pedro Calungsod at Immaculate Conception Cathedral.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Noel Celis / AFP / Getty Images

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A satellite image shows Hurricane Sandy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NOAA / AFP / Getty Images

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Armenia-Azerbaijan border — An Armenian soldier of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabagh looks trough a vision slit of his dugout at the frontline on the border with Azerbaijan.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Karen Minasyan / AFP / Getty Images

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Berlin — Berlin Dungeon actors in horror costumes perform during a promotional event at the Brandenburg Gate.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Marc Tirl / EPA

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Schierke, Germany — Snow and frost crust branches in the season's first snow.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Matthias Strauss / EPA

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London — A rope-access worker ascends past the 69th floor of the Shard skyscraper.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Oli Scarff / Getty Images

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Cape Town, South Africa — A model poses before the Bodyspectra body painting event in Cape Town. Proceeds go to the Amy Biehl Foundation, which helps children from disadvantaged backgrounds through the arts.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Nic Bothma / EPA

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