Lancaster, Ohio — A voter gets up after filling out a paper ballot during the final day of early voting at the Lancaster Board of Elections.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images
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Columbus, Ohio — People wait in line for early voting in the parking lot of the Northland Park Center.
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Kogelo, Kenya — John Dimo, who says he is 105 years old, interprets the result after throwing shells, bones and other supposedly magic items to predict the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. His take? Reelection for President Obama.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ben Curtis / Associated Press
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Ocean County, New Jersey — Volunteers with the North Carolina Baptist Men Disaster Relief group unload one of many semi-trucks full of food and supplies that they and the American Red Cross will distribute to Hurricane Sandy victims in Ocean County.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP / Getty Images
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Kiev, Ukraine — Supporters of Ukrainian opposition parties take part in a rally outside the Central Elections Commission building.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sergei Chuzavkov / Associated Press
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Athens, Greece — Demonstrators take part in protests as part of a 24-hour media blackout of print, broadcast and electronic media journalists. Public transport and media workers opened a week of strikes in Greece, contesting austerity measures.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP / Getty Images
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Pamplona, Spain — Firefighters protest against government austerity measures as one of them holds up a banner reading ''Healthcare for immigrants."
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press
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Moscow, Russia — Russian soldiers wearing Soviet Union WWII military uniforms take part in a rehearsal of a military parade on the Red square.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP / Getty Images
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Rome, Italy — The coffin of Pino Rauti, former leader of Italy's postwar neo-fascist party, the Italian Social Movement, is carried outside St Mark's church amid fascist salutes. Rauti died at the age of 85.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP / Getty Images
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Aleppo, Syria — A rebel fighter claims victory after he launches a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad were positioned.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
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Atma, Syria — A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village rests at a camp for the displaced near the Turkish border.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Khalil Hamra / Associated Press
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Katmandu, Nepal — Young homeless children react to the camera while they play.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press
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Mumbai, India — Sparks fly in the wind as an Indian man prepares corn on a beach.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press
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