Figureheads

The UK’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip stand with a collection of Merchant Navy figureheads as they attend the official re-opening of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, on Wednesday. The Cutty Sark is the world’s last surviving tea clipper.

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First Peoples

Young dancers wait their turn to perform during the 29^th Annual Gathering of Nations, the world’s largest gathering of Native American and indigenous people, in Albuquerque on Saturday. Some 3,000 singers and dancers performed over the three-day event, which began on Thursday in Albuquerque.
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My Big Fat Han Wedding

Newlyweds dine during a traditional group wedding ceremony in Xi’an in China’s Shaanxi province on Tuesday. One-hundred-thirty couples from all over China attended the ceremony, which were conducted following the nuptial rites of the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), local media reported.

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A Huge Following

India’s yoga guru Swami Ramdev speaks during a yoga camp in the Northern Indian town of Haridwar.

Rhythmic

Brazil’s Angelica Kviecczynski performs during the individual hoop competition at the Rhythmic Gymnastics in the South American Games in Medellin. Kviecczynski won the gold medal.

Fighting Child Porn

European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom addresses a news conference on human trafficking and child pornography at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels.

Light a Fire

Afghans watch as authorities burn 16 tons of confiscated narcotics in Kabul.

Indian Roots

Women practice yoga during a yoga camp of India’s yoga guru Swami Ramdev, in the Northern Indian town of Haridwar, in April 2010.

Liquid Assets

Villagers carry their belongings on a makeshift raft through a flooded rice paddy in Karawang, West Java. Floods inundated villages across the regency after the Citarum River burst its banks, forcing thousands to evacuate.

Give Me Your Hand

A construction worker rescues a woman in the Des Moines River, Iowa, in this July 1, 2009 handout photo. The Des Moines Register photographer, Mary Chind, won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize as announced in New York.

Carnage

An image from lifenews.ru shows a damaged subway coach after a bomb explosion at the Lubyanka metro station in Moscow. Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people and injured another 38 on two Moscow metro trains during the rush hour, official said.

Safety In Numbers

Boys are greeted in a reception similar to that for grooms at weddings, during a mass circumcision in Kampung Nahkoda, north of Kuala Lumpur. About 25 boys, aged between 7 and 11 years, were given a grand welcome to the mass circumcision surgery, which some consider a celebration of reaching manhood.

According to recent studies, circumcision can protect men from the deadly HIV virus and prevent them carrying the strain of human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer in women.

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Contamination

A policeman stands outside the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in this Nov. 30, 2002, file photo. More than 8,000 people were killed and tens of thousands injured when a tank at the Union Carbide of India Ltd. pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked five tons of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas.

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Princes Attend James Bond Launch

Britain’s Prince William (left) meets British actor Daniel Craig at the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie in London.

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Enjoy It While You Can

US President Barack Obama (left) chooses his clubs while chatting with aide Eugene Kang, before playing golf near the house where he is staying while on vacation in Kailua, Hawaii.

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Dashing Through The Snow

Norm Buckley straps on crosscountry skis to commute from his Yakima, Washington, home to church. Several inches of snow fell in the Yakima Valleys overnight, with cold temperatures expected to persist for the next couple of days, though slightly warmer weather is expected by Chrismas Day.

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Santa Town

About 4,000 Romanians dressed as Santa Claus gather outside the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest in a bid to win the Guinness World Record for the greatest number of Santa Clauses in the one town. Bucharest won the world record.

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