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Week in photos - Nov. 23, 2012

 

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  • A Pakistani mother holds her injured child at a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Two bombs exploded outside a Shiite mosque in the southern city of Karachi, killing scores of people and wounding others in a suicide attack, police official said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
  • People stand near a house which sits in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling city in east China's Zhejiang province Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The house belongs to an elderly man, who refused to sign an agreement to allow his house to be demolished by the authorities, as the compensation offered to him was not enough, according to local media. (AP Photo)
  • U.S. President Barack Obama yawns at the beginning of the East Asian Summit Plenary Session at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • Carly Rae Jepsen performs at the 40th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
  • U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Covington greets his 10-month-old son Hunter after returning from a deployment in Afghanistan on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at Fort Carson, Colo. About 150 soldiers from Covington's unit, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, arrived home on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
  • Natalie Khawam, the twin sister of Jill Kelley, involved in the David Petraeus scandal, accompanied by her attorney Gloria Allred, sheds a tear during a news conference to
  • Russian artist performs during the 25th International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk, Belarus, late Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Dancers from Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Japan, Ukraine, Switzerland, Italy and other countries take part in the event. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
  • Congolese women run after Congolese soldiers and rebel fighters battled for hours over the eastern Congolese town of Sake , 27 kilometers (17 miles) west of Goma, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The woman in orange only identified as Mamou, said she lost her husband to a fatal wound to the head from incoming mortar round. Thousands fled the M23 controlled town as the militants seeking to overthrow the government vowed to push forward despite mounting international pressure. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
  • Hindu devotees take part in worship on the banks of the River Ganges river during Chhath festival, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth, in Patna, India, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. According to local news reports, a bridge made of bamboo collapsed tripping electrical wires when devotees were returning after offering prayers to the setting sun. Many people were feared dead and several were injured in the stampede. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)
  • An elderly supporter of India's main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party listens to a leader, unseen, during a protest against Foreign Direct Investment in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
  • Indian camel herders walk with their herd as they arrive to sell their camels at the annual Pushkar Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. The annual camel and livestock fair attracts thousands of livestock dealers who bring thousands of camels, horses, and cattle. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • The father of Noura el Sheik, 4, who died in Saturday's train crash that killed at least 51 people, poses with her photograph, near Assiut in southern Egypt, Sunday, Nov.18, 2012. A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday has prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime's legacy of neglect. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
  • A tourist takes photos of inscriptions on the walls of King Merenptah's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. Archaeologists marked the 90th anniversary on Thursday of the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
  • The Chinese team's performance win the gold medal during the teams free final synchronized swimming at the 9th Asian Swimming Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • An Israeli soldier guides a tank to a new position at a staging area near the Israel Gaza Strip Border, southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signaling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
  • The moon illuminates Israelis standing on a hill at the Israeli town of Sderot, overlooking the Gaza Strip, background right, as they watch a missile, not seen, fired by Palestinian militants from inside Gaza towards southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, shortly before a cease-fire is announced between Israel and Hamas. Israel and the Hamas militant group agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday to end eight days of the fiercest fighting in nearly four years, promising to halt attacks on each other and ease an Israeli blockade constricting the Gaza Strip.The deal was brokered by the new Islamist government of Egypt, solidifying its role as a leader in the quickly shifting Middle East after two days of intense shuttle diplomacy that saw U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton race to the region. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
  • In this Nov. 15, 2012 photo, a young girl reaches out to greet a Pakistani policeman securing the road outside Kainat Riaz's home in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. Security stepped up after Kainat was wounded by the same Taliban gunman who shot Malala Yousufzai and 13-year-old Shazia Ramazan on Oct. 8 on their way home from school. Malala was shot for her outspoken insistence on girls' education. Shazia and Kainat are to return to school this week for the first time since the shooting. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
  • Alejandro Evangelista, a musician from the Pomapata Musical Center, pours himself a beer after performing in a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. The festival was organized by people from the town of Huanuco to celebrate their native customs, in the arts of culinary, dance and music. People from Peru's Andean highlands who have emigrated for decades to the capital in search for opportunities, organize fairs on various dates in honor of their various patron saints, to celebrate the anniversaries of their communities or to celebrate their native customs. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
  • A girl walks past election posters for incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Sierra Leoneans chose Saturday between keeping an incumbent president who has expanded health care and paved roads or electing an opposition candidate to lead this war-scarred nation still recovering a decade later despite its mineral riches. Election results were still being compiled on Sunday.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
  • An family walks from the massive pile-up accident on Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas Thursday Nov. 22, 2012. The Texas Department of Public Safety says at least 35 people have been injured in a more than 50-vehicle pileup. (AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Guiseppe Barranco) Mandatory Credit
  • The Sailor Mickey balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. . The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade put a festive mood in the air in a city still coping with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
  • Hundreds of frozen turkeys are lined up before being handed out to Utah families at the Indian Walk-In Center Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, in Salt Lake City. Harmons Grocery Store is feeding Utah's hungry this season through its annual
  • Pope Benedict XVI's message is broadcast on a giant screen in the Paul VI hall during his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. The Pontiff says he is praying for victims of the conflict between Israel and Gaza militants and gave his encouragement for efforts to obtain a cease-fire and negotiations. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
  • Women pass by a large depiction of Gandalf, a character in the upcoming movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
 

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