World News in Pictures

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Commonwealth leaders agreed Friday to change the British royal succession rules. Now a first-born daughter can ascend the throne before a younger brother. Here: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William in London.



Aysén, Chile: Plumes of smoke and ash rise from the Hudson volcano

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Habra, India: Village women take part in a boat race, a ritual after Diwali



Taipei, Taiwan: A visitor stands at an installation entitled 'Forever Bicycles' at the 'Ai Weiwei is Absent' exhibition in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum

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Bangkok, Thailand: Residents drive through a flooded street close to the overflowing Chao Phraya River

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A Thai man takes pictures with his son on a custom-built tricycle designed to go through floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday Oct. 28, 2011.












Looks like those who haven't evacuated are finding creative solutions to getting around or enjoying the city as the waters rise and it begins to look more and more like Venice.

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In the path of Hurricane Rina




A police truck patrols a pier during rain and winds caused by Hurricane Rina in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, October 27, 2011

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Marines invite citizens on a street to go to cyclone shelters in Cancun, October 27, 2011.









Workers keep a beach bed for safekeeping from the proximity of the Rina hurricane coast of Quintana Roo in Cancun

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In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District, workers are shown holding a nearly 16-foot long Burmese Python that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla. The Python had recently consumed a 76-lb. adult female deer. The reptile was one of the largest ever found in South Florida

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NGC 281 has been nicknamed the Pacman Nebula because it looks like the "Pac-Man" video-game character in visible light. This infrared view, captured by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer, casts the nebula in a different light. You can see a series of cloud columns pointing toward the central star cluster, making the nebula look as if it's a Pac-Man with sharp teeth.



This visible-light image of NGC 281 emphasizes the nebula's "Pac-Man" shape: a bright circle with a wedge missing to represent the character's mouth.

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Chile's players celebrate at the end of the women's hockey final bronze medal game against Canada at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011

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Visitors to Liberty Island pass the front of the Statue of Liberty on Oct. 28, 2011 in New York City.



Anatoliy Sgrshchenko sits with other new citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Liberty Island on Oct. 28, 2011. One hundred and twenty five citizens were naturalized in honor of the Statue of Liberty's 125th birthday.

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A farmer takes water from a mostly dried-up pond to soak his vegetable field on the outskirts of Yingtan, China



The International Water Management Institute (IMWI) predicts that by 2025 about 1.8 billion people will live in places suffering from severe water scarcity. Many already do.

"Take the Horn of Africa for example: Somalia's population has risen roughly fivefold since the middle of the 20th century," Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said at an Oct. 17 meeting of academics. "Precipitation is down roughly 25 percent over the last quarter century. There's a devastating famine under way right now after two years of complete failure of rains, and [there is] the potential that this is entering a period of long-term climate change."



People gather to get water from a well in the village of Natwarghad, India, in the midst of a severe drought. Dams, wells and ponds went dry across the western and northern parts of Gujarat, forcing people to wait for hours around village ponds for the irregular state-run water tankers to show up as the temperature soared to over 110 degrees.



An Afghan man pushes a hand cart with water containers near a public water pump in Kabul

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Occupy Maine protesters warm their hands while brewing coffee on a fire pit at their encampment across from the State House in Augusta, Maine, early Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2011. About 30 protesters camped out in near-freezing temperatures as they continue their protest against Wall Street.



Christopher Guerra, from San Franciso, Calif. is wrapped in a blanket to stay warm as he participates in the Occupy Wall Street protest at the Zuccotti Park encampment on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in New York. City fire department officials seized at least one generator from the site during an early morning inspection. "They say they were looking for extra gasoline but took the generator," said Guerra, "then they left and came back with cops to search around tents."

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An unidentified gunman stands in the center of the street in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at a street in front of the U.S. embassy. An unidentified man shot several rounds at pedestrians in downtown Sarajevo on Friday and injured at least one officer before police special forces took him down. For at least 30 minutes the man stood at a street in front of the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo and shot around from an automatic rifle.



An unidentified gunman stands in the center of the street in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at a street in front of the U.S. embassy. An unidentified man shot several rounds at pedestrians in downtown Sarajevo on Friday and injured at least one officer before police special forces took him down.



Bosnian police unit deploy to the spot after an unidentified gunman (unseen, behind white van at right) was shot down on a street across from the US embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday, Oct. 28. After the man started shooting at the embassy, all traffic was blocked and heavily armed special police deployed.



A gunman with an automatic weapon, lies on a street after being overwhelmed after he fired shots at the U.S. embassy, in Sarajevo on Oct. 28. The gunman opened fire at the United States embassy in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Friday and police rushed to the scene

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Handlers struggle to control a group of racing camels after a false start at a meeting in the state of Adam, 250 kilometres south of the capital Muscat. A wrong start in camel racing can generate a lot of risk and difficulties, particularly in trying to return them to the starting line



Manny Pacquiao focuses on photos of his upcoming opponent Juan Manuel Marquez as he works the speed bag at the Wild Card Boxing Club



Having conquered the world of cycling, Lance Armstrong gives triathlon a go at the Xterra World Championship in Hawaii



Aston Villa's James Collins hammers the final nail in the coffin of sportsmanship after West Brom's Chris Brunt misses a penalty

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Participants cross a mud obstacle during the Wild Boar Dirt Run (Wild Sau Dirt Run) in Laaben, west of Vienna, October 22, 2011. Some one thousand competitors take part in the annual event, which consists of a cross country run followed by an assault course over a distance of either 10 or 20 kilometres.

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Moscow Fashion Week

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Twins - Oh la la

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That's One Spooky Customer

A customer puts on a Halloween mask Thursday at Confucius Temple in Nanjing, China.



Fugitive Gaddafi Son to Give Himself Up?
A top International Criminal Court official said Friday the organization is indirectly negotiating with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi who's seen above in August, regarding a possible surrender.

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Still Open for Business
In Bangkok on Friday, a Thai woman keeps her grilling business going in a flooded neighborhood near the Chao Phraya River. The country is experiencing some of the worst flooding in 50 years.



Packing Heat in Libya
An armed National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter provides security on Thursday inside the Zawiya Oil Refinery, which is roughly 25 miles west of Tripoli.

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In Columbia students march in protest against the governments reforms of public universities



Pumpkin sculpture by artist Andy Bergholtz on display in Las Vegas



European leaders agree a debt plan for Greece



A presiding officer sits wats for voters in Dundalk as Ireland elects it's 9th President

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Formula 1 driver Jenson Button drivng the latest Maclaren-Mercedes model ahead of the Indian Grand Prix in Greater Noida

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Waters threaten Bangkok

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