World News in Pictures

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A man carries an injured child after a bomb explosion in front of the al-Hejaz train station in central Damascus, November 6, 2013



A patient does a handstand during a morning break at the playground, inside a hospital specializing in mental health care in Zhejiang province, November 5, 2013. The hospital has around 50 medical staff and houses nearly 200 patients from the city.



William Potts speaks to reporters outside Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, before boarding a plane to the U.S. November 6, 2013. Potts, a former U.S. militant who hijacked a plane to Cuba almost 30 years ago, flew home to the United States to face air piracy charges on November 6, 2013 and was taken into FBI custody in Miami, an FBI spokesman said. Potts was scheduled to appear before a U.S. judge in Miami on November 7, 2013, FBI Special Agent Michael Leverock said.

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TSA honor guard Brandy Richards carries the U.S. Honor Flag as it arrives at Los Angeles International Airport in memory of slain TSA agent Gerardo Hernandez on Nov. 6, in Los Angeles. The flag will be used at Hernandez's upcoming funeral services.

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Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has erupted for the third time in as many months, spewing ash over 4 miles into the air and covering nearby villages in gray powder. The volcanic activity began on Sunday and more than 1200 people have been evacuated so far. The volcano surprised scientists in 2010 when it rumbled back to life after being dormant for centuries. Sinabung is one of 120 active volcanoes in the country which is located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire.



The ash from Sinabung volcano covers trees and houses at Mardingding village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province, Nov. 5, 2013

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Cadbury brought a sunny London street to a standstill in August when it took over Sladedale Road in Plumstead and transformed it into a magical spectacle, with cars and even lampposts completely wrapped up in unique festive Cadbury wrapping paper. Christmas came early for the 62 children involved in the advert, who spent the day unwrapping 2,500 meters of purple paper, 60ft of printed gift tape and giant 18ft bows from the wrapped up street



Three week old Asian elephant, Max, takes a tumble as he makes his first public appearance at Whipsnade Zoo



Men belonging to a self-defense group stand at a checkpoint in the town of Las Colonias, Mexico

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Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall is turned into a skating rink to promote a preview of Disney on Ice's production 'Let's Celebrate' as part of a daylong series of events in New York



Shawn Thornton #22 of the Boston Bruins fights Krys Barch #21 of the Florida Panthers in the second period at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts



Children form of a shark on a beach with the message 'respect' as part of Kids Ocean Day event aimed at raising awareness on shark fin trade and consumption in Hong Kong

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Thai riot policemen stand guard as they prevent protesters from getting closer to Government House during an opposition rally against an amnesty bill in Bangkok



Photographs of the fallen are displayed on crosses adorned with poppies in the field of remembrance at Westminster Abbey



Wearing the WWII-era Red Army winter camouflage smocks Russian soldiers perform in a stage fighting before a military parade at the Red Square in Moscow



Pope Francis (R) caresses a sick person in Saint Peter's Square at the end of his General Audience in Vatican City

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A photographer is hit by a bull, 2013 Royal Horse Show, Toronto, Canada

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The UK's tallest man, Neil Fingelton (7 foot 7inches) and one of the UK's shortest men James Lusted (3 foot 7 inches) meet Pickle the Chihuahua and Ruach the Great Dane for a walk at Green Park, London, UK.Research for the Kennel Club's Discover Dogs event shows that one in ten people do no research about which breed would be right for their lifestyle before they buy a dog

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Law enforcement officials gather outside of Garden State Plaza Mall following reports of a shooter in Paramus, New Jersey



Pakistani soldiers use multi-barrel rocket launchers to hit their targets during in the Azm-e-Nau-4 (New Resolve) military exercise in Khairpure Tamay Wali. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif warned on November 4 peace could not be achieved by unleashing senseless force, in his first public speech since a US drone strike killed Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud



Elvis, a 2-year-old beagle, checks out a camera lens while sniffing polar bear protein samples at Iron Heart Performance Dog Center in Shawnee, Kansas, USA. Elvis is demonstrating 97% accuracy in positive identification of samples from pregnant females. The 2-year-old has been specially trained for a year by a Kansas handler who has taught dogs to sniff out everything from explosives to bed bugs



Police are on the hunt for this robber who held up a Florida bank wearing an Albert Einstein mask. Disguised as the famous German physicist, the wiry-haired thief left a Wells Fargo branch in Venice with a bundle of cash and sprayed pepper spray at a customer who was trying to follow him. Sarasota County Sheriff say he did not show a weapon to bank staff or even claim to be carrying one during the November 2 heist



An injured inmate grimaces in pain while sitting in an ambulance during a prison riot, outside the Granja Canada prison in Escuintla, 70 km (43 miles) of Guatemala City. Fighting occurred this morning between criminal gangs of Los Cholos and Los Paisas resulting in 10 inmates injured so far, according to local media

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Protestors burn a cleaner's uniform with a logo reading Madrid clean and green during a demonstration against layoffs of cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capital's main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. They were due to walk off the job at midnight in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers



Paulo Henrique Felix da Silveira, 9, collects recyclable materials by wading into the Arruda Canal near the Saramandaia slum in Recife, in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. Paulo is one of three boys from two families of the Saramandaia slum who help sustain their families by collecting aluminium cans in the polluted Arruda Canal, to sell for recycling. According to the 2010 national census by Brazil's Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), 3.6% of the 20,166 people who collect items for recycling in Pernambuco State, are aged 10-17.



Galaxy NGC 4945, which is similar in overall appearance to our own Milky Way, but contains a much more active supermassive black hole within the white area near the top. Approximately 13 million light years from earth, X-rays from Chandra (blue), which have been overlaid on an optical image from the European Space Observatory (ESO), reveal the presence of the supermassive black hole at the centre of this galaxy.



A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a mask bearing his picture during a protest in front of the supreme constitutional court in Cairo. Egypt's deposed Islamist president was brought from the secret location of his four-month detention to face trial Monday on charges of incitement of violence and murder. It was Mohammed Morsi's first public appearance since his ouster in a coup on July 3. If convicted, Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president could face the death penalty



Anya (top) and Misha, brown bears in their new enclosure Poznan Zoo, Poland. Three brown bears, Boris, who spent 10 years shackled in a circus carriage, Vanya and Misha, who lived together with their supervisor in a skyscraper in Moscow, are new residents of bear asylum in Poznan's Zoo.



Terry Wogan launches 10 finished celebrity designs of Pudsey Bear to the public. The collection of 'Very Important Pudseys', have been designed by: One Direction, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Helen Mirren, Gary Barlow, Joanna Lumley, Terry Wogan, Judy Dench, Shirley Bassey and Brain May

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Typhoon Haiyan rolls into Philippines

Storm billed as biggest ever to make landfall sends 195mph winds and five-metre waves slamming into islands. Haiyan is believed to be stronger than the world's previous strongest tropical cyclone, hurricane Camille, which was recorded in the US at 190mph in 1969

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A digital composite of typhoon Haiyan approaching the Philippines, using images captured by the geostationary satellites of the Japan Meteorological Agency and EUMETSAT

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A protester against an amnesty bill wears a plastic bag over her head in front of police barricades near government buildings in Bangkok.



A Sri Lankan couple smile during their wedding ceremony as they break the Guinness world record for the most bridesmaids. The couple had 126 bridesmaids, 25 best men, 20 page boys and 23 flower girls

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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall outside the Akshardham Temple during day three of their official visit to India.



Domestic waste collects near a bend in the Citarum river in Indonesia. Waste from factories and homes along the river have prompted two environmental groups to name the river as one of the earth's 10 most polluted places



Greenpeace activists climb the Sagrada Família in Barcelona to demand freedom for activists in Murmansk, Russia. The Greenpeace ship was seized on 19 September by the Russian coast guard

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On the eve of the 24th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall original pieces of the wall are displayed for sale at Teltow, Germany. Some of them repainted by various artists



A Palestinian woman waves a flag during the funeral of Anas al-Atrash in Hebron. Israeli troops shot al-Atrash after he tried to stab one of them at a checkpoint on Friday, a police spokesman said

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A garment worker at a protest rally in front of the National press club in Dhaka, Bangladesh. People at the rally were demanding a minimum wage of 8000 Taka while the government-formed wage board is recommending Tk 5,300



Kenya Wildlife Service wardens prepare to load a tranquillised male white rhinoceros into a transportation cage at the Lake Nakuru National park in Kenya's Rift Valley. After implanting radio transmitters into the horns to track the animals, KWS is sending 13 white rhinos to the Ruma National park, situated in Lambwe Valley in South Nyanza, to re-establish their population in this part of Kenya



People on a press tour look up at a reflection of the One World Trade Center tower from a terrace on the 57th floor of the soon to be opened 4 World Trade Center tower in New York. 4 World Trade center sits at the south east corner of the World Trade Center site and will be the second tower to open on the site since the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center

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Irresistible: A male baby giant panda at the Zoo Aquarium in Madrid, Spain. The two-months-old panda will be shown to the public for the first time this weekend but his name will not be revealed until 5 December, when he will be a 100 days old



Lit by the headlamps of passing cars, ten year-old Adit sells newspapers on a busy street in Jakarta, Indonesia. He earns about £1 a day by selling the papers after school



An ear in the hand is worth... a 3D printed soft tissue prostheses ear at the 3D Print Show at the Islington Business Design Centre, London

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Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi holding posters and using the four-fingered salute during a protest in Cairo, Egypt



A publicity picture with a sense of humour as train driver Andrew Lambert, station manager Rob Munday and sales station host Katherine Cox pose in their new Chiltern Railways uniforms at Bekonscot miniature model village and railway, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

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The death of Renisha McBride



Demonstrators protest against the killing of 19-year-old Renisha McBride outside the Dearborn Heights Police Station in Dearborn Heights, Michigan November 7, 2013. McBride was killed by a homeowner's shotgun as she was seeking help after being involved in an automobile accident, according to activists and family members. They feel that McBride's killing, which is still being investigated by authorities, was racially motivated











The casket for 19-year-old shooting victim Renisha McBride sits in a hearse before her funeral service in Detroit, Michigan November 8, 2013

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Monica McBride and Walter Ray Simmons, parents of 19-year-old shooting victim Renisha McBride, speak to reporters after their daughter's funeral service in Detroit, Michigan November 8, 2013.

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Assad attacks Aleppo



WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Free Syrian Army fighters carry a fellow fighter who was wounded during clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near Base 80 near Aleppo International airport, November 8, 2013

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Super Typhoon Haiyan brings devastation to the Philippines - more pics



There were fears the death toll would rise sharply as communications in the worst hit areas were cut off and forecasters warned of catastrophic damage before the storm left the Philippines. Above, Debris litters the road through the coastal village in Legazpi city following a storm surge brought about by powerful Typhoon Haiyan

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