Photos of the Day: Nov. 19

IN THE WATER: A man and woman swam in the Dead Sea in Jordan Tuesday.
IN THE WATER: A man and woman swam in the Dead Sea in Jordan Tuesday.
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YOUNG BYSTANDER: An injured boy lay in a hospital bed after a homemade bomb exploded at a polling station in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday. The boy was among at least three people wounded in the bombing, as Nepalis headed to polls to choose a special assembly to draw up a long-delayed…
YOUNG BYSTANDER: An injured boy lay in a hospital bed after a homemade bomb exploded at a polling station in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday. The boy was among at least three people wounded in the bombing, as Nepalis headed to polls to choose a special assembly to draw up a long-delayed constitution.
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STANDING OUT: A hibiscus flower stood out on a plant covered in ash in a village near the erupting Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
STANDING OUT: A hibiscus flower stood out on a plant covered in ash in a village near the erupting Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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ON THE OTHER SIDE: Palestinians waited to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip Tuesday. Egyptian authorities have partially opened the crossing for three days.
ON THE OTHER SIDE: Palestinians waited to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip Tuesday. Egyptian authorities have partially opened the crossing for three days.
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DESTROYED: A woman looked into her car in Washington, Ill., Tuesday, two days after powerful tornadoes tore across the state, killing six people. The tornado that devastated the community peaked at 190 miles an hour and stayed on the ground for 46 miles.
DESTROYED: A woman looked into her car in Washington, Ill., Tuesday, two days after powerful tornadoes tore across the state, killing six people. The tornado that devastated the community peaked at 190 miles an hour and stayed on the ground for 46 miles.
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INJURED: A boy sat in a hospital bed after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday. The government has sent in Bangladesh Border Guard troops to restore order in factory areas.
INJURED: A boy sat in a hospital bed after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday. The government has sent in Bangladesh Border Guard troops to restore order in factory areas.
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GRANTED BAIL: Argentine Greenpeace activist Miguel Orsi clutched his child’s picture and cried as a Russian court on Tuesday granted him and eight other foreigners bail. Greenpeace said it would make the money available as soon as possible. About 30 people were detained in Russia’s…
GRANTED BAIL: Argentine Greenpeace activist Miguel Orsi clutched his child’s picture and cried as a Russian court on Tuesday granted him and eight other foreigners bail. Greenpeace said it would make the money available as soon as possible. About 30 people were detained in Russia’s Arctic in September for a protest near a floating oil rig.
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MOVING FORWARD: A man swam with the Olympic flame in the Amur River Tuesday in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, as part of the torch relay for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
MOVING FORWARD: A man swam with the Olympic flame in the Amur River Tuesday in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, as part of the torch relay for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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RECOVERED: Men removed a body from a burned car after suicide bombers targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, killing at least 23 people, including an Iranian diplomat. The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attacks.
RECOVERED: Men removed a body from a burned car after suicide bombers targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, killing at least 23 people, including an Iranian diplomat. The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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SURVIVING: A man fanned flames in Tanauan, Philippines, Tuesday, more than a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the country, leaving thousands dead.
SURVIVING: A man fanned flames in Tanauan, Philippines, Tuesday, more than a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the country, leaving thousands dead.
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PASSING OVER: Birds flew above a man rowing a boat in the Yamuna River in Old Delhi Tuesday.
PASSING OVER: Birds flew above a man rowing a boat in the Yamuna River in Old Delhi Tuesday.
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SITTING PRETTY: A sparrow sat on a fence at a zoo in Berlin Tuesday.
SITTING PRETTY: A sparrow sat on a fence at a zoo in Berlin Tuesday.
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PHONING IT IN: A Free Syrian Army fighter used a cellphone as he prepared to fire a mortar toward government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday.
PHONING IT IN: A Free Syrian Army fighter used a cellphone as he prepared to fire a mortar toward government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday.
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UNCONVENTIONAL TREATMENT: A woman lay down as an Achatina fulica, or giant African snail, ‘massaged’ her face at a private club in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Tuesday. The treatment has become popular in the city.
UNCONVENTIONAL TREATMENT: A woman lay down as an Achatina fulica, or giant African snail, ‘massaged’ her face at a private club in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Tuesday. The treatment has become popular in the city.
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PERIOD PIECES: John Smith, left, and his wife, Diane, portrayed Union cavalry officer John Buford and his wife, Pattie, Tuesday in Gettysburg, Pa., at a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
PERIOD PIECES: John Smith, left, and his wife, Diane, portrayed Union cavalry officer John Buford and his wife, Pattie, Tuesday in Gettysburg, Pa., at a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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