Photos of the Day: Dec. 9

PUMP IT: A girl fetched water from a pump in the town of Tolosa, Philippines, on Monday, one month after Typhoon Haiyan struck the region.
PUMP IT: A girl fetched water from a pump in the town of Tolosa, Philippines, on Monday, one month after Typhoon Haiyan struck the region.
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FLOWING FLAG: Protesters marched with a Thai national flag during a rally in Bangkok on Monday. More than 150,000 Thais took to the streets with the goal of eradicating the populist Shinawatra clan from politics, underscoring diverging views of what kind of country Thailand should…
FLOWING FLAG: Protesters marched with a Thai national flag during a rally in Bangkok on Monday. More than 150,000 Thais took to the streets with the goal of eradicating the populist Shinawatra clan from politics, underscoring diverging views of what kind of country Thailand should be.
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Palm trees cast shadows on Monday as a man practiced handball at the Venice Beach recreation center handball courts in Los Angeles.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Palm trees cast shadows on Monday as a man practiced handball at the Venice Beach recreation center handball courts in Los Angeles.
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VIOLENCE IN THE STANDS: Fans of Rio de Janeiro’s Vasco da Gama soccer team attacked a fan of Parana’s Atlético Paranaense during a Brazilian Championship soccer match in Joinville, Brazil, Sunday. Atlético Paranaense won, 5-1.
VIOLENCE IN THE STANDS: Fans of Rio de Janeiro’s Vasco da Gama soccer team attacked a fan of Parana’s Atlético Paranaense during a Brazilian Championship soccer match in Joinville, Brazil, Sunday. Atlético Paranaense won, 5-1.
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UNAMUSED: A man playing Santa Claus sat with children in Tokyo on Monday.
UNAMUSED: A man playing Santa Claus sat with children in Tokyo on Monday.
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WAR-TORN: A man carried a wounded girl away from the scene of an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Monday.
WAR-TORN: A man carried a wounded girl away from the scene of an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Monday.
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ARMED: A man chased a suspected Seleka officer in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday. Central African Republic’s population is caught in the middle of a volatile conflict between Seleka militants—predominantly Muslim rebels who ousted the country’s government in March—and…
ARMED: A man chased a suspected Seleka officer in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday. Central African Republic’s population is caught in the middle of a volatile conflict between Seleka militants—predominantly Muslim rebels who ousted the country’s government in March—and groups of mainly Christian fighters.
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WHAT A VIEW: The mountains of Afghanistan through the window of a military aircraft en route to Kandahar air base in Afghanistan, Sunday.
WHAT A VIEW: The mountains of Afghanistan through the window of a military aircraft en route to Kandahar air base in Afghanistan, Sunday.
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ON DUTY: Protesters stood guard outside a building occupied by demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych called for talks with opposition leaders to try to resolve a political crisis caused by his decision to turn away from Europe toward Russia.
ON DUTY: Protesters stood guard outside a building occupied by demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych called for talks with opposition leaders to try to resolve a political crisis caused by his decision to turn away from Europe toward Russia.
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SEARCHING OUT PASTURES: Shepherds herded their sheep on the outskirts of New Delhi on Monday.
SEARCHING OUT PASTURES: Shepherds herded their sheep on the outskirts of New Delhi on Monday.
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CHARRED: A firefighter sat near a burned gasoline truck after it collided with a commuter train in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday. Five passengers died and several were injured after the collision, according to a police spokesman.
CHARRED: A firefighter sat near a burned gasoline truck after it collided with a commuter train in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday. Five passengers died and several were injured after the collision, according to a police spokesman.
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BONDY PAINT: A protester participated in a protest in Makassar, Indonesia, Monday. Hundreds of students held a mass rally in Makassar to mark anticorruption day, according to local reports.
BONDY PAINT: A protester participated in a protest in Makassar, Indonesia, Monday. Hundreds of students held a mass rally in Makassar to mark anticorruption day, according to local reports.
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GROUNDBREAKING: Greenpeace activists dug into the yard of Romania’s Parliament in Bucharest on Monday to protest against a Canadian company’s plan to set up an open-cast gold mine in Romania. A parliamentary commission rejected a draft bill that would have allowed Canada’s Gabriel…
GROUNDBREAKING: Greenpeace activists dug into the yard of Romania’s Parliament in Bucharest on Monday to protest against a Canadian company’s plan to set up an open-cast gold mine in Romania. A parliamentary commission rejected a draft bill that would have allowed Canada’s Gabriel Resources to set up the mine.
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SILHOUETTES: A police officer stood guard during a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews near the northern city of Haifa, Israel, Monday.
SILHOUETTES: A police officer stood guard during a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews near the northern city of Haifa, Israel, Monday.
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