New York emergency crews <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F11%2F12%2Fus%2Fgallery%2Fwtc-scaffold%2Findex.html">rescue two workers</a> trapped on a window-washing scaffold dangling at the 69th floor of the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, November 12.
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New York emergency crews rescue two workers trapped on a window-washing scaffold dangling at the 69th floor of the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, November 12.
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Joan Demonte attends Remembrance Day ceremonies at Old City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, November 11. Remembrance Day has been observed since the end of the First World War to honor members of the Commonwealth of Nations armed forces who have died in the line of duty.
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Joan Demonte attends Remembrance Day ceremonies at Old City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, November 11. Remembrance Day has been observed since the end of the First World War to honor members of the Commonwealth of Nations armed forces who have died in the line of duty.
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, at 21 ½ inches the shortest adult ever verified by Guinness World Records, poses Thursday, November 13, in London with the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, who stands 8 feet 3 inches tall. The two <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F11%2F13%2Fliving%2Fgallery%2Fworlds-shortest-tallest-man%2Findex.html">came together at an event</a> celebrating the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day.
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, at 21 ½ inches the shortest adult ever verified by Guinness World Records, poses Thursday, November 13, in London with the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, who stands 8 feet 3 inches tall. The two came together at an event celebrating the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day.
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Rosetta's lander Philae sends images back from the surface of Comet 67P on Thursday, November 13. One of the lander's three feet can be seen in the foreground. Philae became the first probe to <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F01%2F17%2Ftech%2Fgallery%2Frosetta-the-comet-chaser%2Findex.html">land on a comet</a> on Wednesday, November 12, some 310 million miles from Earth.
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Rosetta's lander Philae sends images back from the surface of Comet 67P on Thursday, November 13. One of the lander's three feet can be seen in the foreground. Philae became the first probe to land on a comet on Wednesday, November 12, some 310 million miles from Earth.
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A former circus lion who's missing an eye sits inside a cage at a temporary refuge in Lima, Peru, on Friday, November 7. Animal Defenders International and Peruvian authorities helped rescue 21 lions in Peru, where it's illegal to use wild animals in the circus. The lions will be taken to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Denver in early 2015.
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A former circus lion who's missing an eye sits inside a cage at a temporary refuge in Lima, Peru, on Friday, November 7. Animal Defenders International and Peruvian authorities helped rescue 21 lions in Peru, where it's illegal to use wild animals in the circus. The lions will be taken to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Denver in early 2015.
Rodrigo Abd/AP
A Hindu woman walks past a sari that has been kept out to dry as other devotees change into their clothes after taking a dip on the banks of the Ganges River in the northern Indian city of Allahabad on Sunday, November 9.
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A Hindu woman walks past a sari that has been kept out to dry as other devotees change into their clothes after taking a dip on the banks of the Ganges River in the northern Indian city of Allahabad on Sunday, November 9.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin puts a shawl on Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as they arrive to watch a fireworks show after a welcome banquet for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing on Monday, November 10.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin puts a shawl on Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as they arrive to watch a fireworks show after a welcome banquet for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing on Monday, November 10.
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A police officer is engulfed in flames as violent clashes erupt during Polish Independence Day in Warsaw on Tuesday, November 11. The violence has turned into a yearly ritual on the holiday in recent years.
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A police officer is engulfed in flames as violent clashes erupt during Polish Independence Day in Warsaw on Tuesday, November 11. The violence has turned into a yearly ritual on the holiday in recent years.
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Matthew Todd Miller reunites with his family after he and Kenneth Bae (not pictured) landed aboard a U.S. Air Force jet at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington on Saturday, November 8. The two Americans were released after being held captive in North Korea. Miller, who was reportedly tried on an espionage charge, had been in custody since April and was serving a six-year hard labor sentence.
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Matthew Todd Miller reunites with his family after he and Kenneth Bae (not pictured) landed aboard a U.S. Air Force jet at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington on Saturday, November 8. The two Americans were released after being held captive in North Korea. Miller, who was reportedly tried on an espionage charge, had been in custody since April and was serving a six-year hard labor sentence.
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A scientist gets ready to descend a 200-meter crater recently discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug region in northern Russia on Saturday, November 8.
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A scientist gets ready to descend a 200-meter crater recently discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug region in northern Russia on Saturday, November 8.
Vladimir Pushkaryov/ITAR-TASS/Landov
A wounded riot police officer is rescued in Acapulco, Mexico, on Monday, November 10, during <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F11%2F11%2Fworld%2Fgallery%2Fhistoric-protests-in-mexico%2Findex.html">violent clashes that erupted</a> during a protest against the suspected massacre of 43 missing students. The students disappeared in southern Mexico in September. Authorities say they were abducted by police on order of a local mayor, then turned over to a gang that's believed to have killed them and burned their bodies before throwing some remains in a river.
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A wounded riot police officer is rescued in Acapulco, Mexico, on Monday, November 10, during violent clashes that erupted during a protest against the suspected massacre of 43 missing students. The students disappeared in southern Mexico in September. Authorities say they were abducted by police on order of a local mayor, then turned over to a gang that's believed to have killed them and burned their bodies before throwing some remains in a river.
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A rainbow appears near the Tower Bridge in London on Monday, November 10.
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A rainbow appears near the Tower Bridge in London on Monday, November 10.
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A search and rescue team approaches the Soyuz TMA-13M capsule with International Space Station crew members after its landing near the town of Arkalyk, in northern Kazakhstan on Monday, November 10. Alexander Gerst of Germany, Maxim Surayev of Russia and Reid Wiseman of the United States returned safely to Earth after 5 ½ months in orbit.
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A search and rescue team approaches the Soyuz TMA-13M capsule with International Space Station crew members after its landing near the town of Arkalyk, in northern Kazakhstan on Monday, November 10. Alexander Gerst of Germany, Maxim Surayev of Russia and Reid Wiseman of the United States returned safely to Earth after 5 ½ months in orbit.
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Families, veterans and soldiers attend a memorial service at the Black Watch Museum in Perth, Scotland, on Friday, November 7, to commemorate the lives lost during conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The event also marked 10 years since Black Watch soldiers were killed in a bombing at a vehicle checkpoint in Iraq. Sgt. Stuart Gray, Pvt. Scott McArdle and Pvt. Paul Lowe were the first British soldiers killed by a suicide bomber during the Iraq War.
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Families, veterans and soldiers attend a memorial service at the Black Watch Museum in Perth, Scotland, on Friday, November 7, to commemorate the lives lost during conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The event also marked 10 years since Black Watch soldiers were killed in a bombing at a vehicle checkpoint in Iraq. Sgt. Stuart Gray, Pvt. Scott McArdle and Pvt. Paul Lowe were the first British soldiers killed by a suicide bomber during the Iraq War.
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First Sgt. Tony Quismundo from the U.S. Army practices his golf swing at the Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan on Monday, November 10. As the drawdown of U.S.-led coalition troops heads into its final stages, many parts of the Kandahar airfield are being closed or handed over to Afghan officials.
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First Sgt. Tony Quismundo from the U.S. Army practices his golf swing at the Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan on Monday, November 10. As the drawdown of U.S.-led coalition troops heads into its final stages, many parts of the Kandahar airfield are being closed or handed over to Afghan officials.
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Michal and Sahar, the mother and twin brother of Israeli soldier Almog Shiloni, mourn during his funeral at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Tuesday, November 11. A Palestinian in Tel Aviv stabbed Shiloni to death on Monday, November 10, extending <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F10%2F31%2Fmiddleeast%2Fgallery%2Ftemple-mount-tensions%2Findex.html">a surge in violence</a> fueled by strife over access to Jerusalem's holiest site.
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Michal and Sahar, the mother and twin brother of Israeli soldier Almog Shiloni, mourn during his funeral at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Tuesday, November 11. A Palestinian in Tel Aviv stabbed Shiloni to death on Monday, November 10, extending a surge in violence fueled by strife over access to Jerusalem's holiest site.
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Lava from the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F10%2F28%2Fus%2Fgallery%2Fkilauea-volcano%2Findex.html">Kilauea Volcano</a> in Pahoa, Hawaii, starts to consume the first home in its path on Monday, November 10. The town of about 950 people on Hawaii's Big Island has been watching the slow-moving flow approach for months.
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Lava from the Kilauea Volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii, starts to consume the first home in its path on Monday, November 10. The town of about 950 people on Hawaii's Big Island has been watching the slow-moving flow approach for months.
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An Afghan bystander is seen through the shattered glass of a bus at the scene of a roadside bomb in Kabul on Monday, November 10. At least 10 police officers were killed in a pair of attacks, officials said.
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An Afghan bystander is seen through the shattered glass of a bus at the scene of a roadside bomb in Kabul on Monday, November 10. At least 10 police officers were killed in a pair of attacks, officials said.
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A fellow protester wipes Gerardo Orue's eye as he lies crucified outside Brazil's Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Wednesday, November 12. The protesters were demanding compensation benefits for those let go from their jobs at the Itaipu Dam on the Parana River on the Brazil-Paraguay border.
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A fellow protester wipes Gerardo Orue's eye as he lies crucified outside Brazil's Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Wednesday, November 12. The protesters were demanding compensation benefits for those let go from their jobs at the Itaipu Dam on the Parana River on the Brazil-Paraguay border.
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Magdalena Crews visits her husband's gravestone on Tuesday, November 11, before the start of a Veterans Day service at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis. Gene Crews, who died in 2009, was a Vietnam vet who was paralyzed while serving in the U.S. Army.
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Magdalena Crews visits her husband's gravestone on Tuesday, November 11, before the start of a Veterans Day service at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis. Gene Crews, who died in 2009, was a Vietnam vet who was paralyzed while serving in the U.S. Army.
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Turkeys stand in a crowded barn at the Yordy Turkey Farm in Morton, Illinois, on Monday, November 10. The farm raises approximately 10,000 turkeys every year.
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Turkeys stand in a crowded barn at the Yordy Turkey Farm in Morton, Illinois, on Monday, November 10. The farm raises approximately 10,000 turkeys every year.
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A Palestinian woman plays with her child on the rubble of their family home on Wednesday, November 12, in the Khan Yunis' Khuzaa neighborhood in southern Gaza near the Israeli border. The house was destroyed during the 50-day Gaza war between Israel and Hamas-led militants earlier this year.
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A Palestinian woman plays with her child on the rubble of their family home on Wednesday, November 12, in the Khan Yunis' Khuzaa neighborhood in southern Gaza near the Israeli border. The house was destroyed during the 50-day Gaza war between Israel and Hamas-led militants earlier this year.
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A Syrian Kurdish refugee boy from the Kobani area holds a toy weapon at a camp in Suruc, Turkey, on Thursday, November 13. Kobani and surrounding areas have been <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F06%2F13%2Fworld%2Fgallery%2Firaq-under-siege%2Findex.html">under assault by ISIS militants</a> since mid-September.
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A Syrian Kurdish refugee boy from the Kobani area holds a toy weapon at a camp in Suruc, Turkey, on Thursday, November 13. Kobani and surrounding areas have been under assault by ISIS militants since mid-September.
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Workers make adjustments as they lift the 2014 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree into place in Manhattan on Friday, November 7. The tree, which is from Danville, Pennsylvania, weighs 13 tons and will be lit during an annual ceremony on December 3.
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Workers make adjustments as they lift the 2014 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree into place in Manhattan on Friday, November 7. The tree, which is from Danville, Pennsylvania, weighs 13 tons and will be lit during an annual ceremony on December 3.
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A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee folds her hands in prayer at a temple during Rakher Upabash in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on Saturday, November 8. The festival is marked in memory of the 18th century Hindu saint Baba Loknath.
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A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee folds her hands in prayer at a temple during Rakher Upabash in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on Saturday, November 8. The festival is marked in memory of the 18th century Hindu saint Baba Loknath.
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A young laborer works at a wood shop in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, November 10. Firewood is a major source of domestic fuel in rural Pakistan, which faces a shortage of natural gas during the winter months.
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A young laborer works at a wood shop in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, November 10. Firewood is a major source of domestic fuel in rural Pakistan, which faces a shortage of natural gas during the winter months.
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A polar bear swims at a zoo in Mulhouse, eastern France, on Thursday, November 13.
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A polar bear swims at a zoo in Mulhouse, eastern France, on Thursday, November 13.
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People work on the golden dome of the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Monday, November 10. Uppatasanti Pagoda, a replica of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon, was inaugurated in 2009 in the country's new capital.
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People work on the golden dome of the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Monday, November 10. Uppatasanti Pagoda, a replica of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon, was inaugurated in 2009 in the country's new capital.
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One of the older sisters of Perwin Mustafa Dihap, a 19-year-old fighter with the YPJ (Women's Protection Force), holds onto her sister's coffin in Suruc on Friday, November 7. A funeral procession was held for two female Kurdish fighters during the battle for Kobani.
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One of the older sisters of Perwin Mustafa Dihap, a 19-year-old fighter with the YPJ (Women's Protection Force), holds onto her sister's coffin in Suruc on Friday, November 7. A funeral procession was held for two female Kurdish fighters during the battle for Kobani.
YANNIS BEHRAKIS/Reuters/landov
French President Francois Hollande, center, wears 3D glasses while watching a broadcast of the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F01%2F17%2Ftech%2Fgallery%2Frosetta-the-comet-chaser%2Findex.html">Rosetta comet landing mission</a> at the Cite des Sciences at La Villette in Paris on Wednesday, November 12.
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French President Francois Hollande, center, wears 3D glasses while watching a broadcast of the Rosetta comet landing mission at the Cite des Sciences at La Villette in Paris on Wednesday, November 12.
Jacques Brinon/Pool/AP
Members of the Chinese honor guard march during a welcome ceremony for U.S. President Barack Obama at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, November 12. Obama was on a <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F04%2F23%2Fpolitics%2Fgallery%2Fbarack-obama-asia%2Findex.html">four-country tour of Asia</a> that ended in the Philippines.
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Members of the Chinese honor guard march during a welcome ceremony for U.S. President Barack Obama at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, November 12. Obama was on a four-country tour of Asia that ended in the Philippines.
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Relatives and friends of the victims of <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F03%2F07%2Fasia%2Fgallery%2Fmalaysia-airliner%2Findex.html">Malaysia Airlines Flight 17</a> attend a national memorial in Amsterdam on Monday, November 10. Hundreds of people gathered for a commemoration ceremony nearly four months after 298 passengers died when the plane was shot down over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine.
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Relatives and friends of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 attend a national memorial in Amsterdam on Monday, November 10. Hundreds of people gathered for a commemoration ceremony nearly four months after 298 passengers died when the plane was shot down over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine.
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